Isla de Providencia

"Co-owners and bartenders Pedro Tobar and Daniel Gonzalez have come up with holiday cocktails that fit into their nostalgia-themed menu, combining all of the owners’ cultural backgrounds into two delicious drinks. The Tres Triste Tigres is based on three milk-based drinks from the Dominican Republic (morrir soñando), Taiwan (milk tea), and El Salvador (cevada fresco). The creamy drink combines dark rum, cevada (barley horchata), spiced barley tea, orange jam, and three different milks: whole milk, condensed milk, and coconut milk. The Atole en Invierno is inspired by Latin American atole (a traditional Mesoamerican drink), mixing dark rum, cashews, Amaro Averna, vanilla, cinnamon, and green cardamom." - Emily Venezky

"Travel into a mural-covered alley to visit this small neighborhood bar off H Street for some inventive cocktails and bar snacks. The innovative cocktail list also connects the “signature memories” of the three partners to each drink, including night markets in Taipei represented by a Mexican aguardiente combined with oolong tea; bedtime stories about erupting volcanos recreated with mezcal, cacao, mint, and summer fruits; plus an early gray-infused gin drink with pilsner transporting you to hanging out at the family pupuseria." - Emily Venezky, Mekita Rivas

"The house overhangs the sea. With the water lapping beneath the decks, it feels like being on board a ship, sailing away. Stone steps lead straight down. There is the smell of ginger and mango and coconut and brine. The Caribbean touches the horizon with its rainbow of seven blues, while the breezes fill the house, still stirring the shells that were gathered by children a generation ago. The house is called Monasterio del Viento, the Monastery of the Wind, and I was staying in a room looking out to the ocean."