Palm Beach

Tropical Style: Private Palm Beach
$45.00
Palm Beach is home to the nation's upper crust. This book offers a glimpse at the score of homes exhibiting a range of approaches to living under the tropical sun.

Roxy Women's Palm Beach Thong Sandal,Black,9 M US
$19.95
Add a tropical twist to your look with these punchy Roxy Palm Beach flip flops. Vinyl upper in a casual three point thong sandal style with a round toe and rolled vinyl toe thong post. A polished metal embossed Roxy logo heart embellishment adds extra fashion panache at the strappy vinyl vamp. Vinyl lining and screen-printed logo patterned foam cushioning footbed, flexible midsole. Textile and rubber traction outsole.

The Palm Beach Story
$12.98
I found it interesting that this film was made in the early 40's when we were still at war. I suppose the country needed this kind of light hearted entertainment, just as it did during the depression era. Right now I find it still good medicine as we face the biggest economic downturn since the 30's and wars are erupting everywhere. The outrageousness of the wonderful female lead, played by the beautiful Claudette Colbert is refreshingly politically incorrect. She knows that a good looking "girl" with long legs can get what she wants by her female charms and isn't afraid to use them. She can't cook or sew but is ravishing and not afraid to accept the gifts of the many men who offer them. Still, she is good hearted and pure in her love for her big, strong, handsome, hunky man.

This isn't my favorite Sturges film but it's still very good. He manages screwball comedy without going over the top, which was probably not an easy thing to do. All of the characters are likeable, too, which makes the film easy to watch. The Rudy Vallee character could have been played as dreadful but he was quite lovely. His "Goodnight Sweetheart" serenade is almost worth the price of the film. Likewise, his much married sister, played by Mary Astor, was so fun loving and light hearted that you had to like her. There was no malice anywhere!

Gordon Macrae, who shone so brightly in Sullivan's Travels is a little dull here but the rest of the cast makes up for it. Travelling by train seems delightfully exotic to us these days. The Fifth Avenue apartment and the Palm Beach house are all wonderfully decorated. Remember dressing tables with round mirrors? The times surely had their terrible aspects but this film just shows us the froth on top and sometimes it's fun to have some froth.

Palm Touchstone Kit for Palm Pre
$69.99
I put my touchstone on my dash (using velcro), powering it through a 120V outlet in my car. It's definitely the best car-phone setup I've ever had. It lost a star in my ratings because occasionally, it goes into a cycle where the phone keeps connecting and disconnecting to the charger (electrically, not mechanically). Picking the phone up and putting it back down carefully seems to fix that.