Postcard Friendship Friday #13

Happy Postcard Friendship Friday! Today's postcard shows the Carillon, an oceanfront hotel on Miami Beach. The description reads: Miami's largest and most luxurious hotel. Fully air conditioned - 620 elegant rooms, each with 21" TV, radio, and circulating ice water - 750 foot private beach - 2 pools and gardened Cabana Club - Complete Convention facilities. The hotel was built in the early 50's

The Carillon Today - the complex of newly renovated buildings is shown in the far right of the picture






The Carillon is South Florida's newest all suite spa hotel and covers a spectrum of lifestyles and wellness pursuits.

Hotel Amenities :

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750 linear feet of unspoiled beach

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70,000-square-foot Wellness Spa with 54 treatment areas

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Four outdoor pools, Atlantic Spa and The Cabana

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Canyon Ranch Grill – oceanfront restaurant with indoor and outdoor seating offering award-winning, nutritionally balanced gourmet cuisine

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Carillon Café for casual dining, offering creative cuisine, a tasting room and fine wines

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Tranquil Palm Grove with cocktail terrace seating

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Canyon Ranch Living Essentials® boutique

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Intimate and relaxing gathering spaces (Conservatory, Library and more)

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Aquavana™ – an oasis of thermal therapies including state-of-the-art hot and cold experiences

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Unparalleled fitness center, including two-story cardio studio with unobstructed ocean view, weight machines, free weights and eeZz's juice bar

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Daily fitness activities, wellness presentations and classes (yoga, Pilates, tai chi, indoor cycling and many more)

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Two-story, indoor rock-climbing wall with ocean view

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Full-time physicians and wellness practitioners offering integrative medical consultations

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Concierge and 24-hour doorman

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Room rates are 250.00 to 700.00 per night

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The card is postmarked January 20, 1953, and the message reads:

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Sunday

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Dear Bud,

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We have not heard from you here as yet and hope it is only because you are busy.

We are enjoying every minute of it here though we are doing none of the things we planned. We can't seem to stir ourselves away from the sun, although it's pretty snappy.

Much love - Mother and Dad

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The Back Story: At first I thought they had not heard from their son because of the usual activities that take place when Mother and Dad are relentlessly baking themselves in the Florida sun : party, party, party, with lawn chars on the roof, beer bottles everywhere and dishes piled in the kitchen and bathroom sinks.

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However...

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The card was mailed to Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester New York, which is a teaching hospital that shares it's acreage with the University of Rochester. A bit of dabbling on the Internet indicates that their son was more than likely very busy and behaving himself. He was in medical school and went on to become a doctor. A betrothal notice appeared in the New York Times in the early 60's.

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1953

Dwight D. Eisenhower succeeded Harry S. Truman on the very day the card was postmarked: January 20th 1953. Peter Pan opened on Broadway February 5th. Jonas Saulk announced his polo vaccine in March. Ian Fleming published his first James Bond novel in April. In May, Jackie Cochran became the first woman to break the sound barrier in an F-86 Sabrejet. Queen Elizabeth II's coronation took place June 2nd - it was televised, and I recall watching it. The Korean War ended in July. The Kinsey Report, documenting American's sexual habits was published in August. REM sleep was discovered in September. Earl Warren was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in October. Authorities at the British Natural History Museum announced that the skull of the Piltdown Man, one of the most famous fossil skulls in the world, is a hoax in November, and December saw the first issue of Playboy and the first color TV went on sale at $1,175.00

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