Raleigh Hotel

A Seaside Classic
It’s a grand watershape built at a time and place when “grand” was in fashion in so many ways.  Ever since 1940, when the Raleigh Hotel and its beautiful swimming pool opened to the public for the first time, the establishment has made a statement about the sun-drenched glory of a prime South Florida location as well as the glamour of an era gone by. Designed and built by renowned architect L. Murray Dixon, the hotel and pool are located in South Beach, Miami’s famed Art Deco district.  The pool’s curvaceous shape and modern styling reflected the hotel’s architecture and the aspirations
The Journey Continues
To be honest, I've never been a huge fan of New Year's resolutions.  And I especially don't cotton to all the sentimental windbagging that seems to attend the "dawning" of this new era or that.  But on this occasion, and for reasons all too many and obvious, I won't shy away from