Tour the Rarefied World of Boca Grande's Gasparilla Inn
Because sipping on Boca Punch and playing a game of backgammon sounds good right about now, doesn't it?
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Because sipping on Boca Punch and playing a game of backgammon sounds good right about now, doesn't it?
Brantley Photography Since its 1913 remodel, the Gasparilla Inn & Club has been a power hub in the sleepy village of Boca Grande, located on a barrier island between Naples and Sarasota. Titans of industry like J.P. Morgan and Henry Ford vacationed there, as did Hollywood elite like Katherine Hepburn. But after a century of vacationers, the shabby-chic transomed rooms (sans air conditioning), peanut butter and bacon canapes at cocktail hour, and a strict, clubby dress code, were in need of a refresh. The designers to call? Interior design duo Palm Beach native Mimi Maddock McMakin, Cece Bowm...