We live next to a National Trust site in the middle of Barbados and before we moved in we thought that the only noise we would have to deal with would be coaches of Hawaiian shirt clad cruise ship visitors…
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One of the things that made me more comfortable about living on the island rather than the city life I am used to, was the discovery of the Sunday night drag act at Ragamuffins restaurant in Holetown. One of my…
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Many things annoy me about the standards of driving here. I must add that I lived in Dubai for 5 years and thought that I had seen every crazy driving move known to man and felt grateful every night when…
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Crop Over is the Barbados Festival held to celebrate the end of the sugar cane harvest season and ends with the Kadooment Parade and Carnival on the 1st Monday of August. It is a colourful explosion of culture, music and…
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The island is safe from creatures I heard before I moved there. It’s no Australia. No scary snakes or sea creatures. You are safe they said. One evening we were out at a local hotel, enjoying dinner and a few…
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The Barbados rum punch has a great recipe poem that is easy to remember. I call it a nursery rhyme for adults! “One of sour, two of sweet Three of strong and four of weak A dash of bitters and…
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I had always wondered about this little green balls of fruit that are normally sold at the side of roads, usually at the roundabout. At the roundabout exit, there are often men waving bunches of these green fruits for sale. …
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I was delighted to have one of my recipes featured by the Caribbean Journal and also by the Hyatt hotel in Trinidad. The recipe came about after my stay in Trinidad. I made a tamarind coleslaw recipe that was influenced…
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My days of a heavy Friday night celebrating the end of the week are nearly over since moving to Barbados, although I still give it a try occasionally just to appease the inner lush. I just stick to the one…
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I spent my first year in Barbados going crazy with boredom as I had been used to city living and had a career for the most part of my life. Previously, when the husband’s job meant that we moved to…
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