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The Resort offers a fresh spin on the luxury retreat through a wide array of imaginative and lively amenities.

By Richard Hayduk

The Resort can be your vacation destination all year long; join our private club and start the fun.

Learn how to FlowRide, take a magical quest through the Resort and tune up your golf and tennis games.

The farm-to-table movement flourishes at the Resort, and is refined by our innovative world-class chefs.

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The Resort offers multiple venues for a dream wedding; here’s how to say “I Do” for the memory of a lifetime.

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Discover how living well translates to well-being through the Resort’s mindful and innovative programs, from spa to preventive medicine to healthy dining and fitness.

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President Richard Hayduk brings an edge to the venerable Resort through a surf school and the new FlowRider.

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Need a little retail therapy? The Resort offers guests everything from fine jewelry, resort wear and golf gear to beach accessories.

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Boca Raton offers a quality of life that is unparalleled in South Florida—and most of the country.

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elcome to Boca Raton, an award-winning city in which to live, work and visit. At the epicenter of Boca Raton is the Boca Raton Resort & Club, where it all started.

More than 90 years ago famed architect Addison Mizner acquired more than 1,500 acres to formulate a master plan for the city of Boca Raton. Consistent with today’s developers, Mizner built the Cloister Inn (the east side of the Cloister building) to give homebuyers a taste of what the Boca Raton lifestyle would be.

Fast forward to today, as city leaders make Boca Raton an example of modernizing a city while retaining a great respect for its past. The visionary development that continues in 2015 will make Boca Raton one of the top pedestrianfriendly, affluent waterfront communities in the country. The Boca Raton Resort & Club has run a parallel course with the city in terms of its own modernization, one that we can only trust would make Addison Mizner proud.

Since 2005, more than $250 million as been spent to elevate the facilities of the Boca Raton Resort & Club above today’s luxury traveler’s standards. Of late, the historic Cloister building, restaurants, public areas and health club all have undergone considerable redesign and investment. The Beach Club just celebrated its 5th anniversary after being redesigned and renovated, reopening in 2009.

The newest addition to the Resort programming is the Flow House, featuring the FlowRider™ and Shaka Bar and Grill adjacent to the Great Hall. The Boca Raton Resort & Club is at the peak of its form, and continues to evolve as an international luxury destination. This, combined with an incredible team of hospitality professionals—many from some of the finest hospitality and culinary schools—assure you a memorable stay at the Boca Raton Resort & Club.

Again, welcome to our city and to this legendary Resort. Know that all 1,800 of our associates view it as a privilege to earn our livelihoods here, and an even greater privilege to serve you.

Sincerely,

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For nearly 90 years, the Boca Raton Resort & Club has maintained a reputation as one of the most luxurious and exclusive resorts in the world. This Old World Resort with a vibrant contemporary vibe is an international vacation destination—as well as exclusive private club.

The Resort’s Premier Club allows members full access to all Resort amenities, from the world-class Waldorf Astoria Spa to gourmet restaurants, a chic beach club with concierge services and two 18-hole championship golf courses There is a world-class tennis center, several swimming pools, a fullservice 32-slip marina, half-mile stretch private beach, two state-of-the-art health clubs, and a comprehensive Surf School featuring South Florida’s first Flow House. In addition, the Resort & Club features a full range of yearround activities custom designed for its members, from holiday celebrations and black-tie galas to comedy performances, concerts and supervised children’s programs for all ages.

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GoLf Two 18-hole championship golf courses assure that Premier Club members will find variety, convenience, challenges—and an abundance of tee times.

The Resort Course on the main property was designed in 1926 by William Flynn, and is one of South Florida’s oldest and most historic golf courses.

TEnnIs The centerpiece of the Premier Club’s tennis experience, the opulent Tennis & Fitness Center, is home to 30 award-winning clay tennis courts, many lit for evening play, and a tennis pro shop. The tennis concierge service arranges matches, schedules lessons, and plans tournaments—an exclusive convenience available to Premier Club members.

sPA Premier Club members are afforded full access to the Resort’s Waldorf Astoria Spa, named #1 Spa in the World in the Condé Nast Traveler’s Readers’ Choice Awards. Special discounts are available exclusively to members for a variety of signature treatments, facials, and massages tailored to their individual needs by a team of spa experts, as well as the celebrated Ritual Bath, complete with nine individual mineral baths.

Fitness As the cornerstone of the Enlightened Lifestyle program, the Resort’s Health Club, open to all members, boasts a recent $1.3 million fitness renovation complete with a new Stretch Zone, special Power Plate training used by NFL, Kids Fitness and more. For a workout with spectacular ocean views, the Beach Club Health Club offers the latest in advanced cardiovascular and strength training equipment with floor–to-ceiling open windows as well as a full schedule of fitness activities.

Dining The 13 fine restaurants and lounges at the Resort & Club are available only to members and hotel guests, providing access to some of the most exclusive dining opportunities in South Florida. These include SeaGrille at the Boca Beach Club; the blue fine dining restaurant atop the resort’s iconic pink tower; and Serendipity, New York City’s famed ice cream shop with new “grab and go” fresh dining options.

Flow House Creating unforgettable memories, the Boca Raton Resort & Club is home to South Florida’s first Flow House® featuring a dual-sided FLOWRIDER® wave simulator for flow and body boarding. After making a splash, members can hang loose poolside with light bites and beverages at the new Shaka Bar & Grill serving burgers, tacos and frozen drinks, a testament to the Resort’s new modern luxury approach. The Resort’s comprehensive Surf Boca provides opportunities for all ages to master the waves and take part in an extensive array of memorable watersports experiences including paddle boarding, jet skiing, catamarans and skim boarding, among other options.

CHilDren’s Program An innovative “one-of-a-kind” program for families, the Boca Resort’s new Quest Club includes a daily supervised camp, recreational sports deck, rooftop garden with interactive stations, tweens and teen’s night clubs, an arcade center and Mizner’s Quest, a scavenger-like program around the Resort filled with interactive learning experiences. Running daily from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., the supervised Quest camp features everything from soccer, yoga, tie-dying and stuffed animal making to fishing, beachfront kite flying alongside the Kite Concierge, life-size lawn chess, golf, tennis, and more.

Country Club In addition to providing access to 356 resort-style acres, the Premier Club also affords members the opportunity to join a vibrant Florida country club.

Minutes from the main property, the Boca Country Club is an intimate facility catering to members with special events and activities for members only.

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SURF’S UP!

It’s here, and it’s radical! Check out the Resort’s new FlowRider, master of the “sheet wave” that re-creates the challenge of ocean waves in an enclosed pool. This exciting new addition to the Resort promises thrills for the whole family—and yet another way to learn how to body surf or traditionally surf—in our own backyard.

Water sports are big at the Resort, and its new surf school dovetails nicely with FlowRider fans and those who want to tackle real ocean waves. Morgan Baer, whose company Costa del Este runs the Resort’s water sports program, says surfing is a natural, considering the Resort’s location.

The warmer, generally calmer, waters that hug South Florida’s coastline are inviting for people of all ages and abilities who want to surf, paddleboard, kayak, snorkel, sail, drive a Jet Ski and more.

Aspiring surfers—children and adults— learn to ride the waves at the Beach Club.

Members and guests may choose among three-hour weekday clinics, private lessons and one-hour daily surf classes—or slip right over to the FlowRider to hone their skills.

boca Raton Resort & Club: HistoRiCal timeline 1926:

On Feb. 6, 1926, the Cloister Inn, modeled by architect Addison Mizner after a Spanish castle, opens as the most expensive 100-room hotel of its day at $1.25 million.

1928: The inn is pur- 1930: The Cloister chased by Philadelphia utility magnate Clarence Geist and expands to include more guestrooms, the former Cabana Club and a new golf course.

Inn reopens after $8 million in renovations as the Boca Raton Club and is run as a private club, open seasonally from January to March until Geist’s death in 1938.

1940:

U.S. Army Air Corps trainees occupy the Resort during World War II, remaining for four years and terming the property “the most elegant barracks in history.”

1944: Real estate

and theater entrepreneur J. Myer Schine buys the club for a paltry $3 million and reopens it as the Boca Raton Hotel and Club.

1956: On March 1,

Arthur Vining Davis, former Alcoa CEO, buys the hotel for $22.5 million.

Davis later forms Arvida Corp., which owns and operates the hotel for about 27 years.

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tennis everyone?

Boca:

award-Winner, Trendsetter Boca’s always either in the news or winning awards for something! here are a few notaBle mentions over the past few years.  SchoolS: Boca Raton High School is routinely included in the Top 100 high schools in the country by Newsweek.  affluence: If you’ve got it, we say flaunt it.

Boca Raton’s 33496 ZIP code is among the “Top 100 Richest ZIP Codes” in the nation, based on IRS data.  good life: According to online site 24/7 Wall Street, Boca Raton ranks as No. 11 on the list of America’s 50 most livable cities.

