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APRIL | MAY | JUNE <strong>2022</strong> VOL 14 NUM 2<br />
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Turtle nesting<br />
season is on!<br />
By Amaryllis Alsina<br />
ProNidos, the turtle patrol group of<br />
volunteers at Palmas Del Mar, was just<br />
activated as the marine turtles nesting<br />
<strong>2022</strong> season starts. We are happy to<br />
report that the first Leatherback turtle<br />
of the season nested at the Candelero<br />
beach on March 1st. We are looking<br />
forward to a hopefully active season<br />
with opportunities to protect the<br />
turtle nesting and hatching habitat.<br />
In 2021, we identified about 45 turtle<br />
nests at the Palmas beaches of the<br />
two main species that nest around us,<br />
that is, the Leatherback (Tinglar) and<br />
the Hawksbill (Carey) turtles.<br />
As a reminder, when you visit the beach, please take back with you any objects you may have brought along<br />
such as chairs, garments, etc; dispose of any trash properly; fill up any holes you may have made at the beach and<br />
respect the existing nests. And remember, beaches are off limits at night. We are counting on your support as part<br />
of the Palmas community.<br />
Also, if you can commit to an early morning walk on the beach on a weekly basis, and are interested in joining<br />
ProNidos as a volunteer please contact us at xxx.<br />
It’s very rewarding to be part of the turtle habitat conservation efforts. Join us and see for yourself!<br />
Do’s<br />
• Keep your dogs on leash at all times. Dogs may kill trapped hatchlings and may<br />
dig the nest. They also may chase and disturb other animals on the beach.<br />
• Keep the beach clean of garbage.<br />
• In your house or apartment use turtle friendly lights or turn them off during<br />
nesting season. Turtles get disoriented by artificial lights.<br />
Don’ts<br />
• Do not disturb nests, do not remove flagging and caution tape from nests.<br />
• Do not leave chairs and other equipment on the beach.<br />
• Do not visit the beach during the night. Palmas beaches are closed from sunset to<br />
sunrise.<br />
• Do not approach a nesting turtle, if you find a nesting turtle, stay behind the turtle<br />
at least 30 feet away. If you approach it, you are going to harass it and maybe she<br />
abandon nest attempt.<br />
• Do not touch or pickup hatchlings. Do not carry them, do not put them on water,<br />
let them crawl safely to the water. They need to crawl to the water, that helps them<br />
identify the beach to return as adults.<br />
• Do not drive golf carts or ATV s on the beach.<br />
• Do not leave holes at the beach, hatchlings could get trapped in them. Please fill<br />
the holes when you leave the beach.<br />
• Do not make bonfires.<br />
If you find hatchlings or a nesting turtle, please call Palmas Security (787) 930-9499.<br />
Federal and State law prohibits harassment, persecution, killing, transporting, selling, or buying sea turtle products or parts<br />
of sea turtles, disturbing nests or hatchlings is punishable with fines up to $100,000 and or imprisonment.
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Why Palmas?<br />
The Stevens Family<br />
By Allan Stevens<br />
Living in Puerto Rico was part of our plan from the moment<br />
we learned about it. We didn’t know when or how,<br />
and we had barely even set foot on this magical little<br />
island. But the lure of a Caribbean adventure, incentives<br />
for our business, the opportunity to explore a new part<br />
of the world and a different culture were enticing.<br />
In 2018, I visited Puerto Rico for the first time. A member<br />
of an ecommerce sellers group I belonged to had<br />
recently bought a place in Dorado Beach East<br />
and opened his home to about 30 of us.<br />
We came from all over the world and<br />
just like me, many of these guys had<br />
never been to Puerto<br />
Rico before. We hit<br />
the usual touristy<br />
spots, ate at great<br />
restaurants and<br />
chartered a catamaran out to the desolate tropical paradise<br />
of Culebrita in between networking and learning<br />
about Puerto Rico living. After my stay in Dorado<br />
I couldn’t imagine wanting anything else. An exclusive,<br />
luxurious, Ritz Carlton Reserve property in a prime location.<br />
But even before the recent post-covid real estate<br />
boom, the most basic accommodations inside the gates<br />
of Dorado were a stretch. I headed home, knowing that<br />
Puerto Rico would play a role in our future.<br />
About a year later the pandemic began to unfold and<br />
in the early days, we transitioned our Santa Barbara office<br />
to a remote work environment and found that our<br />
team was more productive and much more content<br />
working from home. Once we made the decision to<br />
permanently close our office, the opportunity to live<br />
and work anywhere in the world materialized and Puerto<br />
Rico was within reach.<br />
We started our online research and found information<br />
about family friendly communities outside of Dorado.<br />
We found Entrepreneurs on Fire, Jen there Done That,<br />
The Prince Family and Lana Shafler sharing their Puerto<br />
Rico move experiences. And then came the video: “Palmas<br />
Del Mar: The Best Place To Live in Puerto Rico,”<br />
produced by Palmas residents Lee Morris and Patrick<br />
Hall. Ricardo Casillas was featured speaking about the<br />
neighborhood while various people from Palmas moved<br />
around in slow motion through picturesque scenes at<br />
the beach, athletic club, hiking trails and more and went<br />
on to include testimonials about the community and<br />
why moving to Palmas was the best decision they had<br />
ever made. This sort of over-the-top marketing had us<br />
hook line and sinker.<br />
In May of 2020 I forwarded the Palmas video to a<br />
friend, Franky Farina, along with an example listing for<br />
a house on Harborview and asked if he wanted to join<br />
me on an exploratory trip. We toured the community<br />
in June and on the second day of our trip, Franky made<br />
an offer on a house. I thought to myself “well sh*t, I<br />
guess it’s happening then” and called up my wife to let<br />
her know we also would be moving soon. We found a<br />
beautiful house on Shell Castle Road that Lillian Gonzales<br />
of Elite Real Estate had just listed and moved quickly
to secure it under contract.<br />
We hustled and made<br />
it here in September of<br />
2020.<br />
Franky and myself are both part of<br />
the same group of ecommerce sellers,<br />
the “Million Dollar Sellers or MDS”, that had visited<br />
Dorado back in 2018. The group has grown to about<br />
500 sellers that are scattered about all over the world.<br />
We began posting photos and videos of our trips to<br />
Palmas in our private Facebook group the moment we<br />
knew the move was happening. Each of us spent the<br />
next 3 months fielding phone calls from friends in the<br />
group who were curious about our decision to move.<br />
We’d answer their questions and then share Lee and<br />
Patrick’s video shortly after the conversation. By September,<br />
9 more friends from our group had been convinced<br />
that living in the Caribbean, a golf cart ride away<br />
from friends was the life they wanted as well. By the<br />
end of the year, all of them had packed up and sold everything<br />
and moved their families to Palmas to join us<br />
in the community. The number has grown to about 15<br />
today, only slowing due to limited real estate inventory<br />
and house prices that make it a bigger decision today.<br />
It takes a fearless and adventurous individual to sell<br />
everything they own, say goodbye to the comforts and<br />
certainty of an established life and move their family to<br />
the other side of the earth at the height of a worldwide<br />
pandemic. But that’s what we did and in doing so, we<br />
have found an incredible tribe of like-minded game<br />
changers who have also taken<br />
that leap of faith. Embarking<br />
upon this adventure<br />
has led us to a place we are<br />
proud to call home and we<br />
can’t imagine building a life<br />
and raising our family anywhere<br />
else. If someone were<br />
to tell me that 3 years after<br />
joining MDS, I would live on<br />
a tropical Caribbean Island<br />
in the same neighborhood<br />
as 15 amazing MDS families<br />
and hundreds of other entrepreneurs,<br />
I never would have<br />
believed it. But fast forward<br />
and here we are!<br />
Today, we spend our time<br />
enjoying the lush backyard<br />
and pool area that Ivan from<br />
Pura Vida remodeled last year. We have been exploring<br />
the island and have joined various interest groups in<br />
our community. Our two daughters Charlie (age 10) and<br />
Emma (age 6) are currently homeschooled and will likely<br />
attend The Palmas Academy in the future.<br />
With such a vibrant and welcoming community, we’re<br />
excited to see what the future has in store for Palmas<br />
Del Mar. s<br />
It takes a fearless and adventurous<br />
individual to sell everything they own,<br />
say goodbye to the comforts and<br />
certainty of an established life and<br />
move their family to the other side of<br />
the earth at the height of a worldwide<br />
pandemic.<br />
Celebrating Thanksgiving at home with Palmas friends
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St. Valentines<br />
Friendly<br />
Round Robin<br />
Tournament<br />
By Luis RIvera Flores,<br />
Tennis Correspondent<br />
for Live & LIfe in Palmas<br />
Valentines Weekend at<br />
Palmas Tennis Club is just<br />
another way to for players<br />
to express love and dedication<br />
to this unique sport.<br />
Here are some of todays<br />
pictures of the St Valentines<br />
Sweetheart Friendly<br />
Round Robin Tournament,<br />
a total success. Thanks to<br />
all players who attended,<br />
impressive passion<br />
and strong matches. We<br />
would like to thank Head<br />
Pro Manuel Julbe, and<br />
Tennis Profesional Elisabeth<br />
Cusack for organizing<br />
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the PRESIDENT SAYS!<br />
PHA IS FORMED BY ALL OF US OWNERS<br />
<strong>PALMAS</strong> DEL MAR HOMEOWN-<br />
ERS ASSOCIATION (PHA) exists for<br />
the homeowners. The certificate<br />
of incorporation states that PHA is<br />
a non-for-profit corporation which<br />
was created “to provide and ensure<br />
for the preservation of values and<br />
amenities and to own, maintain and<br />
administer the common properties,<br />
