The Strife of Brian » Holiday http://www.so-brian.com The Design, Photography, Craftmanship and Travels of Brian Harte Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:51:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 We Loved Aruba! http://www.so-brian.com/2009/12/we-loved-aruba/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=we-loved-aruba http://www.so-brian.com/2009/12/we-loved-aruba/#comments Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:35:08 +0000 Brian http://www.brianharte.com/blog/?p=104 brianonbeach3WCXBDF3KVRQ3 – Our trip to Aruba was basically perfect. The weather was great and just about everything about the trip was relaxing. I would definitely recommend a trip there to anyone. We stayed at the Manchebo Beach Resort which was beautiful and not crowded. It felt like we had the place to ourselves at times. [...]]]> WCXBDF3KVRQ3 – Our trip to Aruba was basically perfect. The weather was great and just about everything about the trip was relaxing. I would definitely recommend a trip there to anyone. We stayed at the Manchebo Beach Resort which was beautiful and not crowded.

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It felt like we had the place to ourselves at times. The end of December is the off season so the weather was just ok by Aruba standards (high 80s with low humidity) but felt perfect compared to Detroit winter. I guess most people stay over in the high rise area of island in one of the big hotels. We stopped over there for an hour and hated it. It was filled with chain restaurants like you would find in the US near a shopping mall. The Eagle Beach area was much nicer in our opinion.

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Like other parts of the Caribbean, Aruba has a lot of jewelry stores including Little Switzerland which is one of my clients. It was really helpful to see the stores in person. I now have a better understanding of the brand. Little Switzerland seems to be the leader in Caribbean jewelry stores and I am proud to be associated with them.

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]]> http://www.so-brian.com/2009/12/we-loved-aruba/feed/ 0 Halloween 09 A Success in My Book http://www.so-brian.com/2009/11/halloween-09-a-success-in-my-book/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=halloween-09-a-success-in-my-book http://www.so-brian.com/2009/11/halloween-09-a-success-in-my-book/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:26:34 +0000 Brian http://www.brianharte.com/blog/?p=103 MR T and Bad Badtz JackolanternsI had a good time this Halloween and it is really becoming a favorite holiday. Our pumpkin carvings and costumes turned out great and it was great seeing everyone at the costume parties.]]> I had a good time this Halloween and it is really becoming a favorite holiday. Our pumpkin carvings and costumes turned out great and it was great seeing everyone at the costume parties.

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]]> http://www.so-brian.com/2009/11/halloween-09-a-success-in-my-book/feed/ 0 Zombie Prep School Massacre! http://www.so-brian.com/2008/10/zombie-prep-school-massacre/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=zombie-prep-school-massacre http://www.so-brian.com/2008/10/zombie-prep-school-massacre/#comments Sat, 25 Oct 2008 20:25:45 +0000 Brian http://www.brianharte.com/?p=80 DSC03977 Happy Halloween! Maratoni and I chose a zombie prep school theme for the Zombie Dance Party last night.  More photos of our costumes on my flikr page.  ]]>  Happy Halloween! Maratoni and I chose a zombie prep school theme for the Zombie Dance Party last night.  More photos of our costumes on my flikr page.

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