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LUXURY FASHION Page 14-15

Fantastical depths Painter-turned-writer releases fantasy novel pages 4-5

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entertainment

Atlantis E staff do 'Battle in da Basement'

mployees at Atlantis showed up and showed out on Tuesday as the resort hosted its fourth annual “Battle in Da Basement”.

The interdepartmental Junkanoo competition saw the Paradise Island resort’s various restaurants and other divisions go up against each other.

The overall winner this year, with 156.5 points, was the Chop Stix team, made up of staff of the Asian fusion restaurant. Next was the Poseidon’s Table team with 122 points in second place, followed by the engineering department in third place with 70 points.

Chop Stix was also declared to have the best music, group performance and choreography, while Poseidon’s Table was deemed to have the best banner.

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Inside Weekend Interview 4 - 5 Writer Debra White is a releasing her long-awaited fantasy novel with a positive message for Bahamian children

Food 7 - 9 A new deli for Coral Harbour, plus a new food truck brings sushi to the people

Entertainment 10 - 11 Junkanoo Summer Festival will celebrate individual islands; ABBA Revisited has fans dancing in the aisles, plus the National Children’s Choir honours its late directors

Fashion 14 - 15

Baha Mar pays tribute to 1973’s Independence fashion show with luxury event

Books 17 New releases hitting shelves this week

Film 18

Can the new ‘Lion King’ recapture the love?

Gardening 19 Jack Hardy on how to treat your potted plants right

Staycation 20 - 21 A hidden gem in western New Providence

Literary Lives 22 - 24 The conclusion of the fascinating story of love and revenge featuring the Bouvier sisters

Puzzles 26

Animals 27 Kim Aranha on the shark ‘issue’, plus Pet of the Week

Front Cover | Painting, Debra White

My perfect Bahamian weekend Tamika Hanna Costume designer Q: Saturday breakfast or Sunday lunch?

“Sunday lunch. I’m not comfortable with mornings.”

Q: Wine, rum, cocktail or Kalik?

“Cocktails. I like the play on flavours.”

Q: Beach or sofa?

“Beach! It’s freeing. The ocean has always called to me; I can’t be away from it for very long.”

Q: What is the one thing that you can’t live without?

“I can’t live without my family... who would I be?”

Q: Weekend away, where would you go?

“Greece. I love the food and mythology.”

Things 2 Do this weekend Friday

• The Best of South America Time: 7pm - 9pm Venue: 1er Cru Experience the best of South America with the widely acclaimed Concha Y Toro and Trivento wines at this tasting event. Join wine expert, fine wines developer and host Javiera Rueda for an immersive experience. Tickets are $25 and include free tapas.

• Kids’ Night Out Time: 7pm - 9pm Venue: Paint Your Own Pottery, Palm Cay Kids will be engaged in an exciting art project. Refreshments are included in the price. During this time, parents can enjoy a beverage or a meal at the Club House. Call 376-0395; reservations are required.

Saturday

• Bahamas Feeding Network Steak-Out Time: 12noon - 6pm Venue: Fort Montagu

Steak, chicken and fish dinners are available for $12. Proceeds go to BFN’s ongoing mission to eradicate hunger in the Bahamas. For tickets, call 676-2636, 324-8353 or 456-8353.

• Seafood Lovers Pop-Up Time: 3pm - 10pm Venue: New Providence Community Church, Blake Road Dive into over 30 seafood dishes – from stuffed lobster, crab soup, and seafood lasagne to fish tacos and burrito bowls.

• Rake N’ Scrape And Johnny Cake Time: 7pm - midnight Venue: Fusion Superplex Courtyard Keep celebrating 46 years of Independence with with an all-youcan-eat Bahamian buffet, unlimited signature drinks and down home tunes by the Synergy band. Tickets are $50.

• Movies in the Square Time: 8pm Venue: Pompey Square

Watch the original Disney’s “The Lion King” during this free outdoor event. Concessions will be available from 7.30pm and the movie starts at 8pm. Security and surveillance by the Tourism Police.

Sunday

• Chickcharney City Challenge Obstacle Course Run Time: 7am - 10am Venue: Pirate Republic, Prince George Wharf Nassau’s favourite obstacle course run is coming out of the bush and is planning to take over Downtown.

It’s four miles of more than 15 obstacles, in parts of Downtown you haven’t visited in years.

• Pisces Swim Fashion Show Time: 6pm - 10pm Venue: Meliá Nassau Beach The event promises to offer a cultural experience; a fusion of music, food and community. Enjoy being entertained by local artists while getting a look at the newest swim fashions.

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interview

It has taken more than decade, but writer and painter Debra White has finally finished her fantasy masterpiece. She tells Cara Hunt about how she wanted to give Bahamian children characters they can see themselves in, and a story they can take a positive message from.

Debra White

D

ebra White is a natural storyteller. The author of the new fantasy book “Return to Isle of the Shallows” told Tribune Weekend how writing has always played a major role in her life.

Growing up, one of her favourite pastimes was to watch people and make up narratives about their lives.

In school, two of her favourite subjects were English language and Literature, and when she became a mother she enjoyed reading Bible stories to her children.

“After a while, I began making up fun stories with social lessons and virtuous themes to give them examples through storytelling of love, unity, peace, respect and the like. When my children were a little older they encouraged me to write down some of my bedtime stories. I published four of the bedtime stories – ‘The Dark Cloud’, ‘The Lost Rainbow’, ‘The Peculiar Tree’ and ‘The Field of Butterflies’ – in magazine style, similar to colouring books so children feel like they are having fun while they learn.”

After these stories were published, Debra challenged herself to write a full-length novel, and thus “Return to Isle of the Shallows” was born.

She started the book in 2003 and took the next decade and a half to complete it.

“My family, our many moves and our family business took precedence and I put the book down for a while and even lost it for 10 years.”

During those “lost years”, Debra also dabbled in her second love: Debra White’s book will officially painting. As accomplished painter, debut on August 14. she has been able to sell many

pieces of her work under the name BahamaMamaArt. “I am a true creative soul. I love painting and writing, but did not study either formally. I love the art of Antonius Roberts and asked him for a few tips. He provided some and I just continued trying new ideas. However, I did not create to sell. It was strictly for fun and to do creative things with my children. Mainly, it was used as a fun, teaching tool,” she said.

After some of her work sold at a church exhibition, Debra began to seriously consider making her art available for purchase.

“I was given the nickname Bahama Mama by my college friends, so when I was thinking of a name that came to mind, and voilá, BahamaMamaArt was created. Because of my love for the Bahamas I use our colours, culture and locations in my art.”

While some may consider the mediums of writing and painting far apart from each other, Debra said there are some similarities between the different disciplines.

“In both my paintings and writing I take what I have experienced in life and incorporate it into the artistic expression of the piece. So my

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writings and my paintings are a manifestation of my life experiences. Each represents something I have learned over the years.

“My paintings tend to be joyful and colourful, and I try to make my writing descriptive and vibrant. However, the messages of my writings may initially take on some negative aspects in order to emphasise the positivity in the outcome,” she said.

