Based in a rented villa, I joined five friends for a laid-back week in Curaçao. Our mission: To hang where the locals hang, eat at the local hot spots, and, in general, do the things that any Curaçaoan might do. Equal parts Old World outpost and Caribbean casual, Curaçao (pronounced cure – a – Sow), the pastel-hued Dutch colony situated 35 miles off the coast of Venezuela, is not your average sun-sea-sand combo. Perhaps best known for its swimming pool blue liqueur, the true spirit of  more...