Sure it has 30 stores but whatever you do, don’t call Camana Bay a mall! As I found out on a trip there last week, the burgeoning development on Grand Cayman is so much more than that. Opened four years ago on 500 acres bordered by Seven Mile Beach and [...]
Art lovers can’t help but drool over the pieces at the Gallery of West Indian Art, Mo’Bay’s 46-year-old trove of paintings, furniture, carvings and craft from all over the Caribbean. Owner Nicky Delisser and her partner Stefan make frequent trips to Cuba and Haiti for vibrant watercolors, acrylics and mixed [...]
St. Lucia’s known for its dramatic and mountainous topography but it’s not just about the vertical views here. From south to north, caramel sands to white, check out these four shore things. (Sorry, but the photos I could find on the web REALLY don’t do them justice. You’ll just have [...]
“$20 a jar?! This better be some AMAZING stuff,” I thought as I handed over my cash at the supermarket in Grand Cayman yesterday. During dinner with some islanders the night before I’d asked what local product they take with them when they visit friends and family abroad. It’s a [...]
No, there’s no lettuce involved. Here in the Caribbean, conch salad is a ceviche-type dish, made with raw conch, citrus juices and veggies (which include some traditional salad ingredients, such as onions, tomatoes and sweet peppers). At Da Conch Shack on Provo, in the Turks and Caicos Islands, they’ve been [...]
Move over mojito, there’s a new cocktail in town. It’s called ti punch but this ain’t no long, sweet and fruity umbrella-topped rum concoction. This is hard core, baby! On a trip to Martinique last summer I had a chance to try the national tipple, and while it’s made from [...]
Jamaica’s known for its fiery jerk seasoning and rubs, but the island also has home-grown sauces, pickles and spreads that’ll transform whatever you’re eating from ho-hum to hot-diggity without searing your tastebuds. Drizzle on some of these and enjoy some island flavor minus the fire. Sorrel Chutney Made from the [...]
I’m not a big tea drinker but I do LOVE the idea of making a meal of it with the age-old ritual of afternoon tea. Gathering a girlfriend or two to share a sumptuous snack in elegant surroundings is definitely something I can get behind. In the formerly British Caribbean [...]
Necessity is the mother of invention, they say. So when Matilsha Marxuach couldn’t find a stylish reusable grocery bag, she made one herself. Now the capacious “Mercado A” tote is a bestseller at her Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, boutique, Concalma. Matilsha’s utilitarian and unique collection comprises about 10 styles [...]
You’re chauffeured to your suite in a Lexus SUV, so from the moment you arrive at Cap Juluca, one of Anguilla’s swankiest resorts, the bar is set pretty high. And Cap J doesn’t disappoint, with 98 spacious suites serviced by almost 400 hundred staff, a captivating white-sand beach at Maunday’s [...]
I know: those tepid Caribbean waters feel so good you never want to leave them. The Ritz-Carlton Grand Cayman knows, too. That’s why guests of the swanky Seven-Mile Beach resort can drink and dine without ever emerging from the big blue on four-person Aqua Lounge tables that float in the [...]
An ice museum in the Caribbean? I was skeptical when I first heard about it this summer, but wouldn’t ya know, Magic Ice in St. Thomas is now up and running. On waterfront Dronningens Gade, Magic Ice’s display offers an overview of Caribbean history, as told through ice sculpture. It [...]
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