Fake Thai massage at premium prices
[QUOTE=Herow;2774070]Is there any Thai place in the Boston area that's truly worth visiting?... it's still 80 bucks for not much more than you can get elsewhere looks wise, and certainly never anything more action-wise...If they would just think it thru, they could easily justify that 80 charge, but they are all consistently hagglers, who often don't even know how to deliver thai massage.[/QUOTE]I agree. I have been to three places around metro Boston (I have reported on two) said to be offering Thai massage. I know what Thai massage is supposed to be, having traveled a lot in Thailand and having had many Thai massages (which are usually $6-12/ hour in Thailand BTW).
Real Thai therapeutic massage is something special. Done right, they will stretch your body, a bit like yoga. Great after a workout.
Of the three places I have been to claiming to offer Thai massage, two had actual Thai women, though neither had any training at all in Thailand, and their massage was pretty much the same as you get from any other Asian provider around Boston. They would be tossed out of most Thai massage places in Bangkok on their first day. The third one had a Chinese woman, at least when I went, and she gave a mostly standard Asian massage. None of the three were as good as Asian massage should be for $60/ hr.
It might be worth $80 if it was real Thai massage, but since it is not, I wonder why anyone would ever go to these places at these prices (typically $80 + $60). They rarely offer a half-hour price. As for the finish, one did not offer it (and I did not ask, since I sensed it was not available), one was unskilled, and one (the non-Thai woman) was very good. The Thai ladies looked nice, but without training and experience, well, not for me at this price.
If any of you who know Thai massage have found a place that offers real Thai massage, please let me know.
Fossils from the Past So Sad
I was browsing over the Commercial MLS listings this morning and came across 689 C in Framingham. The pictures were so sad to see. A galley kitchen shot and then two pics of the room stripped of its' walls; the outline of the former massage rooms still visible on the floor. Reminded me of the bones left behind in a fossil.
I have seen many of the former AMP locations before when they were listed; Pink. 82 C, 118 U, 873 C, and others. But today seeing the outline of the former walls and thinking about all thehappiness that had been had there, the Happy Endings, Yes, and all the other fine times well, it made me sad.
So, has anyone tried the new place were Pink was?
ANY good reports from the desolation of my Hometown! LOL.
Stay Safe,
JR.