March is Caffeine Awareness Month
Source: Medicinenet.comThere are many products that may contain caffeine without your awareness. Be sure to read the label to see if caffeine is listed among the ingredients.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Caffeine Awareness Month
March is Caffeine Awareness MonthSource: Medicinenet.comThere are many products that may contain caffeine without your awareness. Be sure to read the label to see if caffeine is listed among the ingredients.
Towels Celebrity Style Part Two
Photo: FabSugar.comReese and Jake in their matching striped towels. Your towel doesn't have to be $175, but it does have to be refreshing and plush. Try TowelBathrobe.com's luxury stripe Turkish cotton towels for just $7.95.
Monday, March 9, 2009
National Sleep Awareness Week
What could be cozier than sleeping in a bathrobe? 
It's National Sleep Awareness Week 2009 - Get some ZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzz!
According to the National Sleep Association the standard 8-hour business day is no longer the norm in America. NSF’s 2008 Sleep in America poll reports the average American’s work day is now 9 hours and 28 minutes. The average time spent in bed is 6 hours and 55 minutes - with 6 hours and 40 minutes spent actually sleeping. NSF recommends getting at least 7 to 9 hours of sleep each night.
NSF’s 2008 Sleep in America poll found that American employers are waking up to the benefits of napping! A surprising 34 percent of respondents reported their employer allows them to nap during breaks and 16 percent provide a place to do so. And, more than a quarter (26%) of American workers said that they would catch some Zzzs during the workday if their employer permitted it.
NSF’s 2008 Sleep in America poll indicates that the lines between work and home life are blurred. More than half of Americans (58%) are bringing work home to complete at night. In fact, 20 percent spend more than ten hours a week doing job-related activities at home.
NSF’s 2008 Sleep in America poll compared those who work 30-39 hours a week with those who work more than 50 hours a week to see how well they were performing on the job. The results show that those working more than 50 hours a week had greater performance problems across the board addressing issues with impatience, concentration and productivity.
It's National Sleep Awareness Week 2009 - Get some ZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzz!According to the National Sleep Association the standard 8-hour business day is no longer the norm in America. NSF’s 2008 Sleep in America poll reports the average American’s work day is now 9 hours and 28 minutes. The average time spent in bed is 6 hours and 55 minutes - with 6 hours and 40 minutes spent actually sleeping. NSF recommends getting at least 7 to 9 hours of sleep each night.
NSF’s 2008 Sleep in America poll found that American employers are waking up to the benefits of napping! A surprising 34 percent of respondents reported their employer allows them to nap during breaks and 16 percent provide a place to do so. And, more than a quarter (26%) of American workers said that they would catch some Zzzs during the workday if their employer permitted it.
NSF’s 2008 Sleep in America poll indicates that the lines between work and home life are blurred. More than half of Americans (58%) are bringing work home to complete at night. In fact, 20 percent spend more than ten hours a week doing job-related activities at home.
NSF’s 2008 Sleep in America poll compared those who work 30-39 hours a week with those who work more than 50 hours a week to see how well they were performing on the job. The results show that those working more than 50 hours a week had greater performance problems across the board addressing issues with impatience, concentration and productivity.
Friday the 13th, March 13, 2009
Photo PopSugar.comLindsey Lohan to star in “Elm Street” remake.
Lindsey Lohan, the star of Mean Girls and a frequent tabloid mainstay, has been cast as Nancy in the Nightmare on Elm Street remake. The film is scheduled for a 2010 release.
Friday, March 6, 2009
Towels Celebrity Style
Photo from JackelDaily.comBritney Spears gives the gym goers an eye full of her body wrapped in a towel. She was at Hotel Spa in Marina del Rey, California doing her usual daily routine of a workout Britney style.
Photo from www.entertainmentwise.comBritney Spears Is Like A Virgin At LAX Airport
The star is snapped with a towel over her head.
Towel Day Countdown to May 25
No Joke - for all you Mac users who want to count down the Towel Day Holiday with us @ Towelbathrobe.com!
A free Towel Day WidgetDashboard for your Mac desktop. This widget counts down in days to may, 25th - the towel day. A tribute to the author Douglas Adams, who made the world happy with ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’.
A free Towel Day WidgetDashboard for your Mac desktop. This widget counts down in days to may, 25th - the towel day. A tribute to the author Douglas Adams, who made the world happy with ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’.
Drawing the Baths Out
Create a luxury bathroom at home just like the five star hotels and use 100% Turkish cotton bathrobes and towels.
