January 2, 2009

No More Watercourse Way for Me

Happy New Year, folks! We have so many interesting things to talk about — it’s amazing, the clarity one gains in just two short days away from the world, such as the perfect argument-killer to the same old crap you keep hearing from the anti-equality goons, but we’ll get into all of that later, I promise.

Right now, I just want to make a note for my fellow Bay Area-ites who love day spas as much as I do (not that I’ve been able to afford to go in years, but that’s beside the point):

Watercourse Way, in Palo Alto, used to be among my favorite places to get an hour-long massage, and then avail myself of the private rooms for the jacuzzi, sauna, cold plunge, etc. Well, no more. I made the sad discovery that the facilities manager, one David Bena, not only contributed money to destroying my marriage, but was a longtime Bush supporter, and is most likely a Mormon, judging from his contribution to put the gay-hatingest Mormon of them all, Mitt Romney, into the White House. To wit:

Proposition 8 contributions
05/28/08 - $120.00 - 1350174-INC20329
10/16/08 - $100.00 - 1369259-INC101882

Repuke contributions
ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT INC. - $200 - 01/31/08
BUSH-CHENEY ‘04 (PRIMARY) INC - $-250 - 11/04/04
BUSH-CHENEY ‘04 COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE INC. - $250 - 11/04/04
BUSH-CHENEY ‘04 (PRIMARY) INC - $250 - 09/28/04
BUSH-CHENEY ‘04 (PRIMARY) INC - $250 - 04/16/04

Revolting. Utterly revolting. I am disgusted beyond words that I ever spent a dime there (and, believe me, it’s not cheap), and very saddened that I will never again patronize Watercourse Way — but extremely happy I found this out now, before taking my wife there.

Instead, we’ll be going to Well Within, which is sheer heaven on earth. (I sincerely doubt I’m going to find any anti-gay contributions by WW employees; we are talking Santa Cruz, after all. )