The revered Blackman Tennis Academy (BTA) at the Resort is an innovative tennis company specializing in high-performance training for junior players. Instructors evaluate players’ abilities—technical, footwork and tactical—which determines their training program, then help develop them in all three areas. BTA’s progression starts with fundamentals and stroke production (using comprehensive footwork patterns) and overlays those skills with tactics aimed at match play.

BTA training requires a shared commitment and yields great results— on and off the court. For more information, call 561/227-9588.

 BeST-dreSSed: Ranked the No. 2 Best Dressed Small City in America by The Movoto Blog (published by the Movoto real estate firm), behind Santa Monica, Calif., for its devotion to fashion. Boca Raton, the only city outside California in the top five, ranked fifth for jewelry, sixth for clothing and 12th for shoes.  environmenT: Boca gets high marks for being pretty—and green. We’re a Tree City and bicycle-friendly, and we’re awarded for our water re-use by the Florida Water Environmental Association, and for our landscaping by the Roadside Vegetative Management Association.

We use special lights to protect sea turtles, and we have one gazillion parks.

1969: Arvida begins 1980: The Boca a $14 million expansion program, including the 27-story Tower and golf villas. In addition, a conference center gives the hotel a balance of leisure and business.

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Beach Club replaces the old Cabana Club, a $20 million addition with 214 rooms, eight suites, a half-mile of private Atlantic beach and two restaurants.

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1983:

The Boca Raton Hotel and Club is sold to the Boca Raton Hotel & Club Limited Partnership and VMS Realty Corp.

Monkey Man

Addison Mizner is the iconic architect of Boca Raton and Palm Beach, and it is his vision that defined the Boca Raton Resort & Club in the early years of the Florida land boom. Aside from his legendary architecture, Mizner is also known for his love of exotic pets, specifically a spider monkey named Johnnie Brown. Legend has it that Mizner—clad in silk pajamas, with Johnnie Brown on one shoulder and a macaw or a toucan on the other—would wake the hotel’s chef late at night for a midnight snack he invented, the “Bocaroon”— a chocolate, orange and coconut macaroon. Mizner ate the chocolate himself, gave the monkey the orange and shared the coconut with his bird.

Today, Johnnie Brown is buried in Palm Beach—one of only two graves on the island. He was laid to rest in the courtyard of Via Mizner, Addison Mizner’s self-styled home off Worth Avenue. His epitaph reads: “Johnnie Brown, the human monkey.”

1988: The property

becomes known as the Boca Raton Resort & Club and acquires the Boca Country Club on Congress Avenue, about seven miles from the Cloister, featur-

ing luxury homes and condominiums, a championship 18-hole golf course, tennis courts, a fitness center and dining facilities for hotel guests, club members and property residents.

1991:

The Boca Raton Resort & Club undergoes an $11 million renovation, bringing the total refurbishing expenditures to $55 million since 1983.

The UlTImaTe GolfING TradITIoN Golf at the Boca Raton Resort & Club is a time-honored tradition. For almost 80 years, golfers from around the world have been coming here to play a course that was once the domain of golf legends like Tommy Armour and Sam Snead.

Opened in 1926, the majestic 6,253-yard, par-71 course has been offering golfers legendary holes and eyecatching beauty. There are few holes anywhere like the Resort’s 13th, with a waterfall in front of the tee and a stream that winds away from the challenging green.

The signature hotel course is one of two courses available to hotel guests and club members. With 100-yearold banyans lining wide fairways, golfers can easily get a sense of what it might have been like to play the game with The Silver Scot and Slammin’ Sam, as Armour and Snead were known, respectively.

Boca Raton Resort & Club is proud to offer the latest instructional programming utilized by the best golfers in the world. Titleist Performance Institute (TPI) Golf Fitness Instruction will help you realize a fuller potential in your golf swing. Each session is tailored by analyzing your specific strengths, flexibilities, injuries and swing fundamentals.

Using this combined approach, the Resort develops the most efficient swing that is unique to each individual. Your TPI golf instructor will also recommend future courses of action to benefit your continued growth and wellness following each session. With a team of TPI golf, fitness and medical professionals located here at the Resort, your game and your health will surely trend in a positive direction.

For more information, call Jimmy Gascoigne, PGA head golf professional and Level 3 TPI golf instructor, at 561/447-3411.

All That Glitters

There’s nothing like a little bling to add sparkle to a holiday. And Altier Jewelers off the lobby of the Resort is the perfect place to indulge yourself—or someone you love. Originally founded by Joseph and Marjorie Altier in 1960, Altier Jewelers was the first jewelry store in Boca Raton. Today, Altier Jewelers is owned and operated by Cutler Altier, a thirdgeneration grandson of the founders, and offers watch experts, GIA Graduate Gemologists, and master jewelers and watchmakers. The Resort branch of this fine jewelry store specializes in great service, and shows that the best things do, in fact, come in small boxes.

GIVING

With great wealth comes great responsibility. There are more than 1,100 charities in Boca Raton, one of the top 30 grant makers in Florida and hundreds of philanthropists who routinely put their money where their mouths are. It’s hard to top that kind of heart in a community.

1993:

The Boca Raton Management Company replaces VMS Realty Corp. as the general partner for the Boca Raton Hotel & Club Limited Partnership.

1996:

Guest rooms and suites in the Cloister and Tower undergo renovation, and a $10 million tennis and fitness center opens; construction begins on Mizner Center.

1997:

H. Wayne Huizenga and Florida Panther Holdings Inc., purchases the resort for $325 million, and Gene Bates completes a $6.5 million redesign of the Resort Golf Course.

1998: Mizner Center 2000: The Grand opens as a comprehensive meeting and conference facility, featuring four unique ballrooms and 80,000 square feet of flexible function space.

Piazza is completed, including Bar Luna, the Tuscan restaurant Lucca and more. A complete renovation takes place at an average cost of $30,000 per room.

2001: Featuring 44 treatment rooms, the palatial Spa Palazzo is unveiled, while a twostory golf clubhouse debuts with a casual restaurant and luxurious locker rooms.

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IntuItIve luxury: HIgH-tecH HospItalIty tHe resort Is always dreamIng up new ways to elevate tHe guest experIence tHrougH smart tecHnology. Here are a few new upgrades for your vacatIon stay.

Boca Meet 360°: This new meetings app offers an in-depth virtual site tour of the Resort, including its meeting rooms, accommodation styles, leisure activities and amenities.

Much like a gyroscope, the app provides a floor-to-ceiling panoramic look at 15 key points of interest to meeting and wedding planners, a live Facebook feed, a LinkedIn Group feature, an interactive “plan your meeting” tool and contact information.

The Boca Meet 360 app can be downloaded from the App Store or bocameet360.com.

Mizner’s Quest!

The Resort has a world of discovery based on imagination and exploration waiting for its younger guests—based in its own Mizner Quest clubhouse at the Beach Club, fully stocked with toys, games, movies, costumes and more. Here’s what’s happening: • The Quest Club Camp: Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; ages 3 to 9; registration and pickup at Old Cloister Lobby, Main Resort; registration includes a backpack, water bottle and T-shirt (to be worn while at camp). Activities run the gamut, from Quest clubhouse and arcade diversions (open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Boca Beach Club) to programmed activities and crafts, swimming, golf, tennis or surf lessons—there is never a dull moment!

2002: the eight-

story Yacht Club opens with 112 water-view guest rooms and suites. the new marina, with 32 mega-yacht slips, opens at the base of the Yacht Club.

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2003:

the new salon di Palazzo opens; a new golf practice green and a new croquet green debut.

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2004:

An affiliate of the Blackstone Group, a private investment banking firm, purchases Boca raton resort & Club in December for $1.2 billion.

Shuttle tracker: Resort shuttles have all been equipped with GPS tracking, and iPads have been installed at each shuttle stop so guests can now conveniently track the timing of shuttles.

Guest texts: The Resort has a new texting service, the Guest Experience Platform built by Kipsu, designed to personalize and enhance guest interaction. Guests receive a welcome text and are offered the option to use text messaging to get assistance, make requests or ask questions. The texting service is designed to be efficient and fast—with Resort staff focused on answering texts in 60 seconds.

For weekend camp location, please text 561/447-3000.

• Q Kids’ Nightclub: Quest Clubhouse at the Boca Beach Club, Saturday nights, 7 to 11 p.m.; ages 10 to 17; a VIP hideaway lounge with full-size, token-operated arcade games, PS4, Xbox 360, Wii U and DJ booth.

• The Quest Rooftop, all ages, above the Resort’s Great Hall, offers The Rec Deck, an open court area with basketball, soccer, table tennis, foosball, cornhole, a 25-foot horizontal rock wall and more.

• The Nature Deck, an herb and butterfly garden with complimentary DIY interactive stations where visitors can make mosaics and birdhouses, and gather sunflower seeds to plant at the new Garden of Fame, on the ground level under the sea grape tree.

And don’t forget your Mizner’s Quest Map! Using your Mizner’s Quest Map, venture on a Resort-wide journey to visit each point of discovery.

At each location you will find a rubbing plate that corresponds with a blank rectangle on your map, which will help you, stop by stop, to fill in the puzzle. Once you have found all the locations on your map, and the picture is complete, redeem it at Serendipity to receive a surprise.

