Category Archives: Food & Drink

A curious encounter with JPS and a 10-year challenge

On Saturday I attended a funeral. Garfield drove me to the funeral and picked me up about two and a half hours later when the service was done. It was a good funeral; if funerals can be described as good. Although, I avoided eye contact when the priest joked about those who only attended church...
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How my husband discovered he could cook

My darling husband has earned himself three months vacation. I know, we 10-15 days private sector workers will never understand how someone can rack up three months of vacation. Three months! That's 90 days or about 100 days not counting weekends! Okay fine, I'll admit that his job is pretty rough, so perhaps he does deserve the time off (said a very...
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Le Diner en Blanc – Why would I pay to feed myself?

Last year, when Garfield aka “the great adventurer” aka “the explorer” aka “the trier of all things new” excitedly suggested that we attend the first staging of Le Diner en Blanc – Dinner in White – I rolled my eyes and responded, “Hell no?!” I mean, “Why would I want to go to one of...
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Great Jamaican restaurants to eat out

So in anticipation of Restaurant Week (and no I am NOT paid to promote any of these restaurants), I have pulled together the results of my Facebook poll into a blog post as promised. I don’t know how many of these restaurants are actually participating in Restaurant Week, but hey, I can’t do all the work...
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How YouTube Saved Christmas Dinner

Those of you who follow my blog will know that we had KFC for dinner last Christmas (2013 Christmas). Well, this Christmas (2014), I figured I may as well bite the bullet and prepare a meal, especially since it has become somewhat of a custom for hubby to work on Christmas day. Honestly, I would...
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