Greetings On-Line Family:

Today, September 11th, 2009, let's take a moment to memorialize, pay tribute and nationally mourn the thousands who died, as well as the thousands who were severely injured and is still suffering from the September 11, 2001 attacks on America.  One of the saddest incidents in American History!!!

Today, makes the 8^th Anniversary of the devastating terrorist attacks in the United States of America at the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon in Washington DC, and in Pennsylvania (a rural area near Shanksville in Somerset County.

So as you remember the victims and the survivors of his tragic day – September 11^th, 2001, I ask that you keep the survivors and the many families and friends of all the victims in your thoughts and prayers, they will forever mourn the lost of their loved ones. 

 We must always keep this tragic incident in our minds and in our hearts, because this was a day most of us in America felt powerless, and the incident itself was unfathomable and left us grief stricken.    

God Bless America!  God Bless all the men and women who lost their lives on September 11, 2001, and Bless their families and friends as they struggle to move on after enduring such pain, and suffering.  God Bless the survivors who will forever be suffering physically and mentally, their healing will indeed take a lifetime and their memories will be vivid for years to come!!!  

Lovely...Lovely Trinidad "Island of the Blue Caribbean sea...May God Bless our Nation!

The last few weeks we at Arious Entertainment and MyCaribbean took a trip to Trinidad to celebrate T&T's 47th Independence, and most importantly to visit family.  This was our first trip back to Trinidad in quite a few years, and so much was different (of course).  

The place had changed quite a lot since we were last there, and one thing that took us back a bit was seeing the many American food "Chains" located in Trinidad, such as TGI Fridays, Ruby Tuesday, Hooter's, Church's Chicken and good old KFC along with so many more "Chain" restaurants. 

Unfortunately, when you are in our business a vacation always turns into work; therefore, we tried to experience as much as possible, so we could share it all with you. 

Our first stop after spending time with family was at the Hyatt Regency in Port of Spain, which was quite exquisite.  From the moment we turned on to the Driveway of the hotel off Wrightson Road it seemed we had been transformed to another place. 

The Hyatt certainly is a 5 Star Hotel, and the elegance was breathe taking.  The lobby was very impressive and comfortable with modern architecture and the ambience was delightful.  The city view from the 17th floor was nice;  the view of the Port was beautiful ; and the rooms were spectacular.  

One feature of the room that stood out to us was the location of the shower, which was nestled between the bed and bathroom enclosed in glass.  This was truly striking. Finally, the staff was extremely professional and helpful and constantly kept smiles on their faces.

One nice thing about the Hyatt was the different packages they offered to suit your needs.  The package we got included breakfast, which was very nice.  It was a fairly lavish buffet in addition to "made-to-order" Omelets, Waffles, along with several local favorite breakfast dishes (bake and salt fish, etc..)  

Our entire stay at the Hyatt was wonderful, the food was delicious, and the service overall was outstanding.  The Hyatt is a great place to stay if elegance and service are your priorities.  CLICK HERE TO SOME OF THE PHOTOS WE CAPTURED!

Our next stop was to the beach, and for this trip we ventured out to Salybia Beach, where we had reserved rooms for my entire family at the beautiful "Playa Del Este Private Resort and Sanctuary" located directly on the beach. This turned out to be an amazing place.  

Playa Del Este Private Resort and Sanctuary is owned by Michael Headley the founder of the former Top Masquerade/Carnival Band "Poison."  (The band Poison in past years has had sections in many of the Masquerade bands in Carnivals around the world.)  For the past 6 years on Trinidad's Carnival Thursday night Mr. Headley has had a Carnival Fete at his Playa Del Este resort, and I understand this event is one of the hottest Carnival fete in Trinidad and it is always successful.

The grounds at Playa Del Este are spectacular and are filled with trees, mostly fruit trees with an abundance of fruit growing very nicely (lots of mangos and coconuts), and many other local fruits and herbs.  

The view of Salybia beach is exceptional, and the shore line of the Toco beaches from the resort are fantastic.  Umh...what a beautiful sight of the mountains just beyond the ocean, and at night the view is even more spectacular, along with the loud splashing of the waves as it beats against the shore.  The stars were ohhhh..so beautiful in the not so distant sky, (you felt as if you could just reach up and pluck one from the sky.)  Our nights were spent either on our ocean front balcony talking with family and catching up on all we had missed, or on one of the many decks nestled all along the property, or just chilling in one of the pools under the stars.