“When I began writing ‘Return to Isle of the Shallows’ I literally sat in front of the computer and began writing. The first draft took six months. The rewrites took years. That is pretty much how I came up with all of my children’s stories. With painting, sometimes it’s a similar process. I sit down and just start painting. However, other times I look at a photo and do an impressionistic version of it. It all depends on how I am feeling at the time; some are impressionistic, some are abstract, and others are expressionistic. Meanwhile, my writing style is descriptive and narrative. I love to give colourful descriptions and use the different figures of speech for emphasis.”

“Return to Isle of the Shallows”, she explained, was inspired by her family and the Bahamas.

“My family was the inspiration behind the characters.

The beauty of the Bahamas was the inspiration for the scenery and environs of the book. I wanted children from the islands, particularly Bahamians, to have a book they could relate to and see themselves in the characters, their descriptions, personality, environment, culture and way of life.

During her high school years Debra said she was always inspired by stories that took place in locations she could relate to, such as “The Pearl” by John Steinbeck and the book “History of the Bahamas”.

“I felt connected to the characters and the location. Although ‘The Pearl’s’

“I wanted children from the islands, particularly Bahamians, to have a book they could relate to and see themselves in the characters, their descriptions, personality, environment, culture and way of life.”

location is Mexico, it is near the sea, about a fisherman, and it felt familiar. For similar reasons, I also enjoyed ‘The Old Man and the Sea’ by Ernest Hemingway. My husband, Gregg, studied ‘Escape to Last Man Peak’ by Jean D’Costa, who wrote the story with Jamaican vernacular, and

this spurred much interest in it,” she said.

“However, I realise there are not many books out there for children from our islands or culture and I wanted to produce something Bahamians would be proud of and could personally recognise what they read and experience between

the covers of my book. The colours of the cover of the book are representative of our Bahamian flag colours. This was a conscious decision.”

In the book, the character of Drew Barrett is about to start a new school after being suspended form his old one for fighting; he hopes for a new beginning.

When he’s snatched away from the lake near his home by a mythical monster, he finds himself trapped in a fantastical world, held captive by a maniacal beast, putting his true nature to the test. With his family and best friend Trev venturing into the world of Aqualor to find him, Drew relies on their support to help the Arvaks, Winged-Groshin

and Lamera to find peace and freedom in their homeland.

Together, they experience a wild adventure and witness Drew’s journey of self-discovery as he battles to control the rage within himself.

Debra said that she chose to write in the fantasy genre because she herself loves these types of stories.

“I love reading. For as long a I can remember, I have read.

I love imagining other places and experiences. So I have read all genres. When I began writing my novel, I remember thinking I’d love to write a book like the ‘Harry Potter’ series. I have since been told that my book reads like the ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’, the ‘Harry Potter’ series and ‘A Wrinkle in Time’,” she said.

Like these classics, although the book was originally intended for middle school and teen readers, reviewers have said it is something that can be enjoyed by all ages.

Author Liz Konkel said about the book: “ ‘Return to Isle of the Shallows’ is an adventure perfect for all ages with lessons in conflict, bullies, family dynamics, and friendship.”

Author K C Finn said: “Overall, ‘Return to Isle of the Shallows’ is a compelling and exciting novel for teen readers and above, but one which also leaves you with some thoughtprovoking questions and answers.” Dante Ryan added: “To both young readers and adults, I highly suggest this book for you.” Author Lit Amri said: “All in all, this is a solid fantasy that has strong morals for its targeted readers.” And, fellow Bahamian Alvin Burrows said: “‘Return to the Isle of Shallows’ is a well-written coming-of-age tale that weaves together adventure, community and resilience into a masterfully told story.”

The print version and e-book can be purchased through Amazon, Barnes and Nobles, Kobo and BookBaby.

The official launch is August 14.

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food

Coral Harbour gets new deli Family business goes for light fare

By CARA HUNT | Tribune Features Writer | cbrennen@tribunemedia.net

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aeh RokerWilliams hopes her new restaurant Dani’s Deli, will help not only help her young daughter get a feel for entrepreneurship, but also provide a much needed food option for residents in the Coral Harbour area.

The restaurant, which opened last week in the plaza just north of the Coral Harbour roundabout, is named after her daughter.

“Our daughter’s nickname is Dani. This is our very first food business,” Raeh told Tribune Weekend.

“We have other successful businesses but always wanted to do something for the family and for Dani that was a little less mentally draining for us and also a good foundation for learning life for her. So here we are. She takes orders and cashes fairly well, but loves breaks and snacks, but she is learning already.”

The choice of location for the restaurant was also based on her family’s experiences.

“We live nearby and the options in general are few.

When it comes to decent food, the options are even fewer,” said Raeh. “We also realised the foot traffic in that plaza is underestimated and watched it for a while.

The amount of people passing through there daily would surprise many.”

The restaurant serves up a combination of breakfast and lunch deli style items.

“It’s generally ‘light’ food. Not the typical battered and fried stuff. It is simple, tasty and satisfying without being ‘too much’.

We do sandwiches, wraps, salads, simple pastas, soup, hot breakfasts and (baked) wings,” she said.

Since opening, the deli’s wraps have become a signature dish.

“The wraps instantly became a hit. The shrimp wrap and chicken breast wrap are favourites,” said Raeh.

The restaurant also has a variety of sandwiches such as turkey, tuna, ham, roast beef, chicken salad, veggie patty and egg salad. Their salad offerings include garden salads and a cranberry almond feta salad.

Additionally, a variety of chicken wings and pastas are available.

Breakfast offerings will include grits and corned beef, tuna salad, sausage, minced salmon and eggs.

On Fridays and Saturdays, there will be souse.

The restaurant is open Monday through Saturday Dani’s Deli is a family affair from 6.30am to 6pm.

Young Dani, after whom the new deli is named, is learning how to take orders and cash customers out.

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food

Bringing sushi to the people

New food truck fuses Japanese and Bahamian cuisines

By ALESHA CADET | Tribune Features writer | acadet@tribunemedia.net

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ood trucks that offer innovative dishes have been popping all over Nassau in recent years, but the most unique one yet may just be Chef Evita Carey’s Lioness Sushi On the Go. Usually parked at Arawak Cay on the weekends, the pop-up eatery wants to bring the sometimes intimidating world sushi to the people.

Chef Evita told Tribune Weekend her inspiration for this venture came from her own experience dining at sushi restaurants and feeling as if she didn’t quite belong. These experiences sparked in her the desire to make sushi more accessible and affordable to the average Bahamian, in an environment in which they feel comfortable.

“I aim to firstly combine Japanese and Bahamian Cuisine to create what I call Lioness ‘Bahamianeze’. I have been able to effectively cater to a Bahamian crowd by introducing signature sushi rolls that incorporate native dishes such as crack conch, as well as local ingredients like plantain, which encourages Bahamians to consume my products, thus satisfying their craving for authentic Bahamian flavours,” she said.

She knew she wanted to be chef since she was 12 years old. After graduating high school she earned her culinary arts degree at the former College of the Bahamas in 2014. Since then she has had the opportunity to work at numerous hotels, resorts and restaurants across the Bahamas.

“I remember when I first began working in the culinary

profession in 2011 at 17 years old. My first job title was a prep cook at Go Green Café.

