Brrrrrrr. It was beginning to look a lot like winter: chapped lips, scaly skin and glow-in-the-dark-white legs begging for sunshine. It was time to go online and find a winter rest stop.

Until recently Tucson was little more than a blip on my car’s GPS screen en route to somewhere else. But with winter barking at my New Mexican doorstep, it seemed as good a time as ever to fend off the winter ailments with a pit stop in the warm-weather mecca.

ARRIVED: parched as a winter raisin.

DEPARTED: sexy smooth and tequila tranquil.

THE CURE: two-night spa stay, JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort & Spa

The resort’s Hashani Spa is designed to go more than skin deep. This is NOT the closet-convert that some resorts try to pass off as a spa. Hashani is home to 20,000 healing square-feet featuring 23 custom treatment rooms, relaxation and mediation rooms, private lap pool, steam bath, hot tub, spa bistro, and full service beauty salon.

Relaxation offerings include hot stone massage, sun-kissed aloe wrap, and a delicious Hashani Hand and Foot Ritual. Their customized desert exfoliation uses a blue corn rub and goatsmilk shea body butter that sent me home with just the warm-weather glow I came for.

Check out the complimentary Tequila Toast to the “Legend of Arriba, Abajo” every evening beginning at 5:30pm at Salud. With its breathtaking views, patio firepits, extensive menu of tequilas and creative margaritas made from freshly squeezed juices, it’s an inviting hangout for appetizers, happy hour or post dinner drinks.