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Pittsfield, Massachusetts: 10 Reasons to Visit
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9. You can get pampered
As a gauge of civilization and sophistication, some folks rank a day spa above even a latte bar or taxicabs. With the opening of Sante Skin Therapy and Spa next door to USBluesware, you can look as though you should be wearing designer clothes. Treatments range from simple facials to a turn under a magical light machine said to minimize fine lines and wrinkles. Mother/daughter team Carolyn and Joan Clevenger got their training at Canyon Ranch.
10. There are neat places to sleep
The White Horse Inn, about a mile south of downtown, is one of those spacious circa-1900 homes that make such fine B&Bs. New owners wisely chose clean, modern decor. Fabulous gardens out back are a plus for summer visitors. The Thaddeus Clapp House is an easy stroll from downtown. This 1871 industrialist's mansion was a rooming-house wreck until Harvard MBA Becky Smith (who dropped out of her California corporate career to return to western Massachusetts) transformed it into a B&B with eight luxury suites. She's a big booster of Pittsfield's charms and is as plugged into the city's revival as any nonelected official can be.
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