Article from HotelsMag.com 3/1/2009
Designers balance need for privacy with a desire for free-flowing spaces. By Adam Kirby, Associate Editor
The Fire Suite at Raffles Dubai features a Jacuzzi atop a marble steps, dramatically overlooking the Dubai skyline.
Article from HotelsMag.com 3/1/2009
Designers balance need for privacy with a desire for free-flowing spaces. By Adam Kirby, Associate Editor
The Fire Suite at Raffles Dubai features a Jacuzzi atop a marble steps, dramatically overlooking the Dubai skyline. Thanks in large part to the emergence of the spa as a featured hotel amenity, baths are no longer an afterthought in the guestroom design process. By incorporating natural light and experimenting with alternative placement of baths and fixtures, designers are helping previously claustrophobic, opaque hotel bathrooms give way to cleansing spaces that are bright, airy and open. In some cases, the bathroom has even become the very centerpiece of the guestroom.
In designing the bathrooms at Park Hyatt Istanbul, Randy Gerner of GKV Architects took inspiration from Turkish hammams, creating a variety of guestroom bathing experiences encompassed in an oversized "wet room." By tiling the entire space and giving the floors proper drainage, the wet room includes a splash tub, an Asian basin, a heated stone seat, rainshower and steam shower. A wall of windows brings a natural atmosphere to the bathing area. Muted, therapeutic colored lights complete the space.
Other standard bathroom features—vanity, sink, toilet, bidet—are excluded from the wet room entirely. "We normally only put those things in the same room (as the bath) for the sake of convenience," Gerner says. Taking them away from the wet room elevates the elegance of the entire bathing experience, Gerner says.
In creating the bathroom of the Fire Suite at Raffles Dubai, Pia Lakshmi Sen of LW Design Group, Dubai, placed the Jacuzzi tub—elevated atop inviting marble steps—in front of a window overlooking the Dubai skyline, giving the space a feel of airy openness. Sen embraced an aesthetic of over-the-top luxury, with 24-karat gold and marble throughout. The 50-sq. m (538-sq. ft.) bathroom features Asian design influences, infused with touches of red that evoke a fiery theme.
Taking full advantage of its geography, The Regent Bal Harbour, Florida, positions free-standing tubs and rainforest showers alongside floor-to-ceiling windows, providing a magnificent view of the beach and the Atlantic Ocean below. Wall-length vanities with multiple washbasins help the bathrooms maintain the feeling of openness begun by the exterior oceanscape.
As part of the recent US$10 million renovation of Seattle's Alexis Hotel, Dawson Design Associates set out to create guestroom bathrooms that marry the look of a Europe salon with a relaxed and tranquil atmosphere. Spa suites include elevated two-seat, deep-jetted tubs, set beneath sunlit skylights. Resting near the gleaming white tub is a long, gallery-style bench, selected for its strength and shape. Its artisan style is enhanced by the clean lines of black marble countertops and modern pendant lighting.
Pininfarina Extra, the Turin, Italy-based division of the design firm behind Ferrari automobiles, created the visually electrifying Morphosis Jacuzzi that dominates the Imperiale Suite at The Keating Hotel, San Diego. As much artwork as bath, the Morphosis sits in the living room area of the suite, allowing for views of the San Diego skyline. The two-seat tub features a wall mirror and six chromatherapy LED lights, with the design intended to reflect a womb shape.
At The St. Regis Bali Resort, Philippines-based design firm Manny Samson + Associates focused on merging opulent luxury with the bathroom's sense of ritual. Bathroom windows and doors open up to lush greenery, allowing guests to bathe in the morning sunlight in deep-soaking tubs built for two. Floors and walls made of beige marble culled from nearby mountains are acid-washed to achieve a mellow matte finish, while other locally harvested materials—decorative white limestone and Bangkerai timber—give the space a clean yet rugged appearance.
Not all designers favor placing baths literally alongside windows, of course. For the US$400 million Trump Ocean Club, set to open later this year in Panama City, designer Betsy Hughes took on the challenge of creating free-flowing bathrooms that open onto the rest of the guestroom without compromising "emotional barriers" tied to guest privacy.
"We kept the private areas private, so the showers and WC are enclosed," says Hughes, an associate with Atlanta-based HBA/Hirsch Bedner Associates. "They're translucent spaces but not transparent spaces." Hughes placed the bathtub in the center of the bathroom, situated to give guests a direct view of the guestroom, plus the bay and city beyond, while maintaining the essence of separateness.
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