IT WAS CALLED a "two- to three-person spa." The salesman told us we could fit four people if we were very "friendly." We bought it for our back deck in San Diego. What the salesman didn't mention was that three or four people might fit but there'd be no room left for water. The first time we tried it with three people, half the water poured over the sides. So, when we moved to San Francisco, we installed a 9-person spa just to be safe.
SE LLAMABA UN "spa [bañera de hidromasaje] para dos o tres personas". El vendedor nos dijo que podíamos caber cuatro personas si nos eran muy "amistosos". Lo compramos para nuestra terraza en San Diego. Lo que el vendedor no mencionó fue que tres o cuatro personas podrían encajar, pero no habría espacio para el agua. La primera vez que probamos con tres personas, la mitad del agua vertida sobre los lados. Así que, cuando nos mudamos a San Francisco, instalamos un spa para nueve personas sólo para estar seguros.
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| SAN GERALDO, 1998. I WISH WE STILL HAD "THE THREE SISTERS"; REALTOR FORGOT TO TELL OUR BUYERS THEY DIDN'T STAY WITH THE HOUSE. OJALÁ AÚN TUVIÉRAMOS LAS TRES HERMANAS"; INMOBILARIO SE OLVIDÓ DE DECIRLE A LOS COMPRADORES QUE NO VIENEN CON LA CASA. |
what a hunk; no wonder you two are still together!
ReplyDeleteanne marie:
DeleteWell, at least we know why I held on to him! (Not really, his hunkiness was the least of my reasons.)
At least the buyers didn't keep SG!
ReplyDeleteWilma:
DeleteTalk about buyer's remorse!!!
SG looks good!
ReplyDeleteBob:
DeleteHe has that habit. My mother thought he was "better looking than Tom Selleck."
Does S.G. always wear swimming trunks in the bath? I just keep the light turned off.
ReplyDeleteRay:
DeleteMy mother took the picture. Otherwise, no. The deck and backyard were completely private.
'Come in....the water's fine'!!
ReplyDeleteJim:
DeleteMy mother had just been in with him. She took the picture. If I had gotten in, there would have gone the water again!
And when you two were in there together......the things those good sisters saw .....no doubt.
ReplyDeletemistress maddie:
DeleteI'm sorry. I don't recall...
I would have turned all of them around before i got in
ReplyDeleteJohn:
DeleteOh, they saw it all. When my mother wasn't there to take a picture, the bathing suits disappeared.
funny photo
ReplyDeleteGreat photo! Sorry you lost las tres hermanas :(
ReplyDeleteJudy:
DeleteI miss them! I think I would have even shipped them to Spain with us.
San Geraldo looks pretty happy in that spa.
ReplyDeleteStephen:
DeleteHe always loved it. Wish we could install one here, but I have a feeling it would pull the whole terrace down.
Our spa sits 8 provided they are not too large nor from the Midwest.
ReplyDeleteSpo:
DeleteOur 9-person spa was perfect for 6. No overflow. Even when filled with Norwegians.
Phallic figures eh ?
ReplyDeleteHeron:
DeleteThat thought never once crossed my mind. Amazing.
I nearly got a hot tub when we were neighbors in SF. But when they told me they'd have to close the street and use a crane to lift it over the neighbors' house, I got very nervous and never went through with it.
ReplyDeleteWalt the Fourth:
DeleteWhen our 9-person spa was delivered to our house at the bottom of Burnside Avenue, they had to do just that. It was craned from Bosworth over our neighbors house and precisely into the cutout that we had built into our back deck. The agent at Hotsprings Spas told us if a crane didn't work, they'd helicopter it in! When we moved in, the movers had to crane our grand piano onto the third floor balcony off the kitchen to get it into the living room. We stood and watched it swing toward one of the large kitchen windows. Frightening. And again, precise.
Wow. All I had were visions of the spa dropping onto, and into, our neighbors' house and I just couldn't do it. And Ken was not really keen on a spa anyway, so I had another disincentive. I can't imagine moving a grand piano (having one moved, in other words) with or without a crane. However, when we moved into the Congo Street house, we had a very tall, overgrown, conifer cut down. The only way to get it out of the yard was through the house and down a flight and a half of stairs. They cut it into very small pieces and did just that, by hand. The stump was another story. We asked a neighbor if it could be taken through their yard and they agreed. The house was on a pretty steep slope; we could look over the roof from the back yard, 3 floors higher than street level!
DeleteWalt the Fourth:
DeleteI was in awe of the skill of those crane operators in San Francisco. And I never gave much thought to things like your tree removal until we lived there. By the way, we sold the piano with the house, so we wouldn't have to crane it out. (We were opening our hotel and it only would have gone into storage.)
Looks to relaxing, I could use that some days.
ReplyDeleteTravel:
DeleteWe really do miss having our own private spa. But we think if we put even a small one on our terrace, it would pull the whole thing down!
Too bad you lost the three sisters, they are lovely!
ReplyDeleteJerry does have a gorgeous smile.
Have a good day.
Robin
Robin:
DeleteWe were never able to find those terra cotta figures again. We found one broken one in black. We bought it for our hotel in Palm Springs and kept the broken part (fortunately near the back) tucked in the garden. Never found another.
Nothing better than a relaxing solo dip in a spa ~ the smile tells it all!
ReplyDeleteRon:
DeleteOne of Jerry's all-time favorite things to do. That and a midnight swim... in a pool.
reminds me of size estimates for camping tents
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