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Wine:  The Affordable Luxury
Dateline: Bermuda

Wine: The Affordable Luxury

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Darlene McCarthy Barnfield • Leave a comment

  A life of luxury can be defined in many ways, but most often it simply boils down to quality, cost and scarcity. Or as Robert Frank described it in The Wealth Report, “Luxury, by definition should be exclusive.”  And to be fair, exclusive usually means expensive, which is of little concern to those who … Continue reading →

A Warm Welcome is Worth Its Weight In Gold
Dateline: Bermuda

A Warm Welcome is Worth Its Weight In Gold

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Darlene McCarthy Barnfield • Leave a comment

                  Buongiorno Bella! Cappuccino? “Come, sit down” urged the proprietor of the lovely cafe in Capri, “We are open.” And that is how the entire Italian holiday went. Restaurant owner after restaurant owner planted firmly on the doorstep of their establishments, smiling broadly and warmly beckoning us … Continue reading →

Dateline: Bermuda

Modern Civility

Posted on June 20, 2014 by Darlene McCarthy Barnfield • Leave a comment

Good morning. How are you?” If you’re smart, this is the first expression you’ll add to your verbal repertoire upon arriving in Bermuda, followed very quickly by “good afternoon” and then, of course, “good evening.” These simple phrases are the accepted conversation starter on the island and the official preamble to any social exchange, however … Continue reading →

Clean up your act and get a good business model or else…
Dateline: Bermuda

Clean up your act and get a good business model or else…

Posted on May 20, 2014 by Darlene McCarthy Barnfield • Leave a comment

Please stop blaming the economy if your business is failing. Maybe it’s your business model. Case in point: I discovered a man with a van who advertised bespoke car cleaning services. He would actually travel to your home and 90-minutes later your car was clean and no longer an embarrassment to the neighbourhood. The epitome … Continue reading →

A Divine Design
Dateline: Bermuda

A Divine Design

Posted on May 5, 2014 by Darlene McCarthy Barnfield • Leave a comment

“I love it,” is the only way that Bermudian Shelly Greene can describe her recently completed home transformation. “I wanted to renovate this house as soon as I moved in.”  That was 30 years ago. So this renovation has certainly been a long time in coming. The house is named ‘Palm Creek’ and is located … Continue reading →

Flight Fury
Dateline: Bermuda

Flight Fury

Posted on May 5, 2014 by Darlene McCarthy Barnfield • Leave a comment

How to gently put this? Perhaps it is time to improve our experience at Bermuda’s L.F. Wade International Airport either through privatization or better training. I write this after completing an epic journey from Bermuda to Boston. Normally the trip takes two hours.  Unless someone screws up. Then it takes 12. Already delayed by weather … Continue reading →

Eleven Seconds
Dateline: Bermuda

Eleven Seconds

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Darlene McCarthy Barnfield • Leave a comment

There is not an expat alive who lands on this island and doesn’t yearn to get behind the wheel of a car and onto the rest of her life.  But first, there is the Transportation Control Department to contend with.  I am a brave woman, but the prospect of taking a driving test, both written … Continue reading →

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