Daiquiri virgin

Sunday, August 27th, 2006

We followed Ernesto’s trail online hour by hour but by early morning it had become clear that he was turning away from Jamaica and moving north. So we feel pretty silly sitting in a house with boarded-up windows (actually only four windows – that’s all the plywood we had).
We also tried to follow local reports […]

Googly nubs

Thursday, May 25th, 2006

Just a quickie … too much work, too many deadlines. So it’s over to you, dear visitor.
Item 1
Imported corn from the USA

Item 2
Local corn from Jamaica

Discuss.

A is for Ackee

Wednesday, January 25th, 2006

After most of the children’s books drowned in the hotel flood, we bought some new ones in a local bookshop. One of the books was an alphabet colouring book. The first page had a blob outline and the text, A is for ackee. We had no idea what it was, nor what colour it should […]

Volpetti’s

Tuesday, May 24th, 2005

When you first enter the shop, the smell of cheese and ham is overpowering.

Volpetti’s: probably the best deli in Rome; definitely one of the main reasons we’re still here, particularly since it’s only a ten-minute walk from our house. We eat at their self-service restaurant, Volpetti più, at least once a week. So after almost […]

All’s well, now eat up

Thursday, May 5th, 2005

Little Maria Francesca (5 years old) can once again hug her dog Ribbon, whose disappearance yesterday had made her stop eating for days. “I’m so happy,” said the girl, “now I will never leave my ‘little brother’ again. I thought I had lost him forever.” The dog was found at Tiburtina Station thanks to the […]