Thanks, greatly appreciated, however. !
[QUOTE=CheezeFist;3680236]You will find happiness (a lot of it) at 220 Waverly.[/QUOTE]Hello CF,
And thanks for the tip on the location at 220 W, in H2 O town.
I drove by there this afternoon with the memories of 195 Mt. A, in my mind. Remembering the great couple of years that I had there when I was working here a few years ago.
I stopped at the traffic light and got a good look at the location. However immediate parking was not available, so a second loop was made. When I looped back around, I was able to stop in front of the liquor store. But with the size of the vehicle that I drive and the mountain of snow in front. I stuck out like a sore thumb. Traffic had to bend around me a bit to get by.
I didn't get the warm and fuzzy feeling about the place. Very exposed entrance in my mind. I know, I know who should give a crap about a guy that no one knows going into a shop. Again, that's just me and my gut feeling. Perhaps maybe I'd feel more comfortable under the cover of darkness. Or forget about it all together if I knew the shop and had an on established bussiness to business relationship. But going in cold, not knowing the who and what, hmmmmm. !
Maybe I'll try again when the meltdown has come and gone.
In the meantime I'll poke around a bit via this forum and its search feature or maybe there is another forum / board that may shed a ray of light as to where and if my friends of 195 may have ended up.
Again CF, thanks bud for your recommendation for a possible substitute shop for my beloved 195. I'm sure that I'll connect with something during my time back here working in Watertown.
Thumbs up, H.
Thanks again CF, and others!!
Thanks CF, for your help with my quest to be reunited with some of my favorite aquatints from a few years ago. Not sure which therapist I'll be re-united with.
Jenn / Jennifer?
June / Jane / Mimi?
Amy / Apple / April?
Penny / Ping?
Cindy / Candy?
Wendy / Wei Wei?
Ginny / Jenny?
Just to name a few that were there a few years ago.
You said the "Personnel is different" as is any or all of the above therapists still applying their skills?
Getting worked performed by anyone of the above was a great experience.
Like I said in a previous post, each and everyone of them had their own styles, means & methods. This was the magic of this shop few years ago.
The names of the therapists as you can see to me blend together by sound. I could mumble and fumble my way through the greetings when I entered. However they all knew me by name which was always gave me a comfortable feeling when I frequented at 195 Mt A.
Although, any the above names all sound about the same for every therapist in the business. Only their birth names I found to uniquely different to me.
I suppose when I work up the gumption to enter that shop in that very public view, all concerns will be forgotten.
However!.
I did stop into a shop this afternoon. One that has been reviewed on this board a few times. I had some bussiness out near the RT 128/95/20 area. So I remembered a shop mentioned at 32 S - - - h St in Waltham. I found the phone number on CL and give them a call and set a time for an appointment.
I found the location no problem, GPS put me right on the spot. I liked the parking, plenty of room, even with the snow mountains in the parking area.
No real walk of shame factor here at this location. The only time that you can get that"Hey creep" feeling is probably if you had to stand for a while at the door waiting for someone on the other side to open it up and let you in. You see if you don't know, you have to announce presence by ringing a doorbell at this location.
I was greeted warmly by a "Seasoned" therapist? Don't let my term of "Seasoned" come off in a negative way, she was very pleasent. She asked if it was my first time at this location and I said yes. She went on to ask how did I find the shop? I mentioned CL, which I'm sure sent a signal of the therapy that I was seeking.
She introduced me to a therapist by the of Jenny / Jennifer, that was a surprise. I never could have guessed that to be a possible name.
She was small (ish) perhaps 30 ish and pleasent looking. Our communication Jenny / Jennifer was good. She had a great smile and attitude. The massage was a good average and the finish was also average. Will I return, sure. Rush back, no. I didn't see how big the place was. There seemed to a lot of doors and fairly quite once inside a treatment room. There are cameras in this shop, as well as most shops, ALL shops have cameras. Who is looking through these cameras and if recording are made, don't know-don't care. I guess it a safety thing for the shop owners incase a moron acts up.
I'm sure that my beloved de-funked 195 Mt A, had cameras which again I wouldn't / didn't care. The head "Therapist" at 195 Mt. A. , appeared to run a tight ship there and she could probably single out a jerk if she had to. I think I may have even recalled a time she turned away a walk-in and comment to me that "He was no good". With my visible presence it the moment may have help the matter by some way of possible support or back up if there was push from the walk in guy.
The head therapist / manger / owner, at 195 was always a really sweetheart. Always happy to see her as she appeared to to be happy to see me come through the door as well. Maybe just me being delusional to the sale of the service, but she was really GREAT!
Well that's my long winded rant, forgive me for the length of it. But with the winter months, it tends limit my other activities.
Thanks again guys and for the bits and pieces of information for me to work with while I'm in the area for a while. Seems like a good little community on the board. I'm glad to have stumbled on to it.
-H.