Massage Parlor Reports

[QUOTE=Loafer Boat]
Now, as far as newbies having info and sharing. This board is loaded with comments criticizing newbies for asking questions and not contributing. I suspect that your seeing mongers just trying to comply.

Happy Hunting[/QUOTE]I;m not going yo labor that point. It's just that it seems so funny that several newbees at once seemed to appear and give a near identical multi review to gain credibility. Drew and HoChaser and I and a few others have been kickin' around these boards for years and have seen plenty of strange things. I'm not usually paranoid, but....

[QUOTE=Hardwood123]Drew and HoChaser and I and a few others have been kickin' around these boards for years and have seen plenty of strange things. [/QUOTE]

Seen and DONE! LOL ;^)

[QUOTE=Hardwood123]I;m not going yo labor that point. It's just that it seems so funny that several newbees at once seemed to appear and give a near identical multi review to gain credibility. Drew and HoChaser and I and a few others have been kickin' around these boards for years and have seen plenty of strange things. I'm not usually paranoid, but....[/QUOTE]I'm trying to figure out if you guys are talking about me. Who said that? LOL

But seriously, I am the definition of a newbie. Just moved to the Tampa area a year ago from Scandinavia (hence the fitting name) and this scene it totally new to me. Having a massage after a hard days work is a normal thing to do where I come from, so imagine my surprise when I walked into my first AMP completely unaware of what was going to take place on the flip. Still makes me grin from ear to ear. Anyhow, didn't have "to gain credibility" on my mind. Take my reviews for the new comer I am.

Be safe out there.

Is there any AMPs in tampa that open 24 hrs or at least 5 or 6 am.

Thanks

[QUOTE=Whale Hunter]This has to be a case of YMMV.

Went there this afternoon. Your tale sounded intriguing and worth a shot.

Judy was the only working lady there and I thought I was in for a treat.

I have to admit that I am in pretty good shape, tall and with a crew cut, so there is a chance that I simply set off her cop radar.

I got no where with her. Same story with the wash cloth during the TS. She had me draped through the entire massage (which was good. On par with the girls at Oxygen).

Then she announced that our time is up and would I like some water. No matter how I asked or tried to assure her that I am not a cop... she refused and kept saying "big trouble if I touch there".

O well. Better luck to the rest you.[/QUOTE]When I visit a new provider for the first time, I usually try to break the ice during the massage. While laying on my stomach with the provider standing at the head of the table massaging my back, I will usually reach up with both hands and start rubbing her legs and ass. I will also rub her legs after the flip. This tends to put her at ease about me being LE. Also, during the table shower, I will "accidently" brush my hand across her breasts and make some positive comment about how nice her tits are. To the best of my knowledge, LE is not allowed to initiate actions which may be considered sexual.

Yep, enough said, what with all the DP crack-downs and shit going on.

[QUOTE=Hardwood123]Goes anyone find it kinda freaky with so many, so experienced newbees lately with so much info? or am I just a little paranoid?[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Comp Man77]Is there any AMPs in tampa that open 24 hrs or at least 5 or 6 am.

Thanks[/QUOTE]

I've been to Gold Spa on West Shore at 3:00 am before.

[QUOTE=Cheesy Rider]I've been to Gold Spa on West Shore at 3:00 am before.[/QUOTE]Gold Spa was open 24 hours before the bust. They were closed for several months but finally re-opened. Their hours may not be the same now.

Also, full service was available before, but YMMV now until they get to know you or after they have been open for a while.

I decided to make the trip across the bay to Oxygen after RTFF for a bit. I called ahead & asked if either Tina or Mya were working and the girl who answered said yes. When I got there I was told Mya was off that day and Tina was with another client. So I got Lucy which I wasn't too happy with after reading a previous review. TS was ok. Now I was not expecting much as far as the massage goes after the previous review but I was pleasantly suprised. I actually get regular therapeutic massages for back problems and Lucy's massage was on par with those. The downside is therapeutic massages are not the most relaxing or erotic massages. But she definitely got all the tension & knots out. On the flip she went straight to business and while it was nice it was too quick. She was very nice and not at all talkative which I like. I also liked the way she dried me off and dressed me even tying my shoelaces for me, heh. I would have preferred a much longer handshake and also a little disrobing on her part.

All in all it wasn't that bad, I'd give to 6.5 happy hands out of 10. Next time tho I will wait for either Tina or Mya if I am told they are busy.

I learned today that Magic Spa on W Kennedy is under new ownership effective Tuesday. I haven't had a chance to check it out but just passing along the info.

