Yesterday was my 31st birthday. This year, like in years past, Candice sent me to the spa as my birthday treat. But it’s not just any spa I visit…it’s Sir Spa, a men’s only spa in the Andersonville neighborhood of Chicago. This place is top notch and I absolutely love it. It’s home to the best masseuse I’ve ever had…a dude named Peter. Peter is a former professional soccer player and he destroys my body in all the right ways. Last year I had a 90 minute Sports Massage (similar to a deep tissue, but with more stretching) that was just incredible. Oh the pain…the sweet sweet pain.
Yesterday, my services included:
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Signature Massage (basically a Swedish style full body, 60 minutes)
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Hot Towel Face Treatment (60 minute facial with professional consultation/evaluation)
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Detox Mud Wrap (they paint your naked body with a mud cleanser, wrap you up in layers of plastic sheets and blankets, crank up the table heater, sweat you out for 25 minutes, then wipe you down with hot towels)
The mud wrap was interesting and unique, but I’m not sure I’d do it again. The massage and facial were dynamite. And as always, the facility was terrific. The locker and steam rooms are on the small side, but the waterfall shower and available grooming products are nice touches. I thoroughly enjoy my time there.
Sir Spa appears to lean towards the gay side of things, but if you aren’t comfortable with that, you probably shouldn’t be stripping naked and getting rubbed with man hands in the first place.
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