Poolside at Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Miami FL

I'm on a brief escapade in Miami, and its hot. In more ways than one. For starters, the weather is stunning, and when someone says that Florida is full of retirees, well... That's only true if you can label hot young babes in bikinis as retirees. And to top it off, Jennifer Anniston chose the same time to indulge in a poolside tryst with John Mayer (pictures), so the already hot Mandarin Oriental Hotel simply boiled over. I had made plans for the day, with a list of things to do in Miami, but I threw the plans overboard and made my way to aforementioned pool to see what all the fuss was about.


Not that I'm ever going to pay $500 plus for one night in a hotel room, but if you're curious about how A-list celebs spend their down time, all you need to do is land up at this waterfront Brickell Key hotel with it's own private beach, jogging trail, business & fitness centers, the finest restaurants (Azul, Cafe Sambal) and bars (M-Bar, Lobby Lounge) in Miami, a 15000 sq ft spa with floor to ceiling windows offering views of the Bay while you're given masssages by specially flown in Thai masseuses, a 20,000 ft beach club with beach butlers and cabanas, luxury shopping store (Shanghai Tang), and a Concierge who can get you tickets and access to anything you want. You could live here for weeks and not even feel the need to have a look at South Beach.
Anyway, let's get back to the pool. Just a stone's throw from a palm tree lined private beach, and overlooking the water, the beach club, juts out in a large V at a slight elevation above the beach, which makes the view all the more fantastic. Poolside deck chairs, celebs mixing with the local riff-raff, all in a show of flesh which would make even a Vegas stripper seem like a good Christian - All said and done, there's just one word to describe the beach club at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel - It's hot. Photo courtesy & copyrights - Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group


Info: 500 Brickell Key Drive Miami FL 33131; (305) 913 8383; www.mandarinoriental.com/miami