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DESIGN ANGUILLA ISSUE 09 November 2014
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ssue 09 sees us welcome the beginning of another tourism season on Anguilla. It’s a time of considerable anticipation: New restaurants are opening and old favorites are trotting out new chefs and newer menus Hotels and villas reopen, many with a fresh coat of paint, others yet still with even more extensive facelifts. This year, none more so than Malliouhana. After being closed for 3 years, its reopening has been met with anticipation. Like our friends in hospitality, we are also starting a new season, with the beginning of our third year of publication and also quite like them, we’ve applied a new coat of paint here and there. Not so much that you won’t recognize us, though. On the subject of paint, our cover image featuring model Nicole Morson sporting body paint of the flags of French and Dutch St. Martin as well as that of Anguilla. The image speaks to the connectedness of the two islands. Nicole, herself, was born in St. Martin, but now resides in Anguilla, reflecting the experience of many others, in either direction. This issue celebrates and pays tribute to the shared histories of the two islands. We take the short, twenty minute jaunt across the Channel where we go looking for stories of people and places, with a bit of history thrown in. We explore personalities on both islands that have their roots inextricably linked to both. We even do as so many Anguillians do on a weekly basis - take a day trip to enjoy shopping, food, friends and nightlife. As always, do enjoy. Orrett H. Wynter Editor
Editor Orrett Wynter Associate Editor Ellen Fishbein Fashion Editor Charla Hobson Cover shoot credits “Wearing the colours”: Orrett H. Wynter Model: Nicole Morson Body paint: Canita Ruan Photography Nat Hodge Josveek Huligar Robert Louden Elvis Richardson Orrett H. Wynter Contact P.O. Box 5050, The Valley Anguilla, BWI e-mail: info@designanguilla.com web: www.designanguilla.com phone: (264) 584 8886 / 9503 www.facebook.com/designanguilla www.twitter.com/designanguilla Advertising Inquiries sales@designanguilla.com www.designanguilla.com/advertise Read Online www.designanguilla.com/digital Other Photo Credits Montague Kobbe portrait, pg. 36; Magueda Jackson portrait, pg. 36; Sunset on Sandy Ground, pg. 64: Josveek Huligar Topaz photos, pgs. 60-61: Robert Louden Adrian Kobbe portrait, pg. 64: Orrett H. Wynter Acknowledgements We would like to thank everyone who has helped to make this issue possible, which include, but is certainly not limited to the following people: Ricky Rouphine, Janice Isomura, Robert Louden, Dionne Baxter, Elaine Hearn, Deborah Fawcett, Magueda Jackson, Rebecca Webster, Crispin Brooks, Vida Lloyd-Richardson, Lisa Webster, Rina Ruan, John Vasatka, Sarah Wescott-Williams, Leroy “King Beau Beau” Brooks, Judson Burdon, Kenroy Herbert, Nat Hodge, Colville Petty, Derani Gumbs, Adrian Kobbé, Albert Lake, John Vasatka. Also a great big thank you to anyone we forgot to mention by name, we're still very grateful.
contributors Shellecia Brooks-Johnson is passionately Anguillian and wholeheartedly optimistic. Shellecia loves working with young people, dancing under the stars with her hubby, teaching professional development courses, reading, traveling, and blogging.
Designer of House of Panache—a design house specializing in women’s and girls’ apparel, Charla hobson describes her style aesthetic as "a deliberate combination of international flair and Caribbean flavour. Passionate about art, beauty and style, she shares her enthusiasm and expertise as a Stylist and Visual Arts Teacher.
sarah harrison spent four happy years on
Anguilla, leaving (reluctantly) returning to live in the UK. She is now working as a freelance writer, investing in thermal layers, and trying to fix up an old house that is in constant need of attention.
Calendar of events supplied by The Anguilla Tourist Board. Contact them for more information on upcoming events. http://ivisitanguilla.com
Born and raised in beautiful Anguilla,
Andy W. Connor
is best known as the owner of Andy’s Car Rentals (www. andyrentals.com), but he is also a licensed seaman, and author of the monthly tourist publication, Let’s Talk About Anguilla.
montague Kobbé is a German citizen with a Shakespearean name, born in
Caracas, in a country that no longer exists, in a millennium that is long gone. His debut novel (The Night of the Rambler, Akashic 2013) earned the first runnerup mention at the Premio Casa de las Américas 2014, and his first collection of flash fiction (Tales of Bed Sheets and Departure Lounges / Historias de camas y aeropuertos, DogHorn 2014) features 50 bilingual short stories. He has kept a literary column in Sint Maarten’s The Daily Herald since 2008, writes about vintage football for the Spanish online magazine fronterad.com and regularly posts castles of English smoke and Spanish mirrors on his blog, MEMO FROM LA-LA LAND.
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