Morris & Co

By the third day of my eight day stay at the Fontainbleau Resort, my beach read had been devoured, my celeb gossip rag absorbed and my hangover at its finest. Time to make a trip across that glimmering (and good Lord slippery) lobby to Morris & Co., Fontainebleau’s answer to a «gift shop». In reality I liken this little boutique to a club that’s open during sunlight hours and happens to sell personal items us tourists need, all out of a very sleek and glamorous wall.
Morris & Co. carries the finer things in souvenirs and apparel, branded with Fontainbleau lettering looking not unlike trendy lounge wear found in Victoria’s Secret. Children’s toys, magazine, Miami Beach trinkets and the like are all sold here, but also an array of high-​end cigars and accessories, as well as quite the bookshelf chalk full of titles I would have been thrilled to read. After I had chosen a few magazines (bridal and celeb gossip of course) I found my way to the wall of personal items: hair spray, condoms, antacids, bandages, etc. and picked up some much needed Pepto (thank you Miami or insisting on creating every alcoholic beverage in the city with three cups of sugar). Unfortunately my two tabs of Pepto cost $ 4.50, but at that point I would have paid a thousand if it kept me from yacking strawberry mojito all over the floor.
What set Morris & Co. apart from the rest of its housing was the customer service. Every time I had a question or needed something, the sales associates were so polite and so helpful. Special thank you for the sweet guy that called all over the hotel to hunt down a copy of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo for me. (Yes I’m just now reading the series, don’t hate.)