Puerto Rico
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Guess what?
We don’t know everything there is to know about the Caribbean!
I can easily see why it might seem like we do. Every day we share posts on subjects near and dear to our hearts that may be new to you. Ever sipped Stallion Milk Stout? Dove into Dominica’s Champagne Reef? Soaked fruits for months on end for some amazing black cake? Braved Antione Rivers Rum? Have you ever even heard of, much less been to, the village of Toco on Trinidad? (Well, don’t worry, we’ve never been there either!)
Sure, as native West Indians, we have a unique, insider perspective to the cultural and natural wonders of the Caribbean, but I’ll let you in on a little secret: we’re picking some of this up as we go!
People ask me all the time how it is that I speak Spanish so well.
Is there some Spanish lineage in my family history? Am I secretly from the DomRep? Rossetta Stone?
Dedicated instruction at the hands of Mrs. Rivera, my elementary school Spanish teacher whom I’ve mentioned a time or two, certainly had a lot to do with it. But, one of the silliest TV shows of all time played a big role as well…
Beaches. Beaches. Beaches. The Caribbean is more than just beaches. So, on our recent trip to Fajardo, Puerto Rico with another couple and their infant, we decided to tear ourselves away from serene Seven Seas Beach long enough to head into the lush island interior.
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It’s November. While that may mean freezing our asses off up here in New York City, it means one thing to those living or visiting the Leeward Islands of the Caribbean:
Hurricane season is coming to a close!
Of course, anything could still happen over the course of the next 29 days, but it’s pretty unlikely that anything serious will develop in the Caribbean until next year.
Costumed kiddos will soon be knocking on doors all across America, and while it’s a good idea to make sure you have more than enough store-bought sweets to satiate the Halloween surge, I’m sure a few of you may also want to go the extra mile and prepare something extra special for your favorite trick or treaters. For you, we offer one of the Caribbean’s sweetest treats: Coconut Candy!
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Just when you thought Puerto Rico couldn’t get any sexier, along come the Reef Girls to turn up the heat in this spicy Spanish Caribbean paradise. These sensual beauties traveled to La Isla del Encanto recently to shoot the Miss Reef 2012 Calendar, a 52-page coffee table book, which judging by this video is a MUST BUY!!
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The fabulousness of the many fine commercially-sold rums we have so much fun telling you about in this space are a given, but for a truly uncommon experience, don’t be afraid to try unmarked bottles like this one.
Even if Bush Rum presents too pronounced a walk on the wild side for you (as it did for Patrick with hilarious consequences), there are many, many other homemade rum infusions you can find seasonally at local markets, or via characters like Kali throughout the region at different times of the year. One of my favorites is known simply as Bilí.
Now, I have no idea where Bilí got his name, but I do know that he’s originally from Vieques, the small Spanish Virgin Island located eight miles off the east coast of Puerto Rico.
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