Transformative Faith
In a recent Sunday sermon, the Rev. Randall Von Kanel told the parable of the dessert fork.
Von Kanel, 64, told his parishioners at Cayman Islands Baptist Church about a dying woman putting her affairs...
THE CAYMAN ISLANDS: The Ultimate ‘Water Authority’
Whenever Cayman’s tourism industry wants to make a “big splash” with its marketing and advertising budgets, they know our gin-clear turquoise sea yields their best possible return-on-investment.
The waters encircling the Cayman Islands are our...
Mindfulness: Living in the Moment, Every Moment
Riding the bow of a sailboat, a stiff salty breeze stings the face. We observe lethargic sea turtles and darting reef fish. In these rare instances of epiphany, we both lose and find ourselves....
Reaching Unheard of Heights
When I saw that the Cayman Cookout was offering a trip to Cayman Brac on a Dassault Falcon 7X jet, owned by none other than Terry Peabody, founder of Craggy Range Vineyards, it was time to smash the piggy bank.
Luxury That Lasts
“You never really own a Patek Philippe. You merely look after it for the next generation . . . ” As advertising slogans go, they don’t come more successful than Patek Philippe’s; it has...
Shooting Stars – Club Havana brings Cuba to Cayman
The smell of fine, hand-rolled cigars, mingled with the sound of ice clinking in glasses filled with rum and the unmistakable rhythms of Cuban drums in the background. These heady scents, sights and sounds...
Cayman’s Blooming Cocktail Culture
It wasn’t all that long ago when the word “cocktail” in the Cayman Islands meant a sugary sweet, fruity, tropical drink, most likely containing rum and garnished with a wedge of pineapple and a...
Destination Paradise
The allure of the Cayman Islands is broader than our sand and deeper than our sea. Our appeal extends to our easy access to global ports of call, our first-class accommodations, and our greatest...
National Gallery Reveals Its Night Circus
The National Gallery of the Cayman Islands switched hats for one night on Nov. 27, 2015, transforming itself from a bastion of art and culture into a living, breathing circus, complete with “Big Top,”...
The White House
The White House is certainly not a misnomer for Cayman’s newest and most elegant waterfront venue, located in Bodden Town, but it is shades of blue that one recalls most strongly after a long,...
The Diary of a Sailing Couple Abroad
For many, the dream of buying a sailboat and traversing the waters of the Caribbean is just that: a dream. However, Cayman physician Dr. Richmond-Peck and his wife Sheila have made the dream come true, and have now spent many weeks island-hopping through the eastern Caribbean.
Good Times Roll at Opus One Dinner
Wine dinners and wine tastings, some of which involve outstanding or rare brands, happen often again on Grand Cayman, and not only during the annual Cayman Cookout food and wine festival held every January.
Cayman’s ‘Elegant Attic’
More than 3,000 chairs, ranging from elegant chivari to tropical bamboo; 8,000 pieces of glassware; 4,000 pieces of silverware, in varying styles; and a selection of 1,500 linens, spanning from sleek satin to textured.
And...
Timeless Beauty – Cayman Islands
So much, in fact too much, of our lives is transitory. From art and design to values and beliefs, what we thought of yesterday as permanent, even immutable, today somehow fades into evanescence –...
The art of ‘Chill-Laxing’ – on Little Cayman and elsewhere
Take it from a certified nomad: The number one rule to experience a true tropical island vacation is to leave home without it. You know what I’m talking about: your iPhone, iPad, and laptop.
After four...
The Day Mr. Manners Decided to Buy the Brac
Mr. Manners, who rarely checks his investment portfolio, woke up the “morning after,” head big, still adorned in various parts of his Brioni tux, and got to thinking: “This behavior has got to stop....