From then to now I have served nine years consistently in this field in numerous roles, starting from the bottom at prep cook, line cook, then sous chef, head chef, sushi chef, yacht chef, and now an entrepreneur, where I am the chef and owner of Lioness Sushi On the Go.” Her customers, be it avid sushi lovers or first-timers, all love the unique flavour and presentation of her dishes, she said, but most importantly

they appreciate that she’s offering something new, something different. One customer, Seavonna Tucker, said: “I never had sushi until I tried it from (Sushi on the Go), and now I’m hooked.” Indira Mackey: “I experienced Chef Evita’s party platter this weekend and I can truly say that her sushi is one of the best that I’ve ever had. My friends and family totally enjoyed it. It was a hit.”

Gone are the days when Bahamians were only able to experience gourmet food at

fine restaurants. Now, said Chef Evita, modern food trucks and pop-up stands offer dishes of the same high quality and variety.

“I want to launch my product to the masses and let people know sushi is more than just raw fish. I hope to do this...by attending various local vendor pop-ups and festivals offered throughout the year. It is my wish to continue developing my brand, finding new and creative ways to integrate local Bahamian ingredients into my sushi rolls, which has been the main

component in my business which has set me apart from the rest,” she said.

Chef Evita is now in the process of transitioning from a home-based sushi delivery

business to operating the Sushi On the Go food trailer full time. Until then, she will continue to offer her Thursday and Friday sushi delivery service from 11am to 2pm,

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and her weekend stationary pop-up at the Western Esplanade.

“Availability sometimes differs from week to week, so I encourage customers to follow the Facebook page at Chef Evita Carey and the Instagram page @thelionesscatering to keep up-to -date with the weekly sushi offerings. Besides the retail sushi items, I also offer sushi party platters, on site/small scale catering and private chef services,” she said.

“In the future I hope to launch more locations...to become an international branded style of fusion cuisine, and hopefully even a franchise available all across the world. (It is) desire to continue to set the mark and break barriers in the food service industry as the year continues.”

Chef Evita Carey is on a mission to make sushi more accesible, sometimes by ‘Bahaminising” it.

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entertainment

Junkanoo Summer Festival to celebrate uniqueness This year’s Junkanoo Summer Festival is only a week away and officials at the Ministry of Tourism and Aviation are feverishly preparing Arawak Cay for the signature event that will be held every Saturday from July 20 to August 10.

As in previous years, the festival will incorporate all aspects of Bahamian culture, including musical performances, food, heritage games, a kiddie corner, authentic Bahamian arts and crafts, and major rush-outs from A and B groups of Junkanoo. The event will be held from 1pm to until.

The ministry’s Director of Events Charity Armbrister said the festival has become a staple during the Summer for both locals and visitors alike.

“It’s important for us as Bahamians to celebrate our culture and keep it alive, and at the same time we are inviting our visitors to come join us and experience true, true, Bahamian culture,” she said.

Each year, the Junkanoo Summer Festival attracts both visitors and locals alike.

Tourists are often shuttled to Arawak Cay from various properties on New Providence and Paradise Island through complimentary transportation provided by the Ministry of Tourism.

“We try to facilitate our visitors to ensure that they have an opportunity

to come mix, mingle and enjoy our culture and spend more money with us,” said Ms Armbrister.

This year’s theme is “The Islands of the Bahamas: More than sun, sand and sea”, and each week the culture of different the islands will be displayed.

ABBA Revisited has fans dancing in the aisles The Atlantis ballroom was filled with Dancing Queens and Kings last weekend as fans of ABBA enjoyed a fabulous evening of their music, courtesy of North America’s number one tribute band to the mega successful 1970’s pop group.

ABBA is one of the most popular musical groups of all time, with soldout performances worldwide, and ABBA Revisited is one of their leading musical tribute groups. They have been dazzling audiences across the globe since 2001. Currently, they are treating locals and guests of Atlantis to a night of ABBA’s biggest hits.

Fans meet the members of ABBA Revisited backstage.

ABBA Revisited strives to recreate the magic of the original foursome – Anni-Frid, Björn, Benny and Agnetha – with authentic costumes and note-perfect musicianship.

Tribune Weekend spoke with a concert-goer who at a great night out at the event.

“The hall was filled with a lot of enthusiastic mega ABBA fans.

The themes for the various weeks are: July 20: Long Island, Exuma, MICAL July 27: Cat Island, MICAL and San Salvador August 3: Andros and Eleuthera August 10: Berry Islands, Abaco and Bimini Throughout the festival, there will be performances by Shadow Band, Sweet Emily, Synergy, All for One, Blue Connections, Sky Juice, Groove Quest, Nehemiah Hield, Fanshawn, Lady E, Patrick Carey, Gaiwin Clarke, Q-Pid; Rhythm and Youth Band, the Royal Bahamas Police Force Band, KB, Geno D, and Keisha Poitier.

There will be Junkanoo performances from the Fancy Dancers, Music Makers, Roots, One Family, Colours, The Original Congos, Valley Boys, Saxons, Body of Christ and Conquerors For Christ.

Everyone ended up dancing in the aisle and singing the songs in the front of the stage. The two girls who were a part of the group were very good and engaged with the crowd quite a bit,” he said.

“The whole evening was quite good fun. The audience thoroughly enjoyed themselves.”

ABBA Revisited will be performing at the Paradise Island resort until July 14, at 8pm nightly. Tickets start at $39 for general admission. Audience members can expect to hear some of ABBA’s greatest hits, including “Dancing Queen”, “Mamma Mia” “The Winner Takes it All”, “Waterloo”, and “Fernando”.

Since their first triumph at Eurovision in 1974, ABBA has sold over 400 million copies of their albums. In recent years, new renditions of popular ABBA songs, as well as a hit Broadway musical and the two “Mamma Mia!” movies, which were box office successes, have created a whole new generation of ABBA fans.

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National Children's Choir remembers founding sisters

New awards handed out at Summer concert

By ALESHA CADET | Tribune Features writer | acadet@tribunemedia.net

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he Bahamas National Children’s Choir saw a great turnout for their annual Summer concert at the St Andrew’s Presbyterian

Kirk.

The concert, held in honour of co-founding director, the late Audrey Dean-Wright, featured people sharing memories of Audrey, who died last September, and the impact she had on the children’s lives for so many years.

Ashley Knowles, the new co-director of the National Children’s Choir, said they still mourn the death of both of their founding directors, Audrey and her sister, Dr Patricia Dean-Bazard, who passed away in December 2017.

However, the torch of excellence and commitment to the growth of the choir and the children of the Bahamas, he said, has been passed on to Carlisa Wright-Waters, Audrey’s daughter, and

Mr Knowles himself, who is a former student of Audrey’s.

The choir, which accepts students from grades one to 12, has grown tremendously since its inception. At first there were only 25 members, now there are 120.

Mr Knowles said the choir is a complete representation of all economic strata of the community. The repertoire of music ranges from Bach to Blind Blake and they perform songs in at least six languages. The choir appears at official government and national events, but also performs for civic organisations, business establishments, international conferences and churches throughout New Providence and Freeport, Grand Bahama. The choir has travelled to Cuba, the Cayman Islands, Ghana, Poland, the Czech Republic, the UK, Canada, Russia, Belize,

Honduras, Mexico, Turkey, China, and throughout the United States.

“In the Summer of 1990, the two sisters, Patricia Dean-Bazard and Audrey Dean-Wright, in an effort to give back to the community in which they were raised, formed a choir from government and private schools in the historic Bain Town area of Nassau.

