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This Costa Rican Beach Town Is A Haven For Weary Black Ex-Pats
This story was featured in the January/February 2023 issue of ESSENCE, on stands now. In early 2021, Aishah White, SVP of Media and Strategic Development at Warner Records, took a vacation to Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Costa Rica. She was searching for peace for her mind, body and soul. She believed that the stress brought on by her hectic work schedule in Los Angeles, the policies of Donald Trump and the various racial tensions they created were factors that could have contributed to her suffering a life-threatening brain hemorrhage in 2020. The killing of George Floyd made things harder. In its wake, White and many other music-industry heavyweights drove efforts…
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Get out of town this winter on the cheapest flights of the year
“Even in a interval like now when airfares are bigger than it truly is traditionally been, January and February are still the two cheapest months to vacation in the full calendar year,” explained Scott Keyes founder of Scott’s Low-cost Flights. For all those of us who trapped close to for Christmas and are hunting to fulfill that “get out of city itch,” the future two months will be primary time for finding a good deal on a flight. “Even in a time period like now when airfares are increased than it is historically been, January and February are still the two cheapest months to journey in the whole year,” reported…
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NJ beach town is country’s top vacation destination, Zillow says
When it comes to the most sought-immediately after put to vacation in the U.S., Lavallette is No. 1, according to a newly launched evaluation by on-line actual estate market Zillow. In the website’s record of most popular marketplaces for searches in 2022, the Ocean County community defeat out towns in Florida (Indian Rocks) and California (South Tahoe Lake) to be named a prime summer season vacation vacation spot. “Lavallette capabilities extensive, sandy beach locations for swimming, browsing and fishing in the Atlantic, area for bocce, tennis and rollerblading and possibilities for crabbing, sailing and other drinking water athletics in Barnegat Bay,” Zillow wrote in its report, noting that the town…