I have been traveling quite a bit lately. It all started at the end of November when I went to the Philippines. I saw the most beautiful beach I have ever seen. I went with my friends Jonathan and Kim. Kim (the blonde one) and I have been friends for 30 years….a lifetime. Jonathan is wonderful and has been my friend for only 8 years because he is so young. The beach was an impressive site to behold. I stayed at the Amanpulo Resort. We had a great time and went fishing. We all caught these beautiful fish.







Directly from the Philippines I flew to NY for a shoe show where I met with Ed the head of operations for Caparros in Los Angeles….along with Brenda the sales manager for the North East and Mo the creative director of the company. Everyone has been with the company a very long time and we are very good friends. See pictures of Ed, Mo, Brenda and I in our New York showroom. I was there for business but we always manage to have a lot of fun in our work.  







From New York I went to Puerto Rico and had the pleasure of meeting Edward James Olmos and Lymari Nadal (she was the wife of the Denzel Washington character in American Gangster). I am on a roll meeting famous people.

I can’t believe I went to the Governor of Puerto Rico’s birthday party. His wife is my cousin and here I am with the Honorable Anibal Acevedo Vila. It was a memorable evening.







Then I was off to Hong Kong. I had the good fortune of being able to stay in Hong Kong for a month. I attended the JP Classic Tennis tournament and here are a few of the highlights. I got my picture taken with Maria Sharapova and Venus Williams which was very exciting!








After my brief month in Hong Kong, I went back to Puerto Rico to visit family and friends. To complicate things a bit I went from PR to Athens through Madrid, Spain. It turned out to be wishful thinking on my part as there was a major snow storm in Greece and I spent two days between the Madrid airport and the Madrid airport Hotel. I could not get to Greece so it was not meant to be. What can I say….I have been very interested in going to Greece all my life and a major snowstorm destroys my plans of going to the Acropolis, the Oracle of Delphi and the Temple of Athena. Oh well… next time. After my around the world trip I was exhausted when I finally got back to Hong Kong.

There is nothing better than back to back around the world trips to keep me forever in jetlagged land. I arrived in HKG on Feb 22nd and stayed until March 20th when I started the next around the world trip. I visited our Los Angeles office and spent Easter weekend with my friends in San Francisco. Here is a picture of lunch with Suze Orman and Nancy Wells. We all had a great time.







Here I am with one of my very best friends Kathy Travis. What a wonderful person. She did not let me turn the ham upside down before we cooked it for Easter Sunday so when we did finish cooking it…the ham had a plastic thing on the bottom that said “remove before cooking”. What a hoot. It was really funny but we cut the ham part off near the plastic and that ham was delicious.








From San Francisco I flew to Milan to look at pretty windows and get lots of ideas to design shoes. I was once again with Mo who is great. She is not only the creative director of Caparros, she has been my friend for over 20 years and has worked with me over the last 13 years. She is a pleasure to travel with and always a lot of fun.

After Milan it was off to Paris for a week. We worked long hours and walked all over Paris getting inspiration for our next line of Caparros Shoes. And get inspiration we did. We love these trips. We ate a lot of wonderful seafood and salads and enjoyed the long walks.

From Paris it was back home to Hong Kong where I live with my four Dogs that I adore.
And guess what I will be home for one and a half months. I returned on the fourth of April and I am finally settled down as today is the 17th of April. Watch for my next blog entry. You never know what the next travel will bring.

Life goes on and I am on my karmic treadmill more than I am on a real treadmill. Tomorrow is another day…what wonders will it bring.

Love the shoes you have and the ones you will buy. We hope they are Caparros shoes.

Anavel