The purpose was to enable the children to identify with their culture, cultivate their many talents and provide opportunities for their individual development. Students were expected to maintain a 3.0 grade point average,” said Mr Knowles.

“To commemorate the first landfall of Christopher Columbus, the choir was invited to become one of the national entities of the Bahamas for the Quincentennial Celebrations in 1992.”

He said the annual Summer concert is to display the hard work and dedication put in by the choir’s members of the past season. The event is also used to recognise the students who are graduating and who have greatly contributed to the success of the choir.

Introduced at the concert this year were the Audrey Dean-Wright Art of Musicianship Award and the Patricia Bazard Choral Spirit Award, which were all given to two outstanding choir members, Kenmar Theophilus and Tyesha Brown. Tyrone Scavella was awarded with the Choir Member of the Year Award.

“During the Fall, in September, we will be hosting auditions to further enhance the potential and development of the choir. We hope to also introduce a community Christmas concert series in December,” said Mr Knowles.

PHOTOS/MAXINE SEYMOUR

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pageants

New Miss Teenager warns of social media effect on girls’ self-esteem

By CARA HUNT | Tribune Features Writer | cbrennen@tribunemedia.net

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mani Stuart, the newly crowned Miss Bahamas Teenager, has vowed to spend her reign warning other teens about the dangers social media can pose and how it can negatively impact their self-esteem.

The 16-year-old St Augustine’s College student wowed judges to win the coveted title after a fierce competition against seven other young ladies last month.

Amani, who hopes to one day become an attorney, is a seasoned debater who has participated in her school debate team.

The pageant’s national director, Anishka Lockhart, explained Amani’s official platform is “the deleterious effects social media can have on selfacceptance and self-identity”.

“In a world of advancing technology, she created this platform as she thought that it was truly necessary in an era where social media consumes our lives,” said Ms Lockhart.

“Oftentimes we find ourselves locked in our phones and don’t even realise just how negatively apps like Instagram, Snapchat or even Facebook are affecting our lives.”

Teenagers, she said, are at at an extremely vulnerable time in their lives when their bodies and personalities are changing as they grow into the adults they are destined to be.

“Social media creates this idealistic image of beauty, or what beauty is supposed to look like, as social media praises Instagram models with their photoshopped bodies and seemingly flawless pictures. They see these girls receiving hundreds of thousands of

Miss Bahamas Teenager 2019 Amani Stuart

Social media continues to negatively impact young girls’ feeling of selfworth.

“Social media is advancing every single day as technology continues to grow, and as this is happening, the selfconfidence of young girls everywhere continues to plummet.”

‘likes’ for what seems like the perfect body or the perfect hair or skin. They often forget that nobody’s perfect and that even their favourite Instagram model has some imperfections,” said Ms Lockhart.

She added that young women often look in the mirror and only see what’s wrong with them, instead seeing everything that makes them beautiful.

“Social media is advancing every single day as technology continues to grow, and as this is happening, the self-confidence of young girls everywhere continues to plummet,” she said. “Amani created this platform as a teenager herself who can relate to young girls feeling this way,” said Ms Lockhart.

Throughout the year, Amani plans to serve as a role model for girls who look up to her and host table talks to boost self-confidence in young women today.

She also hopes to gain an audience for her blog, #BeautifulGirl, which is a space she created for any upcoming girl talks and where she sheds light on why being confident in yourself and loving yourself for who you are is so important.

Ms Lockhart said Amani has always been an ambitious young lady and this is something that shone through during the competition.

“She has always been an ambitious young lady and from a very young age always thought heavily about what she wanted to be in life,” she said. “As she grew into the young lady she was always meant to be, she began discovering the gifts and talents God blessed her with and thought of every possible career in which she could make use of such talents.”

Amani is currently making preparations to represent the Bahamas at the Miss Teen Universe pageant in Mexico this November.

The new Miss Teenager is excited about her duties and promises that she will make the Bahamas and the pageant organisation proud.

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food

A culinary nod to history

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elf-proclaimed ‘Renaissance’ Chef Simeon Hall, Jr, has successfully pulled off his latest culinary adventure – “Ignite: A Night of Bahamian Culture Through Music, Food and Art”.

The sold-out event, held on the grounds of the National Art Gallery in Nassau, featured 12 experienced chefs, both local and from abroad, who committed to preparing a multicourse gourmet dinner without the use of gas, electricity, or any other modern equipment.

The menu was as follows:

ENTRÉE

Pass-around appetisers Donkey salty sausage Heirloom kettle popcorn with edible flowers Alfie’s conch fritters Bamsi papaya salad served on heirloom plantains

MAIN

Braised goat Dry BBQ lamb Skillet fried fish Flamed broiled conch 12-hour roasted wild meat 12-hour heritage breed pig Couldron-roasted Andros vegetables Fennel salad Green leaf farm salad with a mango vinaigrette Geechie Boy Mills bean and rice pilau Crab and whelks soup

DESSERT

Sun and Ice ice cream tasting – soursop, guava fluff, caramel sugar banana, burnt coconut Sticky tamarind rice balls with fire roasted fruits Banana leaf chocolate cake Slow-churned peach mango ice cream from Sun and Ice

PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE MEDIA MAVENS

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celebrity The Weekend Fashion Report The Lion King’ Premiere

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Meghan Trainor

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Kelly Rowland

Karin says: “My first thought: this looks really heavy to wear.

She looks weighed down and almost lost among all that bling. I get she was going for a regal look, and it works...to an extent. But ultimately there are just too many silver chains.

And I just don’t like the jacket with a sheer skirt look. The silhouette of this style is not very flattering.”

Cara says: “This is quite the outfit. It has A LOT going on. I love everything from the waist up. I love the different braids she has going on.

However, the bottom of that dress is just crazy. It reminds me of those beaded curtains from the 1970s; not a fan.

Karin says: “While I don’t like all-sequins, nothing but sequins gowns, this kinda works for me. Maybe it’s the contrast of the gold and black, which is very much on-theme.

It’s a very simple dress, but it gets the job done. And I like her long earrings.”

Cara says: “So at first glance I thought this dress is really boring, but its beginning to grow on me. I’m thinking that in person, on the red carpet with the lights, it was probably really pretty..and the fit is impeccable on her.”

Karin says: “Here come the animal prints; couldn’t have a ‘Lion King’ premiere without them. But this is so disappointing. No effort was made here. It’s such a cheap looking almost-sheer dress. It looks like a swimsuit cover-up; fit for the poolside but not the red carpet.”

Cara says: “Well, isn’t this just a boring look. Everything about it is a snooze fest. I mean, animal prints were the predictable choice, but at least be cute with it. And that stringy hair doesn’t add anything to the equation; a lion’s mane it is most definitely not.”

Karin says: “At least Patrick here is celebrating the colourful world of ‘The Lion King’. He’s got the African element going on with the headpiece and is giving us his full-on diva mood. And he looked like he was having a ball. I wish more people would have had fun with the theme.”

Cara says: “This outfit reminds me of the dolls you see on holiday in the local island market. It’s a lovely print and lots of fun. The headwrap is definitely African inspired.

This is a great look and very on-theme.”

Karin says: “This zebra print is much better than Meghan’s leopard one. The dress is not amazing, but it does have an interesting structure...I think?

What I can’t understand is her pairing it with stockings (just why??) and those hideous shoes.”

