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These 20 Laid-Back Beach Resorts Deliver a Caribbean Vacation Right on the Sand

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You wake up, you head for the sand. Then you do it again. Some Caribbean vacation aren’t about striking statements or grand gestures. They’re not always about luxury — or, that is to say, they’re about another kind of luxury: the perfect beach day.  It’s that feeling of stepping onto warm sand with nothing on […]

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At the Edge of Hipster Miami, Home-Cooked Jamaican Food

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor MIAMI — When you’re craving ackee and saltfish nothing else will do. Which is why last week I ventured to Wynwood to check out Palatino, a Jamaican restaurant on the edge of Miami’s burgeoning hipster neighborhood. Owned by husband-and-wife team Patrice and Slim (she’s from Haiti, he’s Jamaican), the NW […]

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Rum Journal: A Rum Grows in Miami

Above: Miami Club Rum’s Wynwood distillery (RJ Photo) MIAMI: THE DE FACTO CAPITAL of the Caribbean and Latin America. It’s also the rum capital of the United States. But in the 116 years since it was incorporated, there has never been a rum officially produced in the Magic City. That is, until now. Thanks to […]