Tahitian Black Pearls

I don’t know if many of you out there are into Tahitian black pearls.  But I am.  Not for me, of course.  I don’t wear them, though I know of men that do wear them.  I love buying them for my wife, mothers, sisters, daughters and daughter-in-laws.  My wife actually...

Favorites in Tahiti

Surprise!  Our Tahitian Village guests love eating free samples  Heitiare Pane’e, our PCC Tahitian Village “chiefess” or manager, reports that sampling faraoa opa’a or traditional Tahitian coconut bread is one of the favorite guest activities in the village. “We...
Origins of Tahitian black pearls

Origins of Tahitian black pearls

For my 16th birthday, my parents gave me a black pearl embedded on a turtle-shaped mother-of-pearl shell (the necklace in my profile picture). I was immediately mesmerized by its entrancing beauty. Tahitian black pearls are not actually black, but a rainbow of colors...