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Valentine's Guide Inside Rocktails at Daphne's Waterman Festival February at a Glance
February 2016 // Issue 4
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Valentine's Editor’s Note
February 2016 Issue 4
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Contents
6 Valentine's Guide
We have done the impossible to make it possible for you. Go get'em tiger!
12 Daphne's Rocktails
When this rock needs a turnaround and a magazine like ours sits down with Daphne's, miracles are produced. You're welcome!
16 Waterman Festival
What happens when Brian Talma challenges the status quo and decides that better is, in fact, better.
20 Art in February
Spotlight on Gallery of Caribbean Art as they showcase four incredibly talented artists from our neck of the woods.
22 You're Bajan but...
Our first in a series of excerpts from Julian Armfield's brilliant book: Absolutely Barbados.
Just do it. There isn't a celebration which is more make-or-break than Valentine's. If it works you've changed two lives forever and the rest becomes the footnote of history. If it doesn't work it means you've dodged a bullet and sooner or later, you'll find out they were a raving lunatic anyway. Congratulations. Either way you're moving forward and forward is the only direction God has given us. There was an article in the New York Times in which the journalist interviewed the creator of a dating app and asked him if he had ever been in love. It turns out that there was a girl back in the day but he was young then and wasn't who he had become today. He still loved her today but knew that it was all over. They hadn't spoken for years but, through the grapevine, heard that she was three months away from getting married. The journalist stopped him and told him that he had to find her and tell her he still loved her. A month later the journalist was called back for a lunch - a table of three. He had flown across the US to find his college sweetheart. She cancelled the wedding that she was nervous about, ended the relationship that was rocky and argumentative and there they were, giggling like children over lunch, together again, talking to the journalist that made it happen. Be that couple. Be together, alive, in love... And don't screw it up!
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Happy Valentine's Day from everyone here at the office. We have put together the best plan in the world for you.
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You can't go wrong. Make it. Happen.
18 Food in February 23 March Preview
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Sport on this rock Polo 4th February
Ladies' Polo Tour at Holders
7th February
Ladies' Polo Tour at Holders
9th February
Polo Roger Gooding Memorial at Apes Hill
28th February
Polo Cheshire Tour at Holders
Water Sports 27th & 28th February
Waterman Festival at Silver Sands
23rd February - 5th March
Beach Culture World Tour
Golf 20th February
Rockley Open
20th February
Medal Apes Hill Golf Club
24th February
Nine & Wine at Apes Hill Golf Club
28th February
Stableford - Apes Hill GC
Cricket 12th - 15th February
Barbados vs Windward Islands
19th - 22nd February
Barbados vs Guyana
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valentine's rock-style
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How to win on Valentine's: The step-by-step guide to romantic perfection. Shout I-LOVE-THIS-ROCK and open doors to the magic. ilovethisrock Chocolates from Green Monkey Chocolatier This is where you start your day. If you manage to go through Valentine's without chocolates you've lost the game before it started. These are probably the finest chocolates money can buy in Barbados... And they have put together an exclusive selection for just for us. Quote ilovethisrock and you will get a box of nine. Three of each of the three best-sellers together, united for the first time. This means you can taste
one, your loved one can taste one and then you can fight over the third! Repeat three times! The first dark square is a soft dark chocolate ganache that had a splash of milk added in to take the edge off. It's then dipped in tempered black chocolate to create the brittle, cracking outershell. It's so simple yet complex at the same time... So like most relationships?!
