Many spas offer that kind of traditional hydrotherapy, and in fact some hotel spas, like the one at The Plaza in New York, find the whirlpool being used more and more by spa clients who just want a way to relax after they've worked out in the spa's gym.

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When my mother was a senior in high school, Harriette moved into the Plaza Hotel in New York the tab covered by one of her married boyfriends leaving my mother to fend for herself, alone, in Los Angeles.

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