Spa reviews.  Allow me to let you in on a secret.  The spa reviewer starts with the best intentions.  She vows that this spa review will be different, devoid of cliches, she won’t even go near the word “relaxing” let alone that bete noir of spa reviews: “pampering”.
But somewhere between the therapists’s hands landing on [...]

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1) Moonshadows, Malibu.  
Yes, it’s cheesy, yes, it’s full of tourists, but I fell in love with this cute little bar/restaurant in Malibu.  It’s as close to the sea as you can get, and sitting with that view - the big expanse of sky, the moonlight casting patterns over the waves, has to be one [...]

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