Novelist Jane Austen, whose birth 250 years ago this December is being celebrated in the city, was definitely not a fan. In a ...

Those of us who love to sink into a tub of Calistoga mud realize that plenty of people think the very idea is gross. My friend Cheryl and I don't care. At the end of The Works at Dr. Wilkinson's or ...

Mud baths are one of the reasons people flock to Calistoga. The unique mixture of volcanic ashes various spas in Calistoga blend are said to be healing and therapeutic. Some 8,000 years ago the Wappo ...

The lighting in the treatment room is muted and soothing. Candles flicker on a shelf, rose-petals are scattered across the ­marble floor, and the air smells of geranium aromatherapy oil. I’m in London ...

It's as closely guarded as the formula for Coca-Cola or the colonel's 11 herbs and spices. But, fortunately, when Dr. John Wilkinson died last year, one thing he didn't take with him to the grave was ...

This is the lapdog of luxury. A boutique hotel in Brighton that offers sumptuous rooms, a swimming pool and gym, a beauty salon, five-star facials and a creche... all for your pooch. The suites at ...