[QUOTE=Irish Male2]I learned today that Magic Spa on W Kennedy is under new ownership effective Tuesday. I haven't had a chance to check it out but just passing along the info.[/QUOTE]Magic and Yoshiko Spa were owned by the same company. Do you know if the new owners of Magic also bought Yoshiko? Have been to Yoshiko twice. Both bad expierences. Bad enough that I got some of my money refunded after complaining enough. Magic used to be my favorite spot. Until I discovered Lily Spa, which became Sunshine Spa, which became Gold Spa. I was in Magic recently. Was not all that impressed with it. Now I would only go there if my favorite spot is unavailable.

Can anyone tell me either here or via PM if there are any amp where the attendant normally disrobes some? I went (as posted below) to Oxygen and more recently to Pinetree & in neither case was there any disrobing on the part of the attendant. I know they aren't going to do it during the TS but would like it at least during the fun part of the massage.

Thanks in advance,

Cableguy

[QUOTE=Speedracer29]Magic and Yoshiko Spa were owned by the same company. Do you know if the new owners of Magic also bought Yoshiko? Have been to Yoshiko twice. Both bad expierences. Bad enough that I got some of my money refunded after complaining enough. Magic used to be my favorite spot. Until I discovered Lily Spa, which became Sunshine Spa, which became Gold Spa. I was in Magic recently. Was not all that impressed with it. Now I would only go there if my favorite spot is unavailable.[/QUOTE]

Magic and Yoshiko were owned by the same person until 2006. In March 2006, the most recent owner of Magic purchased Magic from the owner of Magic and Yoshiko. The owner of Yoshiko also owned Osaka and, so far as I know, still does. Relations between the owner of Yoshiko and the most recent owner of Magic deteriorated shortly after the purchase. Magic started out as an FS spa under the most recent owner, but shortly after opening one of the workers was arrested and the service became more R&T unless one was a regular. Also, under the most recent owner of Magic, workers did not stay long and did not often return which I believe hurt return business due to lack of consistency. Something happened on Tuesday that caused the most recent owner to sell to someone else. On the spot. I do not know what exactly happened but it was not a legal problem. I believe it was more personal. In any event, as I write this, the most recent owner who sold out is in a car on her way to her permanent home in NY City. I have no information on the new owner and probably won't for some time inasmuch as I live an hour away from Tampa. I no longer have a source for information on the "new" Magic so I can't advise what is or isn't available there.

I was traveling recently and saw this piece by Garrison Keillor in another city's daily paper.

Thought some of you might also get a kick out of it:

[quote]...My bath. (Thank you for asking.) I went to a Japanese spa and sat in a steam bath and after 20 minutes felt some of my liberal smugness trickle down my legs. Extreme heat breaks down moral arrogance—look at equatorial peoples; do they lecture the rest of us about our duty to the environment? No, they don't—and I sat feeling more and more chastened, and then a stout Japanese woman poked her head in and led me into a tiled room and laid me out face-down on a padded table and sloshed me with hot water from a basin and "splorted" some soap on my back and started scrubbing. She wore rough gloves for this. She rinsed me with pans of hot water and scrubbed some more.

My nakedness did not interest her. I suppose that repeated exposure to the male form will do that, just as plucking chickens might make you a vegan.

It was luxurious, being bathed, all the "sploshing and skritching," but also humbling, a naked creature feeling scourged, the sheer ordinariness of it. Here you are, wet and naked, and you are not so different from any other wet naked person. And then came the tiny masseuse with the powerful thumbs, and the steam room again, and a shower, and out into the world I went, cleansed and twanged, somewhat chastened, my neurons trembling.[/quote]Anyone else wondering if he got the "happy ending"?

[url="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-oped0814keilloraug14,0,6314791.column"]Full length original here[/url] at the CT site.

[QUOTE=Irish Male2]Magic and Yoshiko were owned by the same person until 2006. In March 2006, the most recent owner of Magic purchased Magic from the owner of Magic and Yoshiko. The owner of Yoshiko also owned Osaka and, so far as I know, still does.....[/QUOTE]



It seems that most all the AMPs in Tampa are owned and/or controlled by a very few people.

Both J-Spa on Gandy and Japanese Spa on Kennedy are owned by the same woman. She is living as commonlaw with the owner of Spa Yokohama. He really controls and calls the shots at all three places.

As far as I know, Nagoya and Oxygen are independently owned and operated.
But I wouldn't be surprised to learn that they too are owned by the small circle.