Queen of La Valencia

Who is that elegant lady sitting in the iconic bar at La Valencia hotel in a plush velvet booth scotch in hand? She wears an immaculate yellow silk shirt with a long string of pearls. Her silver hair shines beautifully coiffed. She has an arresting expressive face with an aquiline nose and full brown eyes awash with a love of life. Her charismatic smile reveals pearly white teeth framed by crimson lips.</p><br></p>That lady <strong>Selma Malk</strong> was my mother. </p><br></p>-Ann Lipschitz</p><p><br></p>