Archives for October, 2007
Friday, October 26th, 2007
Only fifty years ago the notion of a spa was an anachronism with all the connotations of colonials returned from India taking the waters at Bath. There has been a dramatic change since those days. Now there is barely a county in England, and barely a part of Scotland, Wales, Jersey and Isle of Man that is without a spa.
And there is such a variety! At one end of the spectrum are the ?serious? health spas and farms where the seriously stressed, ill, addicted or obese go for extended periods to regain their previous health and change their lives for the better. At the other end of the spectrum are the less high-power spas where you can go for a weekend break.
Not being a health fanatic by any stretch of the imagination I simply did not notice this changing trend. I first became aware of spas when I travelled across the UK on business. It was a sort of road show and the firm booked me into hotels along the way. I was then exposed to hotels with spas. It seemed a bit odd to me as usually the hotels served the most unhealthy foods and had rather large pubs attached.
There was even the time I was booked into a certain hotel only to find that it was one of those spa hotels that exist primarily because of its spa function! That was why I had to go out and find bacon and eggs for breakfast at a sort of caf? nearby. Needless to say I took myself out for a pizza that night and gave my secretary a good dressing down when I got back. I told her I wasn?t the spa type and asked how she could possibly have booked me into hotel spas.
Imagine my surprise when she burst out laughing and said she had been trying to manipulate me into better habits! It turned out that she has been attending day spas on her days off and going to spas of every kind during her holidays. No wonder she is such a strong, healthy, good looking girl. Maybe I should go on a day spa. Just once, mind you.
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Saturday, October 20th, 2007
If you didn?t know that yellow is the fashion color this season, that figging means inserting a piece of frozen green ginger up your rectum for sex kicks, and that altoid breath mints can spice up your blow jobs then you are sadly lacking in chic.
Go to the online womens trend magazine Nuts4Chic to learn all about this and other items that will take your breath away. Take the the latest celebrity news. Did you know that showbiz aristocrat Drew Barrymore had to fight her way up the ranks, that Scarlett Johansson is a natural redhead and George Clooney is not just a pretty face? Yeah, I didn?t either.
It?s not all feathers and flounce though. There?s place for womens issues and there even a real agony aunt and introductions to hypnosis, wicca and exotic unfamiliar religions (in today?s terms anyway) such as Roman Catholicism and Kabbalah.. There?s a really important article about Work that Waist. First I thought it was get rid of belly fat, then I realized it was about belts. Belts are back!
The love and relationship side of the magazine is really flippant but why not? Chic life is flip. How can you tell your man is gay? How can you be sure your man is not gay? How do you respond when your man tells you he?s gay? Hell, this is a guide to chic conversation over a latte, not to relationships.
But I like it. I dug around the site in the hopes of finding the agony aunt. Stuff about new mothers, yes, I found that. There was a section for green issues and, in the midst of all this chic lite was the heavy chic of getting married. Everyone?s doing it. No agony aunt as yet. Dang, I really need an agony aunt. I want to ask her about my addition to the internet ? online of course.