services and facilities in the Palmas<br />
del Mar Community”.<br />
PHA is formed by all of us owners<br />
and there can’t be any issue as to<br />
the real purpose of PHA. PHA is us,<br />
working for us and having us as the<br />
objective. In doing so the preservation of values and<br />
amenities is a primary obligation. That is why PHA in<br />
addition to maintaining its property has in place agreements<br />
with the city of Humacao which authorize us to<br />
provide maintenance to public property. PHA does that<br />
because the preservation of the quality of life in Palmas<br />
is our primary goal.<br />
For the past year I have had the benefit of a dream<br />
team by my side. I have worked side by side with Mr.<br />
Enrique Alejandro, Mr. Miguel Santiago, Mr. Jorge Manrique<br />
and Mr. Tony Maldonado. Mr. Alejandro is a certified<br />
public accountant and finance expert with over 38<br />
years of experience in the industry; Mr. Santiago is an<br />
engineer and founding father of our ARB; Mr. Manrique<br />
is an attorney with over 45 years of experience and Mr.<br />
Maldonado was our past Executive Director. I can assure<br />
you that they as the PHA Board’s Executive Committee<br />
have given their best and will continue to do so if<br />
they are given the opportunity.<br />
These lines are to be published after the <strong>2022</strong> Homeowners<br />
Week and the election process to be conducted<br />
by the PHA Board (Class A and B members) for the<br />
board positions. It is my wish that all the PHA Board<br />
members at the time of the election of the Board President,<br />
Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer put the<br />
community first. If not remember that we the owners are<br />
the members of PHA and therefore PHA exists because<br />
of us. The quote of PHA Certificate of Incorporation<br />
article fifth has the keyword community. In that sense<br />
that is why we must defend our community. PHA cannot<br />
become the promoter of other interests which are<br />
not the community’s interest. We as homeowners must<br />
join together and defend ourselves and our community.<br />
Therefore, we must move forward and participate. PHA<br />
needs its homeowners and we as homeowners need a<br />
strong PHA to defend us.<br />
Your neighbor and friend,<br />
Erasmos Reyes<br />
Letter of Intent<br />
PHA announces that a “Letter of Intent” has been signed<br />
with the companies Siemens and Ensysa to explore the<br />
viability of more efficient, cleaner and cheaper alternatives<br />
to produce energy. This first step is aimed at studying<br />
and developing what eventually would be our energy<br />
“grid.” “The aim is for Palmas del Mar to have an independent<br />
source of energy in a production field with clean<br />
and modern resources that in turn translate into monetary<br />
savings on our bills,” said Lic. Erasmo Reyes, president<br />
of Palmas Homeowners Association during the signing of<br />
the agreement of intent, an agreement that aims to study<br />
the viability of this project. This study should be completed<br />
within approximately 12 to 14 months. s
Rip currents can be found<br />
every day at surf beaches<br />
throughout the U.S. and Puerto<br />
Rico. Under most tide and sea<br />
conditions, the speeds are relatively<br />
slow. However, under<br />
certain wave, tide, and beach<br />
profile conditions the speeds<br />
can quickly increase to become<br />
dangerous to anyone entering<br />
the surf. The strength and<br />
speed of a rip current will likely<br />
increase as wave height and<br />
wave period increase.<br />
According to the United<br />
States Lifesaving Association,<br />
NOAA and National Weather<br />
Service statistics Rip Currents<br />
are the leading surf hazard to all beach goers. Over 100 drownings<br />
due to Rip Currents occur every year in the United States and more than<br />
48,000 of the people rescued from drowning are due to rip currents.<br />
These currents are particularly dangerous for weak or non-swimmers.<br />
Rip current speeds are typically 1-2 feet per second but speeds as high<br />
as 8 feet per second have been measured. They are invisible to the untrained<br />
eye and can happen without warning.<br />
To avoid becoming a victim of a rip current you should learn how to<br />
swim in the surf or the beach. It is not the same as swimming in a pool<br />
or a lake. Look for posted signs and warning red flags which indicate<br />
higher than usual hazards. Obey all instructions and warnings provided<br />
by the beach patrols and always assume rip currents are present even<br />
if you don’t see them.<br />
Experts recommend that if caught in a rip current, try to remain calm<br />
to conserve energy. Don’t fight the current; think of it like an aquatic<br />
treadmill you can’t turn off. You want to step to the side of it. Swim<br />
across the current in a direction following the shoreline. When out of<br />
the current, swim and angle away from the current and towards shore.<br />
If you can’t escape this way, try to<br />
float or calmly tread water. Rip<br />
currents eventually subside offshore<br />
and, when it does, swim toward<br />
shore. If at any time you feel<br />
you will be unable to reach shore,<br />
draw attention to yourself: face the<br />
shore, wave your arms and yell for<br />
help.<br />
You can help someone caught in<br />
a rip current getting the attention<br />
of the beach patrol or a lifeguard.<br />
If no beach patrol or lifeguard is<br />
available have someone call Palmas<br />
Security at 787-852-7745<br />
/852-7775 or 911. Throw the rip<br />
current victim something that<br />
floats such as lifejacket, a cooler or<br />
a ball and yell instructions on how to escape. Remember many have<br />
drowned trying to help others. Don’t become a victim while trying to<br />
help someone else.<br />
Information contained in this article has been obtained from the<br />
National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration (NOAA), the National<br />
Weather Service (NWS) and the United States Lifesaving Association<br />
sources. s<br />
WATCH<br />
THIS VIDEO!<br />
IT COULD<br />
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YOUR LIFE<br />
Dog Rules<br />
Palmas residents and visitors are reminded that the restrictive covenants<br />
of our community prohibit dogs from running loose anywhere in<br />
Palmas del Mar. All dogs must be leashed and their owners responsible<br />
for cleaning after their pets. Habitual violators of these restrictions will<br />
be subject to fines by PHA.<br />
Often dogs are seen loose at the beach or in residential areas scaring<br />
children, beachgoers, joggers, and walkers. Please keep in mind that a<br />
dog may be very docile with the owner but you cannot guarantee how<br />
he will react to a stranger or to another person. Also, a child can fall and<br />
hurt himself while running away from a seemingly playful dog chasing<br />
after him.<br />
Please enjoy the company of your pet while helping to keep the entire<br />
community safe and happy. And remember...we have now a DOG PARK,<br />
let your dog run free in a controlled environment. The dog park is situated<br />
next to the Children’s Park. s
PDM UTILITY ...<br />
MORE THAN A WATER COMPANY<br />
Eng. Daniel E. Torrellas Cruz 1<br />
During the 70’s, the residential-tourist<br />
complex Palmas del Mar in the municipality<br />
of Humacao was designed and started construction.<br />
With the Development Master Plan<br />
running, the growth that was gradually taking<br />
place had to be adjusted to the infrastructure<br />
system that had already been conceptualized<br />
with the creation of the Palmas del Mar<br />
Utility Corporation (PDMU Corp.).<br />
Palmas del Mar Utility is an independent<br />
and non-profit corporation that emerged in<br />
the 70s with the purpose of developing the<br />
necessary infrastructure for the Palmas de<br />
Mar complex. As part of its creation, this corporation<br />
obtained a franchise from the Public<br />
Service Commission in 1974 to operate an<br />
aqueduct and sanitary sewer system for the<br />
total development of the 2,800 acres that<br />
make up what is today the property of Palmas<br />
del Mar. Palmas del Mar Utility serves a combined<br />
community that includes recreational,<br />
tourist and residential (3,400 housing units),<br />
hotels, marinas, a tennis court complex, two<br />
golf courses, a school, 20 restaurants, and an<br />
equestrian center, among other facilities.<br />
PDMU operates two main systems: 1) a<br />
potable water distribution system, which receives<br />
potable water from the PR Aqueduct<br />
and Sewer Authority (PRASA), and 2) a treatment<br />
plant with 5 pump stations that collect<br />
and transport all the effluent from the houses,<br />
hotel, golf club, equestrian center, and all<br />
the properties and activities that are carried<br />
out within Palmas to the treatment plant.<br />
THE WATER SUPPLY<br />
We receive all of our potable water from<br />
the PRASA (Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados,<br />
AAA in Spanish) at our Pump Station<br />
#359, located in Buena Vista Ward, behind<br />
EZ Waste Facility. From that station, we<br />
increase the received flow pressure in order<br />
to assure enough flow gets into Palmas for<br />
water distribution and also be able to deposit<br />
part of it inside the Reservoir Tanks located at<br />
Harbour Lights. The water is pumped thru a<br />
1.6 Km/ 16” line that runs along PR 923 until<br />
reaching our metering facility. From that<br />
point, potable water system starts the distri-<br />
bution process inside the development (See<br />
Fig. 1). Our system works with high water<br />
pressures. In that way, we can have enough<br />
flow for regular consumption and reservoir<br />
replenish. The 2.1 million gallons reservoir<br />
tanks work as part of a floating system where<br />
water that gets in will be used as part of the<br />
community daily consumption. Under an<br />
emergency situation, the reservoir can supply<br />
2-3 days of NORMAL Consumption. We<br />
are replenishing the consumed water continuously.<br />
Being a Consecutive PRASA System,<br />
we are not allowed to add anything to the<br />
potable water received from them. Our authorization<br />
is only for distribution. That is the<br />
main reason we cannot store water without<br />
circulation for more than 24-30 hours. We are<br />
obligated to perform bi-weekly testing to corroborate<br />
water quality, using an independent<br />
laboratory certified by PRASA.