There is also the famous Mizner’s Quest riddle: “Where lies the King of the Cloister?” Post the answer on our Facebook page and win a special Resort souvenir.

Follow us on Twitter to receive hints on Points of Discovery. Share your Mizner’s Quest photos on our Facebook wall or Instagram for a chance to become our Fan of the Week. facebook.com/bocaresort.

2005-2006:

Multimillion-dollar refurbishment of the resort is underway, including a “new” lobby, redesigned rooms, Boca Bungalows and two restaurants.

2007-2008:

Ongoing refurbishments of the resort include the Beach Club; the new Palm Court; and the addition of a sushi bar (by Masaharu Morimoto of “iron Chef” fame)

and new York’s renowned dessert restaurant, serendipity.

A Walk on the Wild Side SouTh Florida iS a place like no oTher—and we have The wildliFe To prove iT. here are a Few oF The animalS you are likely To See.  South Florida is home to as many as 50,000 nesting sea turtles in the summer months.

Five species swim in our waters: the loggerhead (most common), green turtle, leatherback (least common) and the occasional hawksbill and kemp’s ridley. From mid-may to mid-July, nearby gumbo limbo nature center offers nighttime walks to view nesting sea turtles lay their eggs on Boca’s beaches. The turtle walks start at 9 p.m., and the cost is $5 per person. and in august and September, there are turtle hatching releases. For more information, call the center at 561/544-8605 or visit gumbolimbo.org.

Taking The plunge

The Resort is happy to welcome Andy Coan and his team of expert instructors as they add swim lessons to the list of water amenities. Coan, a former world-record holder, has a blueribbon swimming résumé, from high school records and NCAA Championships to gold medals in international competitions.

Coan was later assistant swim coach at the University of Tennessee, as well as at the University of Florida. His aquatics program at the Resort is comprehensive: • Mommy & Me swim sessions • Infant and toddler classes • Group preschool • Private lessons for all ages For more information and reservations, call or text Andy at 561/212-8886.

2009: Opening of the new Boca Beach Club.

2010: The Resort

opens 501 East Restaurant and Bar, serving up American classics with a trendy twist. Open for lunch and dinner, 501 East overlooks the Resort’s majestic golf course.

2011: The 242

Tower guestrooms at the Resort are given an estimated $4 million modern makeover.

Design enhancements from linens and fixtures to lighting and artwork

 The feral green iguana, an exotic or invasive species also thought to have started as pets released to the wild, has become a troublesome population in Boca raton and South Florida.  The american alligator, once on the endangered species list, has made an impressive comeback and is found in most bodies of water in Florida.

 Quaker parrots are those loud and brightly feathered parrots you will see flocking from tree to tree. native to South america, it is theorized that they were introduced here by an inadvertent mass release decades ago of birds intended for america’s pet market.  elegant wading birds such as great blue herons, snowy egrets, ibis, wood storks and roseate spoonbills are found throughout South Florida.

transport each room from Old Florida style to a sophisticated-contemporary look.

2013:

The Surf School opens at the Resort.

Enlightened Lifestyle is introduced.

2014: The Cloister rooms are completely renovated; The FlowRider is added; The Health Club receives a $1.5 million face-lift.

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A Chef for All seAsons Chef Andrew roenbeck oversees the entire culinary landscape at the Boca raton resort & Club, attending to the smallest of details along the way.

And this year, it’s all about healthy choices.

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With his family’s encouragement, Roenbeck went from accomplished amateur to trained professional, attending the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y., and graduating in 1982. After stints in France with renowned chefs like Alain Ducasse and Roger Cuisinier, he hit the road opening restaurants for Interstate Hotels & Resorts before leaving to open the Trump Taj Mahal in 1989.

Two years later he joined the Resort, where he oversees a culinary team of more than 150, with 13 on-site kitchens manned by 15 chefs who report directly to him. Today he’s as much CEO as he is chef, and he freely gives credit to the chefs doing the hard, relentless work in all those kitchens. “I surround myself with very, very good, hardworking, dedicated chefs,” he says. “I can only do what I do with a strong team around me.”

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You say your job is more head of a multimillion-dollar business than it is the hands-on work of being a restaurant chef. As executive chef of the Resort, what exactly do you do?

A couple of things. One is to make sure the Resort is current from a food perspective, but also to balance that with a business sense, to make sure we’re moving forward and delivering the creativity our guests and members are looking for, while at the same time being good stewards for our ownership. The way I explain it to my team is that we’re sitting on a chessboard, and my role is to look five or six moves down the board. We’re such a large operation that to make changes and get them translated through 158 cooks and 15 chefs in a $70 million-a-year food and beverage operation, it takes time.

“Farm-to-table” dining has gone mainstream. “Fresh, local and seasonal” is the new culinary mantra. how does that play at the Resort?

When things are in season we definitely try to [purchase them]. We have a tomato broker who goes into the market and picks them; we

have specialty representatives like that. At SeaGrille [the menu] is purely driven by what’s locally available from the fishmongers. If I can’t get pompano because the weather is poor I’m not going to be serving pompano. I think it’s crazy to bring fish in from up north, all the way from the Mediterranean. A lot of people are responding to cobia, wahoo and triggerfish—great, fresh local fish.

What about growing your own?

One of the initiatives this season is to enlarge [the Resort’s] garden.

We’re looking to develop it outside the private dining room in Lucca, and we’re looking to do it at 501 East as well. We’ll plant according to the menu; a couple different varieties of small tomatoes, basil, lots of lemon thyme, rosemary. We have a new horticulturalist on the property, Wesley Richards. He’ll sit with the chefs and plan out what’s going to work well in terms of seasonality. He has all the resources to help get everything up and running. And he’ll maintain the garden on a weekly basis.

Another major culinary trend is eating healthier. What’s the Resort doing in that regard?

A [new] initiative we have is called Enlightened Lifestyle (see page 86). On every single menu we’re featuring dishes with the EL logo.

They’re chef-inspired, robust, current, healthy; we’re trying to back out of the butter and cream but still [offer] great, robust flavors with different spices and herbs, olive oil and vinegars. Five years ago at these afternoon breaks for large corporate groups, we would either bang them up with sugar, sugar, sugar or we caffeinated them. You know what I replaced them with? A break called “I’m Nuts for This Stuff”—about eight different types of warm, sea salt-roasted nuts.

They make their own trail mix.

The other break we do is with NutriBullets. It’s like half salad bar and half fruit bar. I give [guests] a 22-ounce cup, and they go get their kale, their apples, their honey, whatever, put their carrot juice, coconut water or whatever in it, then bring it over to a separate station with 20 NutriBullets. We pour it in, blend it up, stick a straw in it and give it right back to them. They’re walking around drinking green monster coconut water power drinks—from a three-martini lunch to a guy walking around with kale in his teeth.

so obviously your guests are responding to it.

i think the trend is to robust, big flavors.

To a lighter cuisine but much more international with definitely with a healthier twist.

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Absolutely. The demand is there. When we’re writing menus we’re definitely much more conscious of the health aspects of [dishes]. That doesn’t mean it has to be a bland, uninteresting food profile. We just changed Serendipity, trying to put a healthier spin [on the menu].

[For example], every day we’ve got nine fresh salads. And these are ‘cheffy’ salads, not chicken salad and tuna salad. There’s one with three different roasted heirloom carrots. There’s one called the Powerhouse Green Salad, with shaved Brussels sprouts, broccolini, tabouli, roasted tomatoes, wilted kale. It’s the No. 1 selling salad.

What other trends do you see on the horizon?

I think the trend is to robust, big flavors. Lighter cuisine but much more international and robust, and definitely with a healthier twist.

[For example], Americans were so anti-curry because they’d never experienced great curry. I couldn’t give curry away. Now if I put curry in a roasted cauliflower salad they just gobble it up.

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Culinary StarS of the BoCa reSort

« Donna Wynter

{ SeaGrille } As befitting a restaurant that draws its inspiration from cuisines all over the world, SeaGrille chef Donna Wynter is herself quite the culinary world traveler.

The Jamaican native graduated from the French Culinary Institute in New York City, then went on to cook in Bangkok, Paris and Beijing before disembarking in Miami and immersing herself in its thriving LatinCaribbean restaurant scene, cooking at such highly regarded local restaurants as Palme d’Or and Baleen, as well as her own Donna’s Bistro.

Signature Dish: Angry Lobster Roll “It’s not your typical mayonnaise mix.

Instead, it has a chili-based sauce that surprises the palate.”

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Words to Cook By “At SeaGrille the cooking is all about simple and easy—not contrived—well-seasoned and bold flavors. We don’t do heavy sauces; we try to be very light and fresh, using local ingredients and catch as much as possible.”

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« ChRisTiE

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{ the blue } Though her restaurant career began at age 18 as a hostess at an Orlando pizzeria, it didn’t take long for Christie Tenaud to realize her real passion was for the crazy, exhilarating bustle of a professional kitchen. In time, she caught the eye of James Beard award-winning chef Melissa Kelly, who promoted her up the ladder to chef de cuisine of Kelly’s Arizona restaurant, Primo. After a stint at New York’s Essex House, Christie arrived at the Resort in November 2013.

