An Ice-top Bar, Great Conch and Massage Specials

I'm a fan of travelling, but known to not enjoy cruises so much. I think they're corny, the food is bad and don't get me started on the entertainment. Following my life itinerary to always travel every 3 months, this past Valentine's weekend, I boarded  +Celebrity Cruises (Century ship) and they managed to change my mind. 

Celebrity Century

On February 12th, two days before Cupid's holiday, I boarded the Celebrity Century destined for the Bahamas at 12:00PM. I had reserved a room with a balcony and decided to upgrade (carpe diem!) to concierge class. Well worth it. When I entered my room a bottle of champagne and three green apples (which were replenished daily) stood elegantly on my table with "EAT ME" written all over it, well, you know, figuratively speaking. As for the room itself? A more than comfy bed, enough space to still find your way around the room regardless of how many articles of clothing you have lying on the floor and a balcony wide enough to pace back and forth on trying to cool off after still not finding an outfit for the night (even with all the over packing you have done for a 4 day cruise).

Celebrity Century, Balcony

Celebrity Century, Concierge Class             

Champagne and Green Apples, Why Not?

Though I did enjoy most food served and obviously enjoyed the room upgrade, their ice-topped Martini Bar & Crush, first of its kind, has a perfectly, deliciously concocted Martini menu and was what I most enjoyed aboard the ship. The experiences on the island, food included of course, was above all, my favorite part of this trip.

Strawberry Martini topped with mint/over ice- Martini Bar & Crush

Other Favorites:

Bahamas Sand

Real Bahamian Conch Fritters From The Naughty Pirate Bar (Public Beach)

        

                    Tuna Crudo aka Better Food Than Expected

Mandara Spa, Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas

Bahamas Travel Tips:

• If you are looking for things to do and you're a fan of massages, check out Mandara Spa's website, they seem to always be running specials. I got a 60 minute deep tissue massage for $99! That's $200 less than snorkeling with some dubious fishes and a whole lot more relaxing.
• Don't buy anything from guys in taxi vans
• $20 gets you all you can drink... of very bad liquor
• Be safe. Go to The Naughty Pirate and buy your drinks. And your food (refer to voluptuous fried conch above). Extra plus? Free WiFi when you eat inside (password's on receipt)

I'd visit the Bahamas again just because it's easy, affordable and relaxing. Everything is stuck in chill mode and I'm OK with that.

Happy Travels, 

Jomary Jimenez

Forever Wanderluster

Leaving Las Vegas... Possibly Never to Return Again.

Needless to say by the title of this blog you already know my first experience in Vegas was a bit dreadful. The day started off with a trip to Whole Foods, my boss and I jamming in the car to "Echa Pa'lla (Manos Pa' Arriba)"by Pitbull and having no traffic whatsoever to MIA. That good vibe quickly changed when we arrived to LAS.

On February 4th, at approximately 10:29 PM, I arrived to LAS with the intentions of this being one of the best trips of my life. Not solely because it was the "City of Sin" and I had 3 nights to explore it, but because it was the first time I was going out anywhere on my very own. This was the first taste of independence I have had in a while. So I move on to go look for my bag, and to my surprise all bags were gone. I went to the claims department and noticed a black rolling suitcase that looked just like mine. A big sticker was on the bag that clearly stated Mr. Hart.

I quickly approached a young lady and asked her where my bag was and she looked at me and said "Claim ticket". I gave her my claim ticket and I told her that my bag actually looked like the one out there. She looked at me again and said "Oh an old man came looking for his bag and his name was Mr. Hart. He must have taken your bag by mistake". My heart sunk as I proceeded to ask her, "Well didn't you check his claim ticket as you checked mine?", "No, he was older, maybe we overlooked him. Besides, he thought he found his bag".

And then I proceeded to do this... Which by the way, I hate and would never do. I was just so frustrated...

Needless to say, the claims department called me every couple of hours to give me an update and even told me to go shopping for clothes until my bags came back to the airport. This made me feel a little better but I still feared for the iPad I had in my suitcase but then also felt a little relieved "he was older...". Before going to H&M and shopping away my mini depression, I opened the find my ipad app and put a message on there for Mr. Hart and went on to make sure everything was in order.

After I come back from shopping the front desk calls to say they have my bag. Now I don't know if taking it to twitter had anything to do with it, or if Mr. Hart was tech savvy enough to turn on the iPad and saw my message to call the claims department, but my fears had been relieved and my prayers answered.

With all that out of the way, I proceeded to have a better time. Here are a couple of the better things that happened in Vegas.

Staying at the Nobu Tower in Caesar's Palace

                              Turndown amenities Nobu Hotel (very comfy)                          

Japanese style breakfast, in-room dining Nobu Hotel

Attending the Social Media Strategies Summit at the Bally's Hotel

Fox Sports Keith Dobkowski 

Nobu Restaurant

Bourbon Heaven Nobu Restaurant 

Shopping at the Forum Shops

H&M at the Forum Shops

Leaving Las Vegas

Maybe next time, Vegas will show me a better time...

Until then, hashtag fail.

Xoxo, 

Jomary Jimenez

Social Media Girl

Globetrottin'

Ever since I started my current relationship, I've started travelling every 3 months or so.  Just to be clear, my last name is not Trump, I do not have any kind of serious savings solely for travelling nor am I sponsored by anyone to go anywhere (I wish). I have simply found great deals and fortunately have been able to take time off and explore my inner Dora.

In the last 4 years, I have only been to New York and the Caribbean. In the next 4 years, I plan to travel throughout the United States, South America and Europe. Here's to the Universe fulfilling it's role. Next up: Vegas and the Bahamas.

Resort Worlds Bimini, Bahamas

Xoxo, 

Jomary Jimenez

Social Media Girl/ Wanderluster

Fashion Happy Hour

I swear after doing the Experience Eden project with +D'ana Nunez, all I did in January was attend +Miami Fashion Bloggers events. The latest one was +Valentina L's Fashion Happy Hour on January 31st. This was the first time I had been to one of her events, so I was excited to attend.

 Fashion Happy Hour

My prior desire to be nowhere near anything that required shopping, has changed. As soon as I saw the vendors cute little setups I was drawn to do/buy something. Candy Coat nail boutique was the vendor that first caught my eye. Though I didn't get my nails done that day, I am surely going to visit them soon. I did buy a cute black little flower halo however from Haute Blossom.

Flower Halo's from Haute Blossom

There was also great music performed by a sultry-voiced young woman named Carly Joe. Check out this video of Carly singing Drake's "Hold On We're Going Home" hit.

Overall, I had a great time and have a feeling I will be attending many more of +Valentina L's events. Hopefully, Miami Beach will be one of the next locations Fashion Happy Hour will be held ;)

More pictures below:

@ThankYouMiami 

Valeria Amaral & Christina Sears 

2x1 at Red Bar

Till next time,

Xoxo, 

Jomary Jimenez

Social Media Girl (now a little fashion intrigued)