Show H4 TRAVEL The Salt Lake Tribune Sunday March 15 1998 Palm Springs Will Punch Your Ticket to Tranquillity Agua Dining Room If we could have paid a momma bird to chew our food and put it in our mouths we would have Two dinners two gin and tonics and two strawberry daiquiris later we returned to our room a perfectly comfortable but nothin fancy space with two queen-siz- e beds and we discovered the next morning a lovely view of the San Jacinto Mountains Although the valet parking lot was below we heard nothing Our upcoming weekend included taking part in the Heart of Palm Springs 10K Run on Sunday morning But first we had to get through Saturday walk After taking a five-mil- e around downtown and treating ourselves to a bagel and coffee breakfast at Einsteins on Palm the main drag Canyon Drive we stood at the spa into town desk lumps of clay waiting to be molded Not so fast Because we had ignored the spas suggestion to make reservations and we wanted female masseuses we were out of luck So we made later appointments and settled for the Spa Experience which is the best $1380 (including gratuity) youll ever spend Your tired bones enter the spa area where you change from your grungy street clothes into a luxurious terry cloth robe and slippers You are then led to the steam room not the place to visit if youve just had your hair done This is followed by deep inhalations in the eucalyptus room followed by a trip to the sauna Then you move to the rear of the spa to the most wonderful sunken tub with jets Make sure the water which comes from the Agua Caliente Mineral Springs is tels BY MICHELLE WILLIAMS LOS ANGELES TIMES PALM SPRINGS Calif It should have taken two hours and 15 minutes to get here from the west side of Los Angeles Instead the rain traffic and the fact that it Was a Friday conspired against me Two hours and 15 minutes into my drive I was still on the siinkin San Bernardino Freeway crawling at 8 mph Didnt El Nino understand? I was a woman on the edge My mind and body desperately needed to get to the newly renovated spa at the Spa Hotel & Casino in downtown Palm Springs for a weekend of soaking kneading oils and aromas There awaited heaven in the form of the facilitys $185 million spa renovation I drooled over the prospect of magic fingers magic waters and please dear Lord let the bartender know how to make a decent gin and tonic Four and a half hours later I pulled into the parking lot I was Well beyond frazzled having witnessed several fender-bender- s near skids skids and a horrific I one-ca- accident that caused r looky-loo- on my side of the road s to stop stare then peel off down stretch of the open ' freeway at top speed Oh to have just one cigarette rain-slicke- d ' But I was embarking on a weekend of good clean living with my bud Cindy Hively a photo editor at the Los Angeles Times who showed up three hours later looking equally dazed Once Cindy called home to let her husband know that we had arrived alive we gathered what little strength we had and dragged ourselves downstairs to the ho Swedish massage with attitude Its a deeper massage designed to relieve stress tension and the pain of the San Bernardino Free- warm enough before you step in And dont forget to replenish your body with plenty of ice water located throughout the spa Once we were as limp as dish-rag- s an attendant escorted us to the Tranquillity Room a dimly lighted area with soothing music piped in The room is beds An attendant tucks you in between the sheets then places cool wet pads over your eyes You are then free to float away and end your spa day here and consider it a deal We ended our spa day here but spent the rest of the day undergoing therapy of a different sort shopping eating burgers and way Other massages available include sports Shiatsu aromatherapy and target massage You also can learn the art of massage But if massage isnt your thing there are a variety of body treatments available (mud wraps seaweed wraps herbal wraps) or you can go the facial route My face feet and hands were handled by Luci a delightful n woman who not only taught me how to wash my face but discussed how pleased she was with the results of the spas renovation The renovations on the spa which opened in 1958 started in July 1997 The challenge thrown down by the owners the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians was to modernize the facility yet maintain its sacred cultural heritage The natural hot mineral waters have a deep spiritual significance to the tribe The water is collected in two 50000-gallo- n bolding tanks and then fed to the 35 sunken tubs and two outdoor pools A few things to know if you go: A 15 percent gratuity is included in all service fees Services cost less if you are a guest at the hotel For example a Spa Experience is $1955 for nonguests and $1380 for guests Services can either be a la carte or a package deal wall-to-wa- ll soft-spoke- fries drinking daiquiris and beers and capping the non-sp- a experience at the hotels casino with a secondhand-smok- e body d coordination wrap and exercises on the quarter slot machines What a fabulous way to end a fabulous day But if you prefer to stay on the straight and narrow after the Spa Experience you can opt to continue with one of the many treatments offered by the staff Our choices after we came in dead in the last and eye-han- second-to-dead-la- 10K: Aromatherapy Salt Glow: Lie back as the dead skin is gently rubbed off your body with sea salts and mineral salts I estimate I lost five pounds this way Swedish massage: For circulation and relaxation purposes A Therapeutic massage: tiles Heritage Tow Answers to Where Are You? 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