Who Stole the Jill Walker Prints Off My ... This is a story about Jill Walker’s beautiful artwork disappearing from and then reappearing in my life. A thief with good taste: One of two Jill Walker framed prints that were taken from my Barbados rental apartment. The Heist Renting out the pretty apartment Greg and I own to folks who travel to...

Five More Fun Things to Know about Bajan... Out of the window of our Caribbean Air flight from Barbados to Jamaica yesterday, I snapped the beautiful coastline of Barbados with my iPhone. This is far north along the east coast, the Atlantic Ocean side of the island. My generalizations about Bajans in Barbados continue … These are, of course,...

Ten Businesses I Love (Except for #9)... Gosh, Barbados is wonderful place to be.  Such good-natured souls, a low crime rate, a fabulous climate, beauty all around, and, if not everything, then most of what a city girl like me needs to be comfortable. What Barbados may lack in department and upscale grocery stores it makes up for in creative...

The Barbados Broom Lady Swept Me Off My ... Brooms: $10Bds. The broom lady's smile: priceless Driving down the street near Belleville the other day, I spied this lovely broom-maker. HAD to stop. With her homemade sign and sunny smile, she charmed me completely. Bought a broom, made with dried palm fronds — she was charging $10Bds ($5US),...

Life in Barbados: From Grumpy Chubbies t... My favorite comment about my post on Saturday regarding Chubbies was from the sweet soul called Alice who said (paraphrased), “your thoughts make me want to visit Barbados even more, even if service isn’t always great.” Yes, even though I carry on, Alice, I love Barbados.  Love it. ...

My Big Barbados Butt — Comments Al... In the United States, the extreme of political correctness is bestowed upon those “putting on weight” (i.e., getting fat).  And in the US, who isn’t? Have you been to a shopping mall there recently?  Oy vey.  We Americans talk about diets and weight-loss endlessly – but when a...

In Barbados a Carnival Timetable Prevail... I’m at my first Trinidad Carnival and from what I’ve seen so far — the children’s carnival and a steel pan competition  — it’s a whirl of color, music, dance, competitions, and fun all occurring at typically inefficient Caribbean speed. Did I say...

This is Not a Catty Post About Miami Bea... Miami Beach Delano Hotel Pool If Miami Beach were a cat, it would be a sleek black panther wearing rings on 3 fingers and getting out of its red Ferrari … slowly, so that as many people as possible could see. If Barbados were a cat, it would be a pretty little tabby stretched out in the warm sun with a...