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...chain made the service available nationwide. Barneys' brisk-selling lettered cashmere sweaters, introduced last year, were reordered for spring. A trendy drink at such hot spots as the Breakers in Palm Beach, Fla., is the Chambord margarita: a frozen mix with initials drizzled on top in dark syrup. Some spas are initialing pedicures in faux rhinestone and pearl. All of which sounds like a new version of the Me decade. And you thought the '70s nostalgia was waning...
Gomes bought expensive electronics, “shopped excessively” and travelled across the country. Pomey shopped frequently, visited spas, bought a $500 cell phone and had a 21st birthday party with an open bar at T.G.I. Friday?...
...Ancient Sinhalese Kings were said to be Ayurveda practitioners and built hospitals in the ancient capital of Anuradhapura. More recently, Ayurveda has attracted an enthusiastic new patient: Sri Lanka's ailing tourism industry. A growing number of hotels on the island now have treatment centers, and several Ayurvedic health spas have sprung up all around the country. As Sri Lanka hopefully attempts to lure visitors in the wake of the recent cease-fire in its 19-year civil war, its beaches and sun, cool hills and cultural curiosities may no longer be enticing enough on their own. Now, hotels sell...
...range from the familiar and soothing, like abhyianga, a body massage with medicated oil administered by two masseuses working in tandem, to the out-there, like vasti, a cleansing enema of oil, milk or herbal water. Some more traditional Ayurvedic centers offer therapeutic purging and leeching, but most tourist spas stick to the treatments that actually feel good, like massages and herbal or flower baths...
...Treatment in spas starts at around $35 for a day's rejuvenation to $300-$400 a week for intensive treatments. Choosing a spa depends on whether you're looking for Ayurvedic immersion or a sideline to your beach or hill-country holiday. A wide range of hotels at most major beach resorts and in the cool hills of Kandy also feature treatment centers?but it's wise to do your research. I chose a combined resort and got a tranquil wooden treatment center with natural rock fountains; but the attached hotel was a glitzy package-tour palace that jarred...