Arlene Howard - Los Angeles Business Journal
April 12, 2010
Taking the Plunge
Arlene Howard has gone on vacations before, but they’ve always been work
oriented. So when the 70-year-old Santa Monica publicist decided to take her
first relaxing vacation in March, she knew it had to be good one.
It was.
Howard and husband Bryce Noel, a financial strategist for families and
businesses, went on a 12-day vacation that included swimming with dolphins on
the British Virgin Island of Tortola and sunbathing at a nudist colony at nearby
St. Martin.
“This was like ‘The Great Gatsby,’” Howard said. “Every moment was programmed
with one more fascinating thing.”
The trip was put together by Howard’s longtime friend and millionaire
entrepreneur Marcus Katz, a Fisher Island, Fla., resident who organized the
extravaganza to coincide with his million-dollar wedding to Pearl
Baker.
Howard’s favorite part of the vacation: swimming with
dolphins.
“Having been in the entertainment industry for most of my professional life,
I’ve been swimming with sharks most of my life,” Howard said. “So when I swam
with the dolphins, it was an easy thing.”
“Having been in the entertainment industry for most of my professional life, I’ve been swimming with sharks most of my life,” Howard said. “So when I swam with the dolphins, it was an easy thing.”