- Ordering pu pu platters
- Wearing high heels
- Going to romantic weekend getaway destinations
I didn't expect that I'd grow up to be 6'1, so the high heels thing isn't part of my wardrobe. Plus, I can't walk in 'em. That's out.
So, that leaves me with my third one. Growing up outside of Chicago, I'd see these ads on TV about this romantic wonderland called Sybaris. According to their extremely cheesy, low-tech ads, I could look forward to flower petals on beds, wearing robes, fireplaces, and MY OWN IN-ROOM WHIRLTUB! Where do I sign up for this? Look at this place:
The funny thing is that it didn't even register at all as a creepy thing. It just looked like so much fun to rent a pool suite! I imagined it'd be like we were riding in Vince Neil's limo cruising down the Sunset Strip, right? Break open the champagne.
In high school, I heard that a few friends were going to rent out some rooms at Sybaris after prom and it re-ignited my desire to go. I asked my boyfriend at the time if he'd be into it and he flatly rejected the idea. No rose petals? No luxurious robes? No in-room whirltub? Nope. None for me. He was never up for anything like that. I mean, he worked at a record store. Those guys aren't exactly known to kick up their heels.
Am I alone in this? Did anyone else ever think that these places were the height of fun and romance? Did the lunatics on Blind Date kill this whirlpool-during-a-date idea? So many questions!
15 comments:
Romance or no, that place looks awesome!
A good boyfriend would try to make your dream come true, even if it doesn't turn out to be all it is cracked up to be. He should be GGG. If I'm ever your boyfriend I promise to take you.
Anonymous, if you're under 5'8, have brown hair and live in Philly, then yes, you can be my boyfriend.
xoxo
Ha ha! I grew up outside Chicago and used to be very confused by these commercials as a child. In fact, for a while we lived close by to one. I was too young to realize that they were for couples--I thought they looked like fun! I remember asking my mother if we could go there and she gave me the look of death.
I totally thought that they looked like fun. WHIRLTUB!!!
Man, that place looks like you would contract a venereal disease just by using the pen at the front desk when you check in. Hot tubs = chlamydia stew.
Exotic? Sensual? Intimate? Fun? All under one roof...what more can you ask for....that is the place to be.....got my speedo's at the ready.
It's all about Fantasuites™ - you can stay in a castle or an igloo.
Loved this.
And BTW, I remember thinking the champagne glass tubs in the Poconos would be super fun.
Yes!! This commercial was on local cable and they only showed it at night!
two people i know just got engaged during a "romantic" weekend at caesar's paradise streams resort in the poconos. before now i thought it was just too corny to happen - but it did.
Anna, three strikes, I'm out, but I hope you find that boy. -not a potential bf
I always saw those commercials growing up and thought they looked like fun. I then stayed at one on my wedding night and found that they are indeed fun (private inroom pools are great). Also the number of mirrored surfaces in the rooms is rather impressive.
Jess, you are my hero. xoxo
I don't even know how it entered my consciousness, but I remember seeing a champagne glass shaped hot tub once and thinking it was the coolest thing ever. I inspect hotels now, so I've seen several of those (as well as many a themed-room) at the Caesars resorts in the Poconos. Paradise Stream is the best one ;)
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