On mini vacations, and how white leggings are universally unflattering…
A few weeks ago I was on Jetsetter and in a moment of photo editing fever weakness I booked a night at the Raleigh Hotel on South Beach (for half off, let’s not be too crazy here). I had heard of the Raleigh a few times before and was intrigued by it’s history. It’s one of the most historic hotels on South Beach. It was built in the 1940′s and designed by L. Murray Dixon who was also the creative force behind the Ritz Plaza, the Tides, the Atlantis, and the Victor. You can see amazing photos of the Raleigh through the 40′s, 50′s, and 60′s on their website. Details Magazine recently did a write up on the Raleigh’s martini bar in their January issue and while we didn’t try a martini, we did walk by and the bar looks impeccably classy. What we did do, was walk up and down Ocean Drive, have 2 for 1 frozen concoctions at the Cardozo on Ocean, people watched and remarked about how fabulous everyone there seems to be (And how unforgiving white leggings are in general. Seriously people, through those jokers away right now! I don’t care what Amercian Apparel says. You’ll thank me later.), visited Peter Lik’s fine art gallery, noshed at the Gourmet Carrot and Nexxt Cafe, and laid out by the Raleigh’s famous pool. It was the perfect mini getaway that we needed to disconnect, breath, and be able to spend some quality time together (something that we rarely actually get to do). And, we took some photos.
So here you go, our mini 48 hour vacation in South Beach…
Road trip to South Beach…
Amazing interior design…
Tri-fan. Raleigh robe. Quasi-straightened hair.
The restaurant. And I would like those cool hanging things for our yard. Amen.
The view from the Penthouse. Not that we snuck up there. But if we did, these would be the photos we’d have taken…
We just got back from a nice long vacation ourselves, however, now I feel like I have even more to do. And personally I think all white bottoms (pants, skirts, whatever) are pretty awful and you couldn’t pay me to wear them. Though, I tend to mostly wear black and never wear white, so that may have something to do with it.
Love, love love Nexxt Cafe!
@Morgan Me too. I think it’s charming when hotels use actual keys. Now if one used skeleton keys, my heart might burst from excitement. ;)
@Katy Mini vacations are the best! Not enough money to stress out and just enough time to get away :)
Was in South Beach for a couple hours on Sunday! I hadn’t been there in years and it made me really want to go back. I never appreciated it much living so close my whole life. You’ve inspired me to look into a mini getaway. Yours sounds amazingly relaxing. :)
I adore that they still use actual keys. I love the art deco stylings of Miami. Glad to hear you two had a good time. I am super excited to try your steamed sweet potato short-cut.
Like always, I love all the photos you both take! Glad you both took a mini-trip!
looks like such fun! Love seeing the photos!
xo- ABQ