REVIEW:ʻO ka Mokupuni Moana ma Watch Hill, Rhode Island

ʻAʻohe puʻu kālā i hoʻomahaʻia

Ua noʻonoʻo pahaʻoe i ka mea e like me ka hele wāwaeʻana i ka hōkele Victorian ma hope o ke kūkuluʻiaʻana, i ka wā e hoʻonani a nani ai ka nani a pau. I kēia manawa, hiki iāʻoe, ma ka Hale Moana ma Watch Hill, ma kahakai kokoke i Westerly, Rhode Island.

I ka mea i kūkulu muaʻia i ka makahiki 1868,ʻo ka Ocean House kahi kaiāulu kahakai kahi i hele ai nāʻohana mai New York City, Boston a me Philadelphia i ke kauwela. Ua lōʻihi kona mau nani i ka makahiki 2003 ma hope o ka hoʻololiʻana o nā lula ahi.

ʻO nā mea waiwai waiwai (philanthropists ka'ōlelo maikaʻi loa i kēia hihia) manaʻolana e hoʻihoʻi i ka hōkele, akā ua lōʻihi loa ka hanaʻana.

No laila ua hoʻomanaʻo pono lākou i kaʻike o ka hale, ua kū pono i ka waho, a ua hoʻokipa i ka hokele. ʻO ka mea i piʻi i kona wahi, he replication maʻamau - e like me ka mea kumu,ʻo ia wale nō. ʻO kona mau keʻena he kanakolu he nui aʻoi aku i nā mea maikaʻi a pau e hoʻolālā ai ka poʻe malihini mākaʻikaʻi. Ua laweʻia iʻelima mau makahiki, a me $ 146 miliona. I kēia manawa, he Relais a me nā waiwai waiwai e hiki i nā mea a pau ke hiki ke hele.

Ua kūkuluʻia he 23 mau hale noho, kahi e kūʻai ai a hoʻolimalima paha, ma keʻano he wahi o ka hokele. He wahi maʻalahi ka Hale Moana ma Boston a me New York City, ma ke kaʻaahi, aʻo ke kauwela nui ke kauwela. Akā, ua hāmamaʻo ia i ka makahiki a puni, a ua nui ka manawa e hoʻomaha ai i ka manawa o ka makahiki.

ʻO kekahi o nā momona o ka Hale Moana ka mea e hōʻike i ka lole Victorian i kona lawelaweʻana.

I koʻu weheʻana i ka puka i loko o koʻu lumi, ua kali mai iaʻu kahi poho o nā pōhaku i hanaʻia i ka home a me ka lemon curd e kali ana iaʻu, me kahi leka uila i'ōleloʻia, "Anitra Brown, # 303, i kahi noho." Ua lilo wau i mea e hoʻomaha ai ma hope o koʻu heleʻana, aʻo kēia ka liloʻana i hale noʻu no kekahi mau lā.

ʻO ka lumi i kahi o Victorian, e like me ka hana akamai e like me ka papa lāʻau.

Akā,ʻoi aku ka nui o kēia lumi ma mua o nā kumu, eʻoluʻolu ana i nā mea hou i kēia manawa. Ponoʻoe e hoʻolālā i ka manawa eʻauʻau ai, a hiki iāʻoe ke huki i nā pukapiho e komo i ka lumi i kahi lumi, kekahi manaʻo hou hou. ʻO kekahi mea'ē aʻe, akā,ʻo kaʻoiaʻiʻo o ka'ōmole o ka wai, ka sodasa, a me nā'āpala - a hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻokuʻuʻia! Ke ho'āʻoʻoe e kīki i ke koʻokoʻo,'ōlelo lākou ua komo i loko o kāu uku hoʻolimalima.

OH! Spa = Moana me kaʻohi

Ua hele au ma laila e nānā i ka OH! Spa, he 12,000 kapuaʻi hīnaʻi spa meʻehiku lumi lumi hoʻomaha a me kahi wahi hoʻonani e hoʻomaha ai ma hope o kāu hana. Mālama nā loun o nā chaise i ke kai, no laila hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻokuʻu a hauʻoli i kaʻike. Ua aneane e like me ka nohoʻana ma luna o ke kapa moana.

Kūʻo ia a me H no kaʻohiʻai (no laila ke OH!) Aʻelua mau māmā eʻikeʻia i nā laina e hoʻohana ai lākou, e like me ka Phytomer a me ka Moana, i hanaʻia me nā meaʻono, a me Farmaesthetics, he lālā kūlohelohe e hoʻohana ana i nā mea kanu, nā pua, nā oka o kaʻaila a ho'āʻo e mālama i nā kinona i ka liʻiliʻi. ʻO ka mea hoʻokumu,ʻo Brenda Brock, he kanaka nō hoʻiʻo Rhode Island.

Ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi "Hoʻohana Hoʻolaha Kūpilikiʻi," he 60 mau minuke i lawelaweʻia no ka nui o ka spa. Makemake au i kā Roberta, ke kālaika, hāʻawi mai iaʻu i kahi o nāʻanoʻaila likeʻole e pono ai , e like me ka lavender hoʻokipa a me kaʻaila hua.