THE WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT (WWTP)<br />
The Palmas de Mar Treatment Plant consists<br />
of a central facility and a total of five<br />
pumping stations that collect and bring<br />
effluent from all the facilities/houses in the<br />
complex into the WWTP Since its inception,<br />
the plant operates with a zero-discharge<br />
permit issued by the Environmental Quality<br />
Board (Now Department of Natural Resources<br />
& Environmental, DRNA). The model of<br />
the treatment plant established in 1980’s is<br />
a completely aerobic operation plant with<br />
biological reactors, sludge digesters and clarifiers,<br />
which treat and produce all the effluent<br />
that reaches the retention lagoons identified<br />
within the permit, to then be used in irrigation.<br />
NO chemicals are used for the wastewater<br />
treatment. NO treated water is deposited<br />
in Wetlands, creeks, river or any other State<br />
water body. (See Fig.3)<br />
Before getting into the ponds, the treated<br />
water passes into the disinfection tanks to<br />
receive as part of the secondary treatment<br />
the injection of chlorine, while the sludge is<br />
treated by a digestion system. Digested and<br />
drained sludge is the main element to generate<br />
the compost that is used in the garden<br />
areas within the complex. Since 2009 Palmas<br />
del Mar Utility uses for disinfection, a system<br />
known as MIOX. This is a system where a solution<br />
of water with salt passes through plates<br />
and by electrolysis there is a separation of<br />
sodium and chlorine.<br />
Chlorine is injected into<br />
the water and in aqueous<br />
sodium solution is<br />
returned to the plant. Low<br />
risk and an efficient way to<br />
disinfect. When the water<br />
is already disinfected, that<br />
effluent is discharged into<br />
sedimentation or polishing<br />
ponds and is used by Golf operations for<br />
irrigation purposes. In terms of impact on<br />
the environment and health, the use of this<br />
treated wastewater needs to comply with the<br />
parameters and standards established by<br />
the DRNA on our Operation Permit. Monthly<br />
testing needs to be submitted to DRNA on a<br />
quarterly basis.<br />
COLLATERAL<br />
BENEFITS OF THE<br />
TREATMENT SYSTEM<br />
Another benefit that Palmas del Mar Utility<br />
obtains from the operation of the treatment<br />
plant of the Palmas de Mar facilities is the<br />
use of sludge for the manufacture of compost.<br />
The digested sludge is drained into the<br />
drying beds first and then mixed with the<br />
grounds/garden waste that is collected within<br />
the complex. This mixture is left in the drying<br />
beds so that dewatering continues and<br />
then it is taken to the yard, placed in piles<br />
and classified by month, monitoring its temperature.<br />
At the end of 90 days, it is screened<br />
and ready for sale. The obtained results of<br />
this compost certify how useful for Palmas<br />
del Mar landscapers and general public this<br />
resultant material is. (See Fig. 4)<br />
The 40 plus years that Palmas de Mar Utility<br />
has been managing a potable water distribution<br />
system, using treated wastewater for<br />
the irrigation of golf courses and generating<br />
compost as a by-product from the treated water<br />
sludge, are a clear example that the reuse<br />
of treated waters is viable and reliable for domestic<br />
use as it is for agro-industrial projects.<br />
Efficient potable water management, re-use<br />
of water, recycling vegetative material and<br />
MIOX disinfection proves that PDMU is aware<br />
of their role on this community. That’s why<br />
we can say that PDMU is more than a Water<br />
company. We are a community member and<br />
an integral part of the Palmas del Mar actual<br />
status and future development.<br />
¹ Daniel Torrellas Cruz is the Executive Director<br />
of PDM Utility Corp. He has a Civil Engineering<br />
degree from UPR -Mayaguez and has been<br />
part of the Palmas del Mar Working Environment<br />
since 1999, being in PDMU since 2010.
when ART meets<br />
ARCHITECTURE &<br />
INTERIOR DESIGN<br />
By Raúl Zurinaga, Architect<br />
Societies tend to identify a certain portion of the objects<br />
they produce qualifying it as invaluable and it is in<br />
this selection that we can find works of art. These privileged<br />
objects, plastic products, are likely to be extracted<br />
from the world of forms to enter the world of the concrete<br />
and be exhibited both in a public space (museum<br />
or gallery) and in the privacy of the home.<br />
Many people spend a significant amount of time and<br />
resources building a private art collection that they only<br />
display at home. It would seem that by owning a certain<br />
piece, they become the owners of the aesthetic experience<br />
that it provokes. Of course, this happens internally<br />
and is of a subjective nature, since each person<br />
perceives different things in works of art and<br />
it is that people can develop such a rapport<br />
with the pieces of art that they end up experiencing<br />
them in a very intimate way.<br />
Another reason why people acquire pieces<br />
of art is because of the status they confer. Although<br />
this is a less spiritual reason, investing in art is<br />
Raúl Zurinaga, Architect<br />
& William Quetzalcóal, invited artist<br />
Painting - Suavecito from Quetzalcóal
“When I create I don’t do it<br />
with a space in mind, I truly<br />
don’t care if it matches the<br />
color of the sofa. For me<br />
it’s about the process of<br />
discovery and a message<br />
that I want to express. I<br />
think art is a spark to start a<br />
conversation; that’s why its<br />
so important to get to know<br />
the owners of the artwork<br />
and to have the opportunity<br />
to interact and let them<br />
know the story behind their<br />
acquisition.”<br />
EDUARDO CABRER<br />
generally considered as a gesture of good taste that<br />
speaks of a superior cultural category. In any case, when<br />
the work of art is contextualized in a home, as opposed<br />
to an exhibition area, such as a museum, where every aspect<br />
of the space has been controlled and subordinated<br />
to the presence of the piece, it is related to the rest of<br />
the things that are found there and if some kind of logical<br />
order is not established between the decorative set,<br />
the results can be inconvenient.<br />
Art always stands out<br />
The evolution of societies, by itself, a plastic process<br />
in which each everyday object contains an aesthetic<br />
meaning. To each change in ideology or the value of<br />
humanity corresponds a transformation of tastes and<br />
the definition of beauty. This phenomenon is perfectly<br />
clear in fashions, architectural styles and, in general, in<br />
any object produced by design.<br />
Better indicators of aesthetic processes are works of<br />
art in which beauty is accompanied by knowledge to<br />
acquire much more complex meanings than those contained<br />
in any other object. The multiple dimensions in<br />
the art piece make it a definitive coordinate in space.<br />
To explain why any piece of art becomes a point of<br />
interest wherever it is placed, we must discover some of<br />
the effects it has.<br />
We could start with the emotional reaction that the<br />
Art is a source of entertainment, thanks<br />
to its ability to communicate and its<br />
presence, which produce a cascade<br />
of enjoyable emotions in one way or<br />
another. To this extent, art works as<br />
a spatial diversion, since it creates a<br />
network of sensations that would not be<br />
formed otherwise. Considered in this way,<br />
it is understandable that art always stands<br />
out within any group of objects..<br />
RAUL ZURINAGA, ARCHITECT<br />
Vase by Roxanna Jordán<br />
Table from Koper
work of art has in those who contemplate it; this provokes<br />
a state of mind, a series of valuable emotions that<br />
enriches the environment or atmosphere of the place<br />
where it is located.<br />
That is why it is said that art, unlike any other object,<br />
allows the creation of a situation of emotional discharge<br />
developed from those who experience the idea it contains,<br />
since art generates phenomena in the lives of<br />
those who are in contact with it.<br />
From another point of view, the different forms of art<br />
can function as a kind of abstract language since it is a<br />
system of signs that complies with the communication<br />
scheme, because it has a transmitter, a code and a receiver.<br />
Even during times of materialistic ideas, in which<br />
all human activity has to have a practical justification, art<br />
is recognized as a language that communicates with the<br />
spirit in an intangible way.<br />
In addition to all this, art is a source of entertainment,<br />
thanks to its ability to communicate and its presence,<br />
which produce a cascade of enjoyable emotions in one<br />
way or another. To this extent, art works as a spatial di-<br />
version, since it creates a network of sensations that<br />
would not be formed otherwise. Considered in this way,<br />
it is understandable that art always stands out within<br />
any group of objects.<br />
Art and Decoration<br />
Perhaps you see aesthetic theorists agree with this as<br />
mundane application of art as its decorative function.<br />
Many academics maintain that pure art does not pursue<br />
any particular purpose but is free. On the contrary, other<br />
connoisseurs of the matter maintain that art has very<br />
clear functions.<br />
In any case, although the work of art is not an artifact,<br />
it may have a purpose, that is, an end beyond the<br />
work itself. When a piece of this nature is placed within<br />
a decorative ensemble, it is related to its surroundings,<br />
acquiring functions that it did not have before.<br />
“For me living is art. Every corner<br />
of my home has to inspire me. The<br />
colors, the shape of every object,<br />
the stairs that take me to another<br />
level. The doors that I open to<br />
let the air and its good energy to<br />
come in. Art is very personal, so<br />
is every home. Happiness is very<br />
personal, so is every smile we<br />
give. Design is everywhere there<br />
is an open mind and creativity is<br />
the ability to live with it.”<br />
WILLLIAM QUETZALCÓAL
Yelyn Vivoni<br />
Diana Dávila<br />
Furniture<br />
from<br />
Ambiente<br />
Moderno.<br />
Art by<br />
Yelyn Vivoni,<br />
and Diana<br />
Dávila<br />
An Object embodies the space, whether or not it is made of a refined plastic, since this is something<br />
intangible that is made perceptible by the things that exist within it, this is the first function of<br />
art within interior design. Furthermore, the work of art with its mere presence can suggest or impose,<br />
as the case may be, a certain arrangement of space.<br />
“My art pretends to<br />
capture in mud all the<br />
emotions that objects or<br />
animals produce around<br />
us.There is an emotion<br />
that is provoked when<br />
looking at an image<br />
of a horse, a bunch of<br />
bananas or a little bottle.<br />
Art is emotion!<br />
LUIS IVORRA<br />
“Art stimulates<br />
us. Through<br />
colors, forms<br />
and images it<br />
inspires, calms<br />
and center us.<br />
It’s company in<br />
our environments<br />
allow us to take<br />
imaginary travels<br />
to known and<br />
unwon places<br />
within ourselves”<br />
DIANA DÁVILA
White creates space! White walls make a room feel more<br />
spacious by reflecting more light. It also gives a clean, fresh<br />
and sophisticated feeling. And... If you have a large piece of<br />
art white is the perfect canvas! Furniture by Ambiente Moderno.<br />
By standing out, due to its superior character, from the<br />
object context in which it is found, a piece of art generates<br />
space within space. This means that it becomes an<br />
important reference that dimensions, sections and can<br />
even, if the piece is large enough, alter the scale of the<br />
place.<br />
For this reason, when placing a work of art, it is desirable<br />
to find the exact place so that it can complement the<br />
space by interacting with it in the manner of a coherent<br />
dialogue. When art is placed in such a way that it competes<br />
with the rest of the objects that occupy the space<br />
(furniture or decorations in the case of being exhibited<br />
in the home), a stridency is generated that affects the<br />
atmosphere of the room and downplays the piece of art.<br />
Knowing how to handle decoration lies in locating the<br />
piece of art in a privileged area where it shines by itself,<br />
but also contributes and enhances the things with which<br />
it shares the site, since harmony is a successful decoration.<br />
the parts and the whole are fundamental.<br />
“Lighter woods,<br />
natural materials,<br />
marble tops,<br />
matte gold and<br />
curved furniture<br />
are the trends for<br />
<strong>2022</strong>. The earthy<br />
tones are hot,<br />
making green<br />
the color of the<br />
year for <strong>2022</strong>.<br />
Patterns and<br />
geometric figures<br />
for accessories,<br />
rugs, fabrics and<br />
wallpaper”.<br />
JUAN CARLOS COLS<br />
FROM KOPER<br />
‘’Over time, clients<br />
consistently tell me<br />
that they buy my pieces<br />
because they convey<br />
peace and balance, and<br />
they make the space<br />
acquire a different<br />
energy that leads them<br />
to seek their center as<br />
an individual. I look for<br />
my inner balance, I feel<br />
peace when I’m doing<br />
them and that’s what<br />
I want people to take<br />
away. It’s my passion’’.<br />
This has been my north<br />
since I started three<br />
decades ago. The one<br />
finished in Rakú, which<br />
is nothing more than<br />
the burning of ceramics<br />
over direct fire and<br />
now I also work on<br />
Sigillata land.<br />
ROXANNA JORDÁN
“Pavé Wall Dolmen...<br />
Shapes and ancient traditions meet<br />
a contemporary style in porcelain<br />
stoneware cobblestone surfaces<br />
that recall the stone-effect in a<br />
strong and material structure.<br />
The structural aspect of stones and<br />
the natural effect of wood come<br />
together in a new interpretation<br />
of ceramic coverings in order<br />
to characterize, in a warm and<br />
contemporary atmosphere,<br />
indoor and outdoor residential<br />
environments”,<br />
GUSTAVO GONZÁLEZ, IMPEC.<br />
Roxanna Jordán,<br />
ceramist<br />
“When creating<br />
a work I seek to<br />
provoke in the<br />
receiver a feeling<br />
of harmony and<br />
beauty that shakes<br />
him. For this, I<br />
consider the space<br />
where it will be<br />
exhibited as an<br />
extension of it,<br />
forming an elegant<br />
marriage between<br />
the abstraction of<br />
the work and the<br />
reality of the space<br />
that surrounds it.”<br />
YELYN VIVONI,<br />
CERAMIST<br />
Yelyn Vivoni<br />
Art Planning and Installation<br />
Talking about Art Planning and Installation, Carlos<br />
Faure from Biaggi & Faure Gallery stated they offer<br />
professional art planning consultation and installation<br />
services: “We provide the tools, techniques, and strategies<br />
you will need to design unique, stylish and vibrant<br />
spaces”.<br />
They also offer on-site presentations such as private<br />
art presentations at a flexible schedule. “We can visit<br />
your home or office with a customized selection of our<br />
extensive inventory of artwork for a complimentary onsite<br />
private viewing and art planning consultation”, he<br />
stated. They also offer delivery, moving and worldwide<br />
shipping. They have had the privilege and joy of living<br />
surrounded by art. ”We have had the privilege and joy<br />
of living, for the last 30 years, surrounded by art and of<br />
gaining profound knowledge and understanding of one<br />
of life’s most important vehicles of human expression.<br />
Our work has been strictly guided by our deep passion<br />
and commitment for art collecting.” Faure emphasized.
