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Reef Road Surf by Colorblind Media
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“HELLO MOLLIE” — When the rusty Venezuela freighter, the Mercedes I went aground (Thanksgiving 1984) on Mollie Wilmot’s beach, the Palm Beach socialite had her 15-minutes of Andy Warhol fame. Difficulty in removing the ship, allowed Mollie (Ted Kennedy’s next door neighbor) stretch he 15 minutes into nine months.
Mollie Wilmot lounging in her Florida Room by Slim Aarons (Hulton Archive)
Christmas shopping on Worth Ave. by dave.
AFRO-MOBILE — Depression Era residents of Palm Beach were all white. Blacks were there to serve them.
HAPPY DAYS — Take a ride to Reef Road, one of Florida’s best surf spots. It’s on the north end of Palm Beach, in a residential neighborhood near the Palm Beach Inlet, home to Peanut Island, JFK’s fallout shelter. North, across the inlet, is “Pump House,” another legendary spot connected to “Reef Road” and Palm Beach. Here, watch the best captured on film, by Colorblind Media. “Pump House,” the day after Halloween (2012), when Hurricane Sandy passed by, riding the fast moving Gulfstream on its way to savaging New York and the New Jersey Shore.
On Palm Beach, Florida wave riders called it a good day “GOOD DAY.”
Moon Over Miami
WHEN THE BEACH WAS HOT
ART DECO (Architectural Style)
POOL TOYS (Aquatic Style)
Paradise Lost (Miami’s Vice)
SOUTH BEACH RENAISSANCE
VERSACE (Murder In The Morning)
MADONNA (“Sex” in Miami)
PRINCE (Glamorous)
DIAMOND TEETH MARY McLAIN (Devil Music)
@ Tobacco Road
SCOTT PUTESKY (Running With The Devil)
Palm Beach
FANTASY ISLAND
HELLO MOLLIE! (IMMIGRANT SONG)
THE WOMEN OF PALM BEACH
b/ Dominick Dunne (Vanity Fair)
THE WOMEN OF PALM BEACH*
By Dominck Dunne
Helmut Newton (Photographs)
VANITY FAIR (1986) >>>
Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner?
The moment a rusty Venezuelan freighter crashed into the pool of Ted Kennedy’s neighbor, Mollie Wilmot, the clock was ticking on the Palm Beach socialite’s 15 minutes (six months) of fame.
NOV. 23, 1984 — Palm Beach socialite and so-called philanthropist, Mollie Wilmot, had always lived the “good” life on Palm Beach. The seasonal parties and Bruce Sutka-designed charity balls. Here, stretched out under her “magnificent” Picasso (‘The Artist Studio, The Open Window’), she’s comfortable lounging in her Florida Room, enjoying her (every) afternoon cocktail.
The day after Thanksgiving (1984), from the same comfortable spot in her opulent Florida room, Mollie’s ocean view was changed dramatically. She was about to claim her well funded and publicized 15 minutes of Palm Beach fame. She already had the fortune.
Outside, the wind howled as Mollie Wilmot sat down with family and friends for Thanksgiving dinner, 1984. Sitting comfortably, in a room that would be the envy of many a museums, Mollie was unaware of another experience happening at the same time, less than a mile offshore of her mid-century modern, 11,000-square foot mansion on Palm Beach.
Distressed, and in the dark, a Venezuelan freighter struggled hopelessly against the angry surf that was pushing it toward the shore, and Mollie’s oceanside pool and cabana. Having lost the ship’s engine, the small crew made one last futile effort to stabilize the ship, dropping its horribly inadequate anchor.
As the storm raged, and the night grew more dark, Mollie and her company of family and friends reminisced, after-dinner, Thanksgiving style. Coffee and dessert, catching up on upper class gossip, more personal family affairs, and where the clan would gather for Christmas.
As midnight approached, it was time for Mollie to call it (Thanksgiving 1984) a day, and say goodnight to her dinner guests.
A celebratory “good” time was had by all, except for the tired and hungry sailors, on their way to being marooned on Palm Beach, or as the locals call it, “Fantasy Island.”
The troubled Venezuelans struggled through the night, but had no luck in fixing their engine, and just before sunrise, the ship broke free of it’s tenuous anchorage, and unable to resist the still raging surf, was pushed hard, toward the Palm Beach shore.
Mollie was sleeping soundly when, just before sunrise, the boat finally broke free, and soon after, crashed onto the beach into Mollie’s ocean-side pool and cabanas.
Helping to spread the word internationally was that the ship of peasants had beached itself next to the Kennedy Estate, on the beach where Ted and nephew William Smith had their notorious “SEXY ROMP.” This Palm Beach home was president John F. Kennedy’s Summer White House in the ’60s, and now it had become a carnival, and there was talk of Disney wanting to buy the story of which the studio thought could make a profitable, screwball comedy.
MOLLIE AND THE MERCEDES WERE THE TALK OF PALM BEACH, A TOWN USUALLY KNOWN FOR IT’S MONEY, EXCLUSIVITY, AND SOCIAL PREJUDICE.
Look what the storm washed in.
loving every second of her 15-minutes (six months) of fame, Palm Beach socialite, and Ted Kennedy next-door neighbor, Mollie Wilmot took every public relations advantage of the rusty boat running aground next to her posh, oceanside home. She beamed in the attention paid her at the parties, press conferences, and Peanut Butter & Jelly offering to the marooned, Venezuelan sailors. It was all entertaining enough to get Disney interested. The studio bought the (movie) rights to Mollie’s story, but, in the end, decided not to produce it.
Even so, Mollie made the most of her “closeup” moment. Maybe not for Mr. DeMille, but for more than half a year, for the whole world, that was watching.
For The Love of Money
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Actor’s Rep
Bruce Sutka
Connie Atkins (Hugh?)
Mercedes Rudkin
Dennis Dunn
Jeff Hoyt
Chris Hunter
Dan McDonald
Douglass Heather
Rebecca Pirto
COMEDY CORNER
Jon Stoll
Colleen McGarr
Bill Hicks
Sam Kinison
Tom Ryan
Carrot Top
Dan Whitney
Scott Hardy
Todd Barry
Tod Vitum
Jerry Seinfeld
RICH JENI
Paula Poundstone
Rosie O’Donnell (Daughters of the American Revolution)
Tom Kenny
Rick Overton
Dana Gould
Dom Irerra
PALM BEACH POST
MIAMI HERALD
Moon Over Miami
WHEN THE BEACH WAS HOT
Miami Beach Style ( 1.)
Miami Beach Style ( 2.)
Paradise Lost (VICE IN MIAMI)
VERSACE (Murder In The Morning)
MADONNA (“SEX” IN MIAMI)
PRINCE (THE GLAMOROUS)
DIAMOND TEETH MARY McLAIN (@ Tobacco Road)
Palm Beach
FANTASY ISLAND
HELLO MOLLIE! (IMMIGRANT SONG)
THE WOMEN OF PALM BEACH
b/ Domminick Dunne (Vanity Fair)
Fantasy Island
For The Love Of Money
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CoLors*…
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