Cara says: “What I hate most about this outfit is the horrid black stockings with the clear shoes. The shoes were already a bit weird (I would have to see them on their own to really judge), but the combination? Naw, Kelly.

God didn’t give you that voice for you to look like that. It’s a mess. I’m too distracted to even comment on what is an average zebra print outfit.”

PHOTOS/JORDAN STRAUSS/INVISION/AP

With Karin Herig and Cara Hunt

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books

New

and her neighbours begin to construct the kind of cooperative community that suggests the end could be, in fact, a bright beginning.

Without modern means of communication, will Beatrix and Carson find their way to each other, and what will be left of the old world if they do? The answers may lie with a fifteen-year-old girl who could ultimately decide the fate of the lovers.

releases hitting shelves this week • The Golden Hour by Beatriz Williams The Bahamas, 1941. Newlywidowed Leonora “Lulu” Randolph arrives in the Bahamas to investigate the Governor and his wife for a New York society magazine.

After all, American readers have an insatiable appetite for news of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, that glamorous couple whose love affair nearly brought the British monarchy to its knees five years earlier. What more intriguing backdrop for their romance than a wartime Caribbean paradise, a colonial playground for kingpins of illgotten empires?

Or so Lulu imagines. But as she infiltrates the Duke and Duchess’s social circle, and the powerful cabal that controls the islands’ political and financial affairs, she uncovers evidence that beneath the glister of Wallis and Edward’s marriage lies an ugly—and even treasonous—reality.

In fact, Windsor-era Nassau seethes with spies, financial

• Death and Other Happy Endings by Melanie Cantor

swindles, and racial tension, and in the middle of it all stands Benedict Thorpe: a scientist of tremendous charm and murky national loyalties.

Inevitably, the willful and wounded Lulu falls in love.

Then Nassau’s wealthiest man is murdered in one of the most notorious cases of the century, and the resulting coverup reeks of royal privilege. Benedict Thorpe disappears without a trace, and Lulu embarks on a journey to London and beyond to unpick Thorpe’s complicated family history: a fateful love affair, a wartime tragedy, and a mother from whom all joy is stolen.

• The Lightest Object in the Universe

by Kimi Eisele

What if the end times allowed people to see and build the world anew? This is the landscape that Kimi Eisele creates in her surprising and original debut novel. Evoking the spirit of such monumental

love stories as Cold Mountain and the creative vision of novels like Station Eleven, The Lightest Object in the Universe imagines what happens after the global economy collapses and the electrical grid goes down.

In this new world, Carson, on the East Coast, is desperate

to find Beatrix, a woman on the West Coast who holds his heart. Working his way along a cross-country railroad line, he encounters lost souls, clever opportunists, and those who believe they’ll be saved by an evangelical preacher in the middle of the country. While Carson travels west, Beatrix

Jennifer Cole has just been told that she has a terminal blood disorder and has just three months to live – 90 days to say goodbye to friends and family, and to put her affairs in order. Ninety days to come to terms with a diagnosis that is unfair, unexpected, and completely unpronounceable.

Focusing on the positives (she won’t have to go on in a world without Bowie or Maya Angelou; she won’t get Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s like her parents. Jennifer realises she only has one real regret: the relationships she’s lost.

Instead of than running off to complete a frantic bucket list, Jennifer chooses to stay put and write a letter to the three most significant people in her life, to say the things she wished she’d said before but never dared: her overbearing, selfish siste; her cheating ex-husband, and her charming, unreliable ex-boyfriend, and finally tell them the truth.

At first, Jennifer feels cleansed by her catharsis. Liberated, even. Her ex-boyfriend rushes to her side and she even starts to build bridges with her sister Isabelle. But once you start telling the truth, it’s hard to stop. And as Jennifer soon discovers, the truth isn’t always as straightforward as it seems, and death has a way of surprising you....

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film

Review: 'Lion King' returns but it's harder to feel the love

James Earl Jones returns to voice Mufasa. (Photos/Disney)

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ife moves in a circle, “The Lion King” tells us, and, increasingly, so does studio movie-making.

Close on the heels of “live action” remakes of “Aladdin” and “Dumbo”, and on the precipice of a reborn “The Little Mermaid,” ‘‘The Lion King” is back, too. Round and round we go. Cue Savannah sunrise.

Cue “Naaaants ingonyama bagithi baba!”

The remakes have themselves been a mixed bag offering some combination of modern visual effects, fresh casting and narrative tweaks to catch up more dated material to the times. Don’t count on a new “Song of the South,” but much of the Disney library will soon have been outfitted with digital clothes for the Internet era.

It’s easy to greet these remakes both cynically and a little eagerly. In the case of “The Lion King,” the songs are still good, the Shakespearean story still solid. And, well, Beyonce’s in it.

And yet Jon Favreau’s “The Lion King,” so abundant with realistic simulations of the natural world, is curiously lifeless. The most significant overhaul to an otherwise slavishly similar retread is the digital animation

rendering of everything, turning the film’s African grasslands and its animal inhabitants into a photo-realistic menagerie. The Disney worlds of cartoon and nature documentary have finally merged.

It’s an impressive leap in visual effects, which included Favreau, cinematographer Caleb Descehanel and VFX chief Rob Legato making use of virtual-reality environments. Some of the computer-generated makeovers are beautiful. Mufasa, the lion king voiced again by James Earl Jones, is wondrously regal, and his mane might be the most majestic blonde locks since Robert Redford. And the grass stalks of the pride lands shimmer in the African sunlight.

But it’s a hollow victory. By turning the elastic, dynamic hand-drawn creations of Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff’s 1994 original into realisticlooking animals, “The Lion King” has greatly narrowed its spectrum of available expressions. Largely lost are the kinds of characterisation that can flow from voice actor to animation. Here, most of the starry voice actors (including Donald Glover as the grown-up lion prince Simba, Beyonce as the older lioness Nala and Chiwetel

JD McCrary as Young Simba, Billy Eichner as Timon and Seth Rogen as Pumbaa give the film a much needed breath of fresh air.

Ejiofor as the villainous Scar) feel remote from their characters. And, in many cases, so do we.

It’s worth asking: Just how real do we need our talking animals? Do we need the feathered majordomo Zazu (voiced by John Oliver) to look enough like a red-billed hornbill to win the approval of avid birders? “The Lion King” may well be a pivotal stepping stone toward CGI splendours to come, but for now, it feels like realism has been substituted for enchantment.

That doesn’t stop an army of top craft professionals and an enviable voice cast from doing their best to inject some vitality into “The Lion King.” The familiar songs by Elton John and Tim Rice are back, along with a new tune by Rice and Beyonce, though this time, the score by Hans Zimmer, with Lebo M., feels more airy and buoyant.

Yet the degree to which this “Lion King” mimics the first is disappointing. There’s a sound case to be made that the tale, which has been running

on Broadway for more than 20 years, needs little revision.

But the few deviations taken by the filmmakers make you want more.

The role of Nala has rightfully been elevated and toughened. The most rope for riffing has been extended to the new Timon and Pumbaa: Billy Eichner and Seth Rogen. Taking over for Nathan Lane’s meerkat and Ernie Sabella’s warthog, Eichner and Rogen make their own shtick together and they, more than anyone else, give “The Lion King” a breath of fresh air, even as they make plenty of fart jokes.