Hanaʻia kēia no ka hapanui, akā,ʻaʻole lākou i kā lākou mau massa. Hoʻokomoʻo ia i kekahi mau liʻiliʻi ma kahi lole a hoʻokuʻuʻia ma lalo o ka papa-kahi pāʻani maikaʻi aʻu iʻike muaʻole ai ma mua. I ka manawa maʻamau, paʻa nā lima o ka mea hoʻoponopono i lalo o kou ihu no kekahi manawa. Heʻanoʻaila maikaʻi loa ia, a me ka nui o ka manawa e hoʻonā hou ai i loko o kaʻu pūnaewele.

Hoʻomoe Hoʻolaha Kūpilikiʻi kahi Knockout

Hoʻomaka ka pākī me kahi pāhana wela wela maikaʻi ma kuʻu kua i ka wā e hana ana ke kaukaʻo Roberta i koʻu mau wāwae. ʻO ke kumu nui o kēia massage,ʻo ia koʻu kua, ka'ā'ī a me nā poʻohiwi, kahi iʻoi aku ka nui o ka massage kiko . Ua maʻa ka maʻa aʻoi aku ka hoʻomahaʻana i koʻu mau lima a me koʻu mau wāwae, e like me ka massage Swedish . Ua helele wau i ka manawa aʻu i hala ai ma hope o koʻu kua, akā ua hiki iaʻu ke hoʻomanaʻo i kekahi mau hoʻouka mahana hoʻomaha i koʻu mau wāwae. He hōʻailona nui kēia, aʻo kekahi o kā lākou mea kaulana loa.

Hiki iāʻoe ke loaʻa kahi Massage Traditional,ʻo ia hoʻiʻo Suedena,ʻo ka Stone Stone Massage ( pōhaku maʻa ), a me ka Muscle Ease (keʻano hohonu).

Ua hauʻoli wau i nā hua Phytomer ma kaʻu mau waiwai o ke Kai a me ka mea i hāʻawiʻia e ke kaupaʻau iaʻu i ka lima weliweli, ka lima a me ka wāwae. (Ua hele au i nā hale kaʻa hiko.) Akā,ʻo ia he mea hōʻolo maʻi ma mua a uaʻike auʻaʻole i kahi pākī maka i ka piko o ka'esthetician top. Malia paha e noi aku i kahi mea'anakoki wale nō, aiʻole i manaʻo aiʻo ia kona ikaika nui. He mea maʻamauʻole ka maikaʻi like i ka massage a me nā maka, a aia kekahi mau mākaʻikaʻiʻelua maʻaneʻi. Hāʻawi nō hoʻiʻo ia i nā hōʻailona kino e hoʻohana ana i nā hua puaʻa Red, nā mea maikaʻi.

OH! ʻO Spa he spa nani, me kahiʻauʻau, kahi lumi hoʻomaha a me kahi lumi hoʻolālā hana me "nā papaʻoihana." Hiki iāʻoe ke koho i kahi hāʻina āu e makemake ai inā makemakeʻoe (e kākoʻo ana), ke hele mai kahi kiʻi nui, a he mea aʻo i laila e kōkua iāʻoe ma o ia. Ināʻaʻole makemakeʻoe, hoʻololi. Aia kekahi mau papa likeʻole e like me ka hanaʻana i kahakai a me ka yoga ma ka mahina piha.

Ua loaʻa iā lākou kekahi mauʻoihana hebedoma no nā poʻe e pili ana i nā mea'ē aʻe, aʻo ka wā e hele aiʻoe i laila, kahi mea maikaʻi e hele ai, mahalo pinepine. Hiki paha keʻono i ka meaʻono (luna mālama waina), kahi memele make-up, kahi hōʻaluʻana i ka hīnaʻi, kahi mākaʻikaʻiʻana o ka Ocean House (mea i manaʻo nuiʻia).

Aia kekahi mau hōʻailona nani o nā hīmeni a pau ma ka hale hōkele, akā,ʻaʻoleʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka hōʻiliʻiliʻana o nā mea haku kaulana a me nā mea kākau (Sam Shepard, Tom Wolfe) nāna i kiʻi i nā kiʻi pono'ī iā lākou i nīnauʻia e kekahi mea hana ma kahi hale kaulana a puke puke ma NYC. .

Ma waho aʻe o ke kahakai nani, aia kahi'ōpala ulu. He naniʻo Westerly, aʻaʻole kokoke loa ka aquarium Mystic ma ke alanui. He papa maikaʻi loa kaʻona o Seasons (he paʻakikī keʻimi aku iā Krug ma ke aniani!) A hiki paha iāʻoe ke noho i loko o ka Moana Atlantic Terrace (kahi moana nui), kahi hale hauʻoli a me kahi kīʻaha paha. .

He mea nui kēia, waiwai kūikawā aʻu e paipai nei i nā mea a pau e hiki ke ho'āʻo i laila e hele, inā paha no kahi lā hoʻokahi, aiʻole he meaʻai. Hoʻopihaʻia ka brunch o ka Lāpule, lohe au. A ināʻoe e noho ma laila, hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻi aku i ka home me kekahi mau mea nui nani-ʻo kahi o nā pūlā kālā ke kumukānāwai turndown. ʻIke lākou i keʻano e kau ai i ka leʻaleʻa maʻaneʻi.

Ocean House, Watch Hill, Rhode Island: Keʻano o Spa: kahi spa spa

Kahi: 1 Bluff Avenue, Watch Hill, Westerly, Rhode Island
Telephone: 401-584-7000 (hotel), 401-584-7070 (spa)
Pūnaewele: Ocean House, Watch Hill

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