On a late January afternoon in a dark and cool room, the light reflects off the rows and rows of bottles that contain fine wines from across the globe.
In the center of the room is a rustic table with six straight-backed chairs. The chairs are filled with a Finnish Tech Billionaire, a German doctor who is leading the charge on treating aging as a curable disease, an Italian chef, a wine and olive oil maker, an oil tycoon, a five-star resort developer, and the head of an international fund based on supporting legal cases for those who can’t afford them. All of them are living the Grand Cayman Lifestyle.
An important conversation
The table is covered in glasses in many shapes made of fine crystal and filled to various levels with some of the wines that surround them, along with plates of cheese, meat, and some homemade pasta in a lamb ragout provided by the chef.
The conversation moves from geopolitics to the chances of recession, the impact of AI on customized medical treatment, the efficacy of autocracy over the long haul, and the status of their children and old friends.
They are wrapping up with an agreement on how to collectively support a local charity event to provide a scholarship for a local family who has fallen on hard times to keep their children in school for the final years until they graduate.
Next week they will meet at another venue rated as the top restaurant in the region for the last ten years and whose chef’s other restaurant in New York has recently been named the number one restaurant in the world—continuing with the Lifestyle that Grand Cayman brings.
Stepping out from the lunch, they wander to their cars, most of which are unlocked since there is little concern about theft or violence, a unique trademark of the Grand Cayman Lifestyle, and head home to walk the beach and watch a spectacular sunset. At the same time, a gently tropical breeze keeps the temperature a perfect 82 matching the sea that laps their feet.
A Place to Be: The Grand Cayman Lifestyle
Such is the life that Grand Cayman offers, bringing together a truly cosmopolitan mix. The last count was over 120 nationalities who call it home in a safe, sunny, and soothing environment. The potential began some decades ago when modern legislation began to create one of the world’s leading offshore financial centers but didn’t take off until the Ritz-Carlton opened at the end of 2005 and showed that you could have the finest food, amenities, service, and style in a tropical setting. Since then, the island has gone from strength to strength, with an ever-expanding array of businesses choosing to relocate along with many families from all corners of the globe.
With each new group comes another thread to weave into the social tapestry that makes Grand Cayman unique in the Caribbean and the globe. A stone’s throw from the US mainland but connected to the world, attracting an ever more diverse group that enjoys and supports a lifestyle like no other while paying respect to and embracing the five hundred years that have gone before.
