Travel

“Two Days of Rain”: A Visit to the 2009 St. Lucia Jazz Fest

Local jazz great Ronald “Boo” Hinkson

 
The St. Lucia Jazz Festival is held on one of the Caribbean’s most lush and mountainous islands. This year’s lineup included such talents as Amy Winehouse, Chaka Khan and Patti LaBelle. Journalist Robert Hilferty reports from the tropical paradise.
 
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For the past 18 years of the St. Lucia Jazz Festival, which [...]

Former Penal Colony Becomes Eco-Destination

 
March 18 (Bloomberg) — Following a trail leading to one of Brazil’s most beautiful beaches, I was wonder-struck by a craggy, thumb-shaped rock towering 1,060 feet (323 meters) above the shimmering sea. This geological showoff was a signal of more natural splendors ahead.
Morro do Pico (Peak’s Hill) is one of many glorious sites on the [...]

Madrid Sports Sleek Designs at Airport, Hotels, Museum Wings

June 13 (Bloomberg) — An airport is the last place to quell your travel anxieties. Some are named after assassinated politicians, after all, and initiate a pricey series of humiliations and worries beginning with confiscated beauty creams and ending with lost luggage.
So I was delighted upon entering Madrid’s Barajas Airport after a night of transatlantic [...]

Sizzling moqueca

A delicious fish stew from Salvador, Bahia in Brazil, made of fish, coconut milk, and spices. Great with ice-cold Antartica beer.