Art and Architecture<br />
So important is the atmosphere generated by a place<br />
that currently architecture and interior design consider<br />
creating environments as one of their highest goals. For<br />
an architect, the environment implies everything that<br />
happens within the space. Where the sun rises or sets,<br />
how heat and cold are distributed, how the horizon line<br />
is perceived or what relationship a certain space has<br />
with the urban context, these are just a few samples of<br />
the aspects that the interior design to create an environment.<br />
The work of the architect is not only to design the<br />
projects but also to suggest how they will be inhabited.<br />
And this includes sharing the space with art.<br />
Within the spatial spectacle that is architecture, art occupies<br />
a leading role, so when an architect knows that<br />
a piece of art is going to be in a certain place, he tries<br />
to make the most of its characteristics with the intention<br />
of achieving a flattering atmosphere for the piece.<br />
In fact, when it is intended to exhibit a piece of art in the<br />
home, it is advisable to request the advice of an interior<br />
designer who establishes a control in the architectural<br />
aspects of the place. The secret to having a work of art<br />
at home lies in considering it more than an aesthetic<br />
object as another inhabitant of the place.<br />
Art coexists with people within the space and, just<br />
like them, it needs dynamic considerations in its habitat.<br />
And it is that we must remember that any group of<br />
objects contains in itself, a series of values that arise as<br />
a result of the bond with the people who own them and<br />
not even the pieces of art are the exception.<br />
.<br />
Art by Nestor Paoli<br />
“The idea of integration between art and architecture dates to the<br />
very origin of the disciplines. Art meets Architecture, takes a new<br />
meaning with a cultural and social purpose during the Avant-Garde<br />
Movement early in the 20th century, becoming one of the most<br />
defining characteristics of Modernism. Architects and artists need to<br />
have the experience and creativity to precisely know how art and<br />
architecture blends to create a synthesis, much more than a sum of<br />
its parts. Places and built spaces can be both, physically efficient and<br />
aesthetically pleasing but it requires projection and a good planning.<br />
It’s important that the context be taken into account; as much<br />
as in terms of the individual space, the local geography, climate,<br />
culture and what the client wants to express. History shows that<br />
built architectural environments can become extraordinary<br />
by a well thought out art; creating visually stunning<br />
environments to delight and stimulate our senses<br />
and well-being”.<br />
NÉSTOR PAOLI
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The Interior Designer and the Architect<br />
As an interior designer I always recommend to work<br />
directly with an architect on a project.<br />
The architect will design taking into account the<br />
needs of the client...take into consideration the building<br />
codes and other rules and regulation during construction.<br />
On the other hand an interior designer brings<br />
creativity to the job in addition to technical knowledge<br />
once a building is constructed. The designer is called on<br />
to furnish and accessorize the empty interiors, keeping<br />
in mind the needs, lifestyle, preferences and budget of<br />
the client. Details like selecting materials, furniture, wall<br />
design, color scheme, accessories and more fall within<br />
the scope of the designer.<br />
For an architect, its an asset to work with an interior<br />
designer because they will work with space planning<br />
and furniture layout, deciding the location of doors, windows,<br />
electricity and plumbing.<br />
• Architects design and deliver the complete building.<br />
A designer tries to create the desired look/mood/feel<br />
within the building.<br />
• An architect is trained to build a structure that abides<br />
by certain codes, rules and measurements, while making<br />
sure the building is functional. Whereas, an interior designer<br />
takes care of creating appealing interiors that are<br />
suited for its inhabitant.<br />
• Architects focus on more technical aspects like form<br />
of a building, direction, materials, etc. An interior designer<br />
focuses on aspects like human wants and needs,<br />
functionality of the space and aesthetics.<br />
• If you have a structure ready and need to decorate<br />
the interior, then you hire an interior designer.<br />
• If you have an empty plot and need to construct a<br />
building from scratch, or need to renovate, then you<br />
should hire an architect.<br />
For a new home, you will need both professionals…<br />
one in the beginning, and one after construction is<br />
complete. s<br />
“A designer tries to create the desired look/mood/feel within the building.<br />
An interior designer focuses more on aspects like human wants and needs,<br />
functionality of the space and aesthetics".<br />
MARIMER DEL VALLE
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PAC
V I S I T<br />
T H E Y A C H T C L U B M A R I N A<br />
A T P A L M A S D E L M A R !<br />
Marine Retail Stores<br />
We have two marine stores equipped with<br />
maintenance and recreational supplies<br />
for your boat!<br />
retail@theshipyardatpalmas.com<br />
Enjoy lunch and<br />
dinner at<br />
Ladi's Restaurant<br />
or a cocktail at our<br />
legendary Tiki Bar<br />
with the best views!<br />
OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK<br />
Full service dry stack and repair<br />
haul out services for your boat.<br />
Fuel and ice sold on site.<br />
The Concierge at The Yacht Club<br />
Need something special?<br />
Want to plan a trip or night out?<br />
Contact our concierge team<br />
concierge@theyachtclubmarina.com<br />
Women's & Men's Fashion,<br />
Accessories & Gift Boutique<br />
Store Hours:<br />
Wednesday through Sunday<br />
1:00 pm - 8:00 pm<br />
370 Harbour Drive, Palmas del Mar,<br />
Humacao, Puerto Rico 00791<br />
shop@cocosattheyachtclub.com<br />
787-718-9922<br />
Follow us on Instagram! @cocos.at.the.yacht.club<br />
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU!<br />
info@theyachtclubmarina.com 787-656-7300
Sirviendo nuestra comunidad desde 1993<br />
Un equipo de primera<br />
Plaza del Mar, Carr 3 Km 85.6, Candelero Arriba, Humacao (next to Palmas Bake & Deli)<br />
787. 850-7503 • 787. 850.4044
<strong>PALMAS</strong><br />
ATHLETIC<br />
CLUB<br />
TENNIS • GOLF • PLAYA<br />
LECHÓN<br />
Classic
LECHON CLASSIC L
ECHON CLASSIC LECHON CLASSIC LECH
LECHóN CLASSIC L
How did<br />
this ball get<br />
here?<br />
LECHÓN<br />
Classic<br />
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AND THE WINNERS ARE...