Signature Dish: Honey-Roasted Chicken “It is elegant, simple comfort food that uses the classic flavors of the South, both sturdy and simple, sweet but with spice.”

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Words to Cook By: “My philosophy is that of elegant simplicity. the blue is a New American restaurant, and I borrow flavors from different styles of food, whether they be Southern, Miami Cuban or New England.”

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{ Lucca } “Grow your own” is a philosophy the Resort applies not only to the fresh herbs produced in its carefully manicured herb garden but to its chefs as well. Adam Pile, for example.

The 34-year-old Pennsylvania native has spent virtually his entire career at the Resort, arriving in 2003 as an extern and growing into the post as head of the kitchen at Italian-inspired Lucca after working through almost every position at every restaurant on the property.

Signature Dish: Wood-Fired Octopus “I love the tenderness, the almost steak flavor of it. It was a tough sell at first, but now it’s one of our top sellers.”

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{ 501 East } Ray Dolan grew up vacationing with his family in Boca Raton; now his favorite spot for a little R&R is his home. Getting his culinary education at a community college outside Chicago, he then signed on with Wildfire Steakhouse, part of the giant Lettuce Entertain You restaurant empire. A chance meeting with a chef at the Resort resulted in Dolan moving to Boca to help open 501 East. After two years at Max’s Grille, he returned to 501, this time as head chef.

Signature Dish: Lobster Stuffed Avocado “Crispy fried chicken-style lobster claw with a grilled avocado and Key lime honey-mustard sauce and grilled corn relish. It got me the job I have today.”

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Words to Cook By: “Our style of food is American beer bistro—straightforward with great flair and layers of flavor. We try to use the most local ingredients possible and change the menu at least four times a year to run the most seasonal products.”

«TAKAO SOEJIMA Cooking for Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto demands exceptional skill and dedication. Luckily, chef Takao Soejima has plenty of both; no wonder he’s been in command of the stylish restaurant since it opened. His culinary education began as a child at his mother’s side, preparing rice and miso soup. He then went on to work in sushi restaurants on the East and West Coasts before taking a position at Morimoto in Philadelphia, where he rose to be head sushi chef.

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Signature Dish: Miso Soup q“This soup was the first thing I learned to make in my cooking class in fourth grade. It is very easy to make, but it’s really hard to make it well.”

Words to Cook By: “We don’t take any shortcuts to make good food. It takes time and skill and lots of love, but the result is so obvious that it separates us from that ordinary sushi place down the street.”

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« JEAN sPiELMANN

{ Executive Pastry Chef } Swiss native Jean Spielmann has more than 30 years’ experience as a pastry chef, most of them at the Resort, where today he oversees all things sweet and pastry for its 18 food and beverage outlets, banquets and private club facilities. He received his training mostly in Switzerland and France, including a stint at Paris’ famed Ecole Lenotre, founded in 1971 by acclaimed chef Gaston Lenotre, before going on to positions in Colorado, Bermuda and Canada.

Signature Dish: Key Lime Cake u“Our famous Key lime dessert" which the chef says wryly, "weighs in at around 13 pounds and 9 feet tall, topped with toasted meringue,”

Words to Cook By: “A good dessert is a culinary art. Visual appeal and taste are the most important, using fresh local ingredients and some of the best chocolate available on the market.”

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Love stories

Weddings at the resort are a turnkey experience that always leads to happily ever after.

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hile the marriage of Emma Simpson and David Baer represented a meaningful union of two separate families, it also saw the coming together of two longtime Boca Raton institutions: Baer’s Furniture, which the groom’s family owns, and the Resort, where the union took place, in early May 2014.

In seeking a venue, the couple, who initially met through mutual friends in 2011, knew that they wanted a place that would serve as a true getaway for out-of-town guests yet be convenient and comfortable for their South Florida families as well.

David and Emma visited half a dozen venues, and the Resort was their final stop.

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“We visited the Resort on a day that it was pouring outside, and we fell in love with it, even in the rain!” says Emma, a kindergarten teacher.

“David and I both knew, almost immediately, that it would be the perfect place for a wedding. If we loved it on a day that it was pouring, then we’d love it on a bright, shiny, May day!”

They weren’t the only ones who loved their choice. During the four-day wedding weekend, every one of their 100-plus out-of-town guests stayed at the Resort, enjoying all the on-site amenities. “They all loved it,” Emma says of their guests. That time together with family and friends was one of David’s favorite parts of the entire experience.

“Just spending the time at the Resort with the people we love most in the world [was] unforgettable,” says David, who manages

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the Baer’s showroom in Boca Raton, just north of the Resort. “Golfing, poolside with family and friends, and relaxing at the spa, in addition to the wedding events, made the biggest difference to me in the long run.”

The couple worked almost exclusively with the Resort’s on-site vendors—including wedding specialist Jillian Stevens and Boca by Design, the on-property event planning and production gurus—to personalize their big day and surrounding events with their unique sense of style. Special touches included a Serendipity ice cream station (David and Emma aren’t cake fans), Dandee Doughnuts for an end-of-reception treat, the use of protea flowers (a South African flower, which served as a nod to one of the couple’s first trips together) and a bourbon bar during the rehearsal dinner.

“The flowers were spectacular. Brett Woods from Boca by Design really went above and beyond with the flowers,” Emma says. “Looking back at

{ Top Wedding Trends } Jillian Stevens, the Resort’s wedding specialist, sounds off on the hottest new trends for 2015.

Create an Instagram hashtag.

We all know friends and family will be taking hundreds of smart phone pics of the wedding.

Ask your guests to use a personalized hashtag for the night. That way you can view the photos easily, and it makes it more fun for your social-media-savvy guests.

Miniature desserts are hot.

Allow the pastry department to personalize your favorite served desserts into teeny tiny versions of themselves to be displayed at a station or tray passed to your guests while they are on the dance floor. Some tried-andtrue favorites are banana splits and the Frrrozen Hot Chocolate.

Get a slow-mo video booth.

Instead of the old-school three-photo printout, guests step in front of a high-speed

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camera that records a short video. Provide guests with fun props such as confetti, bubbles and balloons, and watch hilarity ensue!

The video is then replayed to them in slow motion. After reviewing the video, guests have the option to replay, redo or move on to the next step. Guests are then presented with multiple still images from the video.

From here, they choose a few that they’d like to have printed on photo paper. Guests can also share their video with the world by social media or e-mail. Call Boca by Design for details at 561/447-5444.

Choose low floral centerpieces.

Create a more intimate setting ideal for conversation and viewing guests seated across the table. Unique designs, textures, colors, table runners and candles add depth and personal touches to this time-honored style.

{ Fab Four } Unique ideas for your wedding celebration at the Resort.

• Gather in the lush and tranquil surroundings of the Cloister Garden for your ceremony and cocktail hour, followed by a reception in the ultra-luxurious, two-story Presidential Suite on the 26th floor of the Tower. It features double-height ceilings with tall picture windows overlooking the Intracoastal Waterway and the Atlantic Ocean. A full kitchen, bar area and a grand piano make this suite ideal for entertaining. Available for up to 60 guests.

• Exchange vows on the half-mile, white sand private beach followed by a brunch reception in the ocean-inspired Dunes Ballroom and Terrace at the Boca Beach Club. Enjoy group or singular activities during the day pool- and beach-side. Then regroup for a coastal chic evening celebration with dinner and live entertainment at the Cabana Pool Deck. Available for groups up to 150.

• Enjoy the wonders of sailing the Atlantic Ocean and the Intracoastal Waterway.

Embark from the Resort’s marina on one of Windridge Yacht Charters’ gorgeous yachts for an all-inclusive wedding adventure. Windridge can accommodate a ceremony, cocktail hour and reception for up to 400 guests.

• Inspired by Spain’s dramatic Alhambra Palace, the Waldorf Astoria Spa is a serene sanctuary with a lushly landscaped outdoor pool terrace, perfect for intimate groups up to 100 guests. Say your vows in front of the signature Spa Pool and Great Hall followed by a reception and dancing under the stars. Its location adjacent to the golf course provides the perfect setting for photos and a fireworks show.

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{ Venue Variety } From intimate spaces to sprawling ballrooms to outdoor options, the Resort has a venue to suit every wedding event, whether reception, ceremony, rehearsal dinner or farewell brunch.

The Beach Club Boasting sleek and contemporary elegance, The Beach Club is secluded from the main resort, with ceremonies hosted on the cabana pool deck or directly on the beach. The luxurious Dunes Ballroom provides couples with more privacy for their special day. Accommodates up to 150 guests.

Lucca Overlooking the Intracoastal, this modern Mediterranean restaurant offers up inventive Tuscan cuisine. The waterfront El Lago Patio is perfect for a ceremony and cocktail reception. Accommodates up to 60 guests for private dining and 120 guests in the full restaurant.

The Cloister The Cloister area of The Resort, built in 1926, offers two distinct ballrooms. The Valencia Ballroom calls to mind 1920s and 1930s elegance.

