Sarasota News Leader
January 11, 2013
Page 72
Faint scents of refreshing botanicals filled the are not supposed to stare at anyone, which,
frankly, was going to be hard for me. What if
large room.
I was sitting across from Tatum Channing in
Harmony is attractive — from Miami — and
the sauna? Do not stare? Humph. Good luck
she played the part of resort shaman like a
with that dumb rule, Canyon Ranch Spa.
pro. This is how she set the tone:
• The rooms are actually apartments. Each
• There is not a resort fee and that is awehas a living room, kitchen, balconies, a bedsome.
room and a huge bathroom. It is like being
• Many resorts offer up a mighty fine room
at home, only way better and with room
rate to get you to book, but when you roll
service.
up to register, you realize that if you use
anything outside the room, you will pay • Much of the resort is cell-phone free. That
is a big plus.
for it in a hidden resort fee. Here, the "no
resort fee" covers access to the spa, the As for the room: My luggage, a duffel bag filled
70,000-square-foot fitness facility, the beach, with BPA-free products, and a light and bright
all fitness classes (and there are dozens), sweeping ocean view made me stagger as I
Internet access, certain consultations, pools walked in the door. A comfy bathrobe and a
and spas.
healthful snack were waiting on the table with
• This is a "no stare" resort. As it turns out, the a note thanking me for being there.
Canyon Ranch
My normal "MO"
staff wants evwhen traveling in
eryone to be
Miami is dinner at
super comfort10 p.m. and then
able, so staring
a bar, but for that
is not allowed.
night, it was differBaffled, I asked,
ent. I was there for
"Can you give
health, so healthy
me an example
I would be. I put
of someone I
on the amazingly
would stare at
soft bathrobe and
so I can be cogmade a list of the
nizant about not
classes I would
doing it?"
take the next day.
Then I downloaded
As it also turns out,
a "workout mix,"
Canyon Ranch is a
which had this
place where Holsong that always
lywood stars go
gets me going, and
to unwind, so you The resort is right on the beach.
