Frugal Traveler: A Palm Beach Story, Millions Not Required
The author golfed, rented wheels, shopped for fine clothes and sunned on private sands in Palm Beach — all for well under $200 a day.
Click title for link to article. This is a portion that mentions Lake Worth:
My take on the "riff-raff" reference is that it is tongue-in-cheek and more of a slam at the elite-ness of Palm Beach than putting down Lake Worth. Enter our District #4 Commissioner, world traveler and in constant defense of all things Lake Worth. She used the opportunity to send this e-mail. While I am not on her "select" e-mail list, I have already had it forwarded to me a couple of times by others who think the same as me. She also uses it to push for her "Marketing Manager" position:
By her pointing this out, it makes it seem like we have more of an issue with "riff-raff" than we do. If you look around at various definitions, the most common meaning of "riff-raff" is common people or a crowd. In relation to Palm Beach, I would say that the Bennie's crowd consists of common people - like me and you. Please Suzanne, use caution when approaching a keyboard.
![Dr. W. H. Cotton’s ode: “Oh, My Lake Worth, Florida!” [circa 1920].](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUL75cv6zJQFjX15ojOIIz9AjnbqH4asHJTYSDhnGnYr7rJZRha1NcNTirj2xPcId158vkz5Hw-wXgOfrlztj8Zr8jLFFCfuEN6PyV44ZlpMRmJ68xbtFL9vzxNiG7xDs_HJvm/s1600/LakeWorthPioneers.JPG)
