Size doesn’t matter… except when it comes to toiletries. And even if they’re small, they better be attached to a famous name. You know you’re riding high when you get a 5 oz. bottle of
Etro at the
Acqualina in Miami, or even a 1 oz. bottle of
Malin+Goetz at
The Betsy in Miami. But in my case at the
Beach Paradise in Miami’s South Beach, all I got were cheap promotional samples and generic soap. It’s not that the occasional vacuum-sealed packet of
toothpaste is a bad thing, or
Crest White Strips, Biore Restore Skin-Boosting
night serum,
“Beach Mist” soap, a
razor, or
pads and tampons — it’s just a lot less sexy to whip these out on the plane ride home.
Oh thank you, Acqualina, I took these home.
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Located on Casa de Campo’s property, Altos de Chavon looks like it’s stuck in a time warp. Perfect for a toga party, it’s an exact replica of a 16th century Mediterranean village, replete with a 5,000-seat Grecian-style amphitheater. After some pathetic begging, I finally succeeded in getting the security guard to unlock the amphitheater’s gate. I mean, when else would I get to stand on the very stage where Santana once rocked Black Magic Woman and where Alicia Keys filmed part of her Karma video tapping on the ivories of a hot pink piano? I attempted to belt a tune myself – you’re lucky you weren’t there.
Commissioned by Italian cinematographer Roberto Coppa and built in 1978, Altos de Chavon’s narrow stone pathways are built to resemble an exact replica of a 16th century Mediterranean village.
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