Vacation fantasy ...

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.delano-hotel.com/#/photo_gallery/" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462647176388287714" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu68YKSBJft2Akwd3j_ff6nK7o-wK1OnogU5J2IRQzrsXPQAScR1pngTfMRPlTwUqLsrSgIk1d2g3nvZ9kXDiVUP6OlOez9l_AWodXH7AS2o2PxBaNvhzVlbpBmChkb9ffEfQvy6U9TCs/s400/delanobedroom.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 281px;" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">I am happy that my children are letting me sleep in<br />until 9 am during this school vacation week.</span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.delano-hotel.com/#/photo_gallery/" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462647175137698594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4_RE_1xGYJvNezC14uHo9SCgNrOS2rvoRsd8nhE7D_5zRFJY_aqi_EeY8YglLmT-N25M9Dk7rvlTv3a0UBO7QUalsr4IfeIfN_wt6MCe_9nAStHQv4bp0B-Qbfgvk8UIt6afAJ4j7IcQ/s400/delanoroofdeck.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 280px;" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">I am glad that they have been outdoors most of the<br />time, and that the weather has accommodated.</span></div><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.delano-hotel.com/#/photo_gallery/" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462647196070137570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2w1qY0FkojpHTGovvSWFINtxAjvPgUJCkWTtmWIygLMCA0hcclde6NNxcT4pVOIabl7NbP9KPDxk-1bXT9o0PyqWqUoC8OnFzzBJ9gsWI-panatwdi5UdiSB-_Wq6igJBJ4eivbCWhdU/s400/delanoapt.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 280px;" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">I feel fortunate that they have only slightly damaged two of our chairs (so far) and that they have learned an important lesson that climbing out the first floor window is only a good idea when there is a fire<br />(one bandage required).<br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.delano-hotel.com/#/photo_gallery/" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462647183544894194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdlotfeBO9gTvs8IDM65B1lPyK-ub0LQI7u9YzaJfIwZoeyudLiiCPHv5gdiPPdcYj2BRj9O0GHCoYbK_Ee-gHq2PL41luoTLgd2Nl6qXObk-g1DhNaBQzRdiqPih431wpTNmVPGsgTr0/s400/delanorosebar.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 281px;" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">I am thinking it is about time for a girl’s night out ...<br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu68YKSBJft2Akwd3j_ff6nK7o-wK1OnogU5J2IRQzrsXPQAScR1pngTfMRPlTwUqLsrSgIk1d2g3nvZ9kXDiVUP6OlOez9l_AWodXH7AS2o2PxBaNvhzVlbpBmChkb9ffEfQvy6U9TCs/s1600/delanobedroom.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><br /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR9DVpta-6o4WF1XU47XnAtcdQpVnxeVszNWCx7d32dqzxT2ZcDEBR7H1HJLt7lz1cjMcXYSB7mH6S7GOkby9W8LubLf9f0FEHnFz7bzU05ILDKfrtm1FcvDq3IautSh2AtvIG7vRCQGI/s1600/delano.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><br /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHpnl9WUWizW8g8fvu9jz2x63mryhoEke-v8rEWomVO9HhpTWgYJ2FcT72zXTOtGtDiS5E0-V9dCZ0Vda22wrwpDflwQ2xdbQY1bjKjYf1COJO21BtDKyZWxypKzz2uWZ71LpmEn34O_4/s1600/atdelanoYB.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462647201236838386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHpnl9WUWizW8g8fvu9jz2x63mryhoEke-v8rEWomVO9HhpTWgYJ2FcT72zXTOtGtDiS5E0-V9dCZ0Vda22wrwpDflwQ2xdbQY1bjKjYf1COJO21BtDKyZWxypKzz2uWZ71LpmEn34O_4/s400/atdelanoYB.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 393px; height: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">I am remembering a time when vacation<br />was one girl’s night out after another.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsrWfGzuoJyZioA6lD-UxbOIi9lopfHzZ3Dr56nrsJV7XfkFXdfGX5KRv6L-fGIy696AThLFA-W8Juz1i2EmgcJPfbaaZjN5TboWi911KQhSCe8nwKmTq7c8H-6dPSux9Bn3uylcai6fc/s1600/bigchairatdelano.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462652795200436514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsrWfGzuoJyZioA6lD-UxbOIi9lopfHzZ3Dr56nrsJV7XfkFXdfGX5KRv6L-fGIy696AThLFA-W8Juz1i2EmgcJPfbaaZjN5TboWi911KQhSCe8nwKmTq7c8H-6dPSux9Bn3uylcai6fc/s400/bigchairatdelano.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 311px; height: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">A vacation where the chairs were pretty amazing.</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.delano-hotel.com/#/photo_gallery/" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462662168282794818" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZAo3DYlqR2oWdRJwqjceg8C7mBN1SrKyOvu4-RvFn0cwYqPAHKDvJsV5fDTO40MwnCaswvvXseADUH-x09n3NjE8ebcMWO4tMTRurM8wZdBBp1H0sJzP42qR_xJM-m8-NOZj_NsC6XG8/s400/delanodinnertable.png" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 229px;" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">And our surroundings were quite glamorous.</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.delano-hotel.com/#/photo_gallery/" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462663043725330882" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3GEnWaUesez6xZMpJu3BksVKUl3ySBS1XmSLgmZgMn9b8CJlTQwImOUPIkk0k1mKdiF2bG9NWztR7slJ8Rmoyi_WzEwoYHdLFPam5nZ6acIRiPSUi7Ps0akzqL0LZjmkitzMa3IG7yMo/s400/delanospa.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 243px;" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">I could certainly use a little pampering about now.<br />How about you?</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.delano-hotel.com/#/home/" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462647743967987906" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR9DVpta-6o4WF1XU47XnAtcdQpVnxeVszNWCx7d32dqzxT2ZcDEBR7H1HJLt7lz1cjMcXYSB7mH6S7GOkby9W8LubLf9f0FEHnFz7bzU05ILDKfrtm1FcvDq3IautSh2AtvIG7vRCQGI/s400/delano.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 279px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.delano-hotel.com/#/home/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">Delano Hotel at South Beach</span></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);"><br />in Miami, Florida</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">Designed by <a href="http://www.starck.com/new/bigframe.html">Phillipe Starck</a></span></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><br />All photos above are from <a href="http://www.delano-hotel.com/#/home/">the Delano website</a> with the exception of my friends and I seated in the lobby on one of our girl’s nights out. File under “vacations I would most like to take again ... preferably soon!”<br /></span><br /></div>

Vacation fantasy ...

I am happy that my children are letting me sleep in until 9 am during this school vacation week. I am glad that they have been outdoors most...

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