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The New 'O' Spa at TI Wants You To Look Like Ukranian Beauty Queen

Ukranian beauty queen, model and actress Oleksandra Nikolayenko-Ruffin is drop dead gorgeous, but does she really have the caché/recognition to design and run a self-named spa? (This has replaced the WET spa, FYI.) Was she blessed with unusually good Eastern European genes or does she know something we don’t know when it comes to having a kick ass beauty regimen?

Hmm…No wait, we think there’s a simpler answer here – she’s hitched to Treasure Island owner Phil Ruffin so nepotism reigns supreme.

The raven-tressed beauty recently unveiled Oleksandra Spa & Salon, which offers treatments hand picked by Mrs. Ruffin. She’s visited some of the world’s most luxurious spas and salons and has compiled a selection of her favorite treatments at the new spa including:

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Will Social House at Treasure Island Walk the Plank?

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MUTINY UPDATE: Looks like there is some serious swashbuckling going on at TI. A rep for PURE has just told us simply, "Social House is not closing." Meanwhile, we are still hearing that it is indeed closing as will Christian Audigier. We'll keep you mateys posted.

When we dined at Social House inside Treasure Island on Saturday night, we casually asked our server if the restaurant was closing or not, based on what we had heard last week. Much to our surprise we found out the restaurant was closing the next day.

Apparently, all the employees at Social House had just been told this bit of news on Saturday before their shifts began.

While the news that Social House would be closing was not shocking, the fact that they would shut down so suddenly was a bit of a jolt. The servers seemed pretty upset about it but said they were told that the restaurant would relocate elsewhere on the Strip. However, employees told us that they were bugging out a little bit about some new security cameras that had been installed in the restaurant.

We haven't been able to get official word from either TI or Pure Management Group that the restaurant has closed so there could be hope yet for Social House, a favorite sushi spot on The Strip. But judging from the new plans to "revitalize" TI, we won't get our hopes up too high.

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