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This hotel is ideal for an unforgettable holiday in the largest island of the Antilles.
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Posted by: Dalibor
on Jan 29, 2015 >
3 contribution(s) Canada
Visited on: Jan, 2015
| Leisure | Family and Kids
1 person found this review helpful
Stayed there two weeks ago in Havana, I didn't stay at the hotel a lot, and I spent 4 nights here. Warm, nice, friendly people, it is not pretty cheap for this kind of hotel, big clean rooms as well, maybe the hotel need to be updated, but still is a nice place. Here in the Caribean they still know what all-in means..unlike in Canada. Staff very friendly and helpful at the restaurant where we had breakfast, good food, beautiful pool and of course a beautiful beach. What more can you want? I would love to go here again!
"wonderful time at this hotel"
Posted by:
malek on Aug 1, 2014 >
1 contribution(s) Canada
Visited on: May, 2014
| Leisure | Solo
36 people found this review helpful
I can not begin to describe how amazing this trip was for me, I had such a wonderful time at Sol Cayo largo hotel. I checked in straight away immediately I arrived the reception and the front desk staff made me feels good. The rooms are great, basic but have all the requirements you will need. Before arriving the hotel, I asked for a room with sea view and it was given to me as I was given directions on how to get to my room, it was beautiful. According to some people who have been here before, they said the place has improved and I am glad I met it this way because it was an amazing experience for me. The small bar by the beach was a catch because it saved guests the problem of having to go back and forth for refreshments. The manager was kind enough and tried to help out as often as he could, he was very hospitable. The location is something that brings you joy because it is located right in the middle of two beaches, I call it the perfect location. The entertainment crew really had it for the guests, there was no dull moment and they were so friendly trying to get everyone involved. I recommend staying at this hotel, it was a nice experience for me that I wish on everyone. You will enjoy the views, you will enjoy maximum customer service from the staff and manager, clean rooms and good food.
"Awesome Sol Cayo Largo"
Posted by: John
on Jun 3, 2012 >
2 contribution(s) Canada
Visited on: Apr, 2012
| Leisure | With friend
288 people found this review helpful
My wife and I and two friends stayed for two weeks at the Sol Cayo Largo Resort on the little Cuban island Cayo Largo Del Sur. We had two fabulous weeks there with only one negative comment. One evening the wind died completely and millions of hungry mosquitoes came out! I only got a couple of bites as I had applied repellant with deet but other guests were getting many bites. The negative comment is that at about 7:00 pm the resort send out some men with foggers spewing out smelly smoke which wafted into the dining room while we were eating dinner! It was nauseating for a few minutes and many diners got up and left as the smoke filled the restaurant. It was poor timing for the resort to do this! They could have done it before the restaurants opened for dinner or just avoided the areas where the dining was!
Otherwise our group highly enjoyed our vacation in all aspects!
Room Number:
Room Block:
The entire travel portion from home to check in and check out back to home went smooth as clock work with no glitches at all!
Our rooms were very comfortable, well taken care of and met all our expectations as we paid a bit extra to book the "Superior" accommodations. We had an upper level room with a great balcony facing the beach and ocean!
Restaurants and Bars:
All of the restaurants and bars were very clean, well operated, convenient and enjoyable! All staff members were very friendly, helpful and great people to meet!
All were clean, well maintained and pleasant to visit!
Activities on and off the Resort/Hotel:
There was plenty enough for anyone to either keep busy or lounge and relax! Our group are all scuba divers and we thoroughly enjoyed five full days of diving with the Cayo Largo Divers.
Other Comments:
We recommend this destination highly! This was our second time here (2007 and 2012) and definitely not our last!
"Sol Cayo Largo Vacation 2012"
Posted by: John
on May 22, 2012 >
2 contribution(s) Canada
Visited on: Apr, 2012
| Leisure | With Group
202 people found this review helpful
Four of us ( two couples) had a very enjoyable 2 week vacation in April 2012!
This was the second time that my wife and I had vacationed at Sol Cayo Largo Resort and we loved it both times! I have read some reviews and heard comments from others that were negative but for the four of us almost everything about our vacation was good to great! The only negative thing that comes to mind is that one evening the wind died down to nothing and swarms of hungry mosquitoes came out at dusk, The bad part was that the resort had men with smoke machines go all around the shrubs and trees and outside the Buffet Restaurant which caused diners to get blasted with terrible oily smelling smoke fumes. Timing was bad! Luckily this only happened once! Otherwise everything else was most enjoyable!
All went smooth as clock work. Flights, airport transfers, check in, baggage handling, security checks, customs and all went without a hitch!
We booked a superior room package and it was well worth the money!
Restaurants and Bars:
All good! Food, service and hospitality were great!
Awesome beaches!
Activities on and off the Resort/Hotel:
Scuba diving with Cayo Largo Divers was 5 days of very good diving for us!Scuba Diving is our passion ( all 4 of us ) and we have been diving at Caribbean destinations for more than 25 years. Cayo Largo is a place we recommend divers should try at least once in their lives!
Other Comments:
We also took a sunset catamaran cruise and thoroughly enjoyed it!
"We will be back!!!"
Posted by: Janet
on Apr 25, 2011 >
2 contribution(s) Canada
Visited on: Apr, 2011
| Business | With Spouse/Partner
398 people found this review helpful
Sol Cayo Largo from April 9-16. The airport waiting time was the slowest I'd ever encountered in Cuba. We waited in line for one hour.
At check-in, we were told to go to another desk which for repeat customers and it was our 3rd visit to this hotel. We checked in quickly and were greeted by Abdel with a refreshing drink.
We had fantastic weather all week and the beach remained the same all week. There were about a dozen palapas on the Eastern side of the beach between the Sol and the Sol Pelicano and a good 20+ at the clothing optional/Western part of the beach. There never seemed to be a problem getting loungers/shade as there seemed to be a flight leaving early afternoon every day so the loungers would free up by noon for the next batch of guests. I believe the hotel was at full capacity all week.
I booked the a-la-carte restaurants on Monday. This is done with Jorge at the gazebo to the left of the Tour Bureau near the lobby. He told me to expect a special invitation for repeat guests on Tuesday night. We received the invitation and duly accepted. They had transformed the pool restaurant and it was beautiful. They served us champagne and a wonderful 3-course meal of soup, paella and lobster tail and filet mignon. A very nice touch indeed!
We ate at the Las Trinas restaurant on Wednesday. It was very good, but pace yourself as they serve a lot of food. We also had dinner at the Ranchon (beach restaurant) on Thursday night. This used to be a-la-carte, but is now buffet and you can order grilled meat/fish. It was very similar to the lunches served here every day. In future, I would skip this and just go to the regular buffet as it was much better in my opinion.
We ate at the pool restaurant for lunch almost every day as it was our favorite. The pizza margarita is amazing as is the pasta. They've added a lot of items to the menu since the last visit.
The resort itself is beautiful and very clean and the gardens are gorgeous. The waterways were drained the whole time, but I'm sure it was for maintenance purposes. The rooms could use a bit of a facelift, especially the bathrooms, but they are very clean and we never ran out of toilet paper, drinking water or hot water. Air conditioning and the mini fridge worked perfectly all week.
The people who work here are the reason we keep coming back. It's nice to see the same staff from 5 and 7 years ago. Hats off to Judy at the buffet; Abdel, Julio and Raybert at the lobby bar; Ivo and Saskia at the pool restaurant and Alexander at the beach bar. They were all fabulous!
