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Searching for fresh gift ideas, Contributing Editor Elizabeth Rahe decided to check the lists of notable personalities who have appeared on the pages of City & Shore. We asked them to focus on things to do, rather than things to open this holiday season. The result is a wish list of thoughtful gifts, laced with a little stardust.
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Presents Presence Searching for fresh gift ideas, we decided to check the lists of notable personalities who have appeared on the pages of City & Shore. We asked them to focus on things to do, rather than things to open. The result is a collection of thoughtful gifts, laced with a little stardust. BY ELIZABETH RAHE
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Author and travel writer Thomas Swick has seen sights and exotic splendors throughout the world, but he found real treasure in Palm Beach County. He’s your guide on a trip to the exotic coasts of Lake Worth.
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Author and travel writer Thomas Swick has seen sights and exotic splendors throughout the world, but he found treasures on both sides of the Royal Park Drawbridge. He’s your guide on a trip to the exotic coasts of Lake Worth Lagoon.
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for a winter escape? Writer Valerie Schimel suggests decamping to one of these six luxury properties for mountain and beach adventures, spa bliss and luxury accommodations.
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immediately after I took a seat at the bar at būccan the young man to my left introduced himself, recommended the pizzas, gave me the name of his wealth management firm, and asked if I was looking for someone to help handle my money. Not even on the island for 30 minutes and I was already having a Palm Beach experience. Ted was dressed in a dark pin-striped suit, a white-collared blue shirt and a yellow tie. He had been talking to the two women on his left, one of whom worked as a tennis pro at The Breakers. Ted asked if anyone needed a refill; I was not even half finished with my club soda. My margherita pizza arrived on a small wooden board. It was sublime; the crust, miraculously, both crisp and moist. It occurred to me that if Ted’s financial advice was as good as his culinary tips, I would be a fool not to let him invest my money. Then I remembered I had no money. “Aren’t the pizzas delicious?” the young woman on the other side of me asked. She had long black hair and lived in Palm Beach Gardens, though she had been born in Portugal. She and her companion had had the pork lover’s pizza. Her companion was from Argentina, and looked like either a polo player or a Ralph Lauren model of a polo player. Ted finished his wine and offered his services as my guide to Palm Beach nightlife. (I hadn’t expected such friendliness in Palm Beach.) As we headed to my car, I silently thanked the woman in Northwood who had told me būccan was the place to go on the island.
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Soon the clock will strike midnight and we’ll turn the calendar to 2013. Regardless of your disposition, you’ll likely be up late, so what better way to ring in the New Year than with a fabulous meal at a great price? Fine Dining Writer Rebecca Cahilly clocks in with a few sparkling New Year’s Eve WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR NEW YEAR’S EVE? ideas offered by some of our “An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. favorite restaurants. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.”
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PLATE NIGHT — Bill Vaughn
Soon the clock will strike midnight and we’ll turn the calendar to 2013. Regardless of your disposition, you’ll likely be up late, so what better way to ring in the New Year than with a fabulous meal at a great price? Here are a few sparkling New Year’s Eve packages offered by some of our favorite restaurants. BY REBECCA CAHILLY
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