The Cathedral Room features soaring coffered ceilings, gold-leafed pillars and striking stained-glass windows.

The Valencia accommodates 60 to 120 guests; the Cathedral, 100 to 240 guests.

501 East Guests come to 501 East for contemporary specialties in a comfortable setting, and the patio offers panoramic views of the golf course. The Terrace, also overlooking the course, is

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an ideal spot for a ceremony and cocktail reception. Accommodates up to 40 guests for private dining and 100 guests in the full restaurant.

The Yacht Club Overlooking the Intracoastal and the marina, The Yacht Club and its two ballrooms exude Old World elegance. The formal ballrooms are ideal for intimate weddings, and the adjacent terrace is perfect for cocktail receptions. Accommodates 30 to 60 guests in the Amalfi Ballroom and 50 to 100 guests in the Venetian Ballroom.

The Mizner Center The Mizner Center has four ballrooms, but the most popular is the Royal Palm Ballroom.

Its 22-foot-high ceilings and crystal chandeliers give the space a grand feeling. Larger weddings with elaborate decor and entertainment are well served here. Accommodates 250 to 600 guests.

the blue Expect dramatic views of Boca Raton and the Atlantic from this sexy, 27th-floor vantage point. Stevens recommends a ceremony in one of the lush gardens throughout the Resort’s grounds, paired with a cocktail reception at the rooftop lounge. Accommodates up to 40 guests in the private dining room and 100 guests in the full restaurant.

pictures, they were the most beautiful wedding flowers I have ever seen, but I may be biased.”

On May 10, everything went off without a hitch, as Emma and David were wed in the Cloister Garden—with David’s great uncle, Bobby, age 75, serving as ring bearer (David was the ring bearer in Bobby’s wedding)—followed by a lively reception with their 136 guests in the Cathedral Ballroom. A DJ spun tunes while guests enjoyed hours of dancing and a bar serving top-shelf liquor at David’s request.

The Pompano Beach residents agree that working with the Resort team was “awesome,” David says. “They were very professional, well prepared and patient. Everything we could have wanted was accounted for, and everything controllable went off perfectly.”

Adds Emma: “It was better than both David and I imagined it could be. I could not have imagined a better place to have our wedding and entertain 136 of our closest friends and family.”

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the resort debuts An enlightened lifestyle A new wellness initiative taps experts property-wide to help members and guests establish and maintain a healthy lifestyle.

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ver the past 15 years, there has been a marked sea change in modern medicine—shifting from a reactive focus, which treats existing diseases and conditions, to a proactive one, which prevents the formation of diseases in the first place. Research shows that this approach will not only save lives but also save the country billions of dollars in medical costs.

That approach is called preventive medicine, and that is the focus of the new Enlightened Lifestyle (EL) program at the Resort, launching late 2014. Spearheaded by Resort president Richard Hayduk, EL is an initiative to improve the health and well-being of members and guests by bringing together the property’s health and wellness services and amenities. From the fitness, golf and tennis centers to the spa, restaurants and Enlightened Lifestyle Medicine, EL’s objective is to help individuals and families optimize their well-being through education and behavioral change.

“To address the growing interest in health and wellness, the Resort launched the Enlightened Lifestyle to support members’ and guests’ healthy lifestyle,” says

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Jodi Sullivan, senior director of fitness and wellness at the Resort. “Although the definition of ‘wellness’ varies by individual guest and member values, nearly all seek some form of wellness during their stays and as part of their Resort memberships.”

That translates to complimentary year-round events and personalized programming such as lectures from renowned specialists on subject matters ranging from women’s health to stress reduction, sports stretching and flexibility clinics, and consultations on setting fitness goals and safe usage of equipment.

“EL will have an initial pathway that will determine a members’ baseline, and from there the program will offer various components to improve their lifestyle or help them maintain their healthy lifestyle,” Sullivan says.

Some of those components include nutritional counseling; weight loss programs; children’s weight management; consultations to evaluate overall health and well-being; blood tests to evaluate biomarkers, nutrition and inflammation; and genome testing to identify the risk factors for the development of chronic illness.

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chiropractic services and expand the Resort’s yoga offerings to include Sunrise, Sunset and Full Moon Yoga and yoga with meditation.

Resort guests, even if they’re in town for just one night, will be able to maintain their healthy lifestyle thanks to EL’s a la carte menu of services. For example, through the Spa with Purpose program, a guest with muscle tension could enjoy a purposeful massage treatment targeting areas of concern. The same goes for fitness: Guests can participate in very specific personal training programs for corrective exercise tailored to their needs.

EL will also introduce nutritional programs throughout the property, beginning with healthy menu options at the Resort’s restaurants, denoted by special icons for easy ordering. Members and guests can enjoy further nourishment with fresh juices from Boca Raton’s Juiceateria, available at the main fitness center and inside Serendipity.

Sullivan, formerly senior director of global fitness for Hilton Worldwide, is charged with developing customized solutions and wellness programming. She channels her background as a competitive figure skater and certified personal trainer, as well as her education and training in areas of corrective exercise and functional training.

“Through a collaborative approach ...we’ll bring purposeful healthy solutions to life,” Sullivan says.

She’s working alongside Hayduk; Cindi Moreno, director of spa and wellness at the Resort; and Dr. Robert Willix, founder of EL Medicine.

Adjacent to the spa, EL Medicine is a new practice designed to pro-

mote a healthy lifestyle and complement the EL initiative. The mission of EL Medicine is to empower patients to become the best versions of themselves. The medical team—including Dr. Willix, a former cardiac surgeon; Dr. Cesar Pellerano, a preventive cardiologist; and Dr. Kenneth Janson, a urologist—gives strategic advice and guidance by merging conventional medicine with integrative and energetic forms of medicine.

In 2015, members and guests can look forward to even more wellness events and programming from the EL program, including health-related speakers, cooking demonstrations, golf and tennis clinics, spa events with mini treatments and more.

“The ultimate goal is to create an elite wellness program where members and guests can maintain their healthy routine. From food and beverage to fitness, they can get it all at the Resort,” Sullivan says. “It’s one-stop shopping, so to speak.”

But that doesn’t mean EL is one size fits all, she says: “It will be customized and tailored to members’ and guests’ needs. The goal is for it to be memorable, easy and personal.”

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WHERE DREAMS COME TRUE. A grand and gracious setting. The lush beauty and vibrant spirit of Boca Raton Resort & Club provides a unique backdrop for your special celebration. Whether you dream of a historical background, a barefoot beach wedding or one with modern sophistication, you will find the perfect setting to complete your vision. A talented staff of wedding professionals, florists, designers and a world-class culinary team work together to develop the most creative solutions for your special day.

To start planning your Waldorf Wedding today, please call 561.447.3000 or visit bocaresort.com.

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Between water sports and a lively New Year’s Eve block party or two, the Resort has a fresh new vitality.

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MakINg waVES The Resort dream team is shaking things up— and giving new life to a landmark destination.

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he Boca Raton Resort & Club has long been associated with reveling in vacation luxury, fine dining and sports like golf and tennis.

Although the majestic Resort still exudes an aura of timeless elegance, these days it also offers an edgier vibe, a more contemporary translation of the luxury vacation experience. Guests don’t summon the front desk; they text a concierge. People work out and surf and do yoga in the moonlight; people may have dinner by the pool as often as they make reservations at one of the Resort’s sumptuous restaurants. This brave new world in the hospitality industry is driven by younger, affluent families who value experience as much or more than ambience. They are people who want a vacation to rock their worlds—and the Resort management team led by president Richard Hayduk is committed to giving it to them.

“When our leadership team came in, we saw this great iconic American luxury resort approaching 90 years of age—but it had really plateaued,” Hayduk says. “It was one of the top luxury meeting destinations in the country, but it needed some level of modernization. When Blackstone purchased the property in December of 2004, it began immediately on the modernization, such as the lobby, the Palm Court [and] bringing in celebrity chef Masahuru Morimoto.”

The renovation of the crowded old lobby, with its Mexican tile floors and hand-painted ceiling tiles, was both

controversial and refreshing; what emerged was a reconfigured airy and sleek common space, followed by the complete overhaul of the aging Beach Club, a reorientation of the piazza to maximize its water views, and systematic, year-by-year improvements to rooms and amenities.

By 2013, leadership at the Resort also saw a need to ramp up the programming, and surfing was a natural. The property has a dazzling beachfront and the kind of unintimidating East Coast water conditions that allows beginners to learn to surf. The Resort brought in proven instructors, and the surf school was an immediate hit. Still, the team knew they couldn’t rely solely on real-life weather and surf conditions. Moreover, there was room by the Tower Pool to change things up.

Enter the thrilling FlowRider attraction, a system that uses special “sheet waves” to offer guests exciting rides— at all different skill levels.

Between surfing and the FlowRider, recreation at the Resort assumed a more radical shift, which Hayduk thinks mirrors Boca Raton itself.

