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First-Class Spa. Lufthansa has opened a spa lounge for first-class customers in Concourse B of the Frankfurt Airport. Passengers can book massages, facials and other treatments, and pay for them with miles or cash. The spa has six large private bathrooms, where you can shower or take a Jacuzzi or even play with the rubber duckies dressed in dirndls and lederhosen that float in the bath. There's also a room with a Wii console and fitness and sport games to pass the time. To round out the pampering, Lufthansa provides limousine service from the lounge for passengers...
...Best Friend. For pet-lovers who can't bear to leave their companions behind, Washington State's Salish Lodge & Spa, perched above the Snoqualmie Falls about half-an-hour from Seattle, has for the first time opened its doors to dogs. In the rooms, each of which has a wood-burning fireplace, you'll even fresh-baked dog biscuits and an in-room pet dining menu. There's an additional one-time $50 cleaning fee you'll have to pony up, even if Fido is neat as a pin. Rates start at $229. 6501 Railroad Avenue S.E., Snoqualmie...
...floors climbing to 63, but floors numbered from 40 to 49 are missing, since the pronunciation for the number four in Cantonese and Mandarin is too close to the word for death. Very bad chi. On the life-fulfilling side, the Encore has a 60,000-sq.-ft. spa and gym that caters to any marathon-running, mani-pedi-wearing Zen master. Entry to the treatment rooms is through a colonnade of massive vases and brass lanterns, which culminates in a statue of the Buddha. There are couple's therapy rooms (for spa therapy, silly; not talking about your marital...
...There's plenty to entertain you at the Encore, even if you don't like to play the tables. If you can tear yourself away from the spa, there's a perfectly pleasant outdoor pool (one section of which allows topless sunbathing, though I demurred); a $500-a-round golf course designed by Tom Fazio and Wynn; and La Rêve, the impressive, water-themed acrobatic show. The beauty of the Wynn is that you don't ever have to leave the grounds of the resort to enjoy yourself for a couple of days. All of Las Vegas...
...Besides fabric, the store's best buys include stylishly packaged homegrown coffee, tea and chocolate; fashionable Mustika Ratu spa products; and high-end jewelry from notable designers like Meike Sahala Hutabarat and Delia Von Rueti, whose fantastical one-of-a-kind creations incorporate materials from coral to sheepskin and snakeskin. In the well-stocked CD section you'll find everything from Javanese classical works and progressive-house compilations from the city's top DJs to the albums of Jakarta-born pianist Ananda Sukarlan, famed for compositions based on gamelan and folk music. Get them to go in handbags made from...