Floristeria<br />
Cala<br />
Call Muñeca<br />
Flores at<br />
787.364.0205<br />
Any occasion is good...!!<br />
• Flower Arragements<br />
• Weddings • New Borns<br />
• Special Occasions<br />
• Funeral Arragements<br />
• Delivery Service<br />
• Gourmet baskets<br />
Carr.#3 Cataño de Humacao<br />
a Yabucoa<br />
Humacao, P.R.<br />
787.850.9900<br />
Open 7 Days<br />
www.floristeriacalapr.com<br />
TINTS for...<br />
• cars • boats • home • business<br />
• shampoo for cars & houses<br />
• detailing for cars<br />
RESULT SHEET<br />
Tint windows provide you:<br />
Energy Savings • UV Protection<br />
• Comfort• Privacy • Safety<br />
787. 234. 0604
Professional<br />
Glasscleaners<br />
Steve Santiago, Kathy Burleson, Esteban Santiago, Cecilia Virsida,<br />
Rafael Nigaglioni your local Insurance brokers<br />
Conditions and particularities of the<br />
personal property coverage<br />
A homeowner’s policy or personal package usually includes coverage<br />
for your structure (if it’s not an apartment), your personal<br />
property, and public liability (damages to third parties). The personal<br />
property coverage covers your personal items that are not<br />
attached to the structure, such as: furniture, clothing, appliances<br />
(fridge, stove, washer and dryer), electronics (televisions, stereos,<br />
computers), decorations (carpets and curtains), dishes, among<br />
others.<br />
Now, one would think that setting a high limit on personal property<br />
policy would cover all of your contents. This is not necessarily<br />
the case. Insurance companies typically place a limit on personal<br />
property coverage. For example, your company may place a<br />
limit per item on securities, jewelry, watches, etc. from $1,500 to<br />
$2,000; $2,500 to $3,000 for firearms; $2,500 to $3,000 for silver<br />
items, among others. These amounts, you can see, may vary by<br />
insurance company. Some companies even limit fine arts. If your<br />
company limits works of art, it is important that you get valuations<br />
from professional appraisers or certified experts.<br />
In any case, if you have in your residence any high-value item<br />
that exceeds $1,500, your best alternative is to buy an additional<br />
coverage that allows you to make a schedule to make sure those<br />
items are properly insured. That schedule should contain the value<br />
of the unit, along with evidence of its cost. Evidence can be in the<br />
form of an appraisal, valuation, certificate of authenticity, etc. In<br />
this way, you will be entering into an agreement with the insurance<br />
company so that at the time of a loss the company will not be<br />
able to argue the value of those items. Among the items that insurance<br />
companies provide for you to include in a schedule are the<br />
following: jewelry, furs, cameras, musical instruments, silverware,<br />
golf equipment, works of art, stamps, rare coins and wines. There<br />
is even a miscellaneous category where you can include some<br />
high value item not mentioned above.<br />
In addition to listing your high value property on schedule, it is<br />
also important to maintain evidence (receipts) of the cost of that<br />
personal property that has an above-average value. That is, if you<br />
own a sofa valued at $10,000, your best way to establish with the<br />
company that they should not compare that furniture with one say<br />
valued at $1,000, is to demonstrate your purchase receipt.<br />
Another important aspect when insuring your personal property is<br />
to add replacement cost coverage. Personal property coverages<br />
are usually made at actual cash value. This means that the company<br />
will apply depreciation to your personal property at the time<br />
of a loss. The replacement cost coverage prevents the company<br />
from applying depreciation to your property.<br />
For more information about this and other coverages<br />
you can stop by our office at Palmanova Plaza Suite 119-C, call us at<br />
787-850-9209, or email us at palmasinsurance@outlook.com.<br />
<strong>PALMAS</strong><br />
• Windows & Doors Frames<br />
• Glass Walls & Windows<br />
• Mirrors & Shopfronts<br />
• Stain & Paint Removal<br />
• Glass Replacement & Polishing<br />
10 years experience<br />
Lino A. Gómez<br />
787•536• 3810<br />
Computers<br />
• Computer repairs • Computer lessons, training &<br />
consulting • In house service • Servers & data centers<br />
• PC and console gaming<br />
Wire & Wireless Network Instalations<br />
info@palmascomputers.com<br />
787.413.7070<br />
service all across PR<br />
L’G Window Cleaning
Ladies<br />
Member & Guest <strong>2022</strong><br />
The Ladies Member & Guest <strong>2022</strong> event was a huge success with<br />
more than 150 players who were also able to enjoy a beautiful sunny<br />
day. The photos speak for themselves.
Floristeria<br />
GOODVISION<br />
O<br />
FUNDADA DESDE 2009
Located at the<br />
Wyndham Palmas<br />
for reservations or<br />
more informationn call<br />
787-909-1126<br />
••<br />
Gades Cigar Lounge<br />
• Terapia Fisica • Fisiatra • Fisioterapista<br />
• Tratamiento Laser • Kinesiotaping<br />
FisioMed Group Humacao<br />
Legacy Medical Center<br />
50 calle Victoria Suite 11<br />
Humacao, PR 00791<br />
FisioMed Group San Lorenzo<br />
5 calle Tous Soto<br />
A-5 Urb. Masso<br />
San Lorenzo, PR 00754<br />
FisioMed Group Yabucoa<br />
26 calle Cristóbal Colón<br />
Yabucoa, PR 00767<br />
fisiomedgroup<br />
Telefono: 787-719-7799 (el mismo para las tres oficinas)<br />
FisioMed-Group
YIA<br />
NEW CHEF AT WYNDHAM<br />
By Lissette Rosado, Editor<br />
Her real name is Gymara Medina<br />
but due to problems with<br />
pronunciation they call her Yia-- it<br />
was easier. Originally from Isabela,<br />
and from a big family, she was<br />
forced to leave after Hurricane<br />
Maria. She was chef at the Ritz<br />
Carlton Reserve, but the hotel<br />
was destroyed by Maria, thus she<br />
became unemployed. After two<br />
months, they decided to send<br />
their three kids with her family to<br />
Texas so that she could finish her<br />
academic year. During this time<br />
they were sleeping in their car,<br />
on the hotel premises. “The hotel,<br />
in exchange for our work of picking<br />
up debris, allowed us use the<br />
showers, prepared food for us and<br />
provide us with wifi,” Chef Medina<br />
tells us. The hotel then relocated<br />
her to the Dallas Ritz Carlton.<br />
SURPRISE<br />
YOUR PALATE!<br />
Her career as a chef...<br />
Yia didn’t study culinary arts; it<br />
was life who took her there. She<br />
just listened to the signs. “Never<br />
in my life had I thought I was<br />
going to end up as a chef! I came<br />
from a musical family, so I thought<br />
I was going to be a singer but then<br />
decided to study Education at the<br />
UPR to be an English as a Second<br />
Language teacher, which I did for<br />
five years. But again, I realized<br />
that I hadn’t found my place in<br />
the world. I realized that I hadn’t<br />
found what would wake me up every<br />
morning enthusiastically,” Yia<br />
says. So, she decided to pursue<br />
her passion. Or so she thought.<br />
At this point she decided to study<br />
criminology and law! But, as a student,<br />
she worked as a waitress in a<br />
restaurant. “Until this point, I had<br />
never cooked anything, not even<br />
a Chef Boyardee spaghetti can,”<br />
she said and laughed. But life had<br />
other plans for Yia. One day, one<br />
of the chefs got mad in the kitchen<br />
and left. Yia thought to herself, “I<br />
have been observing how they do<br />
this for years, it should not be that<br />
hard!” And she did it!!! She went<br />
to the kitchen and by imitation<br />
and years of observations started<br />
doing it. When she put on that<br />
apron for the first time... it was<br />
a revelation. She understood, at<br />
that moment, that this is what she<br />
wanted to do in her life!<br />
This time, she didn’t go back<br />
to school; she became an autodidact.<br />
She started from zero but her<br />
passion for the kitchen gave her<br />
numerous opportunities—things<br />
she never dreamt of. “I learned<br />
a lot at the Ritz Carlton. I worked<br />
with a chef that not only taught<br />
me a lot of cooking, but he always<br />
told me: ‘Anybody could follow a<br />
recipe. The hard part is the administrative<br />
part of the kitchen—it is<br />
what many chefs don’t learn, and<br />
it is what makes them fail.’ He<br />
made me look at the numbers,<br />
analyze the food cost, employees,<br />
“When I wore<br />
that apron for the<br />
first time...it was<br />
like a revelation I<br />
understood...this<br />
is what I want to<br />
do in my life!"
FOOD NETWORK<br />
KITCHEN<br />
expenses etc. That’s given me an<br />
advantage many chefs don’t have.<br />
I am thankful for that.”<br />
She became an observer, she<br />
traveled to learn, and she even<br />
worked backstage at the Food<br />
Channel. “It’s a very competitive<br />
world, and you have to be always<br />
learning and creating.”<br />
Another aspect of her development<br />
as chef was the experience<br />
of being forced to leave Puerto<br />
Rico. “I was so sad. Being separated<br />
from my kids, from all my family…we<br />
lost everything. I arrived<br />
in Texas with a backpack and the<br />
shoes I was wearing, nothing else.<br />
The rest is history.” Yia worked<br />
as an Executive Chef at Le Cirque<br />
and at El Bellagio both ranked<br />
among the best restaurants in the<br />
world.<br />
“That nostalgia made me cling<br />
more to what Puerto Rico is. This<br />
sparked my creativity and made<br />
me look for inspiration in the<br />
things I saw. The colors…I learned<br />
to see the colors of my island and<br />
to create dishes. I discovered that<br />
