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Ten Great Holiday Spa Treatments From Coast To Coast

Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels, Spas, Holiday Guides

The holiday season kicks one's stress drives into high gear. Whether you're hosting a holiday with the immediate family or a soiree for you and 250 of your closest friends. Spa treatments - even those that aren't as luxurious as the ones we've selected below, have been shown to reduce stress, boost immunity and oh yeas - get you at least a few hours of much-needed peace and quiet.

Book one of these for yourself or a loved one (or spa together for a great holiday experience!). We've selected a variety of treatments offered coast to coast. Al of the treatments listed below are available through the holiday season, and many are also bookable into the spring.

Hot Toddy for the Body at L'Auberge de Sedona
Spa in the splendor of nature at Sedona resort L'Auberge when you book their special "Hot Toddy for the Body," a spirit-lifting holiday cocktail for the whole system. The treatment begins with a cornmeal body scrub rich with clove, organic orange and cinnamon with a warming body wrap of sweet soy, calendula and orange oil. $130

Peace, Joy and Harmony at Qua Baths & Spa
We could all use a little peace, joy and harmony this holiday season, and even better when those relaxing moments come at a spa. Try Atlantic City's Qua Baths & Spa holiday treatments for whichever feeling you hope to inspire. Joy comes in the form of a European facial featuring a frangipani sugar hand exfoliation and paraffin wax treatment. Find Peace in a back and foot ritual with a Ginger, Rosemary & Lemongrass foot exfoliation preceded by a pressure reflex point massage of your feet, followed by an Arnica & Shea Butter exfoliation of your back and a relaxing Marine Oil Swedish neck, shoulder & lower back massage. If it's Harmony you're after, balance your Chakras with a stone massage and exotic milk hair mask followed by the same Marine Oil massage. $180 each.

Bindi Rebirth at The Boulders
Want to enter 2011 looking and feeling like a new person? Book The Boulders' Bindi treatment. Based on the ancient Ayurvedic arts, this herbal exfoliation, aromatherapy massage and comforting body wrap is bound to make you feel fresh and new. $205.

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Olive 8 Condos Up For Auction

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Auctions, Real Estate Developments

The last time I mentioned the Olive 8 condo complex in Seattle was in 2008 when the developer offered prospective buyers a price guarantee. Now on September 19, 34 condos in the building will be auctioned off in a sale conducted by Kennedy Wilson.

The 34 condominiums are located above the downtown Hyatt at Olive 8 and were previously priced from $395,000 to $1,235,000 with five of the 34 condominiums previously listed at over one million dollars each. Starting bids at the September 19th auction will range from $160,000 to $440,000 with all five million-dollar-plus condos included in the bidding.

The one- and two-bedroom condos at Olive 8 have up to 1,586 sq ft of living space and share the Hyatt's amenities including room service and housekeeping. Residents-only amenities include a 24-hour concierge, access to the Club Lounge and outdoor terrace, billiards and entertainment rooms, and a dog run. Units have hardwood flooring, glass walls, modern kitchens and bathrooms with deep soaking tubs. The 34 condominiums up for auction are situated between the 18th and 26th floors. The auction is offering a special incentive of $5,000 toward closing costs to those who who obtain financing through Bank of America Home Loans and Wells Fargo Home Mortgage and close escrow within 45 calendar days of the auction.

[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]

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Olive 8 Condo Project Offers Sales Guarantee

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Real Estate Developments

The declining real estate market has been particularly tough on the condo market with many people afraid to buy a condo for fear that six months or a year later someone else will buy the same size condo in their building for a lot less money. At the Olive 8 hotel condo/hotel project in Seattle, the developer is seeking to allay that fear by offering prospective buyers the type of guarantee that we usually see electronics and furniture stores offer. The developer has said that If someone buys an Olive 8 condo now and later someone else buys a unit in the building with the same floor plan for less, the developer will reduce the first buyer's price down to the lower amount at closing.

Olive 8 is currently under construction at Eighth Avenue and Olive Way and will have 230 luxury condos on 22 floors above a 17-story Hyatt hotel. The hotel is slated to open in December and condo owners will move in after that. The sales are a testimony to the dramatic shift the real estate market has taken. About a year ago the developer had sold 175 of the 230 units but since then they've sold less than 10 more. Remaining condos in the building start at $750,000.

Gallery: Olive 8 Condos