One last note to MaS card holders. They do not recognize the MaS card anymore at this hotel. I tried to use it for late checkout on the day we left and the front desk clerk told me that they no longer accept it. I paid 30 CUC's to keep the room until 4:00 (they were busing us out at 5:3
"We thoroughly enjoyed our 1st vacation to this beautiful resort"
Posted by:
GefM on Nov 1, 2010 >
2 contribution(s) Canada
Visited on: Oct, 2010
| Leisure | Family and Kids
453 people found this review helpful
We vacationed at the Sol Cayo Largo (SCL) from October 17-24, 2010. This was our 6th trip to Cuba, 1st to SCL and we are a married couple in our 40s. Here is my review and findings of what my wife and I consider our new favourite resort.
We were through customs in a very short time. I would have to say that Travel operators could have had better organization of telling us which bus to get on as I had to search for the Hola Sun Rep. The bus trip was a short 10 minutes at the most. We arrived at the resort at around 10pm and we were able to go straight to the buffet where there was quite the spread of food. After a good bite to eat, we went to the desk and were quickly given our room cards. I noticed that the front desk had everyones room info waiting behind the desk. Very well organized! I noticed this practice was repeated every day guests were arriving through the week. We were quickly driven to our room and shown the units amenities.
I had read a review which recommended room# 1024. This is in building 10 on the second floor and is located at the east side of the resort. I had emailed a week before leaving, asking if it was possible to reserve it. While we did not get 1024 we were given 1023 next door which also has a decent view of the ocean. It was bright and clean, with a standard size bathroom which had a wall-hung hair dryer. The room contained a king size bed which had a fairly comfortable mattress, better than some Ive slept on in Cuba. We also had a bar fridge with 1 bottle of water replenished daily. There were extra pillows and blankets in the closet. The closet also housed the safe which was operated by 1 of the 2 room cards. We did not have to pay extra for the safe. On the balcony facing the ocean was a table and 2 chairs. There were never any bugs in our room. The shower, sink, air conditioner and toilet worked well. There was always enough hot water except for one late evening. All the electrical outlets were 220 volt that would fit North American and European prongs. If there is one negative about the room, we wished there was better lighting in the room and bathroom. Unlike other resorts, we did not find much on the TV to much.
Restaurants and Bars:
The SCL consists of 2 a la carte Restaurants; Las Trinas, and the Ranchon. The Lobby bar is located just past the lobby. The pool bar where you can get delicious sandwiches and pizza on the opposite side and the beach bar. The buffet for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
My wife and I enjoyed every meal at the SCL. I found the food at the buffet better than some other resorts. I always had enough to eat, found the food quite tasty, and never went hungry. Most of the restaurants serve a collection of chicken, pork, and beef.
The Las Trinas, among other dishes, serves a delicious smoked salmon appetizer, lobster bisque, and filet mignon. The pork chop dish is quite tasty as well. They also serve a nice selection of desserts. The Ranchon was also quite good.
You can also order a lobster for an extra 20 pesos.
The buffet for breakfast, lunch and dinner, is your typical Cuban buffet. Dishes of pork, beef, chicken, shrimp, rice, fish, mussels, as well as cold cuts, assortment of salads, beans, bacon and eggs (breakfast), and breads and buns. There is also a tasty pastry bar and ice cream bar. For all meals you can have different items fried for you on a griddle, i.e. omelettes, beef, chicken, and pork. They even have a pasta bar and a pancake/crepe bar.
The grounds are beautiful with many palms and flowering bushes. I was actually surprised by how lush the grounds were, given that this area contains a lot of scrub. Walkways wind around the resort connecting all the buildings and amenities. A large fish pond stretches around the front of the buffet, lobby and over to Las Trinas and Karaoke buildings. I would say that for the most part it is very guest friendly, even for anyone with a wheelchair, with the exception of the stairs down to the beach.
Actually, I should say pools. The 2 salt water free form pools are beautiful, large and very guest friendly. One has a small island of palm trees and flowering bushes and at the end has the swim up bar. I should add, if you leave your belongings by the pool in the evening and dont come back until after the pool caretakers have straightened up, you may find them gone. If this does happen, ask the pool caretakers as they have probably picked them up and put them in a lost and found.
This year our trip was with Hola Sun, and flight through Canjet. We booked our trip through Cassandra at Bravo Travel, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Cassandra was great to deal with and very helpful and was able to match $ to $ the price I found on line. I highly recommend her as a travel agent.
As I mentioned it was through Canjet and the aircraft was the Boeing 737 and while it is a smaller aircraft, we found it to have better leg room than the Airbus A320 we flew last year. I would have to say that the flight crew was very accommodating and professional. I do wish that they would have served water/drinks faster after serving the light snack. This year we had a short stopover in Santiago de Cuba. After about 25 mins, we were up in the air and on to Cayo Largo. It was quite interesting to land in Cayo Largo as it is a relatively short runway and it seemed that the thrusters came on as soon as the back wheels touched and didnt stop until the end of the runway. The flight back started out interesting. We were delayed in Cuba for close to 4 hrs. After the wait, the Captain got us to cruising altitude quickly and got us home in just over 3 hours.
The weather this year was next to perfect. I was worried before we left as we were due to fly out at the same time Hurricane Paula was around the middle of Cuba even though it had dissipated to a tropical depression. I emailed the SCL and they emailed me back very quickly to assure me that Cayo Largo was not hampered at all by Paula. We had mostly sunny days and a couple times that rained over night. Three days started out overcast but it cleared up by 11am or so. The temperatures were mid to high 30s throughout the week. For most of the week it was windy and the water was wavy, especially the last couple of days.
I CAN NOT say enough about the staff at this resort, so friendly and accommodating.
A special shout out to: Tani and Yudisley in the buffet, Pool Boy and man of many talents; Yoansy, and Gardener Firenzio, Danieyis, Ivo and Sommelier Jorge in Las Trinas, Noel the dancing fool Lobby Bar Bartender, Mario and Antonio in the Lobby Bar and Cobas at the Beach Bar. One cannot forget Carlos at the beach with his dog Lola. These people certainly made our stay even more memorable.
For those of you taking gifts, please note that what many can use are kids shoes and adult shoes, soap, shower gel and shampoo. Baseball mitts, balls and bats are great too. We took down a whole suitcase full of stuff and even gave away the suitcase. The person we gave it to was so happy for it. If you do happen to have a spare suitcase, someone there may need one. Keep in mind that the staff typically work 20 days straight and 10 days at home. They stay in the village for those 20 days. I was blown away by several of staff who gave us a gift back in appreciation for what we gave them.
The village where the resort workers live is a short distance away. We rented a scooter one overcast morning and rode into the village. Youll find a; restaurant, bar, Caracol gift shop, LCDH (La Casa del Habano) cigar shop, museum, dive shop, and a bank. The LCDH also has a selection of liquor and coffee. Please do take in the little Turtle Sanctuary. They ask for a 1 peso donation. If you are lucky enough, you may be able to take part in the releasing of baby turtles from the resort beach, which we quite enjoyed.
The airport has a very small selection. For any serious cigar smoker I highly recommend buying your cigars at the LCDH in the village. It has a much better selection. Please see my pictures of this shop. One thing I do recommend; if you are buying a few boxes, request the official receipt. You should be given duplicate copies, one for you, one for the Cuban Government. Every year I go to Cuba I bring back a few boxes. I always request this receipt regardless what the regulations say. This time it indeed came in handy as my boxes came into question and they asked for the receipt.
