Last month, back on Sunday October the 10th, Casa de Campo Living hosted the Bazaar Dueños 2010 event in Altos de Chavón and in spite of the baking sun, it was a huge success with hundreds of Casa de Campo’s villa owners, residents and friends from la Romana and beyond enjoying the relaxed shopping atmosphere.
Category: Dominican Republic
Weather Update: Hurricane Tomas
The Dominican Republic, having spent the last week fretting and following the progress of Hurricane/Tropical Storm/Tropical Depression Tomas can today breathe a sigh of relief as TOMAS blows through the channel between Haiti and Cuba.
Artists in Casa: Alexander Lumsden
Hiding in Altos de Chavón, the Dominican Republic’s only artists’ village are many talented artists, who are studying andcreating incredible pieces of art at the Altos de Chavón School of Art and Design. Alexander Lumsden is one of these artists.
El Orfanato Niños y Niñas de Cristo: these children need our help!
The Orfanato Niños de Cristo is a safe-haven, a paradise and a home for the more than 150 orphans who live there. The Orfanato, the other children and the caring people who work there are their friends, carers and their family and despite all that these children have already endured they are happy and loved […]
Kids Halloween at Papa Jacks: a howling ghoulishly good time!
The Kids Halloween party in Papa Jacks on Saturday was a howling success!
Weather Warning: Hurricane “Tomas” is nearby……
UPDATE: Wednesday 3rd Nov. 2010, 12:00PM – Tropical Storm Tomas… GOOD NEWS folks – although Tomas’ predicted path has not changed (he’s still set for Haiti), predictions now say that Tomas will NOT become a hurricane, he is currently a mere Tropical Depression and is set to develop into nothing more than a Tropical Storm […]
New hamburgers at Papa Jacks and GREAT yuca fries!
Papa Jacks in Altos de Chavón has a new menu ‘Papa Jack’s Caribbean Grill’ which among other things has 5 new gourmet burgers, 2 of which we decided to try for lunch last week and we must admit that we were very pleasantly surprised!
Aqui to’somos Toros: Calendario Serie 2010-2011, La Romana
The 2010-2011 Dominican baseball season has begun and so the town of La Romana, home of the great baseball team ‘Los Toros’ has turned orange in support of our fearsome bulls (toros). Since play started last Saturday the 23rd of October at the Francisco Micheli Stadium, the Los Toros have played and won no less […]
Casa de Campo’s Fashionable Ladies do Dominicana Moda!
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a Casa de Campo lady is always well dressed and immaculately turned out and never is this more true than on a trip to Dominicana Moda in Santo Domingo!
This HALLOWEEN Weekend in Casa: 29th-31st Oct
This weekend in Casa de Campo it’s HALLOWEEN!
Cena Española in benefit of the Orfanato Niños de Cristo
Living in the Dominican Republic you find that there is no end to the number of charities you can support – each one equally deserving and in need of our help! The Orfanato Niños de Cristo is one of the many charity projects based in La Romana, it is an orphanage which currently cares for […]