Yet that’s hardly enough to warrant a bland, unimaginative rehash like this, let alone merit Beyonce’s imperial presence. Instead, “The Lion King” is missing something. A purpose, maybe, and a heart. The life expectancy of Disney classics has begun to feel more like a hamster wheel than a circle of life, and it’s getting harder and harder to feel the love.

JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer

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gardening

Treat your potted plants right Whenever we take a plant from the ground and put it into a pot we are – in effect – putting it in prison, says Jack Hardy

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he plant in a pot has no freedom to stretch its roots towards damp soil when it gets dry, or nutrients when it gets stressed; it depends completely on us to provide sufficient water and fertilizer on a regular basis.

Whether in solitary confinement, or in the company of fellow inmates, carelessness or complacency on our part may bring the death penalty.

The first rule with potted plants is not to use local soil.

Imported potting soil from the US contains all the minor nutrients plants require while local soil is noticeably deficient in certain elements. With small plant containers – up to four gallons in capacity – it would be wise to use potting mix for everything from African violets to Habanero peppers. Quality potting mixes are all ready to go: fill your pot, water and plant. Potting soil is much cheaper but needs amendments.

The most important amendment is perlite, a white natural

volcanic substance that when mixed with soil provides aeration and a degree of water retention. Be generous when adding perlite. Potting mixes all contain perlite but even they are improved by adding a few handfuls more. Vermiculite is also a volcanic substance that is exceptionally water retentive. Add it to potting soil for plants that need consistently damp conditions.

Potting soil is improved by adding compost. Good plant growth is stimulated by microbial activity provided by compost. Solid compost can be added to the potting soil at the time of planting and renewed regularly by adding compost tea. Tea is made by adding rain water to a 5-gallon container half-filled with compost. The tea can be dipped using plastic coffee containers almost a gallon is size that seem made for the job.

Compost provides nutrients, but unless you are deliberately growing organic produce,

your soil will benefit from the addition of fertilizer. The only fertilizer you should consider using in your containers is time-release; the only timerelease fertilizer you should consider using is Osmocote.

Time-release fertilizers should not be mixed into the main body of the soil but added only to the surface and worked in with your fingertips to a depth of half an inch or so. The amount of Osmocote you use may seem very small but you will find it sufficient.

Osmocote should be applied once a season, four times a year.

Nutrients can also be added using water soluble crystals.

Here the big name is MiracleGro and its products provide specific formulae for just about every plant from orchids to roses. If you are growing tomatoes in containers then Miracle-Gro for tomatoes can be added every two weeks to give an extra boost to the fastgrowing vines.

Plants must be added to their new home with care. If they are being moved from a seed bed they should watered first then moved with as much soil surrounding their roots as possible. Nestle the plants into a prepared hole of the right size and fill all cavities with soil. Firm the soil around them gently. Plants like peppers should be planted proud, the base of the plants raised slightly above the soil level.

Tomato vines can be planted deeply because roots form from the underground stem.

If you are in doubt about your plants’ preferences bed them in at soil level. If they are being moved from smaller pots the job is easier as the plant has already established its preferred growing depth.

The top surface of the transplant mass should be level with the potting soil, which in turn should be two inches below the rim of the pot.

No ifs, ands, or buts: the most crucial aspect of growing

plants in containers is watering. Get to know the needs of your plants. As many plants are killed by too much water as by dehydration. Regular round pots can be placed in saucers if your plant needs the constant presence of water.

These saucers slow down the loss of water and also provide a small reservoir at the base. Plants that require good drainage – and these are the majority – should not have saucers. Do not make the mistake of giving these plants less water. Give them plenty and then allow the soil to dry out substantially in the top two inches.

If a plant is regularly underwatered the soil around the roots will be the first to dry out. Once this happens it does not matter how much water you pour into the pot as it will race around the dried root mass and pour out of the drainage holes. When this happens you must soak the whole pot in a basin of water overnight to rehydrate the dried mass around the roots.

If you are growing perennials in pots then every year you should transplant into a new and larger pot. A special problem comes with plants – citrus trees, for instance – that are too large to transplant. The most important factor here is to refresh the mineral content of the soil and this is best done by using a rock-based minor nutrient source in powder form. This can be worked into the top few inches of soil and will gradually descend to the roots.

To be traditional you should always arrange an odd number of plants in your pots: 1, 3, 5, 7, et cetera. A well-spaced odd number allows good root separation and a pleasing aspect from every viewing angle.

• For queries and comments e-mail jacktribune242@ gmail.com

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staycation

A HIDDEN ESCAPE

By CARA HUNT | Tribune Features Writer | cbrennen@tribunemedia.net

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Stone’s Throw Away is perfectly named. The quaint boutique hotel nestled high on a hill overlooking Tropical Gardens feels miles removed from everything, but is literally just minutes away from the busy Cable Beach Strip.

The property’s seclusion and guaranteed privacy is part of the charm that has drawn hundreds of visitors to return over and over again.

It also makes it a perfect staycation or retreat option for Bahamians who want that get away from it all without the hassle of actually leaving the island.

Tribune Weekend was recently invited to enjoy the property first-hand to experience what a stay at the hotel can be like.

From the moment you step behind the wooden entrance cut into the hillside and ascend the stairs to the main levels, it’s easy to forget that you aren’t in your very own deserted island tree house.

“The property was built about 15 years ago and it was built to have the feel of staying at the type of old Bahamian house you would find on the hill of a Family Island, with the

Patrice Fernander, Events Manager wraparound porches and the pine ceilings and floors,” said Colyn Chase, the marketing manager.

Perhaps the biggest draw of the resort is the spectacular view of the ocean – perfect to view at sunset on the wide veranda, drink in hand.

“We have eight rooms and two suites. The suites on the third level have Jacuzzi tubs and sitting areas.

And then we have two rooms that have ocean views which open out onto a balcony,” he explained.

“Definitely the appeal of the property is the quietness; it is the perfect place to relax. Because we are a small hotel, we have about 12 staff members,

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“(The hotel) was built to have the feel of staying at the type of old Bahamian house you would find on the hill of a Family Island, with the wraparound porches and the pine ceilings and floors.”

which means that our staff-to-guest ratio is almost one to one, which is very high for the industry, and it also allows us to really provide a level of service to our guests.”

The resort is perfect for a romantic getaway, and even young families will enjoy a night or two letting their youngsters enjoy a dip in the natural pool and waterfall located in the property.

“We also have a lot of persons staying who may be arriving late or out early to catch a flight out of Lynden Pindling Airport, so they will stop here on the way out or their way back,” said Mr Chase.

The property changed ownership early this year and has undergone a few renovations.

Mr Chase said more plans for expansion may be in the works “We may expand the property... to the lot in the front of us and create more entertainment space, perhaps more rooms, and possibly an infinity pool and a walkway down to the beach,” he said.

In the meantime, Mr Chase said that they hope to increase their group events, in particular for groups who may wish to rent out the entire property.

“We do do events like weddings and birthday parties and we do ask for larger parties that you rent out the property, that is so that you can enjoy your event and not disturb guests who may not be a part of your function. We want to encourage companies and churches to consider holding retreats and seminars here, we are a great location for weekend events,” he said. “We have an in-house caterer who can cater whatever you want for the entire stay.”

