“Tennis player Serena Williams poses for photographers during a pre-kickoff event to the South Beach Wine and Food Festival, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2005 in Miami Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
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If you've seen Spike Lee's "She's Gotta Have It," then you know that the above caption is a line from the the "Dog Montage" in that movie. It came to mind when I read this following blurb entiled "Luxury sweet for Serena" that appeared in the 2/28/05 Chicago Sun-Times "Quick Tips" Column:
Tennis star Serena Williams made something of a splash as part of the South Beach Wine and Food Festival last week in Miami Beach, Fla.
OK, not so much a splash as a splashy presence.
Clad in a bikini, she plunged into her role at promoting something called the Evian Experience at Hotel Victor.
OK, not so much plunged as sat calmly in the tub filled with bottled water.
"I could feel the difference from the moment I stepped in -- the water felt so pure,'' said Williams, surrounded in the tub by fuchsia and orange Gerber Daisies (whatever those are). "Also ... Evian is a sponsor of the U.S. Open, which I've won the last few years, so I guess you can say the water has been lucky for me.''
Lucky for her, she didn't have to pay for the extravagance (although she certainly can afford to do so), which includes more than 1,000 liters of water in the tub, spa treatment, champagne, caviar and other delicacies.
The experience costs $5,000 and is available only in the penthouse suite, which goes for $6,000 a night. Which translates into the most expensive bath experience in the world. Which, if nothing else, ought to make you feel a little bit better about your water bill.
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