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goodness to soak in. I chose, finally, after much hemming and hawing, (while looking at oranges, reds, and a crack- led varnish that created a tex- tured finish) a bright fuschia nail polish that made my feet look as pretty as it felt. From my toes, I then went straight for my crowning glory and the Rapunzel-like overgrowth that is my hair, and consulted with my new stylist, the sparkly Luz. De- ciding by quick consensus to keep the bangs and general length while highlighting the gingery tones, she took me to the well-lit colorist’s station to give my tresses a once-over. Like most people who wax and wane nostal- gic around the holidays, I let her know about my feisty grandmother, the Spaniard with the fiery red hair, and mooned about getting back to my roots. That said, like a magic pastry chef, she whipped something up and painted it onto my hair, wrapping the tiny strands in foil. Several minutes later, she led me to be rinsed and thoroughly shampooed and then applied a wheat germ


hair masque, towel-wrapped and then “steamed” under a special hair dryer setting, where I could see the gloam- ing mist gathering over my head. Like something in a ring cycle, and no less Wag- nerian, I was cool rinsed (to close the cuticles and make the hair extra shiny) and wrung out. She then took me back to be trimmed first around my bangs, back and then with a side fringe. Then she dried my hair, first with a handheld hairdryer and then with a pair of porcelain straightening wands. I could slowly see the handiwork in the mirror while she worked meticulously around my face, lifting and sectioning, blowing out and upwards, the streaks of golden shrimp against the chocolate brown all the while feeling my hair bouncing and behaving. And gee, did my hair smell terrific! Luz carried on like this, saving the grand finale like at the end of the fireworks display on the 4th of July. Before I could say bada-bing bada-boom, she unveiled my curtain of hair, which hung about my face with health


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and zing. The last time I’d seen such rich gradients of color was at the wool- cashmere thread section at a high-end knitting store! I looked like me, but new im- proved version of me with Holly Golightly highlights. Was it real or was it the Ma- trix (hair product, that is)? Our master of hair color let me know that I’d get tons of compliments and I did, hours later when I pedaled off into the night, turning heads with my newly ma- trixed head. But before that, I got special attention on my mitts, with deep-conditioning treat- ment on my nail cuticles and a muscle-relaxing hand mas- sage, perfect for writers like me plagued with perpetual carpal tunnel syndrome. Af- ter another spell of inglori- ous indecision, I settled on a mysterious aubergine hue (which then made me wax lyrical over our editor’s special eggplant parmigiana during the holidays!), which has since given my delicate digits a decidedly decadent air as I type this. While we’re waxing rhap- sodic, let me just tell you


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Dear Reader what a treat this has been! Four hours of blissful pampering, as that’s what Mimada means (‘to pamper’ in Spanish), let- ting the stress of last minute travel (and the anxiety-by- comparison while visiting family over not having a sub-zero refrigerator in a gorgeously renovated kitch- en complete with a deep porcelain sink and marble- topped island with wain- scotting [but that’s all for another story]) float away in my own personal island of serenity. Markely, the vi- vacious half of the mother- daughter team explained that two other women on the verge of a nervous


breakdown had come here recently and left feeling re- newed and ready to face the world, literally. Mimada weaves that kind of magi- cal spell: from the pristine, glamorous surroundings, to the marvelous attention to detail with a personal touch while attending to a client’s every need (they graciously offered me some very good spring water, sparing no expense, while letting me know that in the near fu- ture their own artisanal or- ganic teas will be served to customers, as well as some all-natural fruit and plant- based facials, which has made quite an impression at their other day spa), making


this an amazingly afford- able, soothing peace-filled oasis with a touch of posh Rittenhouse Square in the middle of South Street. “We want women from all walks of life to feel welcome here and to know that it’s okay to pamper and take care of themselves, because before they can go out and love others they need to love themselves first,” remarked Markely. Words of wisdom from a wise woman indeed. And so off I went, ready to love and be loved-up after a glorious afternoon of pam- pering at Mimada, the new destination for serious self- indulgence.


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street drugs. Suboxone, or the “rich man’s methadone,” is no panacea either because in order for


it to work an addict must keep taking it. It also causes no permanent changes in a user’s brain, so relapses are common. These vicious cycles prove


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that heroin is the most dev- astating drug on the planet. Without a desire to change, an addict will never be cured of his/her addiction. Heroin, for most addicts, is a lifetime sentence. This is true whether one stays on the drug or opts to transition to methadone or Suboxone. A near-lifetime of maintenance is still required. Maintaining sobriety for an addict then becomes much like a career endeavor, often replacing vocational or pro- fessional goals. One tragedy of Philadel- phia’s immense heroin prob- lem is its impact on the city’s homeless population. Addicts today are able to spend 30 days in rehab (at the state’s expense) where they go through extensive rehabilitative programs. Res- idents are able to eat three meals a day. While there are currently sensible limits on how often an addict on pub- lic welfare can use free rehab facilities, the future looks dim for poor people opting to get clean for the first time. With the barrage of federal and state cutbacks happen- ing at every level, the time is approaching when all 30-day free rehabs will be a thing of


the past. The logic behind these cuts, aside from obvi- ous cost cutting factors, is the fact that politicians are beginning to take aim at how addicts use free government rehab as a means to get clean in order to get a bigger high once rehab is over. Cycling out and entering an- other free rehab after more drug use has become a sort of urban dance for addicts who can never get clean. Future government cuts would eliminate rehab for people on welfare, increas- ing the number of addicts with no place to go. There are so called recovery houses, of course, but often these places are merely mon- ey making operations. Re- covery house are post-rehab community living arrange- ments with house manag- ers and established rules for residents. They are not drug rehabilitative facilities per se but protected environments that prepare an addict for re- entry into the real world. Some houses are as liberal as 1960s San Francisco com- munes, where members come and go at whim and


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