Friday, February 4, 2011

Palm Beach in Pictures

Since moving to South Florida ten years ago, Palm Beach has become one of my favorite places.  While I’ll likely never become an actual “Palm Beacher,” as that generally means you live ON Palm Beach in a massive mansion, I can admire the picturesque views from afar, and visit periodically.

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But of course, what I really visit for…is the shopping!  Known as “Rodeo Drive of Florida”, Lake Worth Avenue has been the place to shop for generations.  The picture below is from 1925.

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Shops, like my personal favorite, C. Orrico, and Mary Mahoney Designs on Worth Avenue, make for a shopping experience one will never forget.

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Not far from Worth Avenue is City Place, a more recent, but still upscale shopping venue.  Known for its night life and downtown festivals, City Place has become the latest attraction and “hot spot” in Palm Beach.

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Of course, if you’d rather stick to the mall shopping, we have one of those too!  The Gardens Mall in Palm Beach Gardens, just north of Palm Beach, is my personal shopping venue (as you know…when you live somewhere, you never go anywhere!)  Out of all the malls to choose from in South Florida from Palm Beach to Miami, this is my one stop shop with all the hottest designers, labels and of course, Nordstrom, Lilly Pulitzer and Tory Burch!

Outside of beaching, relaxing and shopping, we do have a museum or two as well! The Henry Flagler Museum is a gorgeous mansion detailing the history of Palm Beach, Mr. Flagler’s life and his interesting collection of antiquities.

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I hope you enjoyed my little tour of Palm Beach today, hope to see you visiting South Florida very soon!

Happy Friday Y’all!

11 comments:

  1. Oh, isn't that fabulous?!

    I would love to visit someday!

    Have a great weekend.

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  2. What a gorgeous place! I definitely need to get down there soon. Shopping here I come! :)

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  3. Love this post! The Gardens Mall is my favorite mall in the country! :) We have family that live in PGA National, and visit that mall frequently. The last time I was there Lilly Pulitzer was having a huge sale! I also enjoy City Place, it's Banana Republic is usually well stocked. Thanks for the reminder that warmer weather exists!

    ~www.thealyway.blogspot.com~

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  4. Love this post! My beau and I are spending the day on the island tomorrow and are stopping by some of the places you mentioned!

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  5. Ohhhhhh, how lovely!
    Thanks for this post, I dose of Palm Beach is just what I needed.

    Love,
    Mrs. Kindergarten

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  6. I so miss traveling to Jupiter and shopping at The Gardens..... I drove around Palm Beach but never actually shopped there. I stalked Jimmy Buffett's house.

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  7. I love this post. I have never been and the pictures are beautiful

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  8. Florida is looking better and better all the time. I'm so over this white crap falling out of the sky. It was beautiful only for about the first day or two...anything after that is just annoying.

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  9. Lovely photos!! I am dreaming of Worth Avenue on this snowy day in Connecticut!

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  10. Drinking those photos in!!! So ready to be in S. FL...only 11 weeks!

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  11. I'm still happy to see all these lovely pics and i also admit that you feel great or take a different experience of their life if select these type of any palm house for holiday..Keep sharing..!!

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