The Cacique TouCh | The 5 Secrets of Floral Design
Ikebana is the Japanese art of flower arranging. “Ike” meaning life or “arrange” and “bana” meaning flower. in Ikebana, the life / soul of each flower is kept alive through the arrangement, meaning that each flower, each stem, each blade of grass of withered seedpod has a purpose in creating a whole. Uh, oh… Here he goes waxing on, waxing off again. Am I suggesting that I am a black belt in floral arrangement? Maybe a green belt. After two decades in the industry, I am beginning to understand that true mastery - of floral design, karate, or table setting - comes with patience, meditation and reflection on the form.
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Discover Cacique | Hog Island Lighthouse
In October, 1816 the foundation stone of The Hog Island (now Paradise Island) Lighthouse was laid and the building completed around one year later. Quarried from the island’s limestone rock, the tower was built along with the Lighthouse Keeper’s Quarters, where it was manned until the 1960s. To this day, it guards the western entrance to Nassau Harbour.
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Discover Cacique | The Nassau Public Library
At the southern end of Parliament Square on Bay Street, sits the distinctive flamingo-pink octagon of the Nassau Public Library. Constructed as a jail in 1797, a place full of noise and chaos, it was reborn in 1879 as a public library, a small oasis of tranquility in the humdrum of busy downtown Nassau.
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Lord Dunmore & The Forts That Never Fired
In this Discover Cacique episode, we tell the tale of Lord Dunmore, dubbed by historians as the most eccentric man in Bahamian history, who was to leave this island nation with a collection of forts that stand to this day as testament to one man's obsessive nature.
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DISCOVER CACIQUE | OFFICE ART
This is why we love our growing collection of "quite useless" Bahamian art - because each day, each individual piece may give us reason to stop in our tracks, contemplate beauty in all its facets and Just Imagine the possibilities of another at the office...
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Discover Cacique | Villa Doyle
In 1972, the Union Jack was lowered for the last time and a brand new black, gold and aquamarine flag was raised in its place. Forty-three years of independence from the crown but The Bahamas continues to hold dear many of its colonial relics. Positioned on the ridge, overlooking Nassau harbor and Downtown Bay Street, you will find the stately Villa Doyle, now reincarnated as the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas.
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