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They Live, Love & Work in Paradise LIVE LIFEFEBRUARY/MARCH 2010 VOL. 3 NUM. 1 IN PALMAS They Live, Love & Work& in Paradise PHA PALMAS DEL MAR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION www.LLPalmas.com 1MAGAZINE 2 www.LLPalmas.com www.LLPalmas.com 3 SSS 2 www.LLPalmas.com www.LLPalmas.com 3 editor’s corner Dear friends and neighbors, February inevitably makes us think about and celebrate LOVE. But...it shouldn’t be that way. We should celebrate Love all year round. As a New Year resolution I invite you to embrace life, love your community, your family and friends. Tell the people you love “I love you” every single day. Surround yourself with positive people, people who love and enjoy life, people who give you positive energy, not those that take it away. Always see the glass half full. Laugh as many times as you can everyday and most importantly: don’t fight over insignificant things. Choose your battles. Remember that your way is not necessarily THE WAY. Be less interested in putting in order and cleaning your house or your car…go out, share with your family and friends, walk on the beach, enjoy nature, go see a good movie, attend a good concert. ... Just love life and people around you and that love will return to you in happiness. It’s a matter of choice! Your choice! Celebrate love every day of your life. In this edition, we portray five happy couples that not only love each other and enjoy life together, but they work side by side every day and have been doing so for many years. You will also find a pictorial account of all the wonderful Christmas Activities our community had this year. Does Palmas like to party? See it for yourself. There were many parties and very good ones if I must say so myself. We have to highlight two major ones: The Lighting of the Tree at Palmanova Plaza and the traditional Christmas Golf Carts Parade. The photos speak for themselves. Congratulations to PHA and Palmanova Plaza for a job well done. s Lissette Rosado, Editor [email protected] Keep yourself informed, register at www.LLPalmas.com 4 www.LLPalmas.com www.LLPalmas.com 5 corner WWW.Cartspro.com [email protected] A Division of Parts Pro Puerto Rico, Inc. SALES 787-613-0155 GENUINE PARTS & ACCESSORIES RENTAL 787-613-0177 SERVICE 787-285-7081 RXV TECHNOLOGY THAT MEANS SOMETHING. Great selection of Pre-owned units Parts and Accessories Palmas del Mar, Humacao, PR (787) 613-0155 4 www.LLPalmas.com Monday to Saturday 8am to 5pm - Sunday by appointmentwww.LLPalmas.com 5 LIVE LIFE Romantic wedding IN PALMAS FEBRUARY/MARCH 2010 VOL. 3 NUM. 1 ...at the beach Lissette Rosado, Editor by Lissette Rosado [email protected] Prevatte/Evans wedding 787-562-6104 at the Four Points Hotel Editorial& Collaborators Camila Vargas Obed Borrero Myrna Ríos Graphic Design Sandra Rodríguez / Rosado & Morales (787)765-0890 Sales & Marketing Lissette Rosado / Silvia Morales A very romantic ceremony (787)765-2190 / (787)562-6105 took place right at the beach Carolina Dugarte-Aranguren (near the Beach Bohio area). (787)248-0588 The bride and the groom, Rick and Candace, are both Assistant Editor from Suffolk, Virginia. Candace is a triplet and her Zenaida Sanjurjo sisters are Courtney Prevatte & Christina Parker, maid and Printing matron of honor respectively. Model Offset Printing (MOP), Humacao Rick’s groomsmen were his (787)850-3000 father and brother - Larry Ev- ans, Sr & Larry Evans, Jr. The intimate reception took place at the Four Point Hotel by Sheraton. Attending were: Bride-Mother of Bride and fiancé-Beth Prevatte and Sean Bridges; Grandmother - PHA Deanna Freeman; Brothers-in-law - Will Parker & Colt Eason; Uncle - Scott Freeman Groom- Moth- er - Patsy Evans; Sister and Brother-in-law - Tina & Roger Rosenberry (sons Connor and Carson); Sister-in-law - Deneen Evans (daughter Chelsea); and 16 of their closest friends. s Live & Life in Palmas is a bi-monthly publication intended to reach the Palmas community and its visitors with the purpose to inform and communicate. You can send us your comments to [email protected] or call 787-765-2190. Live & Life in Palmas is a co-production of Palmas del Mar Homeowners Association and Rosado & Morales, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction without permission is strictly prohibited. Palmas del Mar Homeowners Association 787-285-6425 www.LLPalmas.com San Juan Children's Choir The 2nd Christmas Carol Concert to benefit the Holy Family Chapel was of high cultural value and delighted ...unforgettable the public with profound and joyous Christmas spirit. Miss María A. and Concert Miss María G. Fernández