creativity is what makes you different.<br />
I learned to play with food,<br />
(contrary to what they teach us at<br />
home). I learned about French,<br />
Italian cuisine, etc. and made my<br />
own dishes. I have a saying that<br />
goes: If you tell me I can’t do it I’m<br />
going to do it twice and I’m going<br />
to take pictures.”<br />
The role of the female chef<br />
In this industry, women are underestimated.<br />
It is a male dominated<br />
industry. One would think that<br />
women own the kitchen but ironically<br />
this is not the case. There are<br />
many additional pressures that<br />
men do not have. “Many times, I<br />
went to job interviews that asked<br />
me if I was married and if I had<br />
children, something that they<br />
wouldn’t even think to ask men.<br />
Instead of getting frustrated, I<br />
turned it into something positive<br />
and a teaching moment for my<br />
daughters and my son (15, 11<br />
and 7 years old) -- you can have<br />
it all! You can be a mother and a<br />
professional.<br />
The come back<br />
“I was in another interview for a<br />
hotel in Miami when they called<br />
me from the Wyndham Palmas,<br />
Puerto Rico. When they told me<br />
it was to work in Palmas del Mar<br />
and they showed me pictures, I<br />
immediately said yes!” The rest<br />
is history. Within three weeks, Yia<br />
was back in her adored Puerto<br />
Rico and in Palmas.<br />
Yia’s plans for us<br />
She began with re-imagining<br />
everything about the hotels’<br />
restaurants, starting with the<br />
transformation of the Lobby Café<br />
that will be based on the history of<br />
coffee in PR.<br />
Every space has its story, every<br />
space has a story to tell. The main<br />
restaurant is called Trova because<br />
the trova is an improvisation,<br />
like the food, which arises from<br />
inspiration. “I want to use local<br />
products as much as possible,<br />
and thanks to the Farmers Market<br />
I have been able to contact<br />
many local producers and support<br />
them, putting them on the<br />
menu.” At night, Trova becomes -<br />
T - a fine dining restaurant, based<br />
on dishes to share. Everything is<br />
designed to be shared. “After all,<br />
the most important decisions in<br />
history have been made around<br />
a table, that’s how important food<br />
is,” she stated.<br />
Food affects the spirit...<br />
Food, as we know, is essential, it<br />
can change a person’s mood. “I experienced<br />
it when Hurricane Maria.<br />
When I was there with José Andrés<br />
who started the World Center Kitchen,<br />
I saw how a sandwich changes a person’s<br />
life. I joined them. I’ve been with<br />
World Center Kitchen for 5 years—travelling<br />
with them to wherever we are<br />
needed. I spent two weeks with them<br />
during the earthquakes in southern PR<br />
working under a tent providing food to<br />
12,000 people every day because one<br />
day they did it for me. Food, apart from<br />
the stomach, affects the spirit. When<br />
I was in the US they made me some<br />
pickled guineitos (green bananas)…I<br />
burst into tears. It reminded me of<br />
my grandmother’s guineitos. Food<br />
transports you, brings back memories,<br />
experiences from the past.”<br />
Sushi in sight<br />
“We are going to have a Sushi<br />
restaurant where the Wine Cellar is.<br />
Something small, exclusive, where<br />
our customers can witness how the<br />
chef prepares dishes, all fresh in<br />
front of them.”<br />
The oven returns...<br />
The pool oven is returning with<br />
new things besides pizza.<br />
We keep inventing. We are open<br />
to new ideas and projects. The sky is<br />
the limit and Yia doesn’t believe in<br />
impossibilities. s
A WELL ORQUESTRATED<br />
PLAN TO CELEBRATE<br />
Madame Valerie’s<br />
Birthday!..<br />
A few months ago, Isabel Álamo shared with a group of very close<br />
friends the idea of celebrating Valerie’s Birthday. It was time to serve<br />
who served us for years!!! Valerie has dedicated her life to serve the<br />
community in a very special way at one of the most beloved restaurants<br />
in Palmas Del Mar, Chez Daniel. Immediately, all agreed. And then...the<br />
secret plan began!<br />
LA CASA DEL FUTÓN<br />
SOFÁ CAMA<br />
The challenge<br />
How to take her to the venue without her finding out that it was her<br />
birthday celebration? It was a difficult job organized by her husband,<br />
Frank Arnould, that came up with the excuse of a delivery<br />
order to Ivette & Cucho’s home and took her there.<br />
But... then how to make her get out of the car and enter<br />
the house? This required Ivette’s communication<br />
skills to convince her to get out of the car and enter<br />
her house “just 10 minutes” to have a glass of champagne<br />
that Cucho had already opened. Surprise!! All of<br />
her friends were waiting for her, including her dearest<br />
daughter, who was also having<br />
her birthday and whom they were<br />
supposed to visit in San Juan.<br />
The queen of the night was Valerie accompanied<br />
by her husband Frank Arnould<br />
and their beautiful daughter Aurelie. What a<br />
special night! it was full of love, friendship,<br />
fun, good food and great wine! s<br />
CALIDAD • VARIEDAD • GARANTIA<br />
www.futonesporsangit.com<br />
Carretera 176, Km 6.5, Cupey Alto, SJ, PR (entrando por<br />
Barbara Ann Academy, cerca de Los Paseos)<br />
(787) 760-8325 • 370-7732
CREATIVE TROPICAL CUISINE<br />
• meat • pasta • seafood<br />
Happy Hour Open Monday to Thursday<br />
every day 4:00 pm to 12:00 pm<br />
Drinks from $5. Friday, Saturday, Sunday<br />
Beers 2 X $6. 11:30 am to 12:00 pm<br />
(no handcraffted<br />
beers included)<br />
Wine $7 by glass,<br />
bottle from $25.<br />
• Specialists in color<br />
& color correction<br />
• Custom design hair cuts<br />
• Retexturicing treatments:<br />
Bioionic, Keratinas,<br />
among others<br />
• Make-up, Hair styles,<br />
Extentions<br />
• Manicure - Pedicure<br />
Palmanova Plaza Suite #128<br />
787.914.0316<br />
Opens: Wednesday to<br />
Saturday 8 AM-5 PM<br />
By appointment only<br />
Carr. #3 K 8.5 (half mille of the Deli & Fa. Candelero, four entrance to your left)<br />
TalentoSalon<br />
TalentobeautySalon<br />
salon<br />
Redken & Pureology<br />
products available for sale<br />
#1 Redken Certified Colorist<br />
appointment only- -787 • 852 • 2537<br />
Redken<br />
biggest<br />
color bar<br />
in the<br />
Caribbean<br />
dV<br />
MM aria del Valle<br />
Interior Design<br />
residential & commercial<br />
787. 635.3474 • mm7delvalle@gmail.com
GOLF CART<br />
ACCIDENTS<br />
Action needed<br />
By José Quiñoes, PHA Excecutive Director<br />
LIGHTHOUSE<br />
CONSTRUCTION CORP<br />
Established 2004<br />
Full service residential &<br />
commercial construction<br />
and renovation<br />
Fully insured, onsite supervision,<br />
bilingual, Palmas residents<br />
Arlene Fromer<br />
Design Consultant<br />
787. 375.7138<br />
apfromer@hotmail.com<br />
Patrick Fromer<br />
787.444.4141<br />
With greatest concerns I address our Palmas del Mar Homeowners Association,<br />
involving safety concerns related to operational guidelines expected<br />
from Golf Cart users, specifically referencing a signed Agreement<br />
((PHA/Golf Cart Owner)) that outlines their usage at PHA common areas<br />
and paths.<br />
As witnessed with enclosed video, gross negligent operations of golf<br />
carts at Palmas del Mar constitutes an inherit danger to occupants, causing<br />
injuries beyond first aid, and many times broken limbs and head traumas.<br />
Last weekend (26/27MAR22) our security staff, and local emergency<br />
response units, were called to manage two (2) different golf cart injuries<br />
involving minors, and adults., as operators. Both cases resulted in Golf<br />
Carts overturned sideways at uncontrollable speeds. A total of seven (7)<br />
passengers suffered injuries, described by attending paramedics as broken<br />
limbs, head traumas and minor injuries.<br />
Our community can’t remain silent, nor without action, while these injuries<br />
are taking place. A collective and appropriate response is needed.<br />
I will not impose bias stricter guidelines, nor will our PHA security staff<br />
arbitrarily be able to prevent unsafe operation of Golf Carts. Our collective<br />
goal shall center in preserving the integrity of our kids, families and visitors<br />
that enjoy Palmas del Mar. Golf carts, when employed correctly, in a<br />
safe manner, and with appropriate precautionary measures, constitute an<br />
amenable family event at Palmas del Mar.<br />
As a result, PHA Staff will spearhead a special committee, involving<br />
key members of our community, insurance agents, security staff and TPA<br />
representatives. The committee’s principal tasking will be to evaluate<br />
Golf Cart accident data, in order to allocate and/or modify Golf Cart usage<br />
guidelines, with recommended actions to be implemented.<br />
Regardless of future actions, as I move forward with engaging a more<br />
aggressive method geared towards preventing golf cart accidents, I must<br />
recommend to each family that owns, operates and/or rents golf carts, to<br />
conduct a “SELF-OPERATIONAL SAFETY CHECK.” Recommended “safety<br />
check” shall include full familiarization with Golf Cart Operational functionalities,<br />
limited operability, driving parameters, speeds, weather conditions,<br />
etc., as an immediate means to avoid potential injuries. Golf Cart<br />
engine/speed modifications are prohibited.<br />
These matters will remain pending as our community awaits the recommendation<br />
of designated committee. Any potential changes to our<br />
current Golf Cart Use Agreement will be notified to our community. Comments<br />
pertaining this communication can be forwarded to “palmaspha@<br />
gmail.com”.
