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She opened the Calypso Restaurant in Greenwich Village, New York City, in 1943. [2] The restaurant served West Indian cuisine in an ambiance of music from Trinidad. Among the early racially integrated establishments in the Village, [3] it sponsored costume balls and galas throughout the 1940s and early 50s, often at Irving Plaza, off Union Square.
Ocean City is a census-designated place (CDP) in Okaloosa County, Florida, United States. The population was 6,314 at the 2020 census , up from 5,550 at the 2010 census . It is part of the Crestview – Fort Walton Beach–Destin, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area .
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Ocean Drive magazine is named after the street. British easy-listening duo The Lighthouse Family released a single entitled "Ocean Drive” in 1995 (although this is based on a road in the UK), which reached #11 on the UK Singles Chart. A street in the 2002 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is based on the street.
RV Calypso is a former British Royal Navy minesweeper converted into a research vessel for the oceanographic researcher Jacques Cousteau, equipped with a mobile laboratory for underwater field research. She was severely damaged in 1996 and was planned to undergo a complete refurbishment in 2009–2011 that has not been accomplished.
Shipwreck Cove is an inlet on the fictional Shipwreck Island, which also lies Shipwreck City, appearing in At World's End. Shipwreck Cove is considered to be an impregnable fortress, well-supplied, and able to withstand nearly any siege. It serves as the meeting place for the Brethren Court, which is a gathering of the world's nine Pirate Lords.
Tia Dalma is a fictional character from Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, making her debut in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. She is a voodoo and hoodoo practitioner who once was in love with the pirate Davy Jones, and ultimately cursed him after his betrayal toward her and abandonment of his duties.
In Greek mythology, Calypso (/ k ə ˈ l ɪ p s oʊ /; Ancient Greek: Καλυψώ, romanized: Kalupsō, lit. 'she who conceals') [ 1 ] was a nymph who lived on the island of Ogygia , where, according to Homer 's Odyssey , she detained Odysseus for seven years against his will.