I remember what now seems like so long ago, the rinky dinky Casa de Campo International Airport was the little airport that could. With its minimal length runway intersecting the Teeth of the Dog, and an itsy bitsy tiny white picket fence separating you from being sucked into a jet engine of a 737. I’ll […]
Author Archives: Mr B
Just a little sprinkle.
We’re at it again. Luckily as I write this, the rain has subsided. But here you can catch a glimpse of what we had today. While in no way, shape or form was this a ‘major’ storm, it seems not to have gotten the memo. I mean it poured today. A lot. Luckily, it will […]
Charles Aznavour – Tickets still available!
Charles Aznavour (Wikipedia / IMDB), the Frank Sinatra of France will be in Altos de Chavon Amphitheater this coming Saturday! While I had no idea who this guy was initially, I’ve listened to some of his music – and its pretty darn good! Seriously – check out some of his music, you might find its […]
RUMOR ALERT: The Marina is launching a new website!
So its a little more than a rumor. The Marina Casa de Campo is confirmed to be launching a new website. When we requested a specific date, we where told it would be “Soon.”. We got a chance to poke around the new site and its fricking geourgous! We where impressed on how clean and […]
A First! – Women’s International Polo Tournament
This November, an incredible roster that will include some of the most athletically “fit” women in the world will visit the Casa de Campo Equestrian Center to participate in the First Women’s International Polo Tournament, from Monday the 17th through Friday the 22nd, 2008. Polo is not new to Casa, we have been hosting tournaments […]
Hello Tennessee!
We just noticed that we’ve suddenly received a bunch of visitors from Tennessee! HELLO TENNESSEE!! Hope your enjoying our little blog. If there is anything special you would like to know about, don’t hesitate to ask us! While we’re at it, we would also like to say hello to our readers in (no particular order): […]
For Casa de Campo’s Fine Cigar Lovers
We were informed a few days back, that Tabacalera de Garcia, The Largest hand made Cigar Factory (a 270,000-square-foot plant), which happens is located right next to Casa de Campo is conducting free tours through it’s facilities. You will witness the complete process where workers hand roll smokes of incredible quality. Montecristo, Romeo y Julieta, […]
A Snapshot of a Photography Exhibition
Just to provide everyone with some alternative coverage of the Liliane Vanbalberghe exhibit that took place in the Altos de Chavon Art Gallery, we felt it would be fun to post a few snapshots of the event itself, and let the work speak for itself. Before going into the photos though, we should mention that […]
Horny little goat has balls…
Don’t really know what to say about this one. It was there. I took a photo. I put it on the blog. As this is a random occurrence in the Artist Village of Altos de Chavon, I would like to pose this as a question to all our readers… Does this classify as art? Or is it vandalism?
Touching up the ancient ruines
Every thousand years or so, the elders of the great nation of Altos de Chavon decide to add a little color to the stones of the village, this years color – salmon. Ok, so everyone knows (or should know) that Altos de Chavon is just over the 30 year-old mark. Its not by any means […]
Liliane Vanbalberghe Art Show
Hello all art / photography lovers, tommorow, September 12th will be the grand opening and reception for Liliane Vanbalberghe’s show at the Gallery in Altos de Chavon. The show will run till the 13th of October, weekdays (except for tuesdays) from 9am to 9pm. Liliane Vanbalberghe’s own website has limited information about this photographer, but looking […]