The beach is beautiful! I love the fact that the Pelicano next door is still a distance away. The ocean depth drops off relatively quickly but still extends far enough to enjoy it even in wavy conditions. There are quite a few palapas set back from the ocean near the rocky edge. There are also quite a few A-frame shelters which are set up onto the ledge of the rocks. As many before me have stated, west of the beach bar is designated as the nude area. This is not so much of a separated area as it is an imaginary division of the beach area. Everyone respects this line and does not venture in front of the resort without clothing. Also, when walking west along the beach, even far past the resort you will encounter someone walking wearing nothing but a smile. I personally love to walk the beach and this area is amazing for walking. I walked close to 10km on a few days. We also did visit Paraiso (Para-eetzo) beach and Sirena beach. I personally think Sirena is the better of the 2. There is a small bar hut located at Paraiso where, for a couple of pesos you can buy a drink, ie; beer or even a mojito. Sirena has a few people who will walk the beach area asking if you want a drink and will deliver it to you. Do note that drinks are about a peso or 2 more at Sirena.
LOBBY and STORE:
The Lobby is not overly large but is open and airy, with a central fountain. Not a lot to mention about the store; typical Cuban souvenirs as well as some clothing and a small selection of cigars and alcohol.
I would have to say that their evening entertainment is well performed by very talented people. I would highly recommend taking in any of them.
The Cayo Largo airport is not large, nor up to date. While standing in line at the ticket counters, we found it quite warm. Im not sure if they had AC and it wasnt working or if this section just didnt have AC. Once through customs, youll find a waiting area with uncomfortable chairs. This section does have AC but we still found it quite warm. Youll also find bathrooms, a small Caracol gift shop and a bar sectioned off from the waiting area, which seemed to have better AC and more comfortable chairs. The bar had a sectioned off room for smokers. Be forewarned, when people enter and exit the smoking room, smoke enters the bar area and can be quite over powering. The gift shop had a very small assortment of standard gifts and cigars. The bathroom; when you enter, you donate 1 peso for several sheets of toilet paper to a lady at the entrance and there were not any toilet seats.
To finish, we thoroughly enjoyed our 1st vacation to this beautiful resort. I would highly recommend it and personally look forward to many more vacations to this amazing cayo.
"Astonishing beaches!"
Posted by:
Mr. Andre Legault on Jun 26, 2010 >
1 contribution(s) Canada
Visited on: Jun, 2010
674 people found this review helpful
Cayo largo is well kept secret. Frequent flyer to the caribbean islands for diving, I went 3 times to this place as it is perfect for quiet people running away from the crowd. Diving experience: Some sites are great for beginners, others are more advanced... Perhaps not the best but somehow unique and very worth the affordable price. In April-May excellent water visibility, but January was also good. The Sol Club is the top of the line in Cayo Largo because of the beautiful surroundings and beach (Restaurant & bar on the beach!). First trip was in Villa Capricho (lovely single huts)but it has been wiped out by a hurricane. Long life to this paradise and make sure you plant a tree, ask the locals.
"We have made many friends in Cayo Largo"
Posted by:
Shirleyujest on Apr 1, 2009 >
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Visited on: Apr, 2009
424 people found this review helpful
Arrival: April 16 - 23
Leaving Montreal, the Air Transat flight was great. Well, as great as it can be. We know we are going to be in paradise in a few short hours so we can put up with a non-eventful flight down. Arrrival at the airport was pretty quick and efficient. It's a small airport and we were a full plane. There were quite a few Customs booths open and going through Customs was "painless". Through the door (once past the Customs agent in the booth) we went through the "scanner". Easy. There is no money exchange booth here - it's on the other side where the departures are so we decided to wait til we got to the resort. Our luggage was waiting for us once through Customs, easy to find, and we walked through the door to find our Rep. Kim pointed us in the direction of our bus. We got on and waited for everyone else to get on. There were plenty of seats but last few "stragglers" on the bus didn't / couldn't sit down. The bus driver was getting a little impatient waiting for these tourists to get on - those that needed one more cigarette after their flight - so, as soon as they got on he closed the door and took off. The stragglers had to hang on for dear life. Although there were plenty of seats, some folks thought they would use the seats for their "carry on" luggage, therefore taking a seat away from a passenger.
Check in:
In less than 10 minutes we were at the resort. There was lots going on in the lobby - no "special" check-in for MAS card holders. We have found this a hit or miss at this resort - this was our 5th visit here so it's like our "home away from home". At the front of the lobby was Abdel, handing out a fruity "Welcome" beverage. He immediately recognized us and there were warm hugs and greetings exchanged. We hadn't been to the Sol Cayo Largo in two years but throughout the week we experienced this from lots of the staff who remembered us and who we remembered. We were not to check in at the main desk, though, but to go to a table that was set up on the other side of the lobby. There were rows and rows of "packages" on the table with the visitors' names on them. I'm not sure in what order they were (either by room number or name of patron) but it was a bit unorganized to say the least. We found our "package" and were asked by the attendant if this was our first visit. We told him, "No, our 5th" . He wrote this info on a piece of paper and sent us on our way. Later in the week we got an invitation to attend a Mangers' Return Guest cocktail party. Unfortunately we didn't attend due to timing issues with us. We went to collect our luggage and the bellman told us they would deliver it - in 10 minutes. So we set about to find our room. 0224. We saw the bellman drive past our room with our luggage and we waiting 20 minutes for him to come but we gave up waiting. Apparently they are not given keys to the room so they couldn't leave our suitcases in the room unless we were there. We found our luggage back in the Lobby and it was delivered to us later.
Our room was exactly as the other rooms we have had in the past. Blue-washed walls decorated with suns, moons and stars and little squiggles. The bathroom is equipped with tub and shower, sink, toilet and bidet. The hairdryer has been updated to a more powerful one and there was no magnifying mirror in this suite. The room was clean and tidy and was kept this way all week for us. Housekeeping was superb!
Restaurants and Bars:
Sign up for the a la cartes takes place at the Activity Hut where you can also get your towels and an umbrella for the beach. There are two a la carte restaurants you need to make dinner reservations for and the pool restaurant is a la carte for lunch. The lobby bar is where you get your fresh cappuccino's and really is the "hub" of the resort, especially in the evenings. We would start our day with a couple of "happy cappuccino's" as the bartenders would call them (capp's with rum cream) as we walked up to the bar in the morning. This bar stays open 24 hours. There are some "top shelf" liquors for an extra charge and there was no Bailey's to be found but we still mananged to enjoy all the drinks they prepared for us. The BEST mojitos we've had, that's for sure. The Buffet offers the usual faire - and, if we timed it right, we would enjoy champagne and orange juice with our breakfast. We noticed less choice of fruits, veggies and cheeses throughout the week but there is always something for everyone at all the meals. You should never have to go away hungry unless you are the pickiest eater
There was some lounger saving at the pool in the mornings (we only know that because we had a pool view this time around) but it wasn't really necessary. There seemed to be loungers and shade at the pool whatever time of day we walked by. We saw a few topless women at the pool and there were very few children at this resort. Most of the children we did see were under 5. There is no kids club at this resort. The beach was out of this world! Wide sandy beach, calm warm waters (I think there was maybe one red flag day) two rows of palapas and plenty of loungers for the textile section as well as the clothing optional section. Never a need to save loungers and shade here. There was a fair amount of topless women on all the beaches and a lot of the textile folks mingled with the folks at the clothing optional beach. Needless to say, you WILL see topless and/or nudity so don't be surprised. The grounds of the resort are immaculately kept. They have drained the water feature pools and fountains and didn't seem to water as much as they used to. I'm thinking it's partly due to the mosquito's and partly due to the fact that the fountain pools really need a coat of paint.
