WE CARE SPA (Palm Springs, Calif.)
Visitors like Ben Affleck and Gwen Stefani have paid up to $3,500 for eight days of getting their pipes cleaned via alternative, holistic detox methods like fasting, herbal juices, and colonic irrigation. Hey, at these prices, shouldn't you enjoy it?

60 THOMPSON (New York City)
A tasteful, unassuming SoHo hotel with interiors designed by Thomas O'Brien (who did Armani's Manhattan apartment) hosts Lenny Kravitz, Denzel Washington, and the always press-shy Russell Crowe -- all of whom can afford suites that run up to $3,500 a night.

TRACIE MARTYN (New York City)
Liv Tyler and Susan Sarandon get saggy facial flesh firmed with the Resculpting Facial, utilizing a blend of aromatherapy, massage, and electrical currents. Martyn insists the pricey zaps ($265 to $387) don't hurt. ''It actually makes some of my clients go to sleep,'' says the former makeup artist. Beats a scalpel.

HARD ROCK HOTEL AND CASINO (Las Vegas)
Those other monstrous hotels are just too ''too.'' When crapshooters want to see young hipsters like Jack Black, Ashton Kutcher, Jessica Alba, and Tara Reid, they head away from the Strip to the Rock, which offers poolside cabanas for very private partying. Almost as hip as the old days...

FULL FRAME DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL (Durham, North Carolina, ddff.org)
Spielberg who? D.A. Pennebaker and Frederick Wiseman are the film gods at this five-year-old nonfiction fest (formerly the Double Take Documentary Film Festival). With entries ranging from vérité to traditional broadcast journalism, it's already got an excellent record for breaking critically acclaimed docs (''Startup.com,'' ''Kandahar'').

KIRNA ZABÊTE (New York City)
The candy-colored SoHo mini-department store touts itself as ''downtown divine intervention.'' With everything from Gaultier ready-to-wear to pet accessories, it's no wonder ''Sex and the City'' stylist Patricia Field shops here for the show -- that is, unless star Sarah Jessica Parker beats her to the racks.

Originally posted Jun 28, 2002 Published in issue #660-661 Jun 28, 2002 Order article reprints
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