THIS Is The Day That..... I write about when I did a spa day for myself. Now before I start this was a unique experience for me. Not anything I thought I would be comfortable with but was. This little piece of heaven is located in Carrollton TX and I cannot wait until I get the chance to go back.
The first thing you do is check in and it costs $35.00 for 24 hours. You are given a wristband with a number. You walk into the first locker area and place your shoes in your assigned locker then proceed to the next counter where you are given a uniform that you wear in the establishment.
This spa is pretty much like a Korean bath house and if you don't know what that is see what I found on Wikipedia below:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jjimjilbang
A Jjimjilbang (Hangul: 찜질방; hanja: -房) is a large, gender-segregated public bathhouse in Korea, furnished with hot tubs, showers, Korean traditional kiln saunas and massage tables. Jjimjil is derived from the words meaning heated bath. However, in other areas of the building or on other floors there are unisex areas, usually with a snack bar, ondol-heated floor for lounging and sleeping, wide-screen TVs, exercise rooms, ice rooms, heated salt rooms, PC bang, noraebang, and sleeping quarters with either bunk beds or sleeping mats. Many of the sleeping rooms can have themes or elements to them. Usually Jjimjilbangs will have various rooms with different temperatures to suit guests' preferred relaxing temperatures. The walls are decorated with different woods, minerals, crystals, stones, and metals. This is to make the ambient mood and smell more natural. Often the elements used have traditional Korean medicinal purposes in the various rooms.
And that is exactly what it was like. On the first floor it was segregated by gender where you scrub your body down before you get into the mineral bath or sauna. Now if you are shy then being on the first floor is not for you but let me tell you NOBODY CARES ABOUT LOOKING AT YOU!! And if you can get that through your head then you will be able to enjoy those hot water tubs with jets. If that is not for you then I suggest you venture to other areas of the place. And to the idiots who were wearing bathing suits in the tubs and to the other idiots taking pictures in that area need to learn how to have respect for other people. Is it pretty down there?? Yes it is.....but did you even think that people who are not dressed may be captured in your photo that you are probably going to post on Facebook?? Oh and read the GIGANTIC signs telling you NO bathing suits in tubs and no cameras in the tub area. But the situation was taken care of.
The other area on the first floor is the pool area that has an aqua bar, pool, hot tub and a small lazy river section in the pool. Second floor they have various sauna rooms, ice room, sleeping areas, massage room, infra-red lounge area (aka french fry lights), nail/facial salon, sushi bar, juice bar, and a quiet sleeping room. Third floor has another Korean restaurant and an area where you can relax and watch movies as well as a fitness center. Top floor has a club/bar up there. I'm sure that I am forgetting something but the experience was great, the people were awesome and the sushi was great. Although next time I'm going to the Korean restaurant. My friend went there and had a smorgasbord for less than I paid for two rolls of sushi.
All in all my experience there was relaxing and awesome since I don't treat myself to anything like that normally. But I felt it was something that was okay this time. But I would definitely recommend this place even if you don't do everything there. Oh yeah they have rooms that you can pay for there and spend the night there. So if you have a significant other and want to do a spa weekend together this is the place to go!
Well until next time....
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