Activities on and off the Resort/Hotel:
We would walk the beach every day, one time heading to the east, past the Pelicano and the other resorts, towards the Barcelo. We didn't quite make it to the Barcelo - we would have to traverse either above ground or in the water. There was no beach accessibility. We saw the Barcelo in the distance and decided to head back. One day we took the train to Sirenas and walked to the right (west). We had complete access around the point to the Marina there and walked through the beach restaurant, craft store and bar. That was something we had never been able to do on our previous visits as there wasn't the accessibility via the beach. The other days we would just walk from the resort to Paraiso and sit at the bar, enjoying a beverage or two (maybe three). One time we took the train back to the resort but all the other trips we would walk back to the resort along the beach. It was completely accessible unlike some of our other visits when we had to walk over rocks and / or tree branches and stumps.
Other Comments:
The resort wasn't at capacity when we were there and they are really trying to promote Cuba, if not just Cayo Largo, to the Italian market. There was a large Italian group that arrived and stayed for a few days and the resort had all sorts of "off-site" activities arranged for them. We rarely saw them as they were kept very busy. This is not a destination for everyone. There is little to do and you don't get a real slice of Cuban life, if that's what you are looking for. If you are looking to get away from it all, experience a fabulous beach and just want to chill out, then this MAY be the place for you. The Cubans we came into contact with are exceptional! Warm and friendly and will do anything for you. We have made many friends in Cayo Largo and we can't wait to get back to see them all again.
"Cayo Largo is for lovers"
Posted by:
Verycoldcanadian on Apr 1, 2009 >
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Visited on: Apr, 2009
428 people found this review helpful
Arrival: April 16 to 23
Very speedy arrival , a welcome drink at the hotel, and music in the breeze, we felt we were home in paradise. The rooms were not ready so it was off to the beach. It was our first time here, but we stayed at the Barcelo last time and wanted to try a different hotel.
The rooms were nice but they all are anytime you go to the tropics. The bed was a little on the hard and bumpy side but I do believe that I can sleep on a rock if I desired.
Restaurants and Bars:
Bars were stocked and service was good as can be expected with a fair amont of the hotel in use. I do not die of dehydration or hunger. The food is decent and there were a few not-so-great meals and a bunch of good ones. We only went to the one al a carte on the beachfront and it was a little less than great but there is always the buffet so it was all good !
The beach was in great shape and the waves began on day two. Two sections of beach actually washed out on one day but were returned the next day. This was an amazing sight. They have a huge pool and I went in it once for a dip just to say that I did. I am not a pool person at all so I found it to have a strange odour and I guess that is because of the chemicals that they must put in.
Activities on and off the Resort/Hotel:
No tours this time but they main activity we do is beach walk and there were only a couple of spots that it was a little rocky. We are active people so this was not problem.
Other Comments:
All in all, a good resort. I would not want to bring children here because there is nothing for them to do. I would also not bring older kids here because of the nudity that they WILL encounter. Cayo Largo is for lovers, and this is a live and let live atmosphere they cater to all kinds of couples. If you are not accepting or approving of this then please go somewhere else. The food is not great, it is good enough for us, and this is Cuba so it is the beach that is our main goal. If you are lucky sometimes you can meet the nicest people,..wearing a smile !
"All workers were helpful and friendly."
Posted by:
Jennifer from Uxbridge, Ontario on Mar 1, 2009 >
1 contribution(s) Canada
Visited on: Mar, 2009
454 people found this review helpful
Arrival: March 20 - 27
We recently had another great week at Sol Cayo Largo. This was a return visit and we were not disappointed. We flew Skyservice from Toronto and had the best flight experience with them than ever before. We took medical supplies from Not Just Tourists and had been sent a waiver form Skyservice for 15kg to cover the two bags. Check in was smooth and efficient. On arrival at the airport, Cuban officials asked for one of the med bags to be opened. We complied, showed the paperwork and all was well. We took a "taxi bus" to the hotel, 2 pesos each, and arrived before the busload of other guests. Although we did not get the room we had requested months ago, we were settled into another oceanview room within 30 minutes. (More on this at the end).
Resort comments
All workers were helpful and friendly. They were appreciative of the gifts we handed out. The room was very comfortable, with clean towels supplied daily. Oceanview rooms have coffee makers and we took a glass of milk from the dining room at breakfast and kept it in the mini fridge. The food was plentiful and varied, and we had no complaints. At home, we eat carefully prepared, healthy food and take great pleasure in eating well - we have never been hungry on Cayo Largo. We did not eat at the a la carte restaurant as we were happy with buffet choices. Drinks were good, with lots of options. We used small Bubba mugs so were able to cut down a bit on waste. The beach to the bottom of the boardwalk was often almost washed away at times, but there was still enough for one chair. To the west, the beach widened and people were able to group chairs, rather than placing side by each. Umbrellas were handed out with the first beach towel and were ours until check out. There were lots of chairs all week long.
We took the NJT bags to the physician on site and he accepted them on behalf of the clinic and filled in the required paperwork. We would do this again and urge others to consider being not just tourists.
Back to the room change. When we spoke to the "front desk" people and explained that we had requested a specific room, and we did pursue this politely and respectfully, we were told that we could next day be moved to a room beside the one we had wanted. This was fine, since the first one had a very obstructed ocean view. I am really not sure if the MAS number helped. It did allow us a later check out as apparently it guarantees one based on availability. To sum up, a week at Sol was relaxing and we look forward to our next visit. I hope this review is helpful and addresses some questions that readers may have.


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Take a a Platonic solid, a cube. Then…
- Divide every face of the cube into 9 squares, like a Rubik's Cube. This will sub-divide the cube into 27 smaller cubes.
- Remove the cube at the middle of every face, and remove the cube in the center, leaving 20 cubes.
- Repeat steps 1–3 for each of the remaining smaller cubes. Forever.
At each stage, you're left with a fractal curve called a Menger Sponge:
[More animation here]
At the limit point of infinite recursion, you're left with a cube which has infinite surface area, but which is all hole.
We offer this empty solid up as a model of an aesthetic we're labelling ghostmodernism within which — of the spine, the spire, the span that holds the form to one form: the wire in the rose — only that span, the form of the form, remains, as the form itself has now become infinitely detailed, yet in that process, of the void.
So, you ask, what does ghostmodernism look like, in the wild?
Exhibit One — this exquisite laser-cut chair from Gallery Fumi:
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Exhibit Two — the plot of the film Inception, while having the surface modernist form of a heist thriller, recurses down into the frozen time 'down there' deep in stasis of Cobb's dreamworld, the narrative 'arc' now a pathological curve.
The ghostmodern is not inherently evanescent, although I'd happily claim Doug Starn's Big Bambu installation as an edge-case.
These thoughts also return to us our dreams of the hyperbolic surfaces of modern being — there's another post coming soon linking these thoughts…


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Hillsborough Community College RN program fall 2013
0Aug 15, '12 by hallberryHello,
I plan to attend to HCC's 2013 fall evening nursing program. (applying in Jan) I am curious to see what people people's gpa is going in. I hear spring's is lower than fall's.
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0Aug 19, '12 by taeyoung04Hi. I am planning to apply 2013 fall hccfl rn program as well. I still have to take SYG2000 (last prereq.) Overall, I got 3.8.
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0Aug 20, '12 by hallberryHey! I have to take one last prereq too, whichIi will be doing in next spring semester. Are you taking your last prereq this fall semster or next spring? I heard the GPA to get in for spring is much lower than the fall program. I have a 3.5 in the prereqs, but after I this last class, if I get an A it will bring me to 3.7 which I am hoping will get me in!