“It’s part of surfing, which has that rebel rogue thing,” he says. “When you think about it, that’s Boca Raton. Boca is between Palm Beach and Miami, and the city has an edge to it. The Resort as its epicenter fits into that mode.

This is not Seinfeld’s parents’ Boca Raton. This is luxury with an edge.”

The FlowRider exemplifies that outlaw surfer vibe

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{ Top Five Ways the resort is not Your Grandma’s Hotel } 1. Its tech-savvy amenities 2. The DJ in the Palm Plaza at night—done in a five-diamond manner 3. The surfing 4. The elegant but relaxed atmosphere (Hayduk banned staff neckties the second week he was there) 5. The brands it is partnering with: Morimoto, Serendipity, Maserati

“it’s like skateboarding a half-pipe with water as a medium.”

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perfectly; it was invented by California waterman Tom Lochtefeld in 1988, who says it started in his bathtub a year earlier.

“This tub was not just an ordinary Kohler,” he explains. “It was my custom design, with a picture-window view from La Jolla Cove to Black’s Beach. It had a flying swan spigot, two outback shower heads and eight custom Jacuzzi jets with a five-horsepower pump. Not one to just relax in the lap of luxury, I hooked up a series of hoses to those jets and started squirting water up molded plastic sheets. Voila, the FlowRider® Stage One.” Lochtefeld refined the concept using wave tanks at the Scripps Institute in La Jolla, and the first FlowRider opened in Texas in 1991, spreading throughout this country and abroad; it’s now a popular feature on Royal Caribbean cruise ships.

The FlowRider generates waves known as “sheet waves” that emulate ocean waves in an enclosed system. Lochtefeld says the experience is not as much like surfing as it is like “skateboarding a half-pipe with water as a medium.”

It’s an attraction that appeals to families, which Hayduk says is a growing force in luxury vacation destinations these days.

The emphasis on surfing and water sports is only one of the Resort’s innovations when it

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Clockwise from top: A street party at the Resort rocks the night; surf school in session, beach activities and the mighty FlowRider in action.

{ Shaka Bar & Grill } In addition to the FlowRider adjacent to the tower pool, the old Gazebo Grill has been transformed into the Shaka Bar & Grill, a contemporary casual restaurant with a hip West Coast theme that serves everything from steamed edamame and grilled Mexican street corn to tacos, burgers, craft beers and some very fun adult frozen beverages. The covered walkway separating the Shaka Grill from the FlowRider will be replaced with a transparent roof for easy viewing, and an “Airstream” trailer will be on site as a concession for the ride.

comes to new programs. Mizner’s Quest is a shared journey to experience the Resort through a fresh interactive “scavenger hunt-like” activity. There are special events, like the outdoor “block party” on New Year’s Eve with changing entertainment and amenities, special club events throughout the year, DJ nights in the Palm Court.

The Resort’s dynamic management team believes the parties, the DJ nights and the new surf amenities are all perfect solutions to ramping up the Resort’s coolness quotient—“almost like the X Games meets five-diamond resort”—providing fresh activities, new ways to interact socially, and most importantly, the opportunity to make lasting vacation memories.

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Woven Bugatchi shirts, $149 each, orange Bugatchi sweater, $199, braided belt by Polo ralph lauren, $65, oluKai nohea sandals, $92, Costa Del Mar sunglasses, $210, all from the logo Shop; blue belt, $60, from the resort’s golf pro shop

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hipanema amenapih hat, $121, blue infinity scarf, $245, Missoni stole, $150, Missoni home Monterosa candle, $88, hipanema amenapih Peruvian tote, $121, rebecca Minkoff handbag, $349, essential grasshopper sandals, $159, all from alene Too

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Medium travel tote, $100, and Miss Britt sunglasses, $160, both from the Logo shop; men’s Nike lunar swingtip canvas golf shoes, $145, ladies’ LMt golf flat by peter Millar, $220, ladies’ green cashmere polo shirt, $220, ladies’ blue half-zip sweater, $200, ladies’ polo shirt by Jamie sadock, $100, men’s knit polo shirts by peter Millar, $100 each, belt, $56, Mojo golf balls, $34, putter, $239.99, and driver, $300, all from the resort’s golf pro shop; Love bag, $45, and tennis ball bag, $22, from the resort’s tennis pro shop

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Style Sunday Funday

Straw fedora, $90, Hartford belt, $70, Zenzii earrings, $25, sunglasses, $175, Rebecca Minkoff Harper shoes, $245, all from Mizner’s Resort Shop; Italian shopper, $25, from The Logo Shop; skort, $88, from the Resort’s golf pro shop

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from good schools to green living to a great night out, making boca raton your home means living the life of dreams.

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rom the outside looking in, Boca Raton might seem all pretty and superficial. Nonsensical, even. After all, we’ve seen those pretty images in the national press. Don’t all Boca women obsess over a good sale at Nordstrom and luncheon centerpieces and Pilates at noon? Don’t the men come home at 9 every night to kiss the kids after they’re asleep, their Gucci suits only slightly rumpled?

But those outsiders? They’re so ill-informed.

Indeed, we know the real Boca Raton, and that’s to say we know all of Boca’s lovely attributes. Boca Raton is a pretty, friendly place to live, and we mean live. The parks are incredible, the schools are A-rated, and the beaches are to-die-for. In fact, the city had the foresight more than 40 years ago to buy up five miles of beachfront to ensure its coastline would remain pristine and undeveloped.

Take that, Palm Beach. (We kid.)

In Boca Raton, there’s room for all walks of life, from the charity gang that raises money for every cause known to womankind to the (sometimes pesky) volunteers that cram city commission meetings and keep everyone up on their environmental toes.

From fine art to fine restaurants, from playgrounds to powerful industry leaders, from sunshine to shopping, Boca Raton is a city that welcomes its residents—new and old—with open arms and cheerful hearts.

“We had some pioneers before us who really laid the groundwork for what Boca would be like today,” says Mayor Susan Haynie, who’s lived in the city for 42 years.

“That really set the tone for our beautiful community.”

Aw shucks. The secret’s out.

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Top 10 Things We Love Knowing About Boca Raton 1. Boca Raton is often called a “college town,” with three universities.

2. The IBM computer was created here. u 3. The median household income in Boca Raton is $67,612—well above the national average of $51,107.

3. Boca Raton’s thriving business environment includes Fortune 500 companies such as Office Depot and Jarden Corporation.

4. Parts of the movie “Marley and Me” were filmed in Boca Raton.

5. In the Research Park at Florida Atlantic University, 35 young businesses are hatching in its technology incubator.

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6. All of Boca Raton’s public schools were rated A by the state of Florida last time around.

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7. Addison Mizner, the architect who set the design of today’s beautiful city, had a pet spider monkey named Johnnie Brown. p

While all the tourism folks in all the beachfront communities across the world might say their beaches are the best, there is something inarguably wonderful about Boca Raton’s oceanfront land.

Beaches When we say Boca residents love “beaches,” we don’t mean that sad, sad movie that will leave your makeup all runny. We mean real beaches—as in sand and surf and sun. While all the tourism folks in all the beachfront communities across the world say their beaches are the best, there is something inarguably wonderful about Boca Raton’s oceanfront land.

It’s unspoiled. That is, while the rest of South Florida has watched its beachfront give way to restaurants and condos and not-so-nice funky shops, Boca’s shoreline has no such private development. Why? “Back in the 70s, the community saw what was happening to the south of us and created a separate taxing entity,” Mayor Haynie remembers. “They purchased five miles of publicly owned beach, and that’s what we have today.”

Indeed, through the years, the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District has bought up 67 more acres so that the parks could extend west

8. Bill Gates signed his historic deal in Boca Raton, giving IBM the contract to build the Microsoft MS-DOS operating system. The conference table where he signed that deal is still in the old IBM building, now the Don Estridge High Tech Middle School.

9. The Boca Raton Airport opened during World War II, and was made to accommodate United States bomber planes. There was also a wartime radar training school there. u 10. Boca Raton is becoming a high-tech hub, with robust firms like SBA Communications and 3C Interactive.

of the dune line—and those purchases led to the creation of Red Reef Park and the city’s oceanfront municipal golf course. (“Fore!” never sounded so good.) Haynie and others who love their fair city consider this early preservation effort one of the keys to Boca’s beauty today. “We have really benefited from some long-term visionaries,” Haynie says.

Speaking of visions, the city’s dog park is one of the few places along our coast that welcomes furry family members. “It’s incredibly popular,” the mayor says. And just by showing that you’re a city resident—with a utility bill or a driver’s license or a tax bill—you can rent space at one of these lovely parks and put on the birthday party of your kid’s dreams.

Most of the beaches have lifeguards on duty from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

While there is a charge for parking, there’s also a way around that. Ride your bicycle—and chain up for free. The city’s inland parks provide lots of amenities, like pavilions, baseball fields, soccer fields, and just plain old green space for relaxing. Yes, under trees.

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boca raton fancies itself america’s “silicon beach,” with a slew of tech outfits sprouting up through the years.