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The second chocolate that Green Monkey prepared for us is a passion-fruit ganache painstakingly put together over several days. They have a chocolate-spray-gun (no lie) and by using it they can coat their mould with four different layers of coloured cocoa-butter. That's how they make the sparkling green outer-shell so green and so sparkling. A day later, when it sets, they then add their home-made, Bajan passionfruit ganache. That then sets for two days before they close the bottom with a flat layer of white chocolate. It's incredible. We have a rule in the office that chocolate and fruit shouldn't go together but Green Monkey have just proved us wrong. The third chocolate is a caramel, pink Himalayan sea-salt truffle. So as they are heating up their bajan sugar and butter in a pan, they stop the process just before the liquid caramelises and add pink sea-salt. Once that sets they then dip it in milk chocolate but also add a decorative line-splashing of dulcey. Good question! Dulcey is what you get when you accidentally leave white chocolate out to cook for an entire night. It becomes caramelly in its own right and that tiny hint is where the art is. It's the perfect start to any good Valentine's Day. $75 Box of 9 ilovethisrock chocolates The Green Monkey Chocolatier thegreenmonkeychocolatier.com +1(246)231-1001, Worthing
valentine's morning ilovethisrock smoothie at ArtSplash The phenomenal Sunday brunch they did in December is over now but they've made space for bagels and... The Valentine's smoothie that they call ilovethisrock! If that's not the coolest thing in the world I don't know what is. It's available as a limited edition smoothie through the month of February so go and get one, then post photos about it because so long as people are drinking things called ilovethisrock, we're winning! It's made with almond milk, local ripe banana, pomegranate juice, frozen berries and love! It's redder than red and tastes amazing. Pomegranate is actually already renowned for getting the 'juices flowing'. Bananas will stop you cramping up mid-performance and frozen berries just taste really good. Frankly, there couldn't be a better Valentine's smoothie.
Love Wall The day before Valentine's, Saturday 13th February, ArtSplash is organising a Love Wall. When you buy anything on market day you will
be given a heart-shaped post-it. The idea is that you write a message to someone you love and put it up with all the others. We thought about making it anonymous but there is no way you can post something up in front of everyone else without someone seeing you... You might as well make a big deal out of it!
Hugging Booth And it just gets better. Market day will also have a resident hugger. Now you think you've seen it all. You think you've been hugged by the best. You think no hug could beat your hug. Well this woman is Melena and she is a Reiki healer and a wellness coach. She will suck the demons right out of you. Not entirely sure how but there's promise in that magic. The alternative is that nothing happens and you get an average hug from Melena. What's not to love? $11 - Medium ArtSplash artsplashbarbados.com
ilovethisrock fruit-tea smoothie at NovelTeas For just this month (unless we convince them to keep it on permanently) NovelTeas have used their bubble-tea expertise to put together the most chewy smoothie ever! Bubble Tea is the most Asian modern food conceived. They take any flavour of tea from mango to strawberry and they add jelly, tapioca and popping-boba! What you get is an ice-cold drink that tastes super fruity, has jelly and tapioca that gets sucked up through your straw and every now and again when you bite down you'll
be popping a ball of cold lychee jelly. When that goes off in your mouth it's a whole new world of "wait-what-just-happened?!" What does the ilovesthisrock fruit-teasmoothie have in it? It's mango, strawberry, banana and a copious amount of their coconut jelly. You will be chewing your way through this drink! $9 ilovethisrock Smoothie facebook.com/health.tea.foods NovelTeas Teahouse +1(246)-228-8327, Rockley
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Take your Valentine's Day to the next level with your own violinist... Seriously. Morning chocolates, smoothies... And now for the part that separates the men from the boys: Get your own violinist to play for you as you toast with champagne flutes and whisper "No not now, the violinist is right there!" We tracked down Shawn Holder and he has agreed to perform for you, wherever you want
and if you quote ilovethisrock you will receive an amazing rate. Shawn studied under Erwin Braithwaite and Janice Millington, the pioneers that made the Royal School of Music what it is today. Over 30 years Shawn has played for everyone from
CARICOM heads of government to Tiger Woods and Martha Stewart. You've got to hear him play. Descriptions are just a set of futile words. Shawn Holder $250 for 1.5 hours when you quote ilovethisrock +1(246)251-2470
ilovethisrock Valentine's Photo-Shoot to cement the day in the annals of history So now that we've organised the best violinist for your romantic moments together there could be nothing better than to get photos of the whole affair. If you haven't heard of Andre Williams it's because you've never asked who that photographer over there is. Andre is omnipresent. He manages to get to every event for everything and photograph everyone. We believe he has a stunt double because that's a lot of places for a lot of photos. There is no way he can pull this all off alone. What Andre has agreed to do give a special price for a shoot at your chosen place and time (and if Shawn Holder happens to be there it's a major bonus... #justsaying). You will then receive ten perfect, pro-edited digital photos for you to keep, print, share. Get your Colgate smile ready.
