Thursday, July 30

The best place to skinny dip under tropical stars...

Having lived in the midwest and East Coast, when I encountered Coral Gables, FL, for the first time ten years ago, I did not know what hit me! Since then I've never been able to get enough of its gorgeous architecture, sweet little details, and tropical bliss. The city was dreamed up by a poet, George Merrick, and called "The City Beautiful."

He envisioned it as the American Riviera, and today people dock boats behind their houses in some sections, and the heady mix of tropical foliage and Mediterranean detail never fail to make me happy. In the hot summer, the Gables seems to take a collective deep breath and simultaneously drink many cold drinks, and skinny dipping in the backyard pools under the stars is the way to go!

I once spent a summer healing my heart in a Gables backyard, when the summer air and the pool water blended together...quite ethereal... Each morning I marveled at the profusion of red hibiscus and the ever greener, greener than green tropical greenery thriving under daily afternoon showers.

If you come, be sure not to miss the Venetian Pool, The Biltmore Hotel, the UM campus, shopping on the Miracle Mile, Books and Books on Aragon Avenue, and a few hours to bike or walk around the streets of the Gables, the Little Gables... such beauty to explore! Wait until we cool off a little... you will love it.

13 comments:

  1. it's beautiful! I love the colors...and the tile roofs! I've never been...but it looks so sweet.

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  2. beautiful post. I am jonesing for florida. love seeing it through your eyes. have a fab weekend. :)

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  3. I love to visit Coral Gables. A few years back Coral Way, and Avenue that starts in the center of Miami and continues into Coral Gables, was featured on a series called Dream Drives on Fine Living. Have you driven it?

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  4. it sounds amazing...any place that aides in healing hearts certainly is special.

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  5. Thanks, Stacy, Sealaura, Maya and Down and Out Chic... I did see that show!!! I was in Ohio at the time and so excited to see my town at the time featured... Dream Drives is so cool!

    I have driven it and of course walked many streets in CG, too. Star fruit trees, mango trees, avocado trees are a few of the treats that canopy your walks.

    The walk around the Coral Gables golf course is not to be missed! Lovely trees...like a storybook.

    At the holidays many of the streets have light wrapped palms and the view is so lovely.

    xoxo

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  6. I haven't been there since I was 13. Maybe the hubs and I need to take a little excursion.

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  7. Beautiful post with gorgeous pics x

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  8. Looks exactly like my kind of place! So charming.

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  9. Oh be still my heart! Look at all those tile roofed wonders! I have never been...but you can be sure it is now on my list!!

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  10. Oh I don't miss the heat and humidity but I SOOO miss the beautiful Spanish architecture of South Florida!! Beautiful photos!

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  11. Amazingly beautiful! I want to go! Ok, ok, I'll wait until it cools a little. Miss E does't like humidity :)

    PS - do you have a blog email address, friend? I always want to write you back when you comment, but can't find an address.

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  12. Love Coral Gables! By far one of the most stylish place in SFLA..!
    Thanks so much for the follow!! Great blog! I will certainly be back and commenting!

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  13. I have vacationed there and loved it. These pics are fantastic!

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