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Tonic ReliefBy Lyssa OberkreserPublished on November 02, 2006Although I pass the old Lido Spa Hotel on my way to the office every day, I had yet dared to hurdle over the potholes and construction equipment to make it inside the hip renovation now known as The Standard. A project of famed New York hotelier André Balazs (as in the on/off boyfriend of Uma Thurman who also worked his magic on the Raleigh and the infamous Chateau Marmont), The Standard is a born-again holistic oasis. Though the architectural structure and classic rejuvenation features remain (sauna, hamam, mud), gone are the blue-hairs who in their robes and slippers used to pad about the lobby of the 1960s elderly retreat. I have yet to indulge in the $25 spa access pass, but I did commit to another form of therapy involving a soothing potation.
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