Archive for April, 2006

Future Walmart

Monday, April 24th, 2006

Who said Jamaicans lacked entrepreneurial spirit?

Future Walmart customers (Runaway Bay, 21 April 2006)

Dem demographic an’ focus group dem hit de nail to rass!

Me fadda dead (Part I)

Sunday, April 16th, 2006

Wednesday
Me fadda dead dis harftanoon. Or maybe dis mornin’, ah doan really know. Me sista she call me nah on me cell, say im was sick dis mornin an im tek a taxi to Kingston public ospital but ‘is eyes dem roll back all white in the taxi an im cyaan talk no more. De […]

Mmm … Easter

Friday, April 14th, 2006

Easter eating in Jamaica is not very exciting. The traditional Jamaican speciality of bun and cheese pales in comparison with the orgies of chocolate we’ve known elsewhere.
In Rome, one of our favourite shops was Valzani’s pasticceria (confectioner’s), which alone justified a walk over the river (Trastevere). The street and the shop itself were very unprepossessing, […]

Get it on

Wednesday, April 12th, 2006

La France hibiscus at Devon House, Kingston.

Teenage cockroaches

Tuesday, April 11th, 2006

Can anyone enlighten me or should I call them?