Andre Williams was born on the island of Montserrat on the 9th of November 1954. His father was a Barbadian of Welsh descent and his mother a Lebanese immigrant to Montserrat aged eight. The family relocated to Barbados in 1955. From his teenage years Andre enjoyed snapping with a Kodak point-and-shoot camera. Encouraged by family and friends and a growing passion for photography Andre enrolled in several photo classes. Armed with this knowledge and a Nikon digital camera he has been capturing the beauty of God's creation in people and nature for all to enjoy. $100 for ten shots when you quote ilovethisrock Andre Williams andrewilliamsphotography.net
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afternoon entertainment ilovethisrock Burger The day the best burger in Barbados got even better This February go to Stream and ask for the ilovethisrock burger. It's insane. In the November issue, we wrote about how good the burgers at Stream were. It was a snippet that explained how they grind their own cuts of beef in the right proportions to make the most incredible beef patty. Now, they've surf-n-turfed it up! Check this out. Take a standard really big and really juicy burger. Picturing it ok? Now add a layer of melted blue cheese and then some buffalo-sauced-jumbo shrimp. Nothing short of incredible. Serve it up with crispy onions, fries, coleslaw and you're winning. It is worth noting that the blue cheese doesn't really taste strong because it's the creaminess that they were aiming for and creaminess they delivered. $48 ilovethisrock Burger, Coleslaw & Fries Search Facebook for Stream Bar & Restaurant +1(246)233-5858, Worthing Photo: Lalita Vaswani
ilovethisrock Rum-Punch Cheesecake from Coffee Barbados Cafe, George Washington House Cheesecakes have existed in every shape and form but the day had to come where the most Bajan cheesecake had to be born... An ilovethisrock cheesecake. Coffee Barbados have reinvented the cheesecake and at the end of every bite, if you wait three seconds, you'll start to feel the after-effect of the rum. It's a good cake and it has been done well. Very well. Coffee Barbados Cafe George Washington House
RUM PUNCH C H E E S E C A K E
BAM!
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dessert at asian spice
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OOOO-WOAAA-OHHHHHH ICE-CREAM'S ON FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRE
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Asian Spice has created a dessert that's on fire! Literally! It's deep-fried ice-cream but because that isn't enough, they pour liquor over it and then light it up. Possibly the most wonderfully sinful dessert ever. What did they call it? They called it ilovethisrock! If it becomes popular they will keep it on their menu past February! Get in! We have reviewed Asian Spice before and it is, without a doubt, the best Indian restaurant on the island. Finding it isn't easy first time around but once you know, you know. ilovethisrock.com/asian-spice
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dinner at daphne's rocktails for everyone We went to Daphne's with one idea and came out with a basket of magical wonder. First and foremost, on Valentine's Day, Daphne's will be serving the ilovethisrock set menu… And it’s a-mazing.
a fine line to walk when deciding how much to eat on Valentine's and the winner is the one who gets to go on top. Under-eat and you’ve missed the target, over-eat and you will be passing out before you can say ‘cheque please’.
If that wasn’t enough, for the month of February, barman-extraordinaire-Ryan has come up with a cocktail that Daphne's will be serving… and it’s called ilovethisrocktail. No lie!
Go big on the starters and light on the main courses and when it comes to dessert… Well everyone knows women have a second stomach for dessert, so go nuts.
When you book at Daphne’s for Valentine’s Day, quote ilovethisrock and you will receive an ilovethisrocktail each, entirely on us.
Just from the desserts list:
The food you’ll be served is just, right. There is
Mount Gay XO Rum Crème Brulée with Banana Flambé Granny Smith and Calvados Millefeuille with
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Vanilla Ice Cream and Strawberries in Balsamic syrup.
The starters are spot on too. Lobster? Check. Crab? Check. Foie Gras? Check. Vegetarian option? Double check.
