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VANCOUVER FASHION MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2005

TIME TO RELAX

YOU KNOW YOU DESERVE A PAMPERING SESSION AT ONE OF VANCOUVER'S BEST SPAS.

By Maria Tallarico with Files from Kat MacLennan

THE SPECIALISTS

SPRUCE BODY LAB

This minimalist retreat hit the Vancouver scene in the summer and quickly gained a rep for being the hippest place in town for a rub-down. You won't find yourself walking around in a robe, sipping tea or being whispered to by doe-eyed aestheticians. The lab coat-wearing staff gives the spa a chic science lab feel, and the motivational quotes that cover the walls somehow don't come across as chessy, but are actually inspiring in the serene environment. Its fluff-free menu includes a Dermalogica facil ($100) and age-defying microdermabrasion (from $125). Moreover, this is the ideal place to use your medical massage therapy allowance. Skilled RMTs perform traditional massage or La Stone Therapy (from $80). It's said that the stroke of one hot granite or cold marble is worth 10 strokes of the fingers.

1128 Richards St., 604-683-3220, sprucebodylab.com

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