Fine Living

Looking around Acapulco, Mexico, today, it’s hard to believe that there was a time when it was considered the most exclusive destination for Hollywood stars on the planet. In its prime, the city was the place star-struck tourists dreamed of, a place where you could hope to see John Wayne, Elvis, or Elizabeth Taylor taking a stroll through one of the expensive hotels. But those days have passed, and in more recent memory, over one hundred cruise ships have stricken Acapulco from their itineraries, leaving the city with a fraction of the tourist market it once held. However, this serenity and exclusivity may have turned the Las Brisas neighborhood into a short drive up the Carretera Escénica outside of the Acapulco city center into one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the world, a weekend getaway for luxury livers from Mexico City and abroad.

In 1944 during World War II, Italy’s Emilia Romagna region was home to the Gothic Line, the German forces’ last line of defense against the Allies along the summits of the Apennine mountain ranges. Over a long series of battles between Autumn of 1944 and Spring of 1945, the Allied armies breached the Gothic line in two locations in Emilia Romagna, the Adriatic, and the central Apennine fronts. This breach was known as Operation Olive, or The Battle of Rimini. Over a million soldiers participated, making it the

Panama City is growing and reinventing itself every day. In Panama’s capital, you see new high rises and new hotels under construction. The city is a dynamic expression of the growing importance of Central America in the world economy, and it manages to combine this ever-shifting, ever-growing dynamism with the beautiful and time tested traditions of Latin and Caribbean culture.