A few miles past the last strip mall in this north coast town, a discreet sign beckons the privileged .01 percent down a lush ginger- and palm-frocked lane. It ends at a rushing wall of water flanked by a lily pond, a sleek, open-air pavilion, and a personal valet who greets new arrivals with a [...]
Ritz-Carlton, Waldorf and Others Bank on Puerto Rico for High-End Clientele
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Eddie Palmieri Being Honored with Jazz at Lincoln Center Retrospective
December 14, 2012 | Posted by
Early in his career, beginning in the 1950s, the pianist and bandleader Eddie Palmieri used to play mambo shows at the Palladium Ballroom, on Broadway at 53rd Street. The Ed Sullivan Theater was just across the street but seemed to belong to a different, distant world: while Sullivan’s popular Sunday night TV show was happy [...]
Ritz-Carlton’s Dorado Beach, Puerto Rico Property Conjures Up Its 1920s Past
December 12, 2012 | Posted by
To reach Ritz-Carlton’s newest and most opulent resort, you drive through a forest of coconut palms, swamp bloodwoods and flame of the woods flowering shrubs until the road ends at a wall of water. It’s a fountain of a sort, and behind its soft gurgle stretches Dorado Beach, a $342 million hotel built along three [...]
Puerto Rican Boxer Orlando Cruz: ‘I’m A Proud Gay Man’
October 4, 2012 | Posted by
Orlando Cruz, the No. 4-ranked featherweight boxer from Puerto Rico, became the first openly gay man in the sport’s history, describing himself as a “proud gay man.” Why Cruz chose to come forward and why now was not revealed. But it will be interesting to see the fall out after such an admission, if there [...]
United States vs Caribbean Rum War
May 15, 2012 | Posted by
Rum-producing countries of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) may have to take the US to arbitration at the World Trade Organization (WTO), unless diplomatic efforts settle a looming problem before it concretizes. At stake is rum production in several CARICOM countries together with the foreign exchange earnings and employment that it generates. The [...]
Great Get-Away Deals to Puerto Rico
May 7, 2012 | Posted by
The cost of air travel to America’s closest island paradise, Puerto Rico, are currently offered at deep discounts by AirTran and Delta Air Lines. Both carriers offer daily nonstop flight service to San Juan from Atlanta. An inclusive round-trip rate of $287.40 requires no advance purchase notice. Go and enjoy as soon as this weekend. [...]
Racist Photo Ignites Puerto Rico Controversy
May 6, 2012 | Posted by
A photo released on Twitter by the former speaker of Puerto Rico’s lower house has sparked controversy in the U.S. territory. The photo showed the image of Rafael Cox Alomar, a black man running for the Puerto Rican resident commissioner, with the name of a local chimpanzee, Yuyo, who died last week, printed on top [...]
