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I know I have posted quite a bit about The Breakers in Palm Beach in the past, but today, I am sharing photos of this beautiful, historic hotel decked out for the holidays! Enjoy!
How lucky was I to get the chance to stay at The Breakers at this time of year!
Thanks for stopping by, Jackie
P.S. If you would like to see more on The Breakers, visit some past posts by clicking below:
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The Seafood Bar, located in the historic Breakers hotel, was completely reimagined around its stunning Atlantic backdrop in late December 2016 and we are visiting it today on Friday field trip.
This place lets you experience the allure of the yachting lifestyle with great nautical details, beautiful new aquariums, and a front-row seat to ocean views.
Of the two large aquariums housed in the Seafood Bar, the most spectacular is the one that creates the bar itself.
It makes sitting at the bar an amazing sensory experience – looking ahead is a view of the ocean and looking down is a view of fish swimming under the spot you placed your drink!
The Seafood Bar serves lunch and dinner. Cocktails are offered at the bar until 1 am.
The beverage menu is wonderful. For something tropical and a little different to try, there is a watermelon jalapeno or a smoked coconut margarita. Local drafts are offered, as well as a great selection of alcohol free elixirs. My favorite is a coconut lavender lemonade made with lemon juice, coconut water and lavender simple syrup! Craft sodas are another great alcohol free option – like an organic summer pear!
The Seafood Bar is definitely Palm Beach life at its best!
Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful weekend!
P.S. If you are wondering about the maintenance involved with this unique bar – hours are spent each morning cleaning both the inside (delicately) and outside of the tank!
Remember to take pleasure in simple things, Jackie
As I start to clean up my garden and plant some annuals here in Connecticut, I can’t help but think of some of the inspiring plantings I saw on my first trip to Palm Beach, Florida.
Like all things in Palm Beach, the green spaces are magnificent. So today, as part of my Palm Beach homage, I am sharing some of my favorites from the great plantings I spotted!
Some of my favorite container plantings were located around the pool at The Breakers hotel…
This colorful orchid was one of many located in an interior courtyard at The Breakers. This beautiful variety of flower can easily grow on the trees in Palm Beach.
The Living Wall (located on the west wall of Saks Fifth Avenue) on Worth Avenue, has to be the most high-profile garden in a Palm Beach public space! It was assembled in 2010 as part of the nearly $16 million beautification of Worth Avenue. A computerized system provides water and nutrients to the more than 10,000 plants in the 24-foot high, 36-foot wide grid. Amazingly beautiful!
These topiaries were also spotted on the famous high-end shopping street, Worth Avenue.
I found this cool looking flower in some shrubbery on the grounds of The Breakers hotel…not too sure what it is, but I thought it was uniquely beautiful.
This simple but majestic container planting was spotted outside Henry Flagler’s 1902 Palm Beach estate. Flagler was the gentlemen that established Palm Beach as a resort.
And, of course, you can’t help but notice the beautiful palms when in Palm Beach! They are everywhere! The coconut palm is not native to Florida. It’s presence in Palm Beach is due to a shipwreck back in 1878. The ship, traveling to Spain from Havana, was carrying a cargo of coconut palms and many of the coconuts were salvaged; many planted.
I hope you enjoyed sharing a few of the many plants that caught my eye while in Palm Beach. While inspiring, they certainly make my humble garden seem a lot less exciting! I have to remind myself that Connecticut is lacking the tropical rain forest climate of Palm Beach!
A dish garden I admired on a table inside The Breakers hotel.
Thanks for stopping by! Remember to take pleasure in simple things, Jackie
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I promised some Palm Beach flavor in the month of May!
Palm Beach is the birthplace of the Lilly Pulitzer style and no visit to Palm Beach would be complete without a visit to a Lilly Pulitzer store!
The way the historic story goes is that Lillian McKim eloped with Peter Pulitzer and moved to the fabulous resort destination, Palm Beach, when Lilly was just in her 20’s.
She opened a juice stand off Worth Avenue, squeezing the juice for all her famous friends.
Needing to camouflage the colorful juice stains (occupational hazard when you are a juice squeezer!) on her clothing, Lilly created a brightly printed, easy shift dress to work in…the start of all things Lilly!
The bright, fun details pictured here were taken in the Lilly store located at the iconic Breakers hotel in Palm Beach.
Thanks for stopping by! Remember to take pleasure in simple things, Jackie
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