In the 1980s and 1990s, many prominent individuals visited spas owned by entrepreneur Edward J Safdie and his company, the Ed Safdie group, including politicians, pop stars, supermodels, business moguls and many others. The company’s spas in Monte Carlo and across the United States featured first-rate spa cuisine, beautiful surroundings and traditional spa services like massages, manicures and pedicures, helping guests distress and unwind. The firm owned and operated spa facilities in Monaco (the California Terrace in Monte Carlo), California (the Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa in Sonoma), Connecticut (The Norwich Inn & Spa in Norwich) and Texas (the Greenhouse in Dallas). A number of former First Ladies of the United States like Barbara Bush, Lady Bird Johnson and Betty Ford visited the company’s spas as did U.S. Senators like Joe Biden and Christopher Dodd, entertainers like Morgan Fairchild, Elizabeth Taylor, Oprah Winfrey, Liza Minnelli, Alan Arkin, Brooke Shields, Michael Douglas and many more.
The Edward J. Safdie group’s spas became well-known in part because of the cookbooks that Ed Safdie released and in part due to the many magazines that mentioned Mr. Safdie and his company’s properties. Publications like “The New York Times,” “Food & Wine,” “Town & Country,” “Condé Nast Traveler,” “Bon Appétit,” “Elle” and “New Beauty” mentioned Edward Safdie and his company’s properties. Ed Safdie author released a pair of cookbooks about spa foods, one in 1985 (“Spa Food: Menus & Recipes from the Sonoma Mission Inn”) and the other in 1990 (“New Spa Food: Hearty, Healthy Recipes from the Norwich Inn and Spa”).
Other notable guests who visited the company’s properties include opera singer Placido Domingo, musician Tina Turner, singer Carly Simon and musician Paul Anka.
The Edward J. Safdie group’s spas became well-known in part because of the cookbooks that Ed Safdie released and in part due to the many magazines that mentioned Mr. Safdie and his company’s properties. Publications like “The New York Times,” “Food & Wine,” “Town & Country,” “Condé Nast Traveler,” “Bon Appétit,” “Elle” and “New Beauty” mentioned Edward Safdie and his company’s properties. Ed Safdie author released a pair of cookbooks about spa foods, one in 1985 (“Spa Food: Menus & Recipes from the Sonoma Mission Inn”) and the other in 1990 (“New Spa Food: Hearty, Healthy Recipes from the Norwich Inn and Spa”).
Other notable guests who visited the company’s properties include opera singer Placido Domingo, musician Tina Turner, singer Carly Simon and musician Paul Anka.