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Palmas Academy<br />
The Palmas Academy Drama Department<br />
recently presented a magnificent<br />
performance of the play, “Peter Pan”. A<br />
first-rate production from the scenery, the<br />
costumes, lighting, sound, staging, as well<br />
as the acting. Good job guys! Very proud<br />
of our school--as always…shining bright in<br />
all areas of knowledge. s
The Production Team
Target Rent a Car<br />
opens its doors in Palmas<br />
Target Rent a Car recently<br />
opened its doors in Palmas<br />
del Mar in front of the<br />
Catholic Church. The new<br />
headquarters has a wide<br />
variety of fleet to meet the<br />
needs of customers and<br />
residents of this area.<br />
Target Rent a Car is a<br />
dealership dedicated to<br />
the rental of vehicles which<br />
include small, medium and<br />
luxury cars, vans, pickups,<br />
and golf carts. In addition,<br />
it has a complete fleet of<br />
commercial trucks, for all<br />
those merchants who need<br />
more space for their transportation.<br />
To open this new space,<br />
Mr. Agustín Cabrer and Mr.<br />
Enrique Blanco, owners of<br />
Target Rent a Car, recruited<br />
over 15 employees to offer<br />
service and comply with<br />
the schedules, which will<br />
be every day from 8:00 a.m.<br />
to 5:00 p.m. “We are more<br />
than excited about the<br />
opening of our new store<br />
in Palmas del Mar. For us it<br />
is an important market that<br />
helped us grow our brand<br />
and at the same time we<br />
needed a larger space to<br />
be able to serve our customers<br />
more diligently,”<br />
Mr. Cabrer explained.<br />
It should be noted that<br />
Target Rent a Car is a Puerto<br />
Rican company with<br />
over 50 years in the market,<br />
founded by Mr. Enrique<br />
Blanco Rojo in San Juan,<br />
Puerto Rico. s
SanValentine<br />
At the Palmas Wyndham<br />
Exquisite Valentine's dinner at Trova restaurant at the Wyndham Palmas. Both the<br />
dinner and the music were top notch. Monserrat Súarez (the dancer), Edgardo<br />
Monserrat (the singer), and the musical group... divine! Standing ovation! A<br />
musical and gastronomic banquet. The service was excellent! s
Cleaning & Housekeeping Services<br />
We Made It Simple<br />
Tel. 787. 396 . 2628<br />
www.we-maid.com
Palmas’ twins launch<br />
bilingual children’s book<br />
The book “Haciendo Olas-Making Waves” is their first<br />
publication and consists of a bilingual illustrated book<br />
that seeks to empower and motivate children of all ages.<br />
Joanne López Ponzio y Caroll Lopez are two Puerto Rican<br />
twin sisters, who in their literary works are behind the<br />
pseudonyms of Nana and Nina respectively. Joanne is<br />
a Mechanical Engineer based in the diaspora and Caroll<br />
studied International Business with a master’s degree in<br />
Maritime Logistics who currently lives in Palmas del Mar.<br />
Both have been working in their professional fields for<br />
several years, Nana in Philadelphia, and Nina between<br />
Miami and Puerto Rico. They decided to take time away<br />
from work to raise their children, and this is where the<br />
idea of creating a world of bilingual stories was born. The<br />
importance of reading was always something that their<br />
parents instilled in them since they were little, and that<br />
is why they decided to share the stories created for their<br />
sons and daughters with the rest of the bilingual families.<br />
Although they live far from each other, Nana in Tennessee,<br />
and Nina in Puerto Rico, they talk every day and enjoy<br />
creating new stories for everyone to enjoy.<br />
They decided to create this<br />
project in the wake of the<br />
pandemic when they became<br />
mothers. “We find ourselves<br />
living in different places. Joanne<br />
is in the state of Tennessee,<br />
and I reside here in Puerto<br />
Rico. With this we already know<br />
that our children need to start<br />
learning a second language because<br />
they will need it to be able<br />
to communicate with their cousins<br />
in the diaspora and so on,”<br />
explained Caroll López, who uses<br />
the pseudonym, Nina.<br />
Both agree that for some time<br />
they had been writing stories<br />
and always had the desire to<br />
capture them in a book, but<br />
they did not have the time<br />
to do so because they<br />
worked full time. “When<br />
we became pregnant<br />
and because of the<br />
pandemic, we chose<br />
to be full-time moms,<br />
we saw an opportunity<br />
to start working on this<br />
long-awaited dream. We<br />
decided to submit our first manuscript and from here the<br />
publication of our first book was born,” explained Joanne<br />
Lopez<br />
“Haciendo Olas- Making Waves” is a bilingual illustrated<br />
book that seeks to empower and motivate children<br />
to pursue their dreams despite the challenges that may<br />
arise on their way. A life lesson represented in a story that<br />
seeks to inspire them to believe in their potential, grow<br />
their values and pave the way for other children who may<br />
have similar dreams.<br />
“When we started writing the book, it was initially targeted<br />
for young girls. But as we developed and refined<br />
the details of the story, we realized that it is important<br />
that both genres can be identified in the story since we<br />
must all be encouraged at a young age to have confidence<br />
ourselves and believe in our potential,” said Caroll<br />
López, “However, we decided that the main character<br />
would continue to be represented by a girl so that the<br />
essence of what was the initial idea of our book prevails<br />
and in turn to break a little the stereotype of thinking that<br />
if the cover has a girl as its main character,<br />
it is a story for girls.”<br />
This book helps to stimulate the development<br />
of Emotional Intelligence<br />
from an early age by transmitting the<br />
values of self-love, trust, confidence,<br />
responsibility, freedom, humility, solidarity,<br />
and tolerance. “Haciendo<br />
Olas-Making Waves” is a book of simple<br />
rhymes, perfect for all ages. The<br />
book also promotes the assurance<br />
that their loved ones will be there to<br />
guide them and give them that impulse<br />
they need to believe in them.<br />
Currently, Nana & Nina are working<br />
on the publication of what will be<br />
their second book with a Puerto Rican<br />
publisher. The book is currently<br />
available on their website www.mundonananina.com.<br />
s<br />
For immediate publication<br />
Contact | Caroll López<br />
Email | nananinalopez@gmail.com<br />
Phone | 787-206-6144<br />
Web | www.mundonananina.com
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The magic<br />
behind our cover...<br />
by Lissette Rosado, Editor<br />
When the universe aligns, magic abounds. When I was looking for an<br />
artist for our new cover, I suddenly came across one of the wonderful<br />
paintings by William Quetzalcoatl, who is also a friend and a Palmeño. I<br />
loved the painting and the place where it was installed, since the lines of<br />
the stairs and the art conspired to graphically unite these two worlds that<br />
complement each other so well...art & architecture. Immediately I called<br />
William to explore the possibility of getting permission to take the cover<br />
photo in that house. It was love at first sight. William referred me to Carlos<br />
Faure from Galeria Biaggi Faure so that he asks for their permission, since<br />
they were clients of the gallery. The universe continued to conspire as the<br />
owners of the house turned out to be friends of mine and when Carlos told<br />
him that the photo was for Lissette Rosado from Live &<br />
Life in Palmas, they immediately agreed. But not only<br />
did they accept but they welcomed us with open arms<br />
and trays of delicious sandwiches, coffee, and pastries.<br />
We already told them that we were coming back for<br />
another shooting! LOL. Thank you Vimarie González<br />
Torres and Harry Negrón for opening your home to us<br />
and for the love received. Magic works when energies<br />
align. For your information, Biaggi & Faure Fine Art is<br />
currently open to the public Monday to Saturday by<br />
appointment only. You can call them at 787.450.8132<br />
to make an appointment for a private tour of the gallery<br />
and/or more information on how they can assist you to<br />
discover the magical world of art. s<br />
William Quetzalcoatl with Vimarie González and Harry Negrón.<br />
Raúl and William with another<br />
of Quetzalcoatl's paintings.<br />
Painting on our cover: Suavecito
LOVE 4 WINES....<br />
<strong>PALMAS</strong> WINE TASTING GROUP<br />
Whether you’re wine curious, a wine lover or a seasoned<br />
aficionado, the Palmas del Mar chapter of the Love4wine<br />
tasting group is for you!<br />
We are everything wine! We meet monthly to explore<br />
wines from around the world. Learning about the regions<br />
& learning HOW to taste and speak the language<br />
of wine!<br />
Wine is unique, just like you and your taste. Get to know<br />
your own palate and great wine will find you!<br />
Anthony Freveletti, founder of Love4wine<br />
Wine is unique,<br />
just like you and your<br />
taste. Get to know<br />
your own palate and<br />
great wine will<br />
find you!<br />
Becarley “Becs”<br />
Carrasquillo,<br />
Anthony Freveletti’s<br />
wife and partner in<br />
the Love4wines life<br />
adventure.<br />
Do you wish you knew how to pair great wine with great<br />
cuisine?<br />
We all know food from around the world but still are lost<br />
on how to pair the right wine with our dinner!<br />
Throw away everything you’ve heard: “Red wine with red<br />
meat” or “white wine with white meat.”<br />
Is Sparkling wine good for cuisine or just a celebration?<br />
Together we will examine the “HOW & WHY” of the unbreakable<br />
relationship between food & wine, while picking<br />
up some tricks along the way.<br />
Together a s a community we will unravel the mystery of<br />
wine! How can I tell a good wine from a bad wine?<br />
How to read & understand the labels. Does the glass<br />
matter?<br />
How should I serve and store my wine? And much much<br />
more!<br />
About Anthony<br />
Anthony Freveletti, the founder of Love4wine, is a wine<br />
expert with over 32 years’ experience in the business<br />
of wine. Anthony’s father was a wine grape farmer and<br />
winemaker so “playing in the dirt” was a completely different<br />
experience for him as a child. For Anthony, wine<br />
and food represent family togetherness, those feelings<br />
and memories are a driving force in his passion.<br />
“Sharing my passion for food & wine with everyone<br />
and anyone, keeps memories of my family alive and constant.”<br />
My journey to understand soil, wine and tasting has<br />
allowed me to work with small family farmers and winemakers<br />
from ancient estates to giants of the industry. I’ve<br />
helped in educating future sommeliers and tomorrow’s<br />
wine drinkers and developed collections for the rich &<br />
famous-- I loved every minute of it. However, due to the<br />
recent global situation, I have left my home in Tuscany
with my wife, who is from Gurabo here in Puerto Rico, to<br />
be closer to our family. They say you are born to a family<br />
but pick up more family along your way through life and<br />
that’s been exactly my experience here in moving to this<br />
awesome community in Palmas del Mar. I have brought<br />
Love4wine with me and sharing it with you is just another<br />
part of my passion.<br />
I hope you will all join us on the love4wine whatsapp<br />
group chat at 787-463-9116 or send me an email at anthony@love4wine.net<br />
to keep up with the event calendar.<br />
s<br />
WINE TIP OF THE MONTH<br />
Never try to taste wine as it passes over your tongue, the taste is not<br />
there. You must “swish” around your mouth & then swallow to saturate<br />
your palate. Then you must wait 15 to 45 seconds or more for the TRUE<br />
flavors to emerge from the back of your throat and nasal passage. The<br />
initial impact to your tongue is to alert you to the balance between<br />
natural sugar vs. acidity.Remember, the mark of a great wine is the<br />
balance combined with the flavors & tastes that will emerge!
