Philadelphia - April 24, 2009

Small Time

Knead Body Boutique Opens

There’s something to be said for being large and in charge, but we’re back on the good-things-in-small-packages kick.

Which is why we’ll be at new Knead Body Boutique.

Michelle Irizarry just opened her two-room space this week, in the back of Old City’s Sweat Fitness. And with six years’ working on the achy muscles of NFL and NBA players and rubbing out kinks at Rescue Rittenhouse Spa, she’s ready to tend to your needs.

Chill out with a glass of champagne in the crisp black and white waiting area. Enjoy Swedish, deep tissue, or sports massage (her specialty) in a relaxing smoky gray treatment room. If you hate Enya-esque spa music, you’re welcome to take your own tunes for the iPod dock.

You’ll want to make this your go-to for a wax — and in a month, facials will hit the menu.

Proving that bigger may be, well, just that.

Knead Body Boutique, 45 North Third Street (215-592-8100 or kneadbodyboutique.com).