Archive for the ‘Food, Travel & Leisure’ Category

Back when the Caribbean looked classy to tourists

A long, long time before butu tourism. So old they were actually encouraging them to come to Kingston.
Art.com has a wide range of vintage tourism posters from here and the Caribbean, especially Cuba.
See more HERE
Source: BNN

Greasy Independence on Coney Island

July 4, Coney Island, New York.
It’s a muggy 90 degrees near Rockaway beach when I finally made it to the front of Nathan’s Famous on Surf Avenue. I had just missed the annual hot dog eating contest ( defending champion Joey Chestnut won in overtime) and there was a huge wad purple chewing gum stuck [...]

Buy a home in Jamaica: Gated community only US$1.6m

But then that will get you a four-bedroom, four-bath villa with ocean views and a pool in a gated community in Montego Bay.

Most houses in Jamaica have outdoor space, pools, gazebos or patios edged in bougainvillea.
I live in Kingston with a door and some windows.
But you’re rich? Look HERE

Source: International Herald Tribune

New York City summer means Jamaican Jerk

From jerk pans in Prospect Park, Brooklyn to a jerk van in Manhattan, Jamaica’s signature dish is all over the Big Apple. After all jerk, with its unique balance of flavours is one of the world’s great BBQ traditions, reasons the New York Times.
Oh, and they also compiled some Jamaican recipes.
“You have to taste that [...]

Japanese latte art…yes, in your coffee

From the country that imports 90 per cent of Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee. But what does it taste like?
What’s crazy about this, apart from the Japanese, is that despite making the world’s best coffee, we don’t really feel to drink it here. Instead we have those Nescafe machines at gas stations.
But gradually we’re importing a [...]

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