&<br />
RED<br />
BLACK<br />
Members Tennis Social<br />
Here are the photos of yesterday’s tennis event...the Red & Black PAC Members Tennis Social Tournament<br />
perfectly orchestrated and organized by MJ Hurt. A fun event where players won while playing cards,<br />
determining high scores, and winning hands of poker. Most Points: • Matt Newman 1st • Tie for Second:<br />
Dave Braggins and Michelle Weiden • Best Poker Hand: Lisa Phillips Definitely a big applause for MJ for such a<br />
creative event and to all the PAC members for their enthusiasm and commitment! s
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THE <strong>PALMAS</strong> ACADEMY<br />
Students Corner<br />
By Maria Fernanda Vega<br />
EVERY<br />
Palmas Academy Student...<br />
RECEIVED AN AWARD!<br />
at the Metropolitan Regional Science & Engineering Fair<br />
The Palmas Academy students<br />
participated in the Metropolitan<br />
Regional Science and Engineering<br />
Fair for the fourth consecutive<br />
year under the direction of<br />
Dr. Sonia Villaverde, a science<br />
teacher at TPA. Fifteen projects<br />
were selected as finalists by their<br />
teacher; these nineteen students<br />
went to the Science Fair on Tuesday,<br />
March 1st, at the Polytechnic<br />
University in San Juan to present<br />
their projects in one of the most<br />
prestigious judged events on the<br />
island. The award ceremony was<br />
held on Saturday, March 5th, and<br />
every student of the Palmas Academy<br />
who participated received<br />
an award. Isabel Vega sang the<br />
national anthem and was accompanied<br />
by Carolina Berrios on the<br />
piano. The awards won by the TPA<br />
students are the following: In the<br />
category of Behavioral Sciences,<br />
Isabel Vega (11th) won 1st place<br />
and the US Navy: Office of Naval<br />
Research Award, Alejandro Caballero<br />
and Juan Carlos Devarie<br />
(11th) won 3rd place and the Best<br />
Set Up Award, Sergio Acevedo<br />
and Marcelo Díaz Alvarado (11th)<br />
2nd place, Savian Molina (11th)<br />
2nd place, Amanda Perez (9th)<br />
2nd place, Alanis Morales (9th)<br />
2nd place, Gian Rosario (9th) 2nd<br />
place, and Stephanie Garcia (9th)<br />
earned 4th place. In the category<br />
of Health and Medicine Bryanna<br />
Bermudez (9th) earned 2nd<br />
place. In the category of Botany<br />
Carolina Berrios and Alexandra<br />
Solis (11th) earned 2nd place. In<br />
the category of Technology Gabriel<br />
Negron and Gabriela Martinez<br />
(11th) earned 2nd place. In the<br />
category of Microbiology Isabella<br />
Ramos (9th) earned 2nd place. In<br />
the category of Environmental Science<br />
Astrid Lázaro (9th) earned 1st<br />
place and the Air Force Research<br />
Laboratory Excellence in Science<br />
Research Award, and Lydia Rivera<br />
(9th) earned 2nd place and Best<br />
Photography. In the category of<br />
Zoology Isabella Rodriguez (9th)<br />
earned 1st place and the Grand<br />
Prize which qualified her to compete<br />
in the International Science<br />
and Engineering Fair (ISEF) which<br />
will be held in Atlanta, Georgia<br />
May 7-14th. Isabella Rodriguez is<br />
the first student from the Palmas<br />
Academy to qualify for the high<br />
school competition. Please, join<br />
us in the celebration of this great<br />
accomplishment by the TPA students<br />
and their teacher, and follow<br />
Isabella in the ISEF competition<br />
with links that TPA will be sharing<br />
on their Facebook page.
Harvard University’s HACIA Democracy XVII Summit<br />
Seven students from The Palmas Academy participated in Harvard University’s<br />
Hacia Democracy XXVII Summit from March 10 to 13, <strong>2022</strong>. The<br />
students that participated are Delegates from the TPA Model UN Club. In<br />
this conference, schools from the United States, and Latin America discussed<br />
important issues of international relations, diplomacy, geopolitics,<br />
among others. Hacia Democracy is a yearly conference that recreates<br />
the proceedings of the Organization of American States; it is based at<br />
Harvard University, and it is staffed and administered by Harvard undergraduates.<br />
The TPA Delegates are 10th-11th grade students: Camila<br />
Andrea Rivera, Drew Dillingham, Ambar Quiñones, Isabella Ramos, Nina<br />
Kamineni, Gabriel Negrón, and Diego Collazo.<br />
National Honor Society & Model UN Beach Clean Up<br />
The Palmas Academy National Honor Society, Junior National Honor Society,<br />
and Model UN held a beach clean-up in Goyines, Palmas del Mar, on<br />
March 12th. This event was well attended by the TPA students, staff, and<br />
other sponsors such as Club Cala, Pennock Farm, and numerous homeowners.<br />
The students and staff had a lot of fun and created many memories<br />
under the rain and breeze, at the beachfront. Nonetheless, approximately<br />
400 pounds of debris, wood, plastic, and more were cleaned up from our<br />
beaches. The Palmas Academy students and staff are greatly appreciated<br />
for taking the time to improve the Palmas del Mar environment.
The Palmas Academy Band<br />
at the Wyndham Palmas<br />
The Palmas Academy Band presented themselves at the Farmers Market activity held on March 12th at the Wyndham<br />
Palmas Beach and Golf Resort. Local residents and tourists enjoyed the music while shopping, eating, and<br />
drinking; some even stopped to dance or record. The TPA students received many compliments and cheers. They<br />
played a diverse set of music from “Can’t Help Falling in Love”, “Obseión”, to “Watermelon Man”. There were also<br />
incredible solos from Savian Molina on the xylophone and Alejandro Caballero on the saxophone.<br />
Three students, the first, second,<br />
and third place school spelling<br />
bee winners from The Palmas<br />
Academy, participated in the<br />
<strong>2022</strong> Puerto Rico National Spelling<br />
Bee Final Competition on<br />
March 16th. The competition was<br />
virtual; about 33 students from<br />
schools islandwide participated.<br />
The Palmas Academy finalists are<br />
Elijah Alex (2nd grade), Zachary<br />
Hausman (5th grade), and Christian<br />
DiBrito (6th grade). The students<br />
were able to make it to the<br />
second round out of three rounds<br />
of the Spelling Bee.<br />
Elijah Alex Zachary Hausman Christian DiBrito
The Wild Grapes<br />
a solid brotherhood<br />
Without a doubt, the pandemic has been a time of<br />
transformation and discovery. In our community, for example,<br />
we have seen how people have adopted sports as<br />
part of their lives with positive results in their physical as<br />
well as their social health.<br />
The Wild Grapes are a product of this. This team, made<br />
up of 13 men of various ethnicities, ages and interests,<br />
came together as a team to participate in this season’s<br />
PRTA tournament.<br />
In a short time, they have made themselves felt in our<br />
community by delighting us with their performances.<br />
They managed to stand out with their logo, sponsors,<br />
and aggressive advertising campaign.<br />
However, the most significant thing about this team<br />
goes beyond this, seeing them in their practices, meetings<br />
and sharing; it is evident that the Wild Grapes have<br />
become more than a sports team—they have become a<br />
brotherhood. To experience the support, respect, and<br />
admiration between each other is fascinating and not<br />
to mention, the sense of solidarity, family support and<br />
friends that is undoubtedly contagious!<br />
Many times, as a community, we wonder how to achieve<br />
this unity and this desire for the common good. It seems<br />
to me that these men show us the way day by day. s<br />
Meet the<br />
Wild Grapes:<br />
Edward - Captain,<br />
Emilio, Horacio, Jeff,<br />
John , José, Matt,<br />
Mike, Peter, Ricardo,<br />
Roberto, Steve,<br />
Tyler – Co Captain<br />
Matias,<br />
the Wild Grapes mascot<br />
Tyler & Horacio<br />
John y Emilio<br />
Edward & Mike<br />
The social gatherings<br />
Matt & Jeff<br />
Wild Grapes team meeting
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LETTER<br />
As we all<br />
know, Palmas<br />
is going<br />
through one<br />
of the most<br />
progressive moments in many years. Property values<br />
are up, and there is new construction as well as exciting<br />
projects in the pipeline. Our school, The Palmas<br />
Academy, that suffered greatly from Hurricane Maria,<br />
(as well as our community in general) is recovering by<br />
leaps and bounds. The Palmas Athletic Club (known<br />
as PAC) is at its best; the tennis center is always full of<br />
enthusiastic tennis and pickleball players. On the other<br />
hand, our golf courses are in optimal condition and<br />
important tournaments have already been held this<br />
year and more are scheduled to be held. But all progress<br />
is accompanied by small problems or situations<br />
inherent to the human condition. In Palmas, as in other<br />
regions of PR, many families have settled, both local and<br />
from different regions of the United States and abroad.<br />
We are human beings born and raised with different traditions,<br />
customs, environments, cultures, languages, and<br />
often different religions—this can cause conflicts. But we<br />
must always remember that at the end of the day, we are<br />
all the same; our blood is red (although some believe<br />
theirs is blue) and our skeleton is the same (some larger<br />
than others), our skin is lighter or darker, eventually it<br />
gets old and wrinkled just the same. However, sometimes<br />
we fight over little things because we think that<br />
our way of thinking and doing things is correct and the<br />
only way. We do not realize that the way we think is a<br />
product of how and where we were raised and not that<br />
we are sole keepers of the truth. Let’s learn from each<br />
other without trying to impose our ‘truth’ because at the<br />
end of the day we win when we learn that ‘my way’ is not<br />
always ‘the way’.<br />
APRIL | MAY | JUNE <strong>2022</strong> VOL 14 NUM 2<br />
14 YEARS LIVE&LIFEIN <strong>PALMAS</strong><br />
JANUARY | FEBRUARY | MARCH <strong>2022</strong> VOL 14 NUM 1<br />
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For those who don't know<br />
Robert Lowry, here with my<br />
sister Lynnette and me<br />
before the pandemic, when<br />
he has already learned to<br />
hug and kiss.<br />
I will always remember when the pandemic began<br />
that our friend Robert Lowry told me: “Now that I have<br />
learned to touch and kiss people when greeting them,<br />
they forbid me to do so!” I found it funny but also very<br />
revealing because it is true. North Americans, for the<br />
most part, are brought up and learn to keep a distance<br />
as a sign of respect and privacy. We Latinos are kissers,<br />
and we touch people all the time. Like this example,<br />
there are many, which only shows that we can learn from<br />
each other. I think that students should have the opportunity<br />
to do a year of ‘study abroad’ outside of their<br />
native country, to help them understand that there is<br />
more than one way to see the world, and to help to see<br />
and understand someone else’s point of view.<br />
Well... I hope we can put this into practice because<br />
we will all win when we are tolerant and embrace our<br />
differences! s<br />
Lissette Rosado, Editor<br />
SATURDAY, JUNE 4...6PM<br />
Palmanova Plaza<br />
Palmas Homeowners Association is excited to announce<br />
the return of jazz to Palmanova Plaza with the<br />
kick-off concert of the William Cepeda Puerto<br />
Rican Big Band Orchestra tour, Saturday,<br />
June 4 at 6:00pm.<br />
The exclusive performance is a part of<br />
the prestigious South Arts – Jazz Road Creative<br />
Residences Grant recently awarded to<br />
famed artist, composer, and producer, William<br />
Cepeda -- the first Puerto Rican musician<br />
to receive the coveted grant.<br />
Thanks to the South Arts award, the four-time<br />
Grammy nominee will bring to life one of his most<br />
ambitious music endeavors, the creation of the first<br />
Puerto Rican jazz orchestra in the traditional “big<br />
band” format with 22 musicians. Under<br />
Cepeda’s masterful direction, the initiative<br />
will establish precedents of great<br />
importance for the local jazz scene,<br />
featuring an exciting repertoire<br />
that fuses main traditional folk<br />
genres with jazz.<br />
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