On a recent trip to Santo Domingo, when strolling around the Colonial Zone, I stumbled across a very nice restaurant to enjoy an early evening cocktail – but the service, atmosphere, food and drink were so good I ended up staying for most of the night!
Category: Art and Culture
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La Tabacelera Garcia now offers factory tours to all in Casa de Campo!
The Tabacalera de García, cigar factory in La Romana, is now offering tours
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Santiago Paulos – his beautiful paintings currently on display in Altos de Chavon
Last Friday the 14th of November, the Altos de Chavon art gallery hosted an inauguration event for their new art exhibit: Artistas en Residencia, Otoño ’09.
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Only in The DR: Pollo con Viagra – the meaning uncovered!
We recently published a very amusing, baffling and bizarre article ‘Only in the DR: Pollo con Viagra,’ which literally translated means chicken with Viagra. In our article I hypothesised the potential meaning of this strange saying – we have now discovered the truth!
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This Weekend In Casa – Nov 20th to 22nd
Since the previous weekends in Casa have been so active, “relax” is the major key to this one. Casa de Campo’s bars and restaurants have decided to go with a smooth, relaxed schedule – with just a tiny hint of dancing for us!
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Academia de Ballet Elizabeth de Zeller presents “Recorriendo el Mundo”
On Saturday the 5th of December, the Elizabeth de Zeller Academia de Ballet, will be presenting their annual ballet show at the Altos de Chavon Amphitheater. This year’s show “Recorriendo el Mundo” (Travelling the World) is being directed by Ivonne Zeller, daughter of Elizabeth de Zeller, who is currently managing the Ballet Academy.
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CARMEN SOL NEW YORK – Luxury fashion in the Marina Casa de Campo
Carmen Sol New York, is one of the handful of high-end boutique stores in the Marina Casa de Campo.This high-end fashion store opened its doors to customers in the Marina Casa de Campo on November 18th, 2008 – making today their one year anniversary! Since then Carmen Sol has built a reputation among Casa de […]
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Dominican-English dictionary: corre corre
This week’s word is: corre corre (pronounced coh-rreh coh-rreh) Doing things in a rush; rushing to do or see something. Example: Hubo un corre corre en el supermercado hoy. There was a rush at the supermarket today! ‘Dominican’ isn’t exactly a real language, but it has enough dialects and unique words and phrases to confuse […]
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Inauguration of Exposición Artistas en Residencia, Otoño ’09
This past Friday the 13th the Altos de Chavon art gallery hosted the inauguration of their latest art exhibit ‘Artistas en Residencia, Otoño ’09.’The event was very successful – attended by many Altos de Chavon art and design students, Casa de Campo residents and art followers and as has become customary – Agustin from Agustin […]
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RUMOR ALERT – Paulina Rubio coming to the Altos de Chavon amphitheater!
Casa de Campo is always buzzing with rumors of celebrities, up-coming parties and of course the odd scandal…… and the latest rumor is that Paulina Rubio will be coming to the Altos de Chavon Amphitheater.
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Third Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament – Nov 28th
The Third Texas Hold’em Invitational Poker Tournament is being held on Saturday the 28th of November at the Marina Casa de Campo Yacht club, at 6.30pm.