Get restored from head to toe with the Spa Escape treatment, four hours of massages, facials, manicures and pedicures.

Remède Spa
A member of the Starwood Spa Collection, one of the world's largest associations of premier-level spas in over 25 countries worldwide, St. Regis San Francisco is home to the Remède Spa, a 9,000 square foot emporium of pampering. The facilities include a full-length lap pool. This is no assembly-line spa: After a one-on-one consultation and skin analysis, your "esthetician" will design a facial to address your individual needs, from reducing fine lines to addressing acne-prone skin. In addition to a thorough cleansing, exfoliation, extractions, face massage, mask, moisturizing and UV protection, each facial is made complete with a warm parafango foot wrap, foot and scalp massages, and eye and lip treatments.

Remède Spa offers a complete lineup of treatments, from seaweed mineral wraps to body bronzing. For Type A customers looking to unwind for an afternoon, they recommend the five-hour "Fit for a King" package, which includes

• Hot Stone Treatment
• Sweep Body Softening Scrub
• The Remède Manicure
• The Remède Pedicure
• Light Lunch

For details and to see other offerings, click here.

Getting There
Virgin's New First-Class Service
If Austin Powers and a team of spacecraft designers sat down at a drafting table with a bottle of top-shelf vodka, they would probably emerge with something remarkably similar to Virgin America's new first-class service. From the nine shades of mood lighting in the eight-seat cabin (blue to purple to pink, keyed to the gradient of sunlight outside) to the ambient music in the lavatory, it adds a bit of yeah, baby! to the nominally luxurious but often stolid business of flying at the front of a plane. Indeed, it's also no accident that some of the airline's most touted routes connect the nerve centers of New York and Washington, D.C., with San Francisco, a short drive from the nation's techie playground. In launching its intra-U.S. service, Virgin has made a concerted effort to attract those involved in "knowledge-based businesses" -- the young entrepreneurs who made their first couple mil selling their startup to Microsoft and now aspire to found the next Google.

Getting Around
Green Limos
Eco-friendly limos make it easier to be green.

Side Trips
Silicon Valley
If business takes you south to Silicon Valley, here's a tip for lunch: 300 Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park.

A chilly summertime fog blankets most of the San Francisco peninsula, but the sun is shining -- as it almost always is -- at 3000 Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park. The inevitably named Sundeck, the unassuming grill with the big wooden deck nestled amid a four-building office compound, has served up the caloric energy behind every major technology company (save Microsoft) founded since the mid-'70s.

Additional Resources
Best Cities for Traders
Trader Monthly ranks San Francisco the #15 city in the world for traders, scoring well in taxes and trading infrastructure, and above average in other categories.

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