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San Francisco Examiner - December 7, 2004
Bill Picture, Staff Writer
Pop-leaning punks and emo-rock kiddies team up for "A Santa Cause: It's a Punk Rock Christmas" (Immortal Records) to raise money for the Elizabeth Glazer Foundation for Pediatric AIDS and inject this sleepy holiday season with some bratty energy. Knock back a few cups of spiked egg nog and mosh around the Xmas tree to rockin' covers of holiday classics, including "I'll Be Home for Christmas," "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year" and "I Saw Daddy Kissing Santa Claus" and Yuletide-inspired originals performed by The Matches, Blink 182, MXPX, Matchbook Romance, New Found Glory, Mighty Mighty Bosstones and The Beautiful Mistake, just to name a few. Read more at www.immortalrecords.com.
Pamper
Calm your holiday-frazzled nerves with one of eight festive, winter-inspired spa treatments at Splash, the luxury day spa at Sports Club/LA. When you're done shopping, treat your tired tootsies to the Holiday Foot Fetish ($65), a hot towel wrap followed by an invigorating scrub with tea tree and peppermint essential oils and a foot massage so good it'll make your eyes roll. Sports Club/LA Splash, 747 Market St. (inside the Four Seasons), San Francisco. Call (415) 633-3900 or visit www.thesportsclubla.com.
Heal
A friend of mine who swears by Kombucha turned me on to this stuff recently. It's an amino acid, antioxidant and probiotic-rich fermented health drink made from a mushroom native to China that, when ingested, is said to boost the immune system, aid digestion by restoring healthy intestinal flora, increase metabolism so you burn fat more efficiently and improve liver function. Don't be scared, it's mixed with ginger and raw, organic fruit juice (no sugar or corn syrup added) so it tastes a lot like cider. Does it work? Check back with me in a few months. I can tell you this, though. There are enough believers out there that health food stores are having trouble keeping it in stock. Read more at www.naturezone.net.
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