Asheville, do you feel as good as you look? If so, we're betting you've availed yourself of some of the services below. Whether you're getting styled at Beauty Parade, getting buff at the YMCA or getting loose at Sensibilities, you know where to go for that extra personal treatment.
Charley Castex, readers say, is the go-to guy for psychic insight (though you, dear voter, are no slouch yourself -- the often penned "me" finished second in this category). And when it comes to getting tattooed and/or pierced -- as common a personal touch as can be found in Asheville -- once again you've chosen the all-female staff of Man's Ruin.
If you're neither feeling good nor looking like it, well, no more excuses: Read the list below, then get out there and do something about it.
-- Jon Elliston
1. Beauty Parade
783 Haywood Rd., Asheville, 257-4073
2. (Tie) Ananda Hair Studio
22 Broadway St., Asheville, 232-1017
2. Wink
18 Brook Street, Suite 103, Asheville, 277-4070
3. Marc Edward & Co
1 Page Ave # 119, Asheville, 252-3000
1. YMCA
Various locations, Asheville, 251-5909
2. YWCA
185 S. French Broad Ave., Asheville, 254-7206
3. Biltmore Athletic Club
711 Biltmore Ave., Asheville, 253-5555
1. Sensibilities
59 Haywood Street, Asheville, 253-3222
2. Laura Anthony at Sunshine Massage
713-4375
3. (Tie) Tyson Sampson at Plush / Arthur Scheiss / Grove Park Inn / Guenevere Seastrom
1. Charley Castex
2. "Me"
3. (Tie) Zak Yancey
3. Angela Moore
1. Grove Park Inn
290 Macon Ave., Asheville, 252-2711
2. Sensibilities
59 Haywood Street, Asheville, 253-3222
3. Asheville Oasis
73 Merrimon Ave., Asheville, 257-2570
1. Man's Ruin
857 Merrimon Ave., Asheville, 253-6660
2. Ace of Spades
506 Merrimon Ave., Asheville, 225-7969
3. Empire Tattoo
83 Patton Ave., Asheville, 252-8282