The kids away for an entire week, my husband and I decided to splurge and use some of his Marriott frequent stayer points, on one night ‘away’. We were only headed downtown of our home city, but there is something that feels indulgent about staying in a hotel (for those of us who rarely do it). Marriott now owns the Ritz Carlton, so we decided to really pull out all the stops and blow the points there. Of course, we requested early check-in and late check-out, squeezing as much luxury out of our 24 hours as we could.
The Ritz had a very nice, wildly over-priced spa ($180 for a 1 hour massage HA!), but the spa also offered special, vichy showers and several thermal rooms, steam baths and saunas of varying degrees and humidity, and fluffy robes– all gratis for guests of the Ritz. You know I was all over that: Luxury/Pampering/Free? Yes, please!
After a few hours spent soaking, warming, cooling, showering, I was lounging in my warmed, dry robe in the ‘quiet’ room when uniformed woman appeared from nowhere and asked if I would like a glass of water (which was free, so of course, I took it). Maybe I was drunk from all that mineral water I had just steeped myself in and giddy from all the little luxuries, but what she brought was so refreshing and light and delightful that I dramatically begged her for the recipe (which I needn’t have– she was happy to share it with me). It was pineapple water. ‘Ah, expensive, imported-from-Haiwaii pineapple water?’ I asked. ‘No, just pineapple chunks tied in cheese cloth and steeped in water for a few hours.’ she replied.
So easy and simply delicious.
1 and 1/2 cups chunks of pineapple
Cheesecloth
1-2 pitchers water
Tie the pineapple up in the cheese cloth (if you don’t have cheese cloth, you can do this without, just strain the water after it steeps, to keep it clear– or not.) Soak the pineapple in water for 1-4 hours. Serve chilled or over ice.