I wonder how the guys (guys with names like Vanderbilt, Rockefeller and Morgan) who founded their exclusive hunting club here in 1886, feel about the rest of us roaming about their once private dominion. They set it up as an exclusive hunting retreat, a members-only island, completely isolated and protected. No way would any of us be allowed on. Now, their clubhouse, with its rooms and apartments, has been restored and updated – and it’s a hotel where anyone, who can pay the bill, can stay. The Grand Dining Room, where members used to take their ten course meals, is elegantly serving food once again, albeit with fewer courses. Many of their “cottages” have been saved and are entertaining again -but it’s tourists now, soaking up history, instead of the hobnobbing of the social elite. Some of us might be elite, others not so much – but the lines are erased, and we’re all invited in.
Jekyll Island, GA
March 28, 2010 by rvmirror
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