It seemed like the Wright thing to do now that we're wintering in Phoenix. To celebrate Valentine's Day at the Arizona Biltmore, where we spent our wedding night almost 34 years ago.
My love affair with the Biltmore began long before my wedding day. As a young girl growing up in Phoenix, I was intrigued by the exclusive palm tree-lined entrance where only the privileged seemed destined to enter. Luxury estates marked the road to the hotel, which stood at the end of the trail like a queen on her throne. The Biltmore was the place of legends. Clark Gable and Carole Lombard honeymooned at the Biltmore, Marilyn Monroe swam in the grand pool, Hollywood luminaries wined and dined there and US. presidents stayed there. The iconic hotel was inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright, designed by a protege and formerly owned by William Wrigley Jr. of the chewing gum fortune. It was a straight shot down Missouri Avenue, minutes from where I lived, but world's apart in grandeur, wealth and celebrity.
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