What Mom Really Wants for Mother's Day

We recently returned from a glorious stay at the newly renovated Condado Vanderbilt Hotel in Puerto Rico. Built originally in 1919 by Fredrick William Vanderbilt, this historic Grand Dame hotel has just completed at $200 million dollar renovation.

Did any of it trickle down to the 10,000 square foot spa and fitness center? Naturally and it's world class. My first thought in fact was why do I always wait to go on vacation to go to a spa?

While I was away, I received an invitation from Denise Liquore, Master Therapist, Esthetician and Coordinator of the Equinox Spa in Armonk, NY.  The Spa was hosting an event with the Pilates Studio the day after I got back, would I be interested in attending?

My first thought was, "I'm relaxed as a noodle, bad timing". But I'm putty in Denise's expert hands and why not keep a good thing going? Also, if you have never experienced one on one training with an expert on a Pilates reformer, you are yourself the experience. I left feeling two inches taller...

Come to a Spa Event: Equinox Armonk

I love when my beauty stars align; even more so when I'm need of some TLC.  I've been a Personal Shopper for more years than I care to mention.  It can be glam, but there is still an element of schlepping that can't be denied.

The first time my back went "out" was in my twenties.  If you've never experienced the nerve wracking pain of a misaligned disks, I envy you.  When it "goes" it seems to happen doing the mundane; brushing your teeth or bending down to feed a pet.  The reality is that it was building to this point for quite sometime.

People approach back pain differently; hard floors, pain killers, Acupuncturists, Orthopedics are just a few of the options. I work with a Chiropractor and a massage therapist.  I found myself reeling while in NYC on Wednesday, marring a lovely day.  Fortunately, my Chiropractor was available late in the day and after electric stim and contortions that might have made the heroine of 50 Shades of Grey blush, he snapped me back in place.

Even more fortuitous, I received a call  from my Master Therapist and Esthetician Denise Liquore, inviting me to visit her at her new home in the Equinox Spa in Armonk, N.Y.,  and inviting me to come back for their Spa Event on Monday night.

Done and done...

On the Second Day of Xmas: DivaDebbi Gave to Me...

The Spa at Equinox in Greenwich

I think there is nothing kinder that you can give to yourself than the gift of massage.
I never hesitate to book them on vacations or weekend getaways, but I'm trying now to enjoy them more regularly at home.  Why not?  Especially since I have found someone with magical hands...

Denise Liquore works at the beautiful spa at Equinox in Greenwich.  The minute I walk into the tastefully appointed, immaculate massage room, I feel my body relax.  By the time I leave,  I'm as limp as a noodle.

Spa-tacular II: Equinox Greenwich

Equinox Greenwich Ct.

Mother's Day  is just around the corner.  I'm always surprised at how clueless men can be about what to buy their wives for MD.   For what's its worth, no man, currently married with children, has a way out of a gift.  The old, "but she's not my mother" has zero credibility.

IMO, (besides jewelry), one of the nicest gifts you can give or get is a gift certificate to a soothing and luxurious spa.  It really is a twofer; an opportunity to be pampered and the alone time to enjoy it.

When it comes to spas, I am as picky as they come.  I am only happy if it is immaculate, modern, luxe, supplied with cutting edge products and staffed with expertly trained aestheticians and masseuses.  Paradise has finally been found...