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Culinary oasis
Open and airy, with white shutters on the windows, an indoor palm tree here and there and the vibrant colors of the Caribbean, Bahama Breeze restaurant in Robinson Town Centre beckons diners with warm, tantalizing aromas and island music even before they can get out of their cars. It's meant to be an oasis -- an escape from the storms of everyday life, says managing chef John Michael Brown, and a way for people to discover the flair of Caribbean fare. Open since March 2004, Bahama Breeze is one of a chain of 32 restaurants operating under Darden Restaurants Inc. of Orlando, Fla., the world's largest casual dining company, which also owns and operates Red Lobster, Olive Garden and Smokey Bones. However, the Robinson location differs from the norm, says Brown -- it's a prototype that's laid out differently from the others.
As Christmas approaches, businesses get advice on security
BEEFING UP A security officer stands guard at the Solomon's Wholesale store. As the Christmas holidays draw near, Grand Bahama authorities are encouraging local business places to beef up security, as crime tends to increase this time of year.(Photo by JENNEVA RUSSELL)
The Yuletide season is approaching and local businesses are getting some sound advice from some of the Royal Bahamas Police Force's elite on taking proper security measures.
Inspector Loretta Mackey said that local business owners are encouraged to establish a better communication line with authorities, especially as the days dwindle down to Christmas.
"We met with all of our Urban Renewal teams and their commanders, the fire department and police officers last Friday," said Mackey.
Jackpot
The new James Bond is quick and muscular, and there is nothing remotely camp about him. He doesnt wink; in fact, Im not sure he even blinks. Where other men might athletically sail through a narrow window opening during a chase scene, he prefers to plow through the wall. Hes a strapping brute young, untested, rough around the edges and he is magnificent. Let the purists squawk: In Daniel Craig, the Bond franchise has finally found a 007 whose cruel charisma rivals that of Sean Connery. Based on the first of Ian Flemings novels, Casino Royale is an origin story, and it wants very much to be this years Batman Begins a movie that resets the clock to zero and tells the tale with new and becoming leanness. Were present at the start of things: Bond gets his first Aston Martin here, is fitted for his first tuxedo, briefly considers whether ones martini should be shaken or stirred.