Have you ever heard turkish hamam. ıf you have not check this out?

“Hamam” is the Turkish word for the traditional bathhouse. Men and women have separate sections. Here’s what happens after you walk through the door:





* You will be given the bathing essentials when you begin to undress: a large towel (peştamal), special wooden block shoes and a bowl.





* It is very steamy in the bathing room. You sit in front of a traditional water tap with hot and cold taps and fill your bowl and pour the water over yourself. Turks believe that bath water should be running.





* You wash in the steam room and can have a pummel and a vigorous massage by a strong gripped masseuse while lying on a slab of marble that is heated underneath. Everything is made out of marble and is hot!





* The entire bath area’s floor is heated, but one raised slab of marble -- the göbek taşı -- is the hottest. This is where you lie if you really want to sweat.





* People may be watching you. The hamam is not just a bathhouse; some people still think of it as a social center. Certainly during the Ottoman Empire it was a place for gossip, for women to choose a future daughter-in-law and for men to clench business deals.





I forgot to mention that when you put on your traditional metal or wooden high-heeled slippers and begin to try to walk, they’ll make a clack-clack sound as you walk -- a platform shoe of the Ottoman Empire! When I teeter along trying to keep my balance while holding my towel wrapped around me tightly, Naomi Campbell always comes to mind when she fell on the catwalk wearing platforms. Though I don’t think I would do it as elegantly as she did!





* Be sure not to forget to bring your own soap.





The towel you use is important -- and speaking of towels, one year my sister-in-law gave me a genuine Turkish towel set for two for Christmas. When she bought them it didn’t even cross her mind that they were from Turkey. When I opened the package and saw the labels on the towels, we had a chuckle. It had a label attached and written on it: “Imported exclusively by …, these traditional looped terry towels come from the Denizli region of Turkey, legendary worldwide for its towels of extraordinary thickness and absorbency. These genuine, 100 percent cotton Turkish towels have an 800-gram weight, making them among the heaviest and densest towels available. Their 1/4-inch-thick pile makes them exceptionally soft while an abundance of tightly wound loops offers superior warmth and absorbency. Their softness is greatly enhanced with subsequent washings.”





I just love those towels and they have come back to Turkey with me.





Anyway, when you are in the hamam, you may hear voices. In Ottoman times women may have murmured things like:





* “May God protect you from the evil eye.”





* Or, of more plump women congregated around the marble basin, “Maşallah! A good man’s wife is revealed in the bath!”





* And of pretty women they said, “May he who embraces you be spared.”





* Children accompanied their mothers to the bath, but as the boys got older, other women would remark, “Dear boy, tell your mother to bring your father next time!”





It was very common for mothers of boys to choose brides for their sons at the baths, where women bathed and groomed themselves in groups. It was a time of merriment and fun.





One Turkish proverb says it all: “Hamama giren terler.” He who goes into a hamam will sweat -- if you don’t like the heat, get out! If it is a once-in-a-lifetime experience, go for the works (e.g., the rub with rough gloves, the soaping and the face and foot massages).

Have you ever heard turkish hamam. ıf you have not check this out?
Yes, I have since I am Turkish.
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Achilles tendonitis?

i was diagnosed with the above 6 months ago and the only treatment that i received was being told not to wear heels, which annoys me no end cause i'm tiny and look even tinier in flat shoes, and being told to wear some special insoles in shoes.


in my opinion it is getting worse and having a injury to my foot at the moment isn't helping. does anyone else suffer with it, and what helps you?

Achilles tendonitis?
Tendonitis that is not responding to rest may require oral meds, injections of steroids,blocks or other meds and could even need a brace or surgery. You may be shorter than you would prefer but this is your feet we are talking about and without the use of them you are in trouble. See a podiatrist or a orthopedist. I have had this and am also an RN. Good luck.



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Questions about Pre Pointe?

What exactly is pre pointe? How many years of ballet training do you usually need before you can take a pre pointe class? Do you wear pointe shoes for pre pointe or do u wear special pre pointe shoes?

Questions about Pre Pointe?
pre pointe is the preparation for pointe. you do a lot of footwork to strengthen your feet and ankles. u also practice a tiny bit in pointe shoes. every dance studio is different wen it comes to the amount of years of experience. at my studio, we wore pointe shoes for 15 min of the class to get use to them and danced in ballet shoes.
Reply:You usually will have to be dancing for at least four years- but this depends: If you started when you were two, no you probably cannot start pre pointe at 6 years of age. You where normal pointe shoes, but don't do alot of things you see the professional ballerinas do. Mostly burres to get used to them.
Reply:At my studio you had to have at least 5 years training and good balance on flat before the teacher put you upon pointe.