The resort offers a complimentary continental breakfast and a full hot breakfast is also available for an additional fee. Light evening bites such as Caesar salads, chicken wings, pizza, and assorted sandwiches are available between 3pm and 8.30pm.

Non-hotel guests can also enjoy the lunch or breakfast.

“We are also looking at adding a few happy events such as Jazz Under the Stars and we have day passes available,” said Mr Chase.

The resort is currently offering an Independence special rate for people who wish to visit the resort this month.

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literary lives

The legendary Bouvier sisters: Love, hate and revenge PART III Sir Christopher Ondaatje concludes the story of the glamorous lives of Jackie Kennedy Onassis and Princess Lee Radziwill.

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ackie was in New York when Onassis died. Arriving at Orly airport in Paris she issued a controversial statement: “Aristotle Onassis rescued me at a moment when my life was engulfed with shadows. He meant a lot to me.

He brought me into a world where one could find happiness and love.”

It rained on the day of Onassis’ funeral. He was carried in a walnut coffin and buried next to his son Alexander on the island of Skorpios. Jackie attended the funeral but was pushed into the background by the Onassis family – a lonely figure in dark glasses and a trench coat. Lee Radziwill did not join her sister at her former lover’s funeral. Jackie had forbidden it.

In the bitter 18 months following Onassis’ death, Christina and Jackie battled over his will. Fearing that Jackie would go to the Greek courts, rightfully claiming 12.5 percent of the entire estate, Christina offered a $26 million settlement. It was a generous offer which Jackie accepted, but there was no love lost between Christina and her former stepmother.

In the years following Onassis’ death, in 1975, the two original Bouvier sisters, now on their own, lived permanently in the United States. Jackie divided her time between Manhattan, Martha’s Vineyard and the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. She became a consulting editor at Viking Press, but resigned a year later after supposedly allowing a Jeffrey Archer novel, “Shall We Tell the

The Bouvier sisters: Jacqueline and Lee President?”, to be published. She was quickly hired by Doubleday where she was an associate editor. She became a notable supporter of the Democratic Party and participated in cultural and architectural preservation. She was involved in a campaign to save Grand Central Terminal in New York from demolition and was a major figure preventing a skyscraper to be built at

Columbus Circle that would have cast large shadows on Central Park. She continued to be the subject of considerable press attention, supporting Ted Kennedy when he unsuccessfully strove to challenge the incumbent president Jimmy Carter for the Democratic nomination, and later Bill Clinton in his presidential campaign. From 1980 until her death she maintained a close

relationship with Maurice Tempelsman – a Belgian-born industrialist and diamond merchant who was estranged from his wife. He was her companion and financial advisor.

Lee Radziwill spent the years following Onassis’ death in her Fifth Avenue apartment, and fulfilled a lifelong dream when she bought a beach house on Gin Lane in Southampton on three

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wooded acres, next to Gloria Vanderbilt, Felix Rohatyn, Anne Ford, and Arthur Sulzberger. She turned the tiny A-frame house into a jewel of a hideout. She worked intermittently on her memoir which would be published some years later as “Happy Times”.

The sisters saw each other and both remained friends with photographer Peter Beard. With Truman Capote and Beard, Lee followed the Rolling Stones’ 1972 US tour, and she achieved some fame in CBS TV interviews. She appeared on the cover of Andy Warhol’s Interview magazine and was fast becoming a New York celebrity.

However, Lee’s affair with Beard fell on hard times. Beard had bought a small cabin on 16 acres in Montauk which had character but was small and cramped. When she bought her Southampton property she saw less of him, particularly when the American model Barbara Allen moved into Beard’s cabin. That ended the affair. Lee’s nose was also out of joint when Jackie accepted her publishing role without any discussion with her.

She was starting to realise that she was no longer in Jackie’s confidence.

The flame of rivalry flared up again, especially when Lee spearheaded the Grey Gardens documentary about her Beale relations – a film produced by Jonas Melkin who cruelly edited Lee out of the final production. She also, at the age of 43, opened her own interior design firm on the second floor of her Manhattan duplex. She was featured in House and Garden, and invited to create a model room for the Lord and Taylor department store. For two years she worked with the hotelier Mario Di Genova creating rooms with both class and warmth that attracted the kind of attention that was good for the hotel chain. Only the sale of Americana Hotels ended the relationship. She was expensive, but good and she needed the money, because Stas Radziwill had not left her very much. When he died on June 27, 1976 of a heart attack he was found to be £15 million in debt.

Five months later, her mother’s second husband, Hugh Auchincloss, died from emphysema. Auchincloss, too, had lost most of his fortune through bad investments. At the stepfather’s funeral the two sisters arrived and left separately.

After the break-up with Peter Beard Lee had relationships with Peter Tufo, a New York lawyer, and then with Newton Cope who asked her to decorate the Huntington Hotel on Mob Hill in San Francisco which he owned. But that romance petered out too. Quite

A friend leads Jackie away following the funeral of her second husband, Aristotle Onassis.

Christina Onassis lost her entire immediate family within a 29-month period – her brother Alexander died in a plane crash; her mother due to a suspected drug overdose, and her father due to a long-term neuromuscular disease. She fought battled with Jackie over his will. apart from hurting financially, she was clearly hurt when her daughter Tina started spending more time with her aunt Jackie, finally moving into Jackie’s Fifth Avenue apartment. As Newton Cope later said: “It must have cooled things between them for a while, because Lee never mentioned much about Jackie after that.”

Lee had also started to drink to cope with her insecurities. Eventually, at

Jackie’s insistence, she attended twice weekly meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous in East Hampton. Somehow she pulled herself together – but it took a whole year. The affair with Newton Cope continued and they planned to get married. Lee was to move to San Francisco but to keep her apartment in Manhattan and her beach house.

However, an hour before the ceremony Cope called the wedding off. Jackie, interfering, insisted that Cope settle $15,000 a month prenuptial agreement on Lee. He balked, postponing the wedding, but by then Lee realised she didn’t want to move to San Francisco anyway, and Cope began to understand that both sisters were in fact greedy gold diggers – possibly the two most notorious in the United States.

Jackie by now was a very rich woman.

Her $26 million from Onassis had grown to $150 million under Tempelsman’s guidance. She had accumulated another $490 million in art and real estate. Lee, on the other hand, was struggling. Her design business was not that much of a financial success, forcing her to sell her duplex apartment and move to smaller premises. Later she would sell that apartment too and have to rent ever smaller and smaller apartments. She had to sell other possessions – paintings and jewellery, to survive. But held on to her friendship with Truman Capote and ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev. She was one of the few people not slandered in Capote’s “Answered Prayers”, a scathing, thinly disguised “tell-all” exposing New York society’s sacred cows. Capote died in Los Angeles on August 24, 1984 in the

arms of Joanne Carson, former wife of Johnny Carson, badly addicted to alcohol and gasping for breath.

In 1986, Lee shut down her design business. It was hard work and not that profitable. She spent more and more time in her Southampton home.

She was appointed editor-at-large for Architectural Digest, and began a much-loved job as a “director of special events” for Giorgio Armani. She appeared as Armani’s image-maker and muse.

On July 19 1986, Caroline Kennedy, Jackie’s daughter, married Edwin Schlossberg. It was a lavish Catholic wedding and reception. Lee Radziwill was not included in the wedding party.