0Aug 20, '12 by taeyoung04Due to apply before Jan 15th, 2013 for the RN Program 2013 Fall. we have to finish all the prereq classes this fall semester. If you are planning to take next Spring, you can not apply for Fall 2013. You better check out
0Aug 20, '12 by billie_plaCurrently I have a 3.66, but I'm taking Micro this semester so depending on my grade in this class I'll be applying with a 3.72 or 3.58.
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1Aug 20, '12 by ieatbambooHi guys! I just finished my last pre-reqs this past summer and as of the pre-req gpa for nursing: i got all A's and 1 B.Yvonne2014 likes this.
0Aug 31, '12 by KKJA8855Hey everyone! I've applied for the Spring 2013 start and am waiting on my acceptance/denial letter which will be here in two weeks! I have a 3.57 currently but am taking Trig this semester to hopefully make an A in case I don't get accepted this time around with my B in Algebra. So...I may be joining you all in applying for Fall start. Will know in two weeks! Good Luck to all of you!


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Take the anonymity of the Internet and the volatility of a thousand academics debating the finer points of Queer Theory, and you've got all the makings for a truly head-slamming arena of debate. And you have the makings for a hoax that takes just about everybody in, as happened recently on the "listserv" known as QStudy-L, the unofficial forum for anyone answering to the name of queer theorist, social constructionist, or postmodernist follower of Michel Foucault.
Reported in the Summer 1998 issue of The Harvard Gay & Lesbian Review, the hoax was the work of Daniel Harris, author of the 1997 book, The Rise and Fall of Gay Culture, who posted a passage on gender from the fictitious Marie FranÁoise de Ricci and asked for comment. Harris's "translation" was calculated to use all the right queer theory buzz words but to say exactly nothing of substance. A number of QStudy-L members responded in earnest, some at considerable length, to Harris's vacuous verbiage. One member, a French sociologist, did spot the ruse.
The hoax attracted national attention when it was picked up by The Chronicle of Higher Education, the must-read weekly for college profs everywhere, which declared: "Another fictional postmodernist has sneaked into academic discourse, this time striking on an e-mail discussion list about queer theory" (June 19, 1998, issue). The article went on to compare Harris's hoax with that Alan D. Sokal, a physicist who in 1996 got a phony postmodernist article published in the respected journal Social Text.
Like Sokal, Harris is not just pulling a fraternity prank, but wants to call attention to what he sees as something of an academic scam: Queer Theory, which dominates gay and lesbian studies programs in the U.S., has evolved into a jargon-laden, hair-splitting, rigidly doctrinaire approach to the study of homosexuality. Harris offers example after example of passages posted on the listserv -- most of them unrelated to his "scam" -- that show QStudy-L members arguing over the smallest distinctions of language, sometimes lashing out at one another with invective that would be unthinkable at a scholarly conference. Writes one member: "My 'I' may be different from your 'I' ... and what do you mean by 'you'?" Another rails: "You are a monster of psychotic disturbance." The trouble with Queer Theory, Harris concludes, is that it starts with the premise that all categories are arbitrary, so it spends all its time trying to establish categories with which to communicate.
The host for the QStudy-L hoax, The Harvard Gay & Lesbian Review, is a quarterly journal that's widely read by gay writers, teachers, and intellectuals nationwide. The Review's editor-in-chief, Richard Schneider, Jr., commented that he ran the piece because he found it "brilliantly written and very funny." Observed Schneider: "It's actually two papers in one, a commentary upon the subculture of the Internet and a skewering of queer theory itself." Harris questions the common notion that the Internet "builds community," observing that the listserv's anonymity makes for an especially vitriolic style of exchange, even by academic standards. But he homes in on QStudy-L as a special case of academic pettiness, narcissism, and elitism -- qualities he sees as rampant in Queer Theory itself. Communicating in a languge so specialized, so rarefied, only initiates can begin to understand it, queer theorists have set themselves up as an intellectual elite that never deigns to communicate with the gay and lesbian masses. For this reason, Harris contends, they have not provided intellectual leadership for the lesbian and gay movement and are largely irrelevant to it.


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Tai Chi Improves Type 2 Diabetes Control
Tai chi exercises can improve the control of type 2 diabetes, suggests a small study, published ahead of print in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. The research team assessed the impact of a 12-week tai chi program on the T helper cell activity of 30 patients with type 2 diabetes and 30 healthy people of the same age. T cells are a key component of the body's immune system, producing powerful chemicals, including interleukins, which alter the immune response. Type 2 diabetes is associated with chronic inflammation, caused by excessive glucose in the blood (hyperglycemia).
After the 12-week program glycated hemoglobin (when excess blood sugar combines with the oxygen transporter in red blood cells) levels fell significantly from 7.59% to 7.16 in the diabetic patients. Levels of interleukin-12, which boosts the immune response, doubled. Levels of interleukin-4, which suppresses the immune response, fell.
T cell activity also significantly increased.
Strenuous physical activity depresses the immune system response, but moderate exercise seems to have the opposite effect, say the authors. Tai chi is classified as moderate exercise. Previous research has shown that it boosts cardiovascular and respiratory function, improves flexibility and relieves stress. Tai chi may also prompt a fall in blood glucose levels, or improve blood glucose metabolism, sparking a drop in the inflammatory response. Alternatively, the exercise may boost fitness levels and the feeling of wellbeing, which may then boost the health of the immune system, authors suggest.
In a separate study, also published ahead of print, a 12-week program of tai chi and qigong prompted a significant fall in blood glucose levels and significant improvements in other indicators of the metabolic syndrome in 11 middle aged to older adults. The 13 participants exercised for up to 1.5 hours, up to three times a week, and were also encouraged to practice the exercises at home. At the end of the 12 weeks, they had lost an average of 3 kg in weight and their waist size had dropped by an average of almost 3 cm.
Their blood pressure also fell significantly, and by more than would have been expected from the weight loss alone, say the authors. Three people no longer met the criteria for metabolic syndrome. Participants said they slept better, had more energy, felt less pain and had fewer food cravings while on the program.