Pre pointe with us was 15 to 20 practice with you shoes. you know getting used to them and practice how to put the on securely. You weren't allowed to preform in them if you couldn't hold your balance.
Reply:Well ive been dancing since i was 6, im now 17, so 11 years on my belt! Yet i dont start pointe till im in my next grade!





My dance teacher makes us do leg and foot excersizes to make sure im ready for when we start pre-pointe classes.
Reply:at my dance school, pre pointe was just preparation for pointe. We only wore flat ballet slippers, but idk about your school. At my school, students could have a minimum of two years of intermediate ballet. You don't wear pointe shoes right away, hence the prefix "pre". My dance teacher would tell each person individually if they were ready to go on pointe.
Reply:I Have been dancing for 10 years and two years ago i started my Pre Pointe Class. It differs for everyone. My Teacher had us at that class for a year, and then asked some people to go have an assessment. Then some people would take another year to do it.





I recommend you buy a stretch band (which looks like this and you can buy from a pilates store or a gym store) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41...


and do stretches on the feet like gradually pointing the feet and stuff like that.





Most of the classes is stretching and you should continue to practice at home too.





Hope this helps and good luck =]



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Is Ed Hardy "In Style"?

Hi, I'm a guy that's wondering if Ed Hardy is a fashionable clothing brand (for men). Here is a link to their shirts http://www.edhardyshop.com/URLrewrite.as...


I'm thinking of buying some, I just need to know if their stylish.





Also, I have already bought a pair of Ed Hardy Shoes, are they fashionable?


http://www.EdHardyShop.com/Mens-Special-...





Thank You :)

Is Ed Hardy "In Style"?
Ed Hardy is a brand like Versace and Gucci and Etc. that never go out of style because they keep designing new things all the time to keep of with trends. Also i have Fifteen Ed hardy tees. It also a classic with dior shield sunglasses.
Reply:shoes are kinda cute. not dat much though
Reply:I love the shoes! ALTHOUGH, the shirts are kind of ugly %26amp; way too pricy!
Reply:yesss.


i love ed harddy !
Reply:YA I LOVE ED HARDY HE ROCK I LOVE HIS


SHRITS HATS AND SHOES
Reply:lil rush over there is sooooo wrong. i love ed hardy. and i am a GIRL! i think its still in style its just kind of expensive. like i jus got these new ed hardy sunglasess and they were $225
Reply:Ed Hardy has become an in-style thing. It's sad because I don't feel it's meant to be an "in" thing.
Reply:it is for men. definatly. i feel that it has gone out of style a little expecially sence people started wearing the brand about a year ago.. but it is good looking for men.
Reply:Well honestly, no.


Ed Hardy is overrated. Every guy that wants to show off their money buys it to be "fashionable." I mean its your choice if you want to spend 70 bucks on a T-shirt that isnt even orginal when you can spend the same amount of money on different brands that you can put together to make your own style.





Ed Hardy is a joke. I personally think the designs are tacky and why would you want to look like every other guy?





I mean if you like it, go for it. But theres really NOTHING special about it.
Reply:kay, i really hate all of the shirts, the shoes are ok, but not that great, i got ones practically the same from aldo for like 20$
Reply:i love ed hardy! go for it :)



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Do you need?

Do you need a special kind of shoes for track? or can you use regular tennis shoes?

Do you need?
id use both if needed



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I'm looking for...?

I'm looking for an online shop where I can find great shoes, not the boring run of the mill shoes, but realy special, funky, great shoes, at affordable prices, where I can pay with American Express and that ships to europe...





thanks!

I'm looking for...?
www.shoes.com


www.zappos.com
Reply:umm zappos.com has uggs and other shoes!! if you like that



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Name of this song?

I can't find the name of the song that talks about a boy asking for money to buy his mom a special pair of shoes, I think it's country, the boy is asking if anyone can give him the money to buy his sick mother a special pair of shoes, as it turns out she is on her death bed. Help it means a lot to us right now. Thanks GJ

Name of this song?
the christmas shoes
Reply:I second Brooksr's answer
Reply:The Christmas Shoes!!! if you thing that the song is good you should see the movie!!!!
Reply:The Christmas Shoes (idont know if it's a song i know its a play though)
Reply:Christmas Shoes.



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