Bati Bleki Buzz Weekly Recap

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Bati Bleki March 19th, 2013

BANANA MOON. The Easter vacation is coming and with it the much-anticipated beach ritual of camping in bikinis. You’re gonna love me after you finish [...]

March 18, 2013

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Bati Bleki, March 11th, 2013

ARUBA INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY. March 8th was a good day, with more than 600 women registered for the conference organized by the Minister of Economic [...]

March 10, 2013

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Bati Bleki February 4th, 2013

TIERRA DEL SOL OPENS NEW CHAPTER. Two condo owners at Tierra Del Sol, both well-established businessmen in the real estate and customer service fields are [...]

March 03, 2013

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Bati Bleki, February 25th, 2013

ARUBA ON A ROLL. Eagle Beach Aruba was rate #9 among Trip Advisor’s best 25 beaches in the world. I am surprised they did not specifically name Bucuti [...]

February 24, 2013

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Bati Bleki February 18, 2013

ZSAZSA THE QUEEN OF BIJOUX. Kimberly Wever is as beautiful as she is talented. In May of last year she got interested in jewelry, pursuing the subject with [...]

February 17, 2013

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Bati Bleki February 12

VIVA CARNIVAL. We watched the 59th edition of Aruba’s Grand Carnival Parade from the shaded sidewalk just across the governor’s mansion. By the time Royal [...]

February 11, 2013

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Bati Bleki February 4th

KNAP & ZO. Jeanine Meijer who used to be my favorite hairdresser at Knipoog, beside the ultimate style-master Favio Lucchi, retired from the [...]

February 04, 2013

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Bati Bleki January 28

BEST DESSERTS. I went on and on last week about how press members enjoyed the hospitality and the food of L.G. Smith’s Steak & Chop House, when we were [...]

January 27, 2013

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Bati Bleki January 21

ECOTECH DESERVES PRAISE. At the beginning of the year my friends at ECOTECH sent me a small questionnaire asking me to rate their performance. As I was [...]

January 20, 2013

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Bati Bleki January 14

WINE FOOD & ART. Today’s columns only talks about Wine, Food & Art, which reminds me that the Westin Resort Aruba just announced that its annual [...]

January 14, 2013

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Bati Bleki January 7

NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS. We noticed over the last few days more people jogging, walking and biking. Apparently they all made a new year’s resolution [...]

January 06, 2013

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Bati Bleki December 31st

WHER’S THE BEEF? AT URATAKA CENTER. We were invited this week for Happy Hour in the cunucu, in Santa Cruz, at some off-the-beaten-path hilltop with a nice [...]

December 30, 2012

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Bati Bleki December 24th

SOME OF THE HASSLES, DIM THE APPEAL OF AIR TRAVEL . Two of my friends booked a trip to Aruba in December, making the reservation as early as September. [...]

December 24, 2012

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Bati Bleki December 17

GLITSINESS AT LA CABANA. Over the past few months, construction took place within the lobby of La Cabana Beach & Racquet Club, where they built an [...]

December 16, 2012

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Bati Bleki December 10th, 2012

FOR THE LOVE MUSIC. The Hard Rock Café introduced a band which would be playing every Tuesday, from 9 to 11:30pm, Mojambo, put together by Will Roth, a [...]

December 09, 2012

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Bati Bleki December 3rd

DAHER & CO WILL GLAMORIZE YOU. The new store at the Alhambra Casino & Shops is fabulous. Claudia Daher Ponson, stocked the fashions, from Brazil, [...]

December 02, 2012

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Bati Bleki for November 26th, 2012

URBAN REVIVAL. I went downtown this week to see for myself how gorgeous it will be, and confirmed it will. The main street is shaping up as a promenade [...]

November 25, 2012

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Bati Bleki for Nov 19

YESTERDAY, TODAY & TOMORROW. Rory Arends’ book should be available for sale at all book stores this week. Launched Thursday with the help of the [...]

November 18, 2012

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Bati Bleki for November 12

SAMOA THE TREASURED ISLANDS OF THE SOUTH FACIFIC. So the last time we spoke I was in Sydney Australia, admiring the nicely sculpted legs of Aussie joggers. [...]

November 11, 2012

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Bati Bleki for Nov 6th

AUSTRALIA, THE LAND DOWN UNDER. I never plan any vacations, I wait for a friend to come up with a do-able plan, and an invitation, and that is how I get to [...]

November 03, 2012

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Bati Bleki for October 29th

THE LOCAL STORE IS A HIT. My son David Coster, reports that the Local Store, at the heart of town, across Royal Plaza Mall is a hit. The ambiance and the [...]

October 28, 2012

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Bati Bleki October 22

HAPPY BIRTHDAY. It was my birthday week and on Facebook alone I had more than 180 well wishers, showering me with their attention including Minister Otmar [...]

October 21, 2012

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Bati Bleki October 15th, 2012

SETAR’S CHALLENGE TO KEEP UP WITH THE TIMES. I recently switched from my beloved Blackberry Torch to an iPhone. You’ll love it, everybody said. After two [...]

October 15, 2012

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Bati Bleki October 8th

SOLD TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER. Ling & Sons IGA Supercenter, which started as a family business in 1949, changed hands just recently, having served six [...]

October 07, 2012

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Bati Bleki October 1st, 2012

ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION. On Thursday, Café the Plaza will be celebrating its 21st anniversary. Over the years the Dutch café had nurtured a loyal local [...]

September 30, 2012

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Bati Bleki September 24th, 2012

TRANSITIONS. At the Marriott Aruba Resort & Stellaris Casino, is saying farewell to a much-appreciated Vice President and General Manager, Kevin [...]

September 23, 2012

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Beti Bleki September 17th, 2012

WHO MOVED MY CHEESE. Is a title of an amazing book about change in the workplace, written more than 10 years ago. Most people are fearful of change because [...]

September 16, 2012

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Bati Bleki – September 10th 2012

SHE’S BACK. Sometimes in 2005 I dropped my Bati Bleki column in the Diario, I don’t remember why, maybe because some editor stuck it in the back of the [...]

September 10, 2012

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