Cerra, two sisters that graduated from Palmas Academy as well as from at Palmas. the Coro de Niños de San Juan, excelled in directing the choir of 50 children’s voices. Juan Carlos Rodríguez, our acclaimed tenor, filled the interior space of the Chapel with great emotion and a beautiful voice when he sang The Christmas Song, among others. The highlight of the choir was the singing of El Villancico Yaucano, Los Pastores, Aguinaldo Jíbaro with our cherished instruments, and Silent Night in three languages, accompanied by Juan Carlos. The Catholic Ladies of Palmas coordinated the activity to establish a fund towards the improvement of the acoustics of the Chapel. “We wish to thank every person that contributed towards this successful and unforgettable evening in Palmas, and we are looking forward to the 3rd edition of this new Christmas tradition,” says Lola Roig who coordinated hand in hand with Lula Rodríguez, Lucy Bravo, Wanda Mediavilla, Idalia Rojas, Yayi Casillas, Camary Bagué, and Debbie Sosa.s ONE ON ONE FITNESS 8.5x5.5 American Plastics Perspectiva.pdf 10/7/08 4:22:52 PM C M AMERICAN Indoor-Outdoor Fabrics Y Decorative Fabrics CM PLASTICS Drapery Fabrics MY CY Marine Fabrics CMY Drapery Rods K by Lissette Rosado Lucette & Daniel from Chez Daniel, Las Tapas & Bistro Rico were meant to I asked her. “We can’t talk be! They’ve been working together for 42 years! Daniel is from the north about anything else,” she of France, Normandy, located between the capital city Paris and the English laughed. “And, what do you Channel. She is from the south, Perpignan, close to the border with Spain. share the most?” I asked. But...destiny took its course and Daniel ended up in Perpignan. “My par- “Food! We both love to eat. ents used to have hotels, one in the mountains and one on the coast. In That’s our main outings. December 1967 Daniel came to work at the hotel. Four months later we We go to dinners to the were married and both of us kept working with my family at Canet-Plage in Chaîne des Rôtisseurs, an Perpignan until they sold the hotels,” said Lucette, “Food has always brought international gastronomic us together. Daniel is from a long line of butchers and I am from the hotel society founded and dedi- business.” There are also many similarities… Lucette, as well as her mother cated in bringing together was, is the one in charge of administration and purchasing. Daniel, as well those who share a mutual as his father was, is in charge of the kitchen. “What about at the house?” I interest in cuisine, wine, asked. “No, at home the kitchen is mine. I cook every day,” she said. Believe and fine dining in a spirit it or not! “They (Daniel and their daughters) come every day and eat at the of camaraderie. “Every- house,” she stated. thing related to food!” After Lucette’s parents closed their hotels Daniel received an offer to come she cried. Other than that, they enjoy to Palmas to work for six months. That was twenty eight years ago. They spending a month in France in their have never left. At that time Celine and Severine, their twin daughters, were house in Canet-Plage. How do they only nine years old and didn’t speak a word of Spanish nor did Daniel. do it? I don’t know. They are hard Lucette spoke some Spanish because she studied it at school. workers and as we all know always The tradition is not over; Severine & Celine are both in the restaurant busi- very warm and pleasant.s ness with them. Today, they are not only managing the restaurants in Pal- mas but also Bistro Tartine in Caguas. Do you talk at home about work?” T h e y m e t a t a over was her beauty and that she also was a very good person. restaurant while working Later on he found out she was a perfect wife and mother. “It’s in the Champagne region been twenty five years of happiness,” he stated. “We give each other of France but both of space to do what we like to do. Frank love sports, he plays tennis. I just go them where involved out with my good friend Carolina and talk. During the summer we usually take with someone else. a month and go to France. There we spend a lot of time together, especially But...years later they going to restaurants,” Valerie told us. ran into each other They work together six days a week, so they try not to talk about work again and this time they at home. “We hardly fight but when we fight at work for some reason, it is were single. Cupid took over when we get home,” said Valerie. At home Valerie cooks and he eats care of the rest and whatever she puts on the table because he knows that if he complains, she they’ve been together won’t cook anymore.
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