RENEWED AND IMPROVED.

I'm a road warrior. I'm a '24/7' business executive with dangling cell phone, pager, and ear attachments. I'm addicted to multi-tasking. I'm always tempted by the concept of vacation but am overwhelmed with the notion of more travel. I'm always asked by associates, "When was the last time you took a vacation?" I'm always quick to respond, "Over two years ago and it was more trouble than it was worth!" I am already on the road at least three weeks of every month. But I have come to look forward to my business time in Los Angeles and my personal time at The Peninsula Beverly Hills. Over the years, I've taken advantage of their top of the line Fitness Center, but I've never experienced a day of organized spa activities. I left all my decisions in the hands of Pat Davis, Spa Director. She was nothing short of accommodating, astute, and insightful. Here's how it played out:

SATURDAY NOON: My decompression begins. I enter the wet room with the Hudrotherapy Bath. The environment is calming. The scents are clean and clear. Two simple candles burn to my left. The tub is deep, full of warm bubbling water and comes all the way from Australia. A sea algae mix is added to the water and the mood transformation begins. I feel as though I've ascended to a place of warmth, therapeutic bliss, and mental sanity. Water jets hit me from all over in all the right places.

Next, the therapist begins to massage my scalp. Starting in a circular design from my temples to the nape of my neck, my hair follicles are alive and well. My neck muscles begin to relax and my shoulders dropped to the point of forgetting the computer posture that has become second nature to my existence.

BODY TREATMENT TIME: I have experienced facials before but never a full body scrub. The therapist explains that the scrub is a special blend of papaya and sea salt. She wears spongy white scrub gloves to help cleanse my body of old, tired skin. At first, there isn't much of a sensation but then the tingling begins. Each section of my body is scrubbed. Top to bottom. Side to side. Front to back. Upon completion, she suggests a hot shower to rinse arid cleanse the skin. The shower rooms at The Peninsula Spa are as great as the hotel rooms. Marble stalls. Extra large, extra thick towels. Skin care products galore.

LATE AFTERNOON: Signature Massage time. The hotel bills this service "as the ultimate in pampering and relaxation by two therapists." I can't even begin to fathom a double massage experience. Four hands at one time? One therapist starts on my neck, while the other begins on my feet. The sensation of both therapists working in unison more than surpassed my expectations. The stimulation from multiple hands was remarkable. My blood circulated like never before.

END OF DAY: The ultimate pedicure. A portable massage tub is used to relax my feet. The pedicurist begins with a clipping, then a filing, and then a cleaning. The best part is the pumice stone scrub used to rejuvenate the bottom of each foot. Mental vacation accomplished. Holistic heaven visited. Body buffing completed. I enjoyed a 48-hour vacation without the headache of additional travel and the need to be away for seven days. I could now head to my next destination as the "new" and "bodily-improved" road warrior.

Tom Julian is a trend analyst for the award-winning ad agency, Fallon, based in New York City. He is also an on-air contributor to the syndicated fashion/beauty show "Main Floor" and CNN's Financial Network "Biz Buzz "program as well as the trend voice of www.oscar.com, the official site of the Academy Awards.