Billionaire Resort Mecca of Palm Beach Turns to Virtual Life

  • The Breakers, beaches, some restaurants shut as curfew imposed
  • ‘Trying to be as prudent as we can,’ Trian’s Peter May says
The Breakers in Palm Beach has closed for three weeks.
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There aren’t many places to buy hand sanitizer on the island of Palm Beach. Maybe that’s why a member of one of the private clubs in town made off with a large bottle that had been placed in the lobby, and refused to bring it back.

That was when the clubs were fully open, indulging members in a sort of last hurrah of cocktails by the pool and a member-guest tournament.