BW Boutique Hotel

In Russia the bania, or sauna, once included intimate family rituals. A bride, on the day before her wedding, was taken for a sweat bath. Her sweat was collected by pouring milk over her body and catching it in a bowl. The milk was mixed with flour to make a dough. The dough was plastered [...]

For Americans, whose homes include more bathtubs per capita than any other nation, bathing is most simply a ritual of necessity and at times relaxation. In contrast to global practice, Americans bathe daily, the ultimate luxury for anyone almost anywhere else in the world. In the modest bungalow where I grew up, we children were [...]