| Just south of Palm Beach and less than an hour's drive | | | | museum buildings which house 5,000 Japanese art |
| north of Miami, Florida, you will find the resort city of | | | | objects and artifacts, including a 500-piece collection of |
| Delray Beach, Florida, with it's over two miles of clean | | | | tea ceremony items, more than 200 textile pieces and |
| well maintained sandy beaches, historic downtown | | | | recent fine art acquisitions, and it's 200 acres of |
| shopping area, beautiful gardens and parks, world class | | | | expansive Japanese gardens with strolling paths, |
| tennis center, golf courses and it's large variety of | | | | resting areas, tropical bonsai collection, small lakes |
| hotels and motels.Looking for a place to stay? Try the | | | | teeming with koi and other wildlife, nature trails, pine |
| Breakers-On-The-Ocean, (561) 278-4501, with it's | | | | forests and park and picnic areas. Visit the American |
| picture perfect beach setting and it's 200 feet of | | | | Orchid Society, (561) 404-2000, a botanical paradise |
| private beach, complimentary beach cabanas, putting | | | | with thousands of orchids on it's 3.5 acres of themed |
| green, ocean front suites and ocean view apartments, | | | | gardens and a magnificent display greenhouse. Play |
| the recently renovated and restored Colony Hotel And | | | | tennis at the Delray Beach Tennis Center, |
| Cabana Club, (800) 552-2363, with it's 70 guestrooms, | | | | 561-243-7360, with it's 14 clay courts and 7 hard |
| all with vinage tropical furniture, fabrics and colors, | | | | courts, an upstairs pavilion and conference room, and a |
| hardwood floors, unique appointments and Florida | | | | pro shop with a locker room, racquet stringing and |
| works of art, personal air conditioning and operable | | | | merchandise. Go shopping in downtown Delray Beach, |
| windows or the Delray Beach Marriott, (561) 274-3200, | | | | with it's brick sidewalks, historic architecture, antique |
| with it's soft sandy beach, heated pool, on site spa and | | | | shoppes, gift shoppes, boutiques, art galleries and |
| fitness center, rooms with private balconys and it's | | | | more.If you want more to do, take a scenic drive |
| Marriott service. If you don't like these hotels there are | | | | down to Miami, stop in Fort Lauderdale on the way, or |
| numerous others to choose from.Feel like some golf? | | | | go up to Palm Beach and go shopping on Worth |
| Check out the Delray Beach Golf Club, (561) 243-7380, | | | | Avenue. Take a tour of the everglades or go sport |
| a 1923 Donald Ross Design located off of Atlantic | | | | fishing. There are enough activities in or near Delray |
| Avenue just three miles west of the historic | | | | Beach to keep you occupied for a day, a week, a |
| Downtown Delray Beach area. This jewel is a | | | | month or even longer.For more information about the |
| meticulously manicured championship track, and | | | | city of Delray Beach, Florida see: a directory of links to |
| features 6,907 yards and a par-72 or the Lakeview | | | | the city of Delray Beach, Florida guides and directories |
| Golf Club, (561) 498-3229, a 3,006 yard, par 60 | | | | listing hotels, restaurants, attorneys, real estate brokers, |
| executive golf course, built in 1972. There are also over | | | | information, resources, services, things to do, places to |
| 100 other golf courses surrounding the Delray Beach | | | | go and more.David G. Hallstrom, Sr. is a retired private |
| area.Spend your days, sunning, swimming and playing | | | | investigator and is currently the publisher of several |
| on the two miles of, clean well maintained, beach. Go | | | | internet directories, including a directory of national, |
| scuba diving or snorkeling in the clear warm Atlantic | | | | state, county and city guides and directories listing local |
| waters. Cruise the calm protected waters of the | | | | guides, directories, web sites and web pages providing |
| Intercoastal Waterway. Visit the Morikami Museum | | | | resources, services and information about things to do |
| and Japanese Gardens, (561) 495-0233, with it's two | | | | and places to go. |