SANTAELLA: A new restaurant in Puerto Rico

The Plaza de Mercado de Santurce is the local meeting place, where cooking enthusiasts, chefs and plain folk visit daily to buy the fresh produce and their staples, and to…


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Lisbon

Portugal, on the western edge of the Iberian Peninsula is tempered by the warm southern Atlantic Ocean winds, is one of Europe's earliest settlements, having been populated by…


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Oporto

Porto put the "Portu" in Portugal, a name that harks back to its Roman origins, it is the economic capital of northern regions and is surpassed only by Lisbon, the capital, in…


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VINEYARDS OF ARGENTINA

Buenos Aires reminds me of Madrid, the wide boulevards, trees and large government and bank buildings. We stayed at the Hotel Sofitel Buenos Aires…


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Barcelona: Progressive and Innovative

Because of Barcelona's privileged location, its culture has been nurtured and influenced by commerce (textiles from the East), architecture (the Romanesque and Gothic styles were…


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Barcelona: Sampling the Re-interpretations and Innovations of the cuisine

The capital of the Catalan region, Barcelona, is a global city, the major cultural and economic center of southwest Europe, and a place that welcomes innovation and transforms…


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GALAPAGOS

I ticked off another destination on my bucket list and, in retrospect, am finding it hard to determine which vacation I loved more: the South African Safari http://singita.com/ or…


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Dorado Beach

We had a few days when my family could all take off from work and take a long weekend in the sun. We had been to Grand Cayman during the school Winter Break, but longed for more…


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WEEKEND GETAWAY Miami Beach

After a quick 2 1/2-hour flight from La Guardia and a 25-minute taxi ride, we arrived at a little piece of heaven, 1Hotels South Beach on Collins Avenue and 23rd Street. The hotel…


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Peru

According to everyone we met in Lima, it never rains there, though the city is quite green with many lush gardens. At the end of August, winter in Peru, it was cloudy, misty, and…


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