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Boca Raton has been named No. 2 in the country in terms of the best place to start a new company and, for that, you can largely thank the personal computer. Indeed, Boca Raton fancies itself America’s “Silicon Beach,” with a slew of tech outfits sprouting up through the years. And the reason? Many of today’s industry stalwarts were spawned by veterans of IBM, which officially opened a plant in the city in 1970. (Of course, the secret planning sessions with Arvida Corporation about the land began in 1965, even before Interstate 95 was completed all the way through Palm Beach County.) IBM’s choice of Boca Raton for its new headquarters during the tech world’s burgeoning decade of change affected everything about today’s city: education, recreation, politics. And industry.

Today, the business park that started with that Arvida land remains a cornerstone in Boca business and industry. Beckoned by warm weather, beautiful beaches, good schools and the welcoming attitude of local business and Chamber of Commerce leaders, Boca Raton’s top 12 employers account for a work force of more than 20,000.

The top companies? Florida Atlantic University. Boca Raton Regional Hospital. The Boca Raton Resort & Club. The City of Boca Raton. NCCI. The Continental Group. IBM (still). Applied Card System. GEO Group.

Lynn University. Lexis/Nexis. And just this past December, Office Depot Inc. chose Boca Raton as its global headquarters, a decision announced after the company merged with OfficeMax.

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“Both Florida and Illinois have many positive attributes,” said chairman and CEO Roland Smith, when announcing the company would leave Naperville, Ill., a suburb of Chicago. “But our analysis concluded that Boca Raton provides the best platform for us to achieve planned synergies, leverage assets to drive improved profitability, and launch a compelling vision for the future.” We couldn’t agree more.

shoppIng, dInIng, etcetera They go hand in hand, right? You catch a bite to eat—something fresh and different and yummy—then do some window-shopping in a place like no other. And that’s why so many visitors and residents love Boca Raton. At the heart of the downtown shopping and restaurant district is Mizner Park, the Mediterranean-style outdoor center that was built in 1991—right over the site of the city’s former star: the old Boca Raton Mall. Since then, Mizner Park has grown as the cultural, dining and shopping center for all of South Florida.

The chic central park area—called Plaza Real—is platted between two main roads, with stores and restaurants on the perimeter. Twelve years ago, a new outdoor amphitheater was built, and today this beautiful performance center draws big names, especially at its annual Festival of the Arts Boca.

The Boca Raton Museum of Art provides an additional touch of culture, as

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does the Mizner Park Cultural Arts Center. Mizner Park has not only brought tourists and locals to the area, but it also draws developers, who love this area’s booming economy. (But first, they have to get past the persnickety city planners who enforce a very strict development code. Hey, even McDonald’s had to change its arches for Boca Raton!)

While Mizner Park is the city’s eastern star, the entertainment district extends west to the city’s beloved (and luxurious) Town Center at Boca Raton. Remodeled in 1999, Town Center remains a shining jewel in the city’s repertoire.

Indeed, Town Center is quite the attraction—who needs roller coasters to draw them in?—and boasts an international reputation.

Just west of I-95 on Glades Road, the mall has 220 specialty stores, including Nordstrom, Saks Fifth Avenue, Steve Madden, Coach, Williams-Sonoma, Tiffany & Co., Macy’s and Neiman Marcus. And we can’t forget shopping at two other city favorites, Royal Palm Place and the Shops at Boca Center.

When it’s time to sit and relax, Boca Raton restaurants are renowned.

Whether you want casual, contemporary or a knock-it-out-of-the-park New York strip, this is a city that fills you up and sends you home happy—with lots of cute stuff in your shopping bags.

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While Mizner Park is the city’s eastern star, the entertainment district extends west to the city’s beloved (and luxurious) Town Center at Boca Raton.

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south Palm beach county draws not just commuter college students, but also transplanted out-of-towners who work here, live here, study here and play here.

Education makEs thE gradE If you’re going to draw people to your city—active, devoted residents with an interest in maintaining quality education for both them and their neighbors— then you have to start the race with good schools. And Boca Raton makes that list.

From the best Montessori preschool programs to renowed private schools like Saint Andrew’s to the relatively new medical college at Florida Atlantic University, Boca boasts five charter schools, 20 public schools—most of them A-rated under the state of Florida’s grading system, which is keenly observed by local parents—nearly two dozen private schools, and five colleges and universities (FAU, Lynn University, Palm Beach State College, Everglades University and Digital Media Arts College). What this means is that south Palm Beach County draws not just commuter college students but also transplanted out-of-towners who work here, live here, study here and play here.

Maggie Barszewski, an urban planner who has lived in Boca for 13 years, has two daughters coming up through the public schools. Though middle school is supposed to be the scary time, Barszewski says they were “super impressed” with Boca Middle. “The teachers there were amazing,” she says.

“Just amazing.” She’s having a similar love affair this year with Boca Raton Community High School. “Boca High really has its act together,” she says—no small compliment coming from an involved parent.

And then, there’s higher education. Since opening in 1964, officials at FAU—the first state university in southeast Florida—have worked to play along with the larger universities, raising admissions standards, increasing

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research funding, building new facilities and establishing key partnerships with major research institutions.

Lynn University opened in 1962 as a private women’s junior college, and in those early days was called Marymount College. Today, Lynn is a private four-year university that also offers post-graduate studies and draws students from across the globe. Lynn’s most recent claim to fame? It hosted the last presidential debate in the 2012 race for the White House.

Perhaps no one was more surprised than university president Dr. Kevin M. Ross, who called the decision “not an obvious choice.” But the idea grew on him, pretty darn quickly.

thE EnvironmEntal diffErEncE A lot of city leaders have recently unearthed their environmental consciences, but in Boca Raton living green is old hat. The city passed its sea turtle protection ordinance back in 1986, and has since worked with the Boca Raton Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program in monitoring and counting sea turtle nests along Boca beaches. The specialists also work together to manage construction, vegetation and beach nourishment. The oceanfront lighting program, which controls beach illumination over the summer nesting season, has served as a prototype for other beach communities.

And Boca’s big businesses were some of the first to latch onto the importance of LEED buildings—that is, Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design, which is part of a national certification program that recognizes bestin-class environmental construction and practices. (Today, Boca has dozens

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of LEED buildings.) Recycling has been hip for decades in Boca Raton, and the number of businesses with workplace recycling programs is well above the national average. And the practice of taking wastewater, cleaning it up, then piping it back to homes and businesses for irrigation-only has been in place since 1997. Golf courses have long used this “reclaimed” water to keep the greens green. But Boca’s In-City Reclamation Irrigation System—or IRIS— allows not just businesses and parks to use reclaimed water; private residences can use it, too.

All these things matter, and not just in the causeeffect way. (That is, turn down the lights and watch the loggerhead hatchling numbers go up.) This kind of community sensibility draws people who appreciate Boca’s environmental beliefs, says resident Monica Mayotte, chairman of the Boca Raton Green Living Advisory Board.

Comprised of all volunteers, the Green Living board works with city officials to keep environmental decisions at the top of the to-do list.

“I got involved after I saw ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ in 2006,” Mayotte says.

In 2010, the committee came up with a list of “81 different things” the city could do to get greener, everything from composting to landscaping to energy and water conservation. Then they kept showing up at City Hall. “We didn’t

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Recycling has been hip for decades in Boca Raton, and the number of businesses with workplace recycling programs is well above the national average.

want the report just sitting on some shelf,” she says.

Today, the volunteer board is working with students at FAU to set up a program that would certify neighborhoods “green” when residents meet certain environmental criteria. Says Mayotte: “How cool would that be to see all those green dots on a map?”

Cool? Heck yeah. If you’re a green geek.

Sources: Boca Raton Historical Society, city-data.com, Wikipedia, myboca.us, Sun-Sentinel.

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{ Bee Gees } u These multi-platinum recording artists (who could be seen every Sunday back in the day having breakfast at Jimmy’s East Side Diner in downtown Miami) recorded several of their hits at Miami’s Criteria Studios. Brian wanted to photograph them in their Miami Beach mansions with all their gold and platinum albums on display, but found out that these unassuming Brits did not have such a display—so he re-created the gold record walls with 100 spray-painted LPs bought at a local record store.

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SouTh Florida iconS South Florida has been home for celebrities, sports stars and all kinds of characters for decades. pulitzer prize-winning Miami photographer Brian Smith shares some of his favorite celebrity shots—and how he got them.

{ dwyane wade } p The Miami Heat All-Star guard since 2003 and three-time NBA champion was photographed on the eve of the 2006 NBA Finals. Wade, who showed up for the shoot undeterred by a 103-degree fever, revealed his champion’s persona when Brian handed him a gold-painted basketball and told him to picture it as “the gold ball at the top of the NBA championship trophy.” Two weeks later, Wade was hoisting an NBA championship trophy with the gold basketball on top. Any correlation between these two events? Brian would like to think so.