Playa Del Este to us was a piece of heaven, serene and oh...so beautiful .  If you are looking for seclusion, a beautiful ocean view and lots of relaxation then Playa Del Este Private Resort and Sanctuary is the place for your next getaway.  You may think from the pictures we captured of the resort that it is very expensive, but surprisingly the price was quite reasonable.  CLICK HERE TO SEE SOME OF THE PICTURES WE CAPTURED AT THE RESORT.  

Before I move on with our trip, I must share with you another nice experience.  

To our surprise on our last night at the resort there was an all inclusive event taking place next door at the "Salybia Resort and Spa".  My family, Todd and I sat around the pool bar that overlooked this event, and along with some drinks we viewed the live entertainment at this event.  While partying and talking with the other guests, we realized that the promoter of this event was among us.  We introduced ourselves and briefly talked a bit about what we both did.  The promoter Mr. Bowen immediately invited us to his event and supplied us with tickets so we could go over and check out everything firsthand.  This event "The Salybia Independence All-Inclusive Fest" presented by Salybia Resort along with Yorkie Inc. and FB Promotions, had lots of food, an abundance of drinks (top shelf, wines, champagne, etc.) and  lots of entertainment, which included the DJ, along with Shurwayne Winchester and his band YOU, Dil-E-Naden, live steel pan music, and several other bands.  Gosh, this was a fantastic party even with the on and off rain that was coming down throughout the night.  The performances were great, and Shurwayne and his band was fantastic.  Todd was invited on stage to film the performances, and I tried my best to capture some decent photos of the event, which I will upload to my MyCaribbean page in the next few days.  However, below you will find a video that Todd produced about the festival. 

Wow, talk about  "thief-ing a wine", Todd had a nice experience at this event.  While in the crowd trying to film the performances a beautiful woman appeared from no where and really gave Todd a "nice piece of wine."  I am so sorry that I was too busy laughing and looking at his expression to capture a picture of this scene.  He explained to me later that he truly experienced  the Trinidad term "thief-ing a wine", which was nice for him...LOL.

Click the picture below to see all we captured at the Salybia T&T Independence Fest 2009 Live in Trinidad