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1 The oracle which Habakkuk the prophet saw. | 1 The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet received. |
2 Yahweh, how long will I cry, and you will not hear? I cry out to you "Violence!" and will you not save? | 2 How long, O LORD, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, "Violence!" but you do not save? |
3 Why do you show me iniquity, and look at perversity? For destruction and violence are before me. There is strife, and contention rises up. | 3 Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrong? Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds. |
4 Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth; for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice goes forth perverted. | 4 Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails. The wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted. |
5 "Look among the nations, watch, and wonder marvelously; for I am working a work in your days, which you will not believe though it is told you. | 5 "Look at the nations and watch-- and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told. |
6 For, behold, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, that march through the breadth of the earth, to possess dwelling places that are not theirs. | 6 I am raising up the Babylonians, that ruthless and impetuous people, who sweep across the whole earth to seize dwelling places not their own. |
7 They are feared and dreaded. Their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves. | 7 They are a feared and dreaded people; they are a law to themselves and promote their own honor. |
8 Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves. Their horsemen press proudly on. Yes, their horsemen come from afar. They fly as an eagle that hurries to devour. | 8 Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves at dusk. Their cavalry gallops headlong; their horsemen come from afar. They fly like a vulture swooping to devour; |
9 All of them come for violence. Their hordes face the desert. He gathers prisoners like sand. | 9 they all come bent on violence. Their hordes advance like a desert wind and gather prisoners like sand. |
10 Yes, he scoffs at kings, and princes are a derision to him. He laughs at every stronghold, for he builds up an earthen ramp, and takes it. | 10 They deride kings and scoff at rulers. They laugh at all fortified cities; they build earthen ramps and capture them. |
11 Then he sweeps by like the wind, and goes on. He is indeed guilty, whose strength is his god." | 11 Then they sweep past like the wind and go on-- guilty men, whose own strength is their god." |
12 Aren't you from everlasting, Yahweh my God, my Holy One? We will not die. Yahweh, you have appointed him for judgment. You, Rock, have established him to punish. | 12 O LORD, are you not from everlasting? My God, my Holy One, we will not die. O LORD, you have appointed them to execute judgment; O Rock, you have ordained them to punish. |
13 You who have purer eyes than to see evil, and who cannot look on perversity, why do you tolerate those who deal treacherously, and keep silent when the wicked swallows up the man who is more righteous than he, | 13 Your eyes are too pure to look on evil; you cannot tolerate wrong. Why then do you tolerate the treacherous? Why are you silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves? |
14 and make men like the fish of the sea, like the creeping things, that have no ruler over them? | 14 You have made men like fish in the sea, like sea creatures that have no ruler. |
15 He takes up all of them with the hook. He catches them in his net, and gathers them in his dragnet. Therefore he rejoices and is glad. | 15 The wicked foe pulls all of them up with hooks, he catches them in his net, he gathers them up in his dragnet; and so he rejoices and is glad. |
16 Therefore he sacrifices to his net, and burns incense to his dragnet, because by them his life is luxurious, and his food is good. | 16 Therefore he sacrifices to his net and burns incense to his dragnet, for by his net he lives in luxury and enjoys the choicest food. |
17 Will he therefore continually empty his net, and kill the nations without mercy? | 17 Is he to keep on emptying his net, destroying nations without mercy? |
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Cabot parents move to drop high school
CABOT A petition is being circulated in Cabot by residents who want to eliminate the high school and let parents choose where to send their children.
If it is submitted to the school board with the necessary 60 signatures, the petition would give voters the opportunity to say whether they want to drop grades 9 through 12 from Cabot School, which serves all grades starting with prekindergarten.
School Board Chairman Chris Tormey said Tuesday he had seen a draft of the petition but had yet to see any copy with signatures. One parent who is involved said the signatures are in hand and that the petition will be presented at the school boards next meeting.
Tormey said the high school grades are projected to have 65 students next year, with just over 200 in the entire school.
Some families feel that a high school that small cannot offer their child some of the opportunities that they might have in a larger school, Tormey said. Small isnt for everybody.
Another issue parents and residents have had with the school, Tormey said, is the cost. He said some residents have the perception that getting rid of the high school would save money.
It turns out that it would actually be somewhat more expensive to the town to tuition their kids than if we were to retain them in Cabot, he said, adding that, among other reasons, the town would no longer get the revenue from the eight students from other towns who attend high school in Cabot.
Because the school board knows the petition is in the works, Tormey said, the board is working on two separate budgets, one with high school grades and one where the town would pay to send the students elsewhere.
Tormey, who has had three children go through the Cabot school system, said that while he understands some of the concerns of the parents, he is not in favor of eliminating the high school.
Superintendent Nancy Thomas agreed with Tormey that it would cost the town more to ship students to other schools.
How much more expensive is determined, in part, by what is left in the school, Thomas said Tuesday.
On top of paying tuition for the students to attend other schools, which can range from around $8,000 to $14,000 per year per student, the school would still have nine grades to teach, the buses would still run and the school would still need staff such as a guidance counselor and a nurse, Thomas said.
Those things dont change. You dont save that much, she said.
If the high school grades stay, the school is projected to spend around $14,500 per high school student next year, according to Rob Billings, the business manager for Washington Northeast Supervisory Union.
Thomas said that eliminating the upper grades also would not allow the school to consolidate operations in a meaningful way.
The school has four satellite buildings where elementary classes and other activities are held. Thomas said that if the high school grades go away, the school might close one of the buildings but could not move all the students into the main building because it is not big enough.
She said the school would still have to pay for heat and water for what would be vacant buildings, so the savings would be minimal.
Brigitte Codling is one of the Cabot residents behind the petition. The mother of six has pulled her five school-age children out of the Cabot system and is home-schooling them.
She said the petition has more than 100 signatures and she plans to present it to the school board at its next meeting Dec. 17.
Codling said that ideally she would not want the high school closed but that she and other parents are not happy with how the school is being run. She cites the curriculum change the school made two years ago where the focus became independent project-based learning.
Though its fun, and a lot of the students say that they enjoy it, a lot of the parents believe that it is not teaching the children and not preparing them adequately for the future, Codling said.
She said other residents like her, who do not have children in the school system, also want the high school shut down because the taxes are too high.
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Wed, Sep 12, 12 at 20:27
Sorry this is a little late. I seem to be behind this year in getting pics off of my camera onto the computer. Here is one of the Red Admiral cats that I raised back around the end of May. I had collected about 40 tiny cats outside but unfortunately most of them had been parasitized. I found those tiny white wasp pupae inside most of the nests right beside the tiny cats. It seems like the cats don't stand much chance...the parasitoids can't even wait until the cats get bigger to attack them. Anyway, here's one of the lucky ones that made it... |
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- Posted by misssherry Z8/9MS (My Page) on Wed, Sep 12, 12 at 22:21
Nice picture, Cathy! I just hate those parsitoid or parasitic wasps, whatever they are. They must follow female red admirals around 24/7 to be there when she lays her eggs, so they'll know just when to do their damage. The RAs and I got lucky this past spring and there very few white cocoons in the nests - 'wish that were true every year in every season. Sherry |
- Posted by caterwallin 6-PA (My Page) on Wed, Sep 12, 12 at 23:48