Date night is a guaranteed success. If anything goes wrong you’ve got to work on your game! Bookings: +1(246)432-2731 Don’t forget to quote ilovethisrock! ilovethisrock.com/daphnes
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february at a glanc Harry Bayley Observatory
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It’s possibly the most underrated experience in Barbados yet it's what every kid should be doing and every adult dreaming of. Full-moon nights are good ideas when you want to look at the moon but the day you want to look at Saturn or Jupiter, Venus or Mars, go on a darker night where the moonlight won't block the view. We tried squeezing in as many Uranus jokes as possible and we recommend you try too. If you get far enough they will start pronouncing it differently so that you stop. The truth is, and we're not making this up, Uranus is a very acidic and hostile environment with a lot of dangerous gases. When we heard that, we were cooked! hbo.bb/ 8pm - 10pm
Roger P. Evelyn
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Bob Marley's Birthday
The chances are, and we may be wrong but we don't think we are, Mojos will be a good place to go for Mr Marley's birthday. Facts you may not know! Born Nesta Robert Marley, he was called 'white boy' by his neighbours because his father was a white British naval captain. As an adult he talks about his childhood and says that it's what led him to the philosophy: "I’m not on the white man’s side, or the black man’s side. I’m on God’s side." In November 2014, Forbes magazine listed Bob Marley in fifth place of highest earning dead celebrities. After 75million sold albums worldwide, his family continue to manage his estate and have even licensed coffee and audio equipment. Coffee?! Fill us in! magazine@ilovethisrock.com
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Girlfriends Expo
Now in its seventh year, the organisation was founded on the back of young Miss Barbadoses who were going to move past pageants and into the real world. It was obvious to the creators that these girls needed resources and preparation. Today the event is all about empowering women. Everything about women, for women. There is a whole roster of events including Feminars (seminars just for ladies) about shadism, PCOS and LGBT topics amongst many others. Shaz and Tracy will be presenting a HeyVajayJay Pad Party and although it's definitely a women's event, there always seems to be an emphasis on the fact that men can come too. We were told that men can discover a lot about women at the event and we totally agree. It would be amazing if any male managed to emerge uneducated. Sharon Carpenter will be hosting a celebrity brunch at 10am on Sunday. Expect to hear about how women can become stronger, more independent and entrepreneurial in this, still, sclerotically male world. Empowering, Educating and Entertaining. Tickets: Bds $20 - more at the door girlfriendsexpo.com Venue: The Barbados Concorde Experience 14 Read more reviews and find out what’s on this month at ilovethisrock.com
ce The Howling Cocktail Drinks at Gun Hill by Moonlight The Barbados National Trust is holding a cocktail drinks party at the Gun Hill Signal Station in at St George. It's always held on the Saturday closest to the full moon between January and June. What is amazing is how you will be able to see both the south and coast and as the sunshine reflects off the ocean you will remember that there is no better way to spend your evening. Tickets are between $30 and $40 but get there for 5.30pm because that's when the golden hour strikes and that's the best bit. Finger food, snacks and drinks are included barbadosnationaltrust.org Gun Hill Signal Station, St. George - 5.30pm
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Get Lei'd at the Cruising Club
You know you've got a Hawaiian shirt, grass skirt and hips that can hula 'til the sun don't shine. BCC are holding a hog roast on the beach. There will be a Hula championship and even a coconut shaking contest. If you get the chance wave at Errol Barrow who's up behind the bar wearing a Hawaiian shirt too! True story. DJ Action Fire is playing 9pm-1am and it's free entry. barbadoscruisingclub.org
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Waterman Festival and the Beach Culture World Tour
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his is the first time in history that anyone in the world has brought nature itself into a competition like this. It seems mad that no one thought of this before but it's nothing but the best possible way to do things. Ocean-man Brian Talma took the one step no one has ever taken; let's compete... given the conditions. It's a multi-disciplinary festival where you are judged on surfing, kite-surfing, windsurfing and SUP. It's called the Waterman because it's about mankind and the ocean. You're the Waterman when you can perform in the water regardless of the discipline. You're the Waterman when you have accumulated points in every discipline. The waterman who has the most fun, is most entertaining and most inspiring emerges as the champion.�
As Brian says "It’s important to be present, not scared to fail, crank deAction and get paid to play; and who has the most fun... Wins!"
that leads to one trophy.
It's the first time that the organisers will step outside, look at the ocean, feel the wind, understand the currents and say that today is a good day for windsurfing... So that's the competition. When the conditions change so that surfing becomes the best option, everyone will pick up a surf board and start working the waves. When the wind changes and it seems as though it's the perfect moment to do a kite-surf slalom, everyone puts their surfboards down and they all pick up their kitesurf stuff.
So that was Waterman... What's the Beach Culture World Tour?
