better than botox
vrooooom
pimp? moi? nahhh!
woke up to bright sunshine. from my suite, i can see the 18th green of turnberry isle ... its a wee island green ...meet up with hiro - the resort golf pro - to play the 18th - as its the signature hole. i do get over the water onto the green but tim misses the shot and i have to try & try again ... with limited success! oops!
the fairmont turnberry isle in 1970 was a 2 golf course, small hotel resort ... it was then a rafael hotel, then mandarin oriental and after a 100 million $ + refurb, it opened as a fairmont last december .... has 392 rooms inc 36 suites ... one of which i am staying in. i have stayed here before and had one of the funniest weekends of my life!
legend has it that macca proposed to mucca here (still known as mr & mrs mccartney ... for now) and she chucked the ring out of the window. the staff went on a hunt to find it ... and they did ... and were rewarded handsomely.
at 12 i headed into the excellent willow spa ... where i had a "better than botox" facial ... ie a face treatment with no injection. alex says that for a second i looked around 17! whoohoo!
we then headed down to bal harbour to meet with antonio from a company called "the advantaged" - basically one of the best yacht/boat charter companies in miami. we basically "played" in a packet boat - which included the MOST frightening but fun speedboat journey of my life - 80 mph on the water with 8 foot waves ... i thought at one stage that "this was it" .. thankfully not! i did get to drive it too - THAT was fun!
from there it was off to meet the excellent madeleine - from c madeleine's - possibly the best vintage couture store on earth! she has millions of pieces ... for both sexes - from all the top designers ... and more. she is a real character ... !
the likes of p.diddy (puff daddy, sean coombs - whatever his name is!) & chloe sevigny shop here - the clothes and accessories are superb! i am now the proud owner of an original 1985 "goonies" t-shirt!!! chunky!
why is it berry day? have just eaten a punnet of blackberries, am drinking berry juice and i am at turn-berry! haaaaa!
Song of the Day: Hourglass (Squeeze)
Weather: lurvely!