Thanks, Sherry. Yes, I hate those wasps too. It's almost like the poor little Red Admirals don't stand much of a chance when any of those wasps are around. I agree with you that they must be watching all of the time to know just when to strike. With other kinds of cats, I have a really good success rate if I get them when they're tiny, but it's very iffy with the RA's. Just because I find x number of RA nests doesn't mean that I'll have x number of healthy cats inside. When I see that little wasp cocoon in the nest alongside the tiny RA cat, my heart sinks. Cathy |
- Posted by misssherry Z8/9MS (My Page) on Thu, Sep 13, 12 at 8:31
Mine, too, Cathy. I always destroy the cocoon - one less adult wasp to contribute to the cycle. Sherry |
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- Posted by goldenpond (V.B.FL 9b) (My Page) on Thu, Aug 27, 09 at 13:40
Very wonderful and most of us are drooling at the thought of no lawn.My dh refused,afraid that two and a half acres of beds would be too much work,and he ENJOYS mowing. |
- Posted by imagardener2 9-10 (My Page) on Thu, Aug 27, 09 at 13:42
Well if this isn't the most inspirational post for making a no-grass garden then kiss my grass goodbye! Just what I needed to see instead of viewing my grub-destroyed lawn and wondering where to go from here. Could I beg for a picture of the overall front yard to provide some guidance for design? Do you have walkways or is it mulched completely? Thanks for the bright spot. EVERYTHING is gorgeous. Denise |
Gorgeous! Thanks for sharing! |
What a wonderfull garden! I also would like to see a full picture of your front yard. You get such a wide variety of butterflies in your garden. It would be great not to have to worry about a lawn anymore but with a 3/4 acre lot that has few large trees and none of them in the front I wouldn't be able to mantain that big of a garden. |
- Posted by shellfreak z10 S.FL (My Page) on Thu, Aug 27, 09 at 14:58
Beautiful. You should get your yard certified by Monarch Watch (I think that's the name). Did you post this on the butterfly forum? Again, awesome job. Beverly |
- Posted by marcia_pa5 5 (My Page) on Thu, Aug 27, 09 at 17:47
I would love to know your plant list. We have just purchased a FL home and I'd like to get rid of most of the grass in the front yard, too! Marcia in PA |
- Posted by amberroses (My Page) on Thu, Aug 27, 09 at 18:25
Congrats on all the hard work. It looks great and much more interesting than a boring lawn. |
- Posted by stuartwanda 10 (My Page) on Thu, Aug 27, 09 at 19:31
BEAUTIFUL!! Don't know how you did it in this heat but it turned out great! Thanks for the pictures. |
So beautiful! I don't know which is more impressive, the variety of butterflies or your ability to capture them in photos. Please keep posting lots of pics! k. |
- Posted by fighting8r 10 Fort Myers Florid (My Page) on Fri, Aug 28, 09 at 9:40
Amazing, you can come do my house next! |
Oh, MY! Sis3, you have done a MARVELOUS job!!! Thank goodness you didn't keel over from heatstroke, but now that fall is almost here, you'll really be able to enjoy all your hard work. The effort has paid off. And just think...you are now an inspiration to your neighbors. Some of them might actually be jarred enough to think "out of the LAWN box" for a bit. Or even if they just jazz up their beds and foundation plantings with more color and butterfly attractors, it will be a wonderful thing. I'm so glad that ANYTHING I might have posted has helped you. And I know you have learned (as have I) from everyone on this forum. It's just the BEST place for Florida-specific info ANYWHERE. I join the chorus for pictures of your overall plan. I'm always trying to think how I want to layout beds and stuff. Can you take a few of the entire garden from different angles, so we can see the shape of your beds and borders? Thanks so much for posting this. It did my heart good! And the number of butterflies you have is astounding. (Must be some pawpaws in the neighboring woods for you to have zebra swallowtails. They are fast disappearing!) Congratulations! Marcia |
Absolutely beautiful!!! What a transformation! You must be thrilled to see the front yard paradise that you created for you and the birds and butterflies! |
- Posted by thonotorose FL 9 (My Page) on Fri, Aug 28, 09 at 12:22
Wonderful! This is just the kind of effort and the type of post that keeps us energized and soldering on (even in the heat). This is what the GW FL Forum is all about. Inspiration! |
Oh wow!!! Thank you all so much for your kind words! I was feeling quite pleased with my efforts but now I am feeling humbled! So many of you have beautiful gardens, some of them huge, and amazing plants. My garden is so small and so new, and I am just a newbie (I began gardening in Florida just over a year ago, with a tropical courtyard!). Tomorrow I will post more photos of the layout of the garden, some responses to your specific questions and comments, and a plant list. I do hope you are not disappointed, as my front garden is only 25' x 32'! |
It's not the size that counts, you know...it's what you DO with it! (wicked grin) A small, colorful and flower-filled garden trumps big, empty spaces, any day. Can't wait to see more photos! Marcia |
Beautiful! And if you love it now, just wait until the plants reach full size! It will be stunning. Very nice work. It looks like it was worth being out there in the summer. I have had that same thought about watering my plants with the sweat of my brow many times. Melissa |
- Posted by imagardener2 9-10 (My Page) on Sat, Aug 29, 09 at 15:43
Thanks for the extra photos, they really help with ideas for my yard. I really like the different levels which create distinct areas and the dry laid stone wall is gorgeous. This is really one of the nicest "natural" non-grass front yards I've seen. There is a community near me, in Osprey, south of Sarasota, that has been landscaped with minimum grass and someday I'll have an extra 10 minutes to drive through but from the photos I've seen of theirs your yard is head and shoulders above. Bra-VO! Denise |
- Posted by natives_and_veggies 10b (My Page) on Sat, Aug 29, 09 at 15:44
Just stunning. And what luck to have a conservation area across the street. I bet it has some of the important host plants for your wildlife that you wouldn't necessarily want in your yard. I know that some of my "weeds" feed critters. It's my excuse for not remulching until the weeds are pretty awful. But it sure would be nice for a conservation area to plant itself across the street for the weeds the critters want. |
Sis, what a beautiful and interesting oasis you've created! I also love the hardscape and the change in elevation. Great job! Thanks for sharing all the great photos. Now you can relax and enjoy... Anna |
Me too! Me TOOOO!! *waving hand in the air, jumping up and down and yelling enthusiastically!* Sis, you have done a FIRST RATE job there! I, too, love the changes in elevation with the addition of the stone wall. And your hardscaping in general looks great! Love the flagstone path. But most of all, I love the HUGE variety of plants you have managed to include in your garden. At maturity, your yard is going to be a veritable wonder!! And you will be enjoying all the critters it attracts for a long time to come. Thank you so much for sharing the photos so we can really see just how you've done it. Even those with larger yards can adapt your ideas to their own spaces. Or can create a smaller garden "room" within the larger whole. See...you really ARE inspiring us! Nice work...give yourself a big pat on the back!! Marcia |
- Posted by flanative_sunshine 9b (My Page) on Sun, Aug 30, 09 at 9:30
Wow...just wow. You did an amazing job. Wish you were my neighbor so I could steal cuttings from you lol! |
- Posted by marcia_pa5 5 (My Page) on Sun, Aug 30, 09 at 11:26
Sis, thank you for taking the time to list your plants and the extra photos. I'll keep your list handy when I'm looking at plants to use. Marcia in PA |
- Posted by sharbear50 9 (My Page) on Sun, Aug 30, 09 at 12:48
Wow! I wish my front yard didn't have grass...the weeds have taken over. Did you have to dig up the grass or was it a new yard? I too would love to see a picture of the whole yard. |
I tore out my grass 4 years ago and don't miss it a bit. I dug it up with a shovel and a rake. It was a lot of work and I would not recommend doing that. The best suggestion I have read on numerous sites is to mow the grass to the lowest setting. Then cover the grass with newspapers (multiple layers), then cover that with mulch (please consider something besides Cypress). The papers and mulch will starve the grass of light. The newspaper and grass will rot over time. When you want to plant, you move the mulch aside and dig straight through the paper. And you don't have to do it all at once. Take out 10 feet of grass a year. Then you can experiment and figure out what you can grow and what you like. |
- Posted by teka2rjleffel z10FL (My Page) on Mon, Aug 31, 09 at 8:16
Sorry Sis, you can no longer call yourself a newbie, not with the wonderful garden you created and now people asking you advice. Beautiful job. Apparently your garden is salt tolerant. Working in the heat of this summer you did indeed water it with your sweat. Thanks so much for sharing. You are an inspiration to all of us who look out the window and don't like what we see. Aren't you glad you did those 'before' pictures now? Nancy |
Thank you for posting all the extra pictures! Your garden is amazing. You must have a hard time not stopping to admire it every time you go in and out your front door or walk past the windows. All of your hard work certainatly paid off. Kara |