All in all this entire experience at Playa Del Este Private Resort and Sanctuary was fantastic and our stay their with the family was great.  Check it out when you are in Trinidad, or check out the yearly Carnival fete that is held there on the Carnival Thursday Night.  Ms. Wedderburn the Manager of the resort would love to have you as a guest, and make sure you let her know that you heard and read about her resort from Arious Entertainment.  The contact information is as follows: http://www.playadelesteresort.com/aboutresort.asp, the Telephone is (868) 691-5227/2632 and Email: is info@playadelesteresort.com.   In between spending time with the family we slipped away for a night to check out the newly built Courtyard Marriott in Port of Spain (located next to the exciting Movie Towne Shopping Centre and the Hasley Crawford Stadium.   This hotel seemed to cater more to business people, and it was small (only a total of 119 rooms) cozy and very nice.  The service was exceptional and everyone was extremely friendly.  While at this hotel, we ventured out to Movie Town and had a nice dinner at the trendy Zanzibar restaurant, where lovely Tara spent some time chatting with us about everything (Tara a friend of the family didn't mention to us she worked at Zanzibar, but to our surprise there she was).  Zanzibar was a nice getaway and the Movie Town complex itself is filled with restaurants, a multi-plex movie theatre, shops and even a casino.  When in Trinidad take some time to visit Movie Towne complex, it's a must see location. Unfortunately, we did not have an opportunity to visit Trincity Mall on this trip (the largest mall in Trinidad), but clearly throughout the years it has grown quite drastically.  From the outside view it is huge.  This mall also has a multi-plex theatre and lots of restaurants. Our trip to Trinidad was truly divine, and seeing the family was so precious to me...my mom, dad, my handsome brothers, and beautiful nieces, along with my cousins, aunts, uncles, etc.  It all was very nice and a trip I will always remember.  As you can imagine we can't wait to get back there, actually we intend to book our tickets for Carnival NOW!   If you haven't visited Trinidad, please plan a trip soon, we know you will love it.     The funniest thing happened this week, a video was sent to us, which we found very interesting.  It's about Michael Jackson's 3rd Child "Blanket" and the video claims to have an idea of who his mother really is.     Guess what, it seems Blanket is our nephew according to this video.  Funny, this video claims to have discovered that Shana (my husband - Todd's) sister is the mother of Blanket....LOL   Check out the video that is becoming very popular on the internet, by clicking the picture below, and the discussions are quite interesting too. Take a look at the video and let us know what you think. (Apparently this was prepared by a fan of Michael Jackson).       Happy 50th Birthday Papa Wabe! We at Arious extend special birthday greetings to Radio Host Papa Wabe.   Papa Wabe is the host of a reggae radio show in Baltimore at WEAA 88.9 FM every Saturday morning from 10am to 1pm - for "Reggae Roots and Culture".  Listen on line @ www.weaa.org  Papa Wabe has been entertaining us for many years, and he "rocks".  We first heard him on WPFW in Washington DC where he had a great show called "Shockwave", that was heard every Friday night.  He later moved on to XM Radio when they first debuted in the Radio Market some years ago, and now he is the reggae Ambassador of Baltimore.   Tonight at Wabe's celebration, it is sure to be a great night of reggae vibes - remember doors open at 7pm and showtime is promptly at 8pm.  Two of our favorite reggae artists are headlining this great event - Glen Washington and Everton Blender.  Also on the show is DC's up and coming next talk of the town "Lady Flame" along with Tony Roy, Empress Shaneece & More.  So don't meet us at rams head, beat us there because Rams Head shows usually starts on time and you don't want to miss a moment of this great line-up.  Click here for all the details! Come and be prepared for a night of fun. Rams Head Live is located in the Baltimore's Power plant Live (Entertainment Complex).  This is a fun place in itself because it is filled with restaurants, clubs and bars.  After a certain hour the entire complex is closed off so you can club hop throughout the night.   If you would like to share your thoughts on any of the issues above,  feel  free to send it directly to me at:  susan@ariousentertainment.us  Finally, as I close out for this week, please remember to check out all the "Featured Events below, as well as all the upcoming Caribbean Carnivals and upcoming exciting events on our "Events" Page.  Have a lovely and safe weekend! FEATURED EVENTS To Enter The "Events" Page Check out our "Featured Events" listed below.   Also, there are several events taking place, so to view all the Events please log on to our "Events" Page above! September 11 2009 - Baltimore Maryland September 12 - Silver Spring Maryland September 13, 2009 - Miami Florida   September 19, 2009 - Washington DC September 26, 2009 - Washington DC October 3, 2009 - Washington DC    Featured Caribbean Social Network - LOG ON...JOIN...MAKE IT YOURS!   Join Arious Entertainment and My Caribbean for The Miami-Broward Carnival "After Carnival Cruise".  A 4-Night Western Caribbean Cruise Starting at $229.00/per double occupancy (a substantial savings of up to 80% off the brochure price of $849.00).   Departing Miami on October 12, 2009, and making stops in (1) Key West: for us to explore the beautiful island, and to get a taste of its signature dessert-the Key Lime Pie; and (2) Cozumel Mexico for us to discover the ancient Maya ruins, as well as to play on the white sand beaches of Playa del Carmen on the mainland.  Finally we return to Miami on October 16, 2009.  Please note while on the ship all meals are included (24 hours a day,) with lots of fun and exciting things to do while aboard including a casino, live shows, entertainment, games, dancing and lots more. To learn all about this exciting cruise and to book your ticket now click on the picture below.  Once on the Cruise Travel Page, scroll down and select the October 12-16th Cruise to learn all the details. CLICK HERE TO ENTER MYCARIBBEAN.US EXCITING TRAVEL CLUB TO LOG ON TO THE LINK TO LEARN ALL THE DETAILS AND TO MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS FOR THIS CRUISE   YOU CAN ALSO CLICK HERE TO GO DIRECTLY TO THIS FANTASTIC CRUISE DEAL!