How many surf competitions have been underwhelming because the conditions just weren't right? What about the Mount Gay Round The Island Race in 2015? The wind was so low but rather than postponing the whole event to a better day, everyone competed... Very slowly. Everyone gets to work their skills over several days through several sports for a combined score
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Beach Culture World Tour It's that one step beyond sports-tourism. Now there's no doubt that watersports form a major part of Bajan tourism but here's the question: If foreign surfers buy land and build houses so they can move to Barbados and surf all year round, is that still sports tourism? What about the community that grows around spots like Silver Sands? They are some of the closest, tight-knit communities in Barbados. Would you say that's sports-tourism? What about the art that stems from surfing? The photography? The lifestyle? Put these altogether and you have Beach Culture. It changed the economic landscape of Barbados and we're talking of everything past sports tourism. Brian Talma is a massive proponent of Beach
Culture and he's the creator of the Beach Culture World Tour. He is the lazy man's worst nightmare and has no time for the status quo. Things need to be done, lives need to be changed. It's no surprise everything around him is branded up deAction. When he was a kid he knew he wanted to live on the beach and everyone kept telling him to find a 'real' job ‑but in 1989 he was on the front cover of four magazines. He was out to prove everyone wrong and that passion has continued to fuel him through his adult life. So if you really want Brian to do something, tell him you bet he can't do it... Then sit back, kick your feet up and watch him change the world. Waterman Festival 27th & 28th February Beach Culture World Tour 23rd February - 5th March briantalma.pro
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Un Dimanche à Paris The best way to have a tête-à-tête over a frothy cappuccino is to fly across the Atlantic to a cobble-stoned European city, right? Guess again. Nestled in the courtyard of Limegrove is a chic yet somewhat quirky concept store with a distinct burnt-orange-coloured decor. This is home to our very own local Parisian brunch spot. La Suite at Un Dimanche à Paris is truly a delightful place to have a light bite or a sweet nibble. The menu is limited, but what they serve is undoubtedly appealing to the palette. Breakfast is served from Tuesday-Saturday from 10am and rumour has it that some of their danishes were
even baked at the newly formed bakery at the Cliff Restaurant. If you are smart enough to choose their signature tartine, you will be lucky enough to have a cheeky shot of a spicy tomato gazpacho. You might as well have a glass of rosé since there's more wine than anything else on le menu. Their macaroons are specially made by the renowned Wendy Abed of the Green Monkey Chocolatier and they are indeed comparable to Ladurée’s finest. If you care to, try the mango macaroon. We had a dessert called “Café Gourmand”. It's a dessert with a coffee served on a rustic wooden board, is surrounded by miniature versions of
a variety of classic French sweet temptations. Calories should certainly not be counted when you are here. If you want to have a cosy chat, it’s best to call ahead to reserve a couch because there is limited seating in La Suite. Failing that, there are also tables outside which are more child friendly in any event. Bon appétit mon amour! Limegrove Holetown, St James +1(246)271-8205
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art in february
Susan Alleyne-Forde at Art Caribbean
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Pot Pourri at Gallery of Caribbean Art, Speightstown It's strange enough walking into the gallery when you've never been before because there is no way to expect what you see. We tend not to value Speightstown enough for how it has kept so much of this rock's heritage. Every time you go you feel as though you should go more often. The gallery is a massive space at the top of the stairs, filled wall-to-wall and floor-to-ceiling with Caribbean art. Once you feel you've done the rounds you're told there's another space at the end of the corridor... And that it's even fuller. Pot Pourri highlights four artists. Susan Alleyne-Forde Tracey Williams Melanie Blomgren Denzil Mann Melanie Blomgren was born, and grew up, in Sweden. She went to art college, worked in the fashion industry for five years and moved to Barbados in 1990. In Barbados she worked in the restaurant business for fifteen years and it was there that she developed a fascination for all the colourful characters that she encountered in the vibrant Barbados night scene - the expressions, painted faces, the outfits, the stories and the humour. During the daylight hours, Barbados's equally unique and colourful wildlife made a deep impression too; the monkeys, the birds and the flying fish. After the birth of her daughter in 2002, Melanie turned her hand to mosaics. Her underlying sense
Tracey Williams - Tappy Pond, St George
of humour has always guided her pieces, as it has her life. Denzil Mann is a full-time painter, working in watercolour, oil and acrylic. Born in Barbados in the parish of St. Michael in 1963, he was already painting aged 4. Denzil draws inspiration from nature and everyday life experiences. He holds a BA in Psychology from The University of the West Indies and believes that the creative process is as therapeutic as it is diverse. Denzil continues to produce exciting works from his St. Michael home studio. He takes every opportunity to share his artistic skills with neighbouring children, community groups and secondary school students who are preparing for exams and he enjoys interacting with people who have an interest in art.