- Posted by carmiewest Eastern South Florid (My Page) on Mon, Aug 31, 09 at 9:36
Wow!! You have done such an amazing job! You should be very proud of yourself. Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful garden. |
- Posted by maggiepearl (My Page) on Mon, Aug 31, 09 at 10:09
Thank you for sharing! I love it. You are an inspiration. |
imagardener the Osprey community sounds very interesting, it would be great if you just happened to have your camera with you when you drive through. Do you think the residents would mind? sharbear we did not have a lot of grass to remove, but a concrete drive and parking area and a lot of neglected and overgrown shrubs with horrible roots, and weeds. Here is a photo of the front entry before we began remodeling/rebuilding the house and garden. The worst problem was that after I had bought loads of plants from the USF sale we discovered that there was a layer of hard pan from the old drive about 12 to 15 inches below the dirt covering the entire garden area. In addition the dirt was almost pure sand and very infertile. So in the middle of June we had to remove all the dirt, then the layer of concrete, then replace and amend it. This had to be done very quickly as the new plants were in their little pots waiting to be planted. There is no shade, it was so hot we could work only from about 7am to 11am at best each day and even then it was exhausting!! This is a similar view now. Just a quick critter update. It has been a few days now since we last saw our little hummer. I hope it hasn't left for the season. Thank you all so much! It is such a thrill to think that my little garden may have inspired some of you, you all have certainly ENCOURAGED me! There's no stopping me now! |
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Is is ok to move a bleeding heart at this time of year? Mine are just peeking up through the soil, and I have one I would like to move to a different location. This is the old fashioned kind. Jenny P |
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- Posted by trovesoftrilliums 5 (My Page) on Tue, May 7, 13 at 19:58
I moved several when they were just poking through the soil, last month here. They have done very well and are definitely larger than last year so I don't think it set them back. ETA: For the last couple of years I have volunteered with a local garden group that hosts a large and well organized plant sale each spring. They dig up large quantities of shade perennials in the weeks leading up to the sale. I have been repeatedly impressed by how well the plants adjust to this treatment and eventual planting into their new gardens. This experience has encouraged me to be a bit more adventurous in my transplanting endeavors. So far I have had success. I do make an effort to get a decent root ball and to have the new hole ready before I dig out the plant, but I still sometimes forget. |
This post was edited by trovesoftrilliums on Tue, May 7, 13 at 20:01
I wonder if I could just split it, leave some in the current location, and some to the new spot. I am torn, this spot is very shady, and you walk past on your way to my front door. In the past I have had heuchera planted there, and while it looks good for maybe 2 years, eventually they die out. This year I lost all 3. Old fashioned bleeding hearts seem to do well here, but I worry about what it will look like later in the summer. Maybe I should put some Helleborus in there, I do have some on the other side of this bed, and they seem to do well. Oh the dilemma! |
- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Wed, May 8, 13 at 8:04
my experience is that they have one giant carrot-like branched root ... and are NOT splittable ... unless you have many planted together ..... but if you have many.. how else are you going to learn.. unless you go for it ... ken |
- Posted by kimka z6B (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Wed, May 8, 13 at 8:54
I have found that if the bleeding heart is at the barely breaking through the soil, you can split the "fat carrot" into pieces like you would a potato. There must be an "eye" on each piece. I've split a big bleeding heart into seven pieces, potted five up, put one back in the original hole and planted one in another place. All did well and the biggest two pieces I potted up even bloomed before I took them to a plant swap. But I've found this only works during the short period when the bleeding heart is just breaking dormancy. |
OH thank you! I think I will try this. I don't have many funds available for my gardens this year, this will solve one issue and free up some money for a different one. |
I think I'm glad I didn't read this last week - I might have gotten too scared to divide my bleeding heart! It was actually budding, and I split it into 4 pieces, and they all seem to be surviving, and one is actually so healthy-looking, I can barely believe I just divided it. It had several pieces of root, fwiw. |
- Posted by kimka z6B (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Wed, May 8, 13 at 16:58
I imagine the bigger the root piece, the easier it will support more top leaf. Of course the cool temperatures also means ithe plant doesn't need to uptake as much water to support the leaves. All of this plays into surviving a dividing. The divisions can even survive a sudden heat wave with leaves and buds intake if you give it enough water. |
I have divided and moved Dicentra when it was just poking up and they took very well to that. Jennypat, Hosta make a great companion to Dicentra, because they fill in and cover over the empty spots where the Dicentra has gone dormant. They like similar conditions too. |
Thank you everyone! I am still considering companions, Hosta's don't work for me, I have to many deer wander through, and don't want to encourage them! |
- Posted by kimka z6B (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Thu, May 9, 13 at 9:08
If you have the room for the height and are in part shade rather than full shade you might consider aconitum or turtle head as companions that bloom late in the summer/fall |
Can a bleeding heart be moved after it has gone dormant? We've lost the tree that provided shade to that bed, and it is now in full sun. I've been busy moving things to other areas, but the bleeding heart got ahead of me and is blooming now. Any suggestions? |
lettsbets: yes, from my experience. I've found bleeding heart fairly forgiving of transplanting in any season. |
- Posted by gardenweed_z6a N CT (My Page) on Mon, May 13, 13 at 11:31
Bleeding heart/Dicentra spectabilis is incredibly tough despite its delicate looks. It's growing here in full shade as well as full sun and under the most amazing circumstances. A plant that used to grow up through cracked concrete steps for many years apparently got trampled when the stairway was dug up & made wider. It has apparently survived the trauma and now grows where the soil was moved from the bottom of the steps to the top of the short, steep slope. |
After they've gone dormant is probably the best time to move them! Gives them the rest of the season to establish some nice new roots. |
Thank you for your advice and reassurance. I've never moved one before, but I'm worrying a lot less now. |
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[1112] Frozen Section Diagnosis of Low Grade (LG) Endometrial Adenocarcinoma (ECA): Is It a Predictor of Lymph Node Status? A Multi-Institutional Study of 110 Cases
S Karaburun, D Wagner, SM Lele, S Mandavilli. Harford Hospital, Hartford, CT; University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NV
Background: Hysterectomy specimens are routinely submitted for frozen section (FS) evaluation for grade of ECA and depth of invasion. This information, in come cases, impacts the clinical decision of whether further staging is performed, but the benefit of lymphadenectomy remains unclear in LG ECA. The aim of this study was to assess the combined experience of two institutions to evaluate the accuracy of frozen section (FS) diagnosis of ECA and correlation with final diagnosis including lymph node status.
Design: Cases of ECA were retrieved from the pathology files of two institutions in which FS were performed during the time period 2005 to 2009. The FS diagnosis was compared with the final pathology report. For purposes of analysis, the tumors were divided into Low Grade (FIGO 1, nuclear grades 1 & 2, less than 50% myometrial invasion, and no lymphovascular invasion), and High Grade (FIGO 2 & 3, nuclear grade 3, more than 50% myometrial invasion, or presence of lymphovascular invasion). Additionally, the lymph node status in cases with lymph node dissections (LND) was summarized.
Results: There were 110 hysterectomy specimens in which FS were performed.74 cases were categorized as LG ECA. Of these 42 patients had LND done and all of these were negative for tumor. 6 cases with diagnosis of LG ECA in frozen section diagnosis had HG ECA on final diagnosis. 2 of these 6 patients did not have LN dissections. The 4 with LN dissections were all negative. 36 cases were categorized as HG on FS and remained HG on final diagnosis. Of these 25 patients had LN dissections done, of which 8 cases showed positive LN and 17 cases had negative LN.
Conclusions: There is a good correlation between FS categorization of tumors into LG and HG with only 6 cases (5.45 %) of discrepancy between FS and final diagnosis. Diagnosis of LG ECA on FS is a reliable predictor of nodal status and merits further investigation as to whether LND should be limited to cases with FS diagnosis of HG ECA.
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