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Hardship Travel

I'm back in Chicago for the rest of this week, attending a corporate retreat.

At the Four Seasons Hotel.

Where, when I went to check in, they informed me that they no longer had "executive king" rooms.

So they upgraded me to an executive suite.

With views of Lake Michigan from one room (yes, room!), and a towering view of downtown from the other.

I really hate being away from home.  But if you've got to be away, this is the way to do it...

A question, though, for all of you folks who come from parts of the world where hand-held showers are the norm -- why?  Why do you prefer them?  What advantages do they offer?  (Is it solely that you have more access to the dangly bits?) 

Mindy (who would make an ocean of the bathroom, if she actually used the hand-held option in this shower...)
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Posted on Jul. 25th, 2007 at 08:41 am | | Leave a comment | Add to Memories | Tell a Friend

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(Anonymous)

It sounds lovely!

Hand held shower? I mostly leave mine on the hook. But when washing my hair, it's really great for rinsing the soap out, which I do very thoroughly because I'm allergic to soap. Hives are not fun.

Adrianne
Posted on Jul. 25th, 2007 12:58 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]ashkta

Executive suite? Amazing. I've never been in anything but your basic hotel room!

Yeah, handheld showers are for reaching hard-to-get-to things, if necessary, or for getting a closer wash on your hair. It really gets the soap out quickly and thoroughly.

((It's also pretty handy when cleaning the shower, actually))

But other than that, I pretty much leave mine on the cradle.
Posted on Jul. 25th, 2007 01:11 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]ronin_kakuhito

Dangly Bits? Yes.
Back? Oh Yes.
Washing the Dogs? If it isn't why they were invented, then it should be.
Posted on Jul. 25th, 2007 01:20 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]ronin_kakuhito

On the back thin, it requires two conditions to be met. First the shower thingy must have a good pulsing function. Second your water heater must be set just a little too hot. These things together aren't quite as good as a good massage, but they will do in a pinch.
Posted on Jul. 25th, 2007 01:24 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]swords_and_pens

If you're 6'7" tall, hand held-showers are pretty much a must. :)
Posted on Jul. 25th, 2007 01:58 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]ellarien

British shower heads usually sit in a bracket that rides up and down a vertical rail. On occasions when I want to shower without getting my hair wet, I like to adjust the head down to shoulder level, though I rarely take it off the bracket. (After nearly ten years in the US, though, I'm better at keeping my hair dry under a fixed head.)
Posted on Jul. 25th, 2007 04:19 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]stacia_seaman

If you have long, thick hair, handheld shows are amazing. Even if you don't have that kind of hair, it's really nice to be able to wash your hair without having to get the rest of your body wet.
Posted on Jul. 25th, 2007 04:22 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]epi_lj

Most of the time when I encounter handheld showers, it's in hotels, which often have their shower heads mounted many inches below my head and thus require me to gymnastically contort myself to wash my hair. I like their flexibility for that aspect. I don't have one at home, though. They *do* make it somewhat easier to wash some parts of the body decently -- really anything below the waist, rather than just the dangly bits, can benefit from being able to bring the jet end of the spray closer so they're getting more sprayed and less misted.
Posted on Jul. 25th, 2007 09:17 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]green_knight

A handheld shower means I don't get my hair wet and I don't get water in my eyes, it also means I don't need to move around in the search of the right position to get wet.
Posted on Jul. 26th, 2007 10:04 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply