Mother's Day at the Spa

Sunday Teresa invited us to join her family for dinner at their house, to celebrate her mom on Mother's Day. Sounds good! We decided that since we would be driving as far north as Riverside, we would go a little farther to visit the Imperial Spa in Fullerton first.

We visited here in April of 2012. At the time I noted how odd it was to be a tall, full-figured and very white woman in a crowd of short, petite Korean women. The only thing we had in common was our age. This time, however, because it was Mother's Day, a large group young Korean ladies were there with their moms. Probably they all arranged this outing as a treat but apparently they missed a couple of things in the fine print, which became very clear when they entered the shower area.

(1) Everyone has to shower before using any of the hot, warm or cold pools. 

(2) Everyone showers in the open. And everyone in the pool has to be naked. 

The older Korean ladies didn't care one way or another.  They casually took a quick shower, then sauntered over to sit on the edge of a pool. The young ladies, however, were speechless. They had kept their pretty underware on under their robes so they just stood together in a quiet group, not sure where to look or what to do. Eventually they skipped the shower/pool area entirely; instead they went back to the changing room where they took turns taking selfies together. 

I headed for the Red Clay Sauna room, with its individual little caves to lie in, under a warm red light. The peaceful quiet was broken when a group of the young ladies came in. From inside the cave all I could hear was a lot of giggling, snaps of cameras, and the occasional loud whisper of "QUIET"! I don't think they every got into any pool or sauna, but they got a lot of photos!

Myself, I fell asleep in the Red Clay Sauna for an hour. Eventually I woke up, made my way back to the changing room and got ready to go. Randy met me in the foyer and we headed towards Riverside. Traffic can be awful on 91; one time it took us almost 4 hours to make the trip, but today traffic was minimal, and we arrived in plenty of time. Teresa had cooked enough for a crowd, which was good because a lot of the family was there, including Teresa's crew of Jack and Jackie, plus Tara, Dennis, Ian and Riley, Mike, Kara and Britteny, Jim and Marla, and Amanda and her new husband Aiden. We all ate well wished Jean a very Happy Mother/Grandmother/Aunt Day!