Ugh, one of the docents at Hearst Castle told me about events up there where everyone dresses in period costume. Sometimes the receptions are held at the (indoor) Neptune Pool [one of the most fascinatingly beautiful settings on earth, if ya ask me]. It's like monthly or quarterly or something. Pfffht, it was ultra-expensive, if I recall.
But even the day-tours of San Simeon are magnificent. Not as classicly deco swank as the ocean liner at Long Beach, but hedonistic swank of unparalled wealthy eccentricity that I'd love to check out again.
So when are the swankings to Queen Mary and Hearst Castle?
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