Forget fruit baskets, cheese and chocolates.
The Water-of-the-Month Club-which will whisk agua from all over the globe to your doorstep-is the latest entry in the 1990s body-wise gifts arena.
”Bottled water is a status symbol, and it`s a gift that says you care about (the recipient`s) health,” says Stan Siebenberg, owner of the Drinking Water Center, Edison, N.J., which operates the service.
What`s among the more than 150 still and sparkling-water choices? An herb-infused water from Britain, one from a Brazilian rain forest and a
”Fountain of Youth” water that Siebenberg says is offered by a descendant of explorer Juan Ponce de Leon. (This one`s from Spain, not Florida.)
”What we`re really trying to do is to change the American attitude toward drinking water,” Siebenberg says. ”The average American buys and drinks water according to what`s not in it. Europeans buy and drink water for what`s in it.”
But many in the states are tapping into the cachet of exotic waters. Among the club`s clients: Barbara Walters and Clint Eastwood.
A monthly shipment of six different 1- and 1 1/2-liter bottles for an annual cost of about $350, including shipping. A single month`s supply is about $40. Call 800-345-5959.
