After a 30-minute ride in a cherrywood-accented limo bus with black leather seats, we pulled up to Lighthouse Point at Grand Lucayan Beach & Golf Resort. This all-inclusive hotel offered immaculate rooms with double sliding glass patio doors which opened to a view of the pool that appeared to fade into the North Atlantic Ocean. As a special touch, the hotel adorned our rooms with a plated tray of cheeses and fruits for noshing as we prepared for our welcome lunch. There are multiple restaurants, a full-service extensive spa and a fitness center onsite. This exquisite property also is within close walking distance to shops and other restaurants, such as Sabor Restaurant & Bar in Pelican Bay Hotel and the internationally known Flying Fish GastroBar & Restaurant on the Grand Lucayan Waterway with waterfront views and nightly entertainment. Camel Churchill, the marketing consultant
with Bahama Out Island Promotional Board, ensured that stimulating conversation went along with the delectable food during dinner. Freeport does not lack places to enjoy island cuisine. We experienced The Stoned Crab Restaurant for a casual lunch and enjoyed a luxurious view of swing sets overlooking the ocean. We took in the sunset ocean view of Pier One Restaurant. There, we fed sharks that rounded up in the waters below our deck at the sound of a bell then gnashed the feed. We admired the award-winning chefs of the Dolphin Cove restaurant, which was an adult-only food-centric getaway with flavorful wines and desserts—reservations required. However, we really felt ourselves breathe and experience life as islanders when we dined with Ministry of Tourism People-to-People Ambassador Collette Williams for breakfast. No regular bacon and eggs breakfast here. She and her husband, Samuel, cooked a traditional breakfast at their lovely home, where we sipped on hibiscus juice made from the flow-
ONYX Publisher Rich Black and Grand Bahama Minister Ginger Moxey
Rich Black and Laura Dorsey with Junkanoo band