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{ Dave Barry } q Brian photographed Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Miami Herald columnist Dave Barry, who has humorously quipped that dysfunctional South Florida deserves to be disowned by the rest of the nation, for a promo for a TV series based on Dave’s columnist persona. Inspired by the joke “What’s black-and-white and red all over?”, Brian created a red set, complete with furniture painted red—which was unfortunately still a little sticky on the day of the shoot, causing a bemused Dave to stick to the chair. It all seemed to be worth it, as Dave, a guitarist in Stephen King’s band the Rock Bottom Remainders, used the picture for his Dave Barry’s Book of Bad Songs.

{ romero Britto } p Brian caught up with this Brazilian artist—whose art is displayed worldwide from London to Singapore—in his Midtown Miami studio. As Brian arranged the shot from all the art and clutter filling the studio, Romero suggested that he don a green suit to complement his motley art. Thus, Britto’s colorful personality was captured, surrounded by his art and illuminated with a large studio light filtered through silk to mimic light coming through a nonexistent window.

{ leslie NielseN } u Nielsen, the legendary Canadian actor and Fort Lauderdale resident, axed all of Brian’s wacky concepts for his photos, insisting on wearing a tuxedo.

So Brian complemented it with a Bond-style martini glass full of sudsy beer. Leslie let his “Airplane”/ “Naked Gun” characters shine through for the shoot, and even to the end, he still has his audience chuckling with the epitaph “Let ’er rip” on his gravestone at Evergreen Cemetery in Fort Lauderdale.

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{ Shaquille O’Neal } q Shaq, the former Heat star who was instrumental in the team’s 2006 NBA championship, was photographed at South Beach’s Delano Hotel using a giant lobby chair as a suitable prop for this 7-foot-plus giant. Screening off the Delano’s lobby for the shoot didn’t dissuade one determined fan, who circled the lobby to sneak in a picture with the NBA champion: It was the actor Jamie Foxx.

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{ Gloria & Emilio EstEfan } q This seven-time Grammy-winning Latin powerhouse couple has been friends with Brian since he photographed the Miami Sound Machine for the Miami Herald. He always wanted to photograph them in a 1950s Havana nightclub setting and finally got the chance with an assignment for People en Espanol’s 10th anniversary issue. The look was set using a vintage ’50s wardrobe and props—with a smoke machine and ’50s-style lighting.

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{ SylveSter Stallone } p This graduate of the University of Miami’s acting school was photographed at his Coral Gables mansion. Faced with how to capture the scale of the star’s palatial digs, Brian used the simple approach by shooting Sly against velvet drapes, lit with a single light—with the partially visible main staircase in the background to give a hint of the grandness of the place—that highlighted Stallone’s Greco-Roman features and chiseled physique.

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Florida native, born in Plantation, Carl is also a Florida Humanities Council Lifetime Achievement Award Winner, and a Miami Herald journalist and columnist since 1976. Brian and Carl are old friends, having worked together at the Herald, so Brian knew Carl hated portraits as much as he loved fishing. Brian and Carl came up with a compromise: Carl would get wet if Brian hurried up and took the picture so Carl could go fishing. Brian added drama to the scene by using Polaroid Type 665 Positive/Negative film, which he manipulated in the process, causing the darkest shadows to “solarize,” or reverse from dark to light (a process invented by surrealist artist and photographer Man Ray). mizner’s dream

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{ Gene Hackman } u Islamorada’s famous retiree, who has won two Academy Awards for playing tough characters in his films, proved to be entirely the opposite in person. He was kind and cooperative— and showed up early for the shoot without any entourage. Brian added his own drama by shooting from a low angle with dramatic sunset-type lighting.

{ DonalD Trump } p A prominent figure in Palm Beach society, property developer and casino tycoon Donald Trump was photographed at his Mar-a-Lago mansion. Spotting the mansion’s poolside swan sculptures, Brian had the idea of turning their wings into Donald’s angel wings. Much to the horror of Donald’s “people,” Brian’s stylist wife Fazia discarded the “Donald-approved” dark business suits and found white suits for the photo to match the wings, not knowing how Donald would react. Donald showed up—and, much to their relief—remarked that he had always wanted to do a shoot in a white suit. He liked the look so much that he bought one!

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has photographed Venus and Serena on several occasions in their Palm Beach homes, starting when they were just 13- and 14-year-old tennis prodigies destined for stardom. This particular assignment was given to Brian just a few hours before Serena was due to fly to Rome. So, with little time to spare, he flew up the Turnpike, arriving just as the sun was setting. Luckily, Serena jumped into action to help an old friend get the shots that he needed before the light completely disappeared.

Brian Smith, Miami Beach resident, Pulitzer Prize winner and former Miami Herald photographer, is a highly sought-after portrait photographer and lecturer who has seen his images published in many major publications. He is also the author of Art and Soul, Stars Unite to Celebrate and Support the Arts and Secrets of Great Portrait Photography: Photographs of the Famous and Infamous.

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ach year, the Boca Raton Concours d’Elegance dazzles with a tremendous three-day series of extravagant events hosted the third weekend in February at the Boca Raton Resort & Club. Founded by Rita and Rick Case of Rick Case Automotive Group, and under the direction of event chair James E. McDonnell IV, along with honorary chair Mike Jackson, the Boca Raton Concours is all about benefiting a deserving cause, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Broward County. The ninth-annual Boca Raton Concours d’Elegance, presented by Mercedes-Benz and AutoNation, will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Ford Mustang, and Cadillac will be the featured marque.

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“The entire Concours team is comprised of a group of about 200 volunteers who dedicate their personal time to the planning and execution of the event,” says Brian Quail, president/CEO of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Broward County. “In 2014, the event attracted more than 6,000 attendees and raised more than $1 million for the Boys & Girls Clubs, making the Boca Raton Concours d’Elegance the fastest-growing Concours in the nation, and the world’s largest for charity.”

Friday kicks off the weekend of events with the duPont Registry™ Live Hangar Party at Boca Raton Airport. The evening gives guests a chance to experience select gourmet tastings from more than 20 of South Florida’s

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this lavish annual charity event at the resort is a lifesaver for the Boys & girls Club of Broward County.

Clockwise, from top, the popular hangar party, Brian Quail, Rick Case and Jamie McDonnell IV; a vintage beauty; Howie Mandel and the Concours on the green

finest restaurants and peruse a fine display of exotic cars, custom motorcycles, extravagant boats, private jets, vintage aircraft, luxury motor coaches, premier vendors and more.

The black-tie optional Gala Dinner Auction & Show is Saturday at the Boca Raton Resort & Club. Guests enjoy a cocktail hour and silent auction, followed by a gourmet seated dinner and live auction featuring one-ofa-kind trips and experience packages, luxury jewelry and more. Guests also will enjoy the presentation of the Automotive Lifetime Achievement Awards to Keith Crain and the Ed Morse Automotive Group, the Lee Iacocca Award to avid car collector Ralph Marano and, back by popular demand, a stellar performance by renowned TV star and comedian Howie Mandel. Previous performers have included Bill Cosby, Bob Newhart, Dana Carvey, Dennis Miller and Jay Leno.

Sunday concludes the weekend of festivities with an Automobile & Motorcycle Exhibition spanning all eras on the newly renovated and expanded show field at the Boca Raton Resort & Club. Car and motorcycle fanatics from around the world experience an automotive showcase like no other, featuring 200 of the finest collector cars and motorcycles from around the country. An expert panel of judges select the finest vintage, antique, classic

and exotic vehicles based on period, presentation and overall style.

Once the show kicks off, guests are invited to walk through a series of amazing vendor tents including the Boca Raton Concours d’ Elegance tent, which offers hats, T-shirts and commemorative Concours program magazines, posters and pins from the previous and current year. Guests also enjoy a selection of gourmet food, wine and cocktails from more than 30 of South Florida’s finest restaurants at the Concours d’ Gourmet Pavilion.

“The Boca Raton Concours d’Elegance is setting trends,” says James E. McDonnell IV, chairman of the Boca Raton Concours d’Elegance. “Each year we raise the bar higher and set a goal to bring even more exciting elements to the event. We do this in an effort to unite car enthusiasts from around the world—and to raise money to support the 12,752 children who rely on the Boys & Girls Clubs of Broward County.”

The ninth annual Boca Raton Concours d’Elegance will be hosted February 20-22, 2015 at the Boca Raton Resort & Club. For additional information or to purchase tickets, please call 954/537-1010 or visit bocaCDE.com. All events are open to the public with tickets sold separately for the duPont Registry™ Live Hangar Party, Gala Dinner Show & Auction and Sunday Concours Automobile & Motorcycle Exhibition and the Concours d’Gourmet Pavilions.

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Trump International in New York, I moved to Boca Raton in 2006. Donald J. Trump is well known for being the toughest boss in America, and I learned from him not to think “outside of the box” but to “erase the box” and shift the paradigm. What that means to me is that you must be aggressive and market where the money is. Moreover, you must provide tremendous value to clients - be it that you and your team speak 10 different languages and understand how to think ahead on clients’ behalf for tax or estate planning reasons. The support of my team is paramount, as we all have such diverse backgrounds, skills and market knowledge. I serve on the Board of Directors for the Boys & Girls Club of Palm Beach County, the Development Council of the Humane Society of the United States, and was honored with the Award for Outstanding Leadership by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

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