Not being involved in the fashion scence, I’ll warn you that this is not my forte. Nevertheless, I felt strongly that it was time to say a little something about the Chavon School of design, affiliated with the New York Parsons School of Design, which many residents take for granted, and many visitors scaresly know […]
Tag: Altos de Chavon
Posted inAltos de Chavon, Casa de Campo Resort, Dining, Food & Drinks, Local News
Melissa Pastry Boutique opening early November
It’s official! Melissa Pastry Boutique is opening in late November in Altos de Chavon. Melissa’s, as most will surly refer to it, will be a sinful escape of the mundane deserts and treats, catering to the more sophisticated connoisseur of all types of guilty little pleasures, such as fresh pastries, waffles, ice creams, milk shakes, […]
Posted inAltos de Chavon, Casa de Campo Resort, Dining, Food & Drinks, Local News
La Piazzetta Quietly Opens to Many Happy Customers!
Remember La Piazzetta? The wonderful little Italian restaurant in Altos de Chavon? Well its back, or rather its open again. Yesterday was the quiet re-opening. We say quiet, because we had not heard a peep about it. In fact, had we not been passing by, we would never have known. With their doors open we just […]
Posted inAltos de Chavon, Dining, Food & Drinks, Local News, Marina Casa de Campo
POLL RESULTS: Chinois has the best service in Casa!
So we conducted yet another ultra-unscientific poll. This time we where determined to find out “Which restaurant has the best service?” After a month of polling we present to you the results as follow: 43% – Chinois (Asian Cuisine, Marina Casa de Campo) 13% – Limoncello (Mediterranean Cusine, Marina Casa de Campo) 8% – Beach […]
Posted inAltos de Chavon, Concerts, Local News, Marina Casa de Campo, Upcoming
Julio Iglesias visits Charles Aznavour at sound check
*Image taken from masvip.com This weekend was full of special moments for the French singer.This picture shows the moment when Julio Iglesias visited Charles Aznavour during his sound check prior to his concert at Altos de Chavón. Mr. Iglesias, whom is also a great friend of Aznavour’s, will be part of the duets CD that […]
Posted inAltos de Chavon, Art and Culture, Events and Activities, Local News, Upcoming
Jose Graziani coming to Altos de Chavon
We have received news that Puerto Rican painter Jose Graziani brings to Altos de Chavon his work “El Viaje”. Graziani was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico in 1973. By the age of 14 he had already decided he would be a painter and in 1991 he began studying art. Graziani has had great success in […]
Posted inAltos de Chavon, Dominican Republic, Lifestyle, Local News
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 […]
Posted inAltos de Chavon, Casa de Campo Resort, Celebs, Concerts, Dominican Republic, Events and Activities, Lifestyle, Local News, Upcoming
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 […]
Posted inAltos de Chavon, Art and Culture, Events and Activities, Local News, Upcoming
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 […]
Posted inAltos de Chavon, Art and Culture, Local News
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?
Posted inAltos de Chavon, Local News
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 […]