Musings from my trip to The Breakers in Palm Beach.

[Midlodemocrat]

First of all, let me say, it was beyond glorious. The people were amazing and we had a wonderful time.

Now, onto a few observations.

1. The rich really are different. First of all, there were no minivans in West Palm. How do the rich transport their children without listening to Sirius Satellite Radio? It boggles.

2. Just because you were at an event in a particular room the night before does not give you free passage to attend a wedding of people you do not know in the same room the next night because you are being nosy, or as I like to put it, inquisitive.

3. Stone Crab Claws the size of a parrot's head. Enough said. Would turn even Elad into a salivating peskytarian.

4. At $15 a pop, it is pretty hard to get a buzz on when drinking Cosmos. Better to switch to beer.

5. When walking down the street in the 'tony' section of town, if the only store name you recognize is Tiffany's, it's a good bet a) you can't afford anything b) none of it would fit anyway.

6. Jimmy Choo is a misogynist. Only a misogynist would make such adorable shoes that are unbearable torture devices. And for most of the population, heels that skinny and high are not 'sexy', they're devices for drilling for oil.

7. When the technician repeats over and over 'your skin is so clean, your skin is so clean' during your facial, what she REALLY means is 'Hell's bells woman, only surgery of the highest order can help you now'.

8. Some of the nicest hotels in the country are a bit stingy with their shampoo, bath gel, etc.

[SOteric]

1. Did the mini-bar in the hotel stock boxed wines?

Jimmy Choo and his friend Manolo Blahnik both spend their nights thinking up ways to hurt women.

[DS1]

4. The mini-bar ~was~ a box of wine

The single-use taps were 30 dollars each :)

[Midlodemocrat]

5. Unfortunately, no and I didn't think to bring any.

:rofl:

[SOteric]

15. On the other hand,

If you're looking to get rid of a pair of Jimmy Choo's, - I'm a size 7 and I love blacks and reds.

:7 :D :7

[Midlodemocrat]

16. Like I'd buy one of those torture devices.

:rofl:

[ThomCat]

2. It sounds mostly like fun

:)

Um, except for the mutant crab claws. :yoiks:

:P

[Midlodemocrat]

6. It was. Beautiful, old building with the most gorgeous frescos.

It was very enjoyable.

:hi:

[malta blue]

3. I'm so glad you had a great time Midlo

:rofl::rofl:

"Your skin is so clean"

[Midlodemocrat]

7. Seriously. WTF?

:rofl:

[malta blue]

8. was your aesthetician a little old russian lady

who called you "baby"?

The last time I went to for a facial at a hotel like that, I had this ancient russian woman calling me "baby" the entire time - cracked me up. :rofl:

[Midlodemocrat]

9. She WAS Russian!!!

But she didn't call me baby. :rofl:

[malta blue]

10. OMG Midlo - that is too funny....

I wonder if ritzy hotels are importing the russian ladies? :rofl:

[jakefrep]

11. The rich don't need Sirius...

...they travel with an in-car symphony orchestra. Satellite radio is so proletarian.

[Midlodemocrat]

14. That explains a lot. I did hear quite a few violins.

[flvegan]

12. "Stone Crab Claws the size of a parrot's head"

That's just silly. Parrots range in length from just a few inches to more than 3 feet. Therefore, those crab claws could be very small or very large.

As for Item #1, they're called Range Rovers. I believe minivans were abolished from West Palm Beach via Constitutional Amendment.

[Midlodemocrat]

13. Dude. Series. It was the size of my fist x 2.

I've never seen anything like it. Nor tasted anything quite so ultra delicious.

:hide:

[NewJeffCT]

17. some replies to your comments

1) I assume the rich have their children take via limo, or else they have them at posh boarding schools so they don't see them very often.

2) Just tell them you dropped something and are looking for it.

4) How much is beer? $10/pop?

6) ah, but a woman who can wear Jimmy Choo's with a smile...

8) ain't that the truth.

[Midlodemocrat]

22. $12.50. Series.

[sasquatch]

18. Did you shoot your shotgun at random homeless people?

That is the law in west palm beach Floydiduh.

[Midlodemocrat]

19. Idiot. There aren't any homeless in West Palm Beach.

THE Donald wouldn't allow it. :eyes:

[sasquatch]

20. He must've shot'em before you got there

Is the McMansion still in one piece or did the midlets have their way with the place?

[Midlodemocrat]

21. Still in one place, although McMansion is a bit of a stretch

A HUGH stretch in fact. Brenda, the goddess of housekeeping, cleaned my office and did the closets. Therefore, I can't find anything.

[sasquatch]

23. That happens to me too

"Dammit, now I can't find anything. What did you do with my stuff in that third pile in the northwest corner?"
:rofl:

[Tommy_Carcetti]

31. Plenty of homeless in West Palm Beach

Palm Beach, on the other hand, they just call them "the help."

[monmouth]

24. You were only "over the bridge" from me, would have loved to have taken

you to lunch out on the patio by the pool. And Ivana was married to her fourth this weekend also. Many of those guests I'm sure were staying at the Breakers. Glad you had a great time and wasn't the weather the best? We do have homeless in West Palm, they're just hidden when important guests come to town....lol.

[Midlodemocrat]

25. OMG! I had no idea.

Would have LOVED to have met you!

I actually spent the bulk of my time at the spa and napping. It was pure heaven. (I think I am showing my age, LOL) The weather was spectacular. The Breakers is the most beautiful building as well. I bought the book to show my kids. The food, well, OMG is way too mild to describe the delicious food. The seafood was out of this world. The sushi was amazing. Brasserie transported me back to my first honeymoon in Paris.

Loved, loved, loved it.

[monmouth]

26. Next time (I'm sure there will be) PM me, I'll give you my #. Fun, Fun, Fun...n/t

[El Fuego]

27. Did you get the stone crabs at the Seafood Bar?

Or Fish Bar as people call it. It faces the ocean and the bar is a tropical fish tank. I saw Governor Charlie Crist at the bar last time I was there (yeah I know, he's a republican, but we like him anyway.)

I've never stayed in a room there, but I live close enough to the Breakers to go over and hang out! The place is like a city in itself. I love the main restaurant L'Escalier. I know what you mean about cars -- it's a bit mortifying when you have to valet park your non-rich person vehicle. (Mazerati, Bently, Ferrari... Firebird?!)

[Midlodemocrat]

29. Yes. They were outrageously delicious.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

28. Glad you had fun

We would drop into PB on the way from Tampa to visit the FIL in Delray.
Stroll the streets, have a drink. There was a shop that sold military related items - models and other stuff. It had a uniform supposedly worn by W Churchill during the Boer War. Tiny thing, I don't think even size 8 me could fit in it.
Talked about booking a night at the Breakers sometime but never did. FIL referred to WPB as Worst Palm :hide: He could be a dick.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

30. Palm Beach is one of the freakiest places ever.

Not West Palm Beach, not Palm Beach County. I mean the Town of Palm Beach.

Never before has the stereotype of the snooty WASP, the trophy wife with the diamond tennis bracelet, the Rolls Royce driving types ever been proven to be a matter of fact and not exagerrated fiction. If you've ever been to a Palm Beach event (and I have), you'll notice that the people from that town will automatically know if you don't live there, and they literally will want nothing to do with you. It is as though you are invisible to them. I am not making this up. It is crazy.

A Palm Beach anecdote--After Starbucks wanted to open up their first Palm Beach location, the citizens went crazy in uproar because apparently Starbucks was too "low class" for Palm Beach. Starbucks. Seriously. You'd think it was a 24 hour liquor store/bail bonds shop. True story.