Denzil Man - Neighbourhood Gossip
Tracey Williams brought out the beauty, colourful and sensuous nature of flowers, producing large floral studies through a primary passion for colour, which led to floral painting. She was trained by renowned artist Stanley Greaves and apprenticed in the studio of Alison Chapman-Andrews and himself. Here she also
rendered large anatomical paintings. “The I of Venus” represents for me a woman in all her aspects, whether young or mature, more complex, soft and feminine yet strong, bold, sexy and hard-working. To show this I portrayed women in my family, in the portrait of my daughter Calista: “Woman in a hat”
artgallerycaribbean.com Speightstown
Melanie Blomgren - Frida Kahlo
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you're bajan but did you know
Author and BBC broadcaster ... about Sammy De Goose?
JULIAN ARMFIELD
Julian Armfield came to “Most unattached Bajan men like to get their thrills, or foops as they are Barbados for ten days, met and married a Bajan beauty, and stayed known here, by using their initiative. One notorious lothario used to forever. He quickly discovered that he life on a vibrant Caribbean island proposition attractive females came across with the line: ‘Hello, I’m was going be hugely to thatWhen in a sleepy English village. Sammy DetoGoose. Dodifferent yuh foop?’ asked if that usually resulted in a face-slapping, he replied: ‘Yes, but in between all de beatins’, I do get my fair Narrated in an infectious upbeat rhythm, Barbados follows along with share of foops.’ As Sammy grew older,Absolutely his success rate declined fiercely curious around the He island as he explores anthe important part author of his anatomy. decided to quitand after one proposition embraces everyaaspect ofat Barbados’ lifestyle, culture and heritage, was met with glance his trousers and the remark: ‘A dead bird can’t fly out of its nest!” meeting a host of beguiling characters along the way.
One man’s mission to discover the heart and soul of a Caribbean paradise
Julian Armfield seems to know a lot more about Barbados than most so we Julian’s will enchant, amuse and enlighten had a sitcompelling down andstory discussed working together. Todayanyone we have the privilege lives in Barbados, Bajans abroadstories and all those come to visit ofwho reading excerpts from his book, aboutwho Barbados, personal and true. either on holiday or to work on this gem of the Caribbean Sea. As it's the Valentine's issue we asked Julian to tell us a story that involved love one way or another: Also showcasing Barbados “I didn’t meet the lovely The Sue,Magnificent a born andSeven bred of Bajan (with–English and Danish Attractions, Views, Wonders, BeachesCarib and scrumptious ancestors), at the party but in the vibrant Bar on Sandy Beach several Bajan Recommended restaurants and days later. ByRecipes. happenstance, her entourage waswatering all promised elsewhere holes are featured later that fateful evening and so wasthroughout. mine. As they all melted away into the
JULIAN ARMFIELD One man’s mission to discover the heart and soul of a Caribbean paradise
Caribbean night, two strangers were thrown together. But we didn’t feel like strangers and enjoyed each other’s company immensely. In fact, we both sensed that this might just be a case of love at first rum punch. The band broke loose and we danced together into the wee small hours. Sue was truly a treasure beyond all measure.” Absolutely Barbados is available in bookshops and at Best of Barbados gift shops across the island. The digital version is also available from absolutelybarbados.com
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“Like a Jewel, it reflects the image of Barbados, its culture, rich dialect and the quaint customs of its islanders.” Elaine Kaps, Switzerland If it were possible for a book to fall in love, then Absolutely Barbados has been unashamedly smitten by the charms of this rock. From the first page to the last, it oozes so much passion for our island that Sir Everton Weekes, the legendary cricketer, describes the book as “a dazzling reminder of why we all love Barbados.” Readers are left in no doubt about where the narrative is going by the title of chapter one, ‘It started with a kiss’, in which the author, Julian Armfield, recounts how he came to Barbados for ten days to help a friend celebrate his birthday, and ended up staying forever.
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4 eussI // 6102 yraurbeF