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GILT TRIP
Along with golf, rock climbing and fly fishing,
guests of The Broadmoor Hotel at the
foot of the Rockies in Colorado Springs
can go for the gold. The sparkling festivities
begin in a chauffeured Hummer (gold-flecked
handcrafted chocolates and a bottle of
Champagne are provided), which brings you to
the Money Museum. Here, caterers serve dinner
in the Bass Gallery, where over $20 million
dollars worth of paper money and rare coins,
including the most comprehensive collection
of American gold coinage in existence, is
stored. Between courses, the curator of the
museum joins guests and passes around several
million dollars in coins and notes. The
Broadmoor’s wealthy revelry culminates at the
hotel bar with chocolate sorbet decorated with 18K gold leaf, created by executive restaurant pastry chef Rémy Fünfrock, and director of
wine Tim Baldwin opens a bottle of Moët & Chandon, Cuvée Dom Perignon Oenothèque, 1966.
A STRETCH
OF BEACH
Among the many trendy—and usually
pricey—goings-on in Miami, there’s one
very stylish event that’s amazingly inexpensive.
For just $5, residents and visitors,
serious yoga practitioners and first timers
alike, can join certified instructors for “Beach
Yoga at 3rd Street, Miami Beach.” This ultimate
South Beach insider happening, which
attracts vacationing Broadway stars and fashion
editors, among others, has been meeting
every day at sunrise and sunset for the past 12
years. Take water and a towel, and spend an
hour reaching new horizons.
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JAYNE THOMPSON
COUNTRY CHIC
In the Kentucky countryside not far from Lexington, there’s a historic eightroom
house. Originally named Bellevue, it was built in 1779 by Colonel John
Bowman (the state’s first military governor) for his wife, Elizabeth. Now, it’s
the home of Jayne Thompson Antiques, decorated with a lavish collection of
English and Italian furniture and accessories. The shop is so popular with
antiques aficionados, collectors often fly in (there’s a nearby private airport) to
shop. For visitors with an urge to experience a more gracious time, Jayne
Thompson will also arrange a dinner. Catered by Debbie Long of Dudley’s
Restaurant in Lexington, the meal is prepared from seasonal ingredients and
paired with appropriate wines. It’s served either in the home’s stunning dining
room filled with antiques, or on the lawn, where the hostess places 18th-century
Windsor chairs and a 17th-century oak farm table, set with English
Ironstone china.
MONEY MUSEUM
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