<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">...Naples has always been extraordinarily pretty, with bright green St. Augustine grass, tall hedges, banyan trees and those palms that lean at 45-degree angles. But now it has a new look — money. Only Palm Beach can compare, and Palm Beach seems bulky and dated by comparison. One senses too many ghosts in those old mansions. In Naples everything is lighter, more informal. This is the city that lives the real estate catch phrase "casual elegance." Even the 25-story high-rises that dot the northern end of the beach are airy and almost graceful.

You've heard of boutique hotels; Naples is a boutique town. The restaurants are boutique, the museum is boutique, and the boutiques are really boutique. Naples even has a boutique beach. While most Florida public beaches are surrounded by sun- baked parking lots, Naples's seven-mile strand of white sand is backed by millionaires' mansions, just yards away through some elegantly arranged sea grape...</font>