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50 p o r t l a n d monthly magazine theater of the street amid the comings and goings at this dreamy address. The way The Colony engages with the street is a miracle of welcoming. Youll want to stay here forever reading the Miami Her- ald and sipping Cuban coffee espresso cooked with sugar by day or perhaps en- joying cognac after twilight as night cools the city. Theres a tincture of sophistication here that flirts with time. One guest flips through The Atlantic while her friend races through a novelLawrence Durrell. But then youd miss the lobby. To the right as you enter is a period-perfect bar a new addition that looks as though it were al- ways here. But it couldnt have been here Jestenas cousin Hilary Roche the manag- ing director says. The hotel was built dur- ing Prohibition. The Ficks Reed rattan lobby furniture from 1926 is extant and perfectly recon- ditioned layers of white paint re- moved to reveal the original glow and texture of the bamboo. How could it be that the hotel still has the original baby grand piano in its music room the original brass and wrought-iron elevator from 1926 with palazzo shards of glass on the walls the cats meow and the love- ly solemn 1920s oak furniture in its 70 rooms How could the 1926 tele- phone switchboard and oak writing desks filled with color postcards of the Colony still be here deftly com- plemented by incredible 2016 touches The answer is Jestena a landscape ar- chitect by training. She earned her masters from the University of Pennsylvania before taking a job with the city of Seattle for five years according to a fine story in the Delray Coastal Star by Mary Thurwachter. Later she taught landscape architecture and urban design at the University of Massachusetts. Jestena has let slip that shes a modern- ist but the Mediterranean allure of the hotel keeps pulling her in. My dad died in 1986. When my mother died in 1994 I came here as general manager. But this city a par- adise between Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach hadnt taken off the way it has now. I thought of it as Dull-Ray she laughs. The interior walls here were pale beige. Now they pop in lime persimmon and turquoise with fabrics decorators would give their eye-teeth for. How does she do it Thats my favorite part of the business The season was from January 10 un- til April 10. They had to get home and do their taxes Travel Tips stone crab season runs from october 15 to may 15. there is nothing like it. and dont miss that Cuban coffee. Breakfast is free but this is a downtown hotel so we dont serve lunch and dinner when there are so many incredible restaurants all around atlantic ave- nue to try. two examples scuola vecchia pizza e vino directly across atlantic avenue from the veranda is a hip italian spot that im delighted to say serves the most authentic margherita pizza this side of napoli. this restaurant alone is worth the trip to Delray. then theres the glass-topped Buddha skybar with Japanese fusion bright- red chairs and a bustling sense of the city an- other knockout attraction just steps away. Come ready to shop. the Colony Delray itself hosts a number of street-level fashion stops.