Palm Beach
This place is good news for senior citizens everywhere. It is the Mecca for the rich where even my old friend David Metcalfe is considered middle-aged. It is also one of the few resorts in America where religion counts a hell of a lot. In fact, this is what Palm Beach is all about. During the daytime, that is. Let me explain: the three main country clubs of PB are where it all happens during daylight. There is the Bath & Tennis Club, known as the B&T, the Everglades Club and the Palm Beach Country Club. The first two are Christian clubs, the last is Jewish. The trouble is that Palm Beach Country Club members are inordinately rich even for Palm Beach. Their private jets carpet the airport come wintertime, and air slots have to be found for the airlines, not the other way round. It costs a quarter of a million dollars to join the Jewish club, and, for certain members who don’t look too good, it has been known to go up to a million.
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