2006 holiday season is here, and urbàna cityspa & teabar turns gift-giving relaxing. step inside urbàna at carmel village to browse a broad array of gifts. while you’re with us: sip some wine…warm up with one of 60 teas…enjoy music in the lounge and appetizers at the teabar…take time out for a massage while our staff works your shopping list. you can wrap up the holidays seven days a week at urbàna (mon.-fri. 10-10, sat. 10-6 and sun. 11-6). or even shop from home – just call 704.543.1700 for gift ideas, to arrange mailing of urbàna gifts and giftcards, or to have gifts packaged for pickup. make your holidays simple, as well as simply fabulous. let us suggest…

our massage giftcards give the perfect escape to family, friends, clients and associates. and for the most special on your list, an urbàna massage series is the ultimate gift. urbàna offers an international mix of massage, including ashiatsu barefoot therapy, thai floor massage, swedish and hawaiian hot stones. giftcards are packaged to make a statement on their own or can be creatively combined with other gift items.

choose from a selection of organic and international gifts: unna & company thai soaps in handmade presentation boxes
• fizzy bath balls by jane for long, luxurious baths
• scented eye pillows by sonoma lavender and dreamtime
• essential oils, lotions and oils by bod australia
• dani’s purely beautiful bath and body potions in passionfruit and lemongrass lavender
• kama sutra’s oils, creams and honey dust
• moon valley botanicals’ natural, handmade soaps and soothing lotion bars and muscle rubs
• savannah bee honey’s luscious sugared honey body scrub or orange mint overnight foot treatment

60 premium, looseleaf teas from around the world
• bodum teapots and glasses
• matcha gift sets
• asian teapots and canisters
• gamila teastick infusers
• tea of the month clubs
• luxurious robes for him and for her
• heated body and shoulder wraps
• cinnamon-apple or apricot scone mix
• chocolat vitale premium hot chocolate and fondue

what's not to love when mixing hotels and art?
the james hotel in chicago (additional locations scheduled for nyc, l.a. and miami) features original art in a sleek steel and glass lobby and large video art installations that no doubt helped put it on travel + leisure magazine's 'the it list'. nyc's chambers hotel features 500 original works of contemporary art (some shown at www.chambershotel.com) in a small and luxuriously modern environment. for a more boho take in nyc, you'll find artists-in-residence on the 13th floor of the 100-year-old gershwin hotel, along with the belief that artists, like children, must be protected. and at the melia san lucas hotel in cabo san lucas, modern art finds a home in every guestroom and common area with paintings and sculptures by urbàna's featured artist, yuri zatarain. makes you want to stay a little longer.

the sole experience is a treat for feet and an irresistible addition to urbàna's massage menu. imagine kicking back for 30 minutes while shea butter is slathered onto your feet and the healing energy of hot stones creates a tension-melting massage. also available as a treatment of feet, hands and head ... just ask for the 60-minute
sole+ experience.

summer seems suddenly gone, and structure begs a return to our lives. this year, maybe a different to-do list, one that covers not the myriad of things that need to be done ... but just five or six little dreams ... a go-to list that's perfect with a cup of tea, a glass of wine, a small piece of dark chocolate — not necessarily in that order. here's to autumn days ahead.

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