Soaking my head
When it comes to relaxation, my needs are simple:
- freedom from responsibilities,
- interesting things to look at,
- a clean, well lighted place in which to write,
- a fast data connection,
- high quality flor de caña,
- wide-ranging and witty conversation with fascinating people,
- and plenty of hot water and a tub big enough to soak in.
Hmm, perhaps "simple" isn't the most accurate word to use. However, this list may go a way toward explaining why relaxation doesn't come easily to me.
When I travel — primarily for work — I try to accommodate at least some of these prerequisites, and one of the easiest has usually been the long, hot bath. My tub at home, while adequate for cleanliness, doesn't provide for the sort of Archimedean inspiration I crave. Fortunately, business class hotels usually do.
Unfortunately, that seems to be changing. This Miami Herald article discusses how hotels are cutting corners by installing showers only, and often removing the existing baths. Damn this American obsession with efficiency!
I suppose I could still avail myself of the property's hot tubs, if any, but even if you ignore the warnings of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, getting into an outsized outdoor bathtub alone is just kind of sad.
And sadness, obviously, is not conducive to relaxation.
5 Comments:
i'm curious: did you try that SANG SOM rum? my bottle is almost empty now... (i'm aware that FLOR DE CANA rum is on another level!)
While Hemingway may have preferred clean and well-lighted, I strongly suggest candles for the bath.
Holy crap, they do know how to take the fun out of everything, don't they? I wonder if anyone ever died from doing you know what in a hot tub. Surely, some folks must've been conceived in one!
I'm willing to put my own life on the line for the sake of Science, Manola. Know anyone interested in being a lab assistant? ;-)
Ah, you are a brave soldier, but be careful ... you might get into hot water!
yeah, new million dollar apts have decided to do away with the "traditional" (yet fucking heaving) jacuzzi bathtub and are replacing them with 6x6 slate showers. what a wasste. i have to say the second main reason for my move (besides the beach) is the killer bathtub here - first i loved the outdoor hot tubs but then i got over my guilt of wasting water in favor of super chorline sub with essential oils. Ahh - damn stupid developers
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