Nearly two years later, on September 24, 1988, Lee Radziwill surprisingly married 61-year-old Herbert Ross, the film director. She was 55. Ross was a very successful Hollywood director of films such as “Play It Again Sam”, “The Goodbye Girl”, and later, “Steel Magnolias”; also the tasteful films lile “The Turning Point”, “Pennies from Heaven”, and “Nijinsky”, in which Lee’s friend Nureyev played the leading role. Nureyev was also a witness at the couple’s civil wedding service. They had met at a dinner party in Bel-Air given by producer Doug Cramer, and spent some time together at Ross’s friend Ray Stark’s Santa Barbara ranch. They travelled together to Atlanta to scout for a location for Ross’s hit movie “Steel Magnolias” (1989). Ross’s wife of 30 years, the celebrated dancer Nora Kaye, had died the year before. The wedding provided some security for the fragile Lee, but also some welcome relief for Jackie – who had had to bail out Lee on more than one occasion. After the wedding the couple spent a monthlong honeymoon in Sardinia looking at architecture for a house they were planning to build on 400 acres in the Santa Ynez Valley, almost adjacent to Ray Stark’s ranch. Initially anyway, Ross had the means to satisfy his new bride and her spendthrift ways.

In 1993, Rudolph Nureyev died after contracting AIDS. He was buried at the Russian cemetery Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois 40 miles south of Paris.

Lee, alone, attended his funeral at the Paris Opera. Seventeen years later she revisited his tomb writing an article on the trip for the newsletter Departures.

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In November 1993, Jackie Kennedy was thrown from her horse at the Piedmont Hunt Club in Virginia.

She suffered an injury to her groin that became infected. It was cured by antibiotics. In December she cruised the Caribbean on Maurice Tempelsman’s boat, the Relemar, but felt ill and had to be rushed back to the New York Cornell Medical Centre. They noticed her swollen lymph glands and the biopsy diagnosed advanced non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. It was announced to the press on February 11, 1994. Lee, who only lived 10 blocks away from Jackie, immediately went over to see her sister. A steady stream of friends came to say goodbye and Lee realised that her sister was dying.

She was given morphine and died at 10.15pm on Thursday, May 19, 1994.

The funeral was held at St Ignatius Loyola, where Jackie and Lee had been baptised and confirmed. Several people spoke. Ted Kennedy read the eulogy. Lee’s son Anthony was a pallbearer, but Lee was not allowed to speak. Jackie’s body was then taken to Arlington National Cemetery and buried next to her first husband, John F Kennedy. Next to them were the graves of her stillborn daughter and infant son. Again, Lee was banned from speaking and remained aloof and angry in a dark suit and sunglasses.

Jackie’s funeral left Lee bitter and rejected, realising the deep rift between her and her sister. It was nothing, however, like the shock she received when Jackie’s 38-page will was read the following week. She had left substantial cash bequests to every family member, including Lee’s two children, friends and employees, but nothing, absolutely nothing, to Lee – no piece of furniture, no jewellery, not even a book or photographic album.

It was a painful snub. Many millions more were realised when Jackie’s personal assets were sold at Sotheby’s.

“I have made no provision in this my Will for my sister, Lee B Radziwill, for whom I have great affection, because I have already done so during my lifetime. I do wish, however, to remember her children, and thus I direct my Executors to set aside the amount of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for each child surviving me of my sister, Lee B Radziwill ...” – Jacqueline B Kennedy Onassis

In the years following Jackie’s death, Lee suffered more setbacks. Her son Anthony discovered a testicular lump

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Jackie with her companion and advisor Maurice Tempelsman shortly before her death in 1994.

Lee with Mick and Bianca Jagger in 1972. Lee followed the Rolling Stones tour that year. on his honeymoon in 1995 that would turn out to be cancerous. He was to die in August 1999 – but not before his cousin John Kennedy, Jr died piloting his Piper Saratoga plane in a crash, killing his young wife Carolyn Bessette and her sister, on their way to a wedding in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.

Lee’s marriage to Herbert Ross did not survive these tragedies. After 13 years of marriage the couple separated in January 2000, and divorced in May the same year. They fought over everything and it was a nasty separation, made worse by Ross’s worsening heart disease. He died on October 11, 2001 at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan at the age of 74. His ashes were buried next to his first wife, Nora Kaye, in Los Angeles.

In the years following the end of her last marriage and the deaths of her ex-husband, her sister, and her beloved

son Anthony, Lee’s life became darker and more introspective. She occasionally saw old friends like Peter Beard, and she continued to live in New York and Paris. She was able to complete her memoir “Happy Times”, which was published in 2000, and she was befriended by a younger admiring group of filmmakers and designers.

She also kept in touch with her daughter and daughter-in-law.

“After we buried Anthony, we clung to each other in grief. Neither of us knew how to navigate it, then Lee moved to Paris, as I drifted to New York – both of us trying to go on.

Sometimes in moving on, you let go of everything. There were gaps, but over time we closed them....Dinners were always the same: her apartment, at a small card table in her living room with a silk scarf tablecloth, set perfectly, minimally, for two.” – Carole Radziwill

In her 80s, Lee still had the same cheekbones, the same chiselled beauty, and the same curiosity. She was an insatiable reader, and knew all the latest art exhibits, books and plays.

She could tell you the new designers from Paris and which would have longevity. She was fluent in Spanish and French and moved easily between the two cultures. She didn’t set trends, she defined style.

Lee Radziwill, the free-spirited former princess who shared the qualities of desire for wealth, social status and ambition with her older sister Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, died on Friday, February 15, 2019 at her home in Manhattan. Her daughter Anna Christina “Tina” Radziwill confirmed her death, citing natural causes. It cannot have been easy living in the shadow of one of the world’s most famous women, and she was hardly immune to competitive instincts. She nevertheless became an international socialite who for years was on the lists of the world’s best dressed women. She cultivated passions for painting, music, dance and poetry and made several attempts for professional recognition, but achieved only pale reflections of the spotlight of her sister.

A few days after her death, the last will of Princess Lee Radziwill determined that her lone surviving child Anna Christina “Tina” Radziwill would inherit her estimated $50 million estate. Neither Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg – her niece, nor her widowed daughter-in-law Carole Radziwill would receive anything.

Lee was always known to be short of cash during her extravagant life. But the will shows that a trust was set up decades ago by her mother.

Lee Radziwill may well have had the last word.

NEXT WEEK: The attempt of three escaped Italian prisoners of war to reach the summit of Mount Kenya

• Sir Christopher Ondaatje is the author of “The Last Colonial”. He acknowledges that he has quoted liberally from Wikipedia; “The Fabulous Bouvier Bouvier Sisters” by Sam Kashner and Nancy Schoenberger; “The Bouviers: Portrait of an American Family” by John Davis; and “Greek Fire: The Story of Maria Callas and Aristotle Onassis” by Nicholas Gage.

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Friday, July 12, 2019

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Things we don’t see

Forgotten facts | Paul C Aranha

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t is so easy to pass something and not see it. I am guilty of this, though I try not to be. One might drive along West Bay Street every day without seeing the obelisk overlooking the harbour, opposite the Girl Guide’s headquarters, at the eastern end of Clifford Park. Yet you must have seen it countless times. It helps us remember an event in 1861, when five men lost their lives while trying to rescue two men off the pilot boat.

Have you seen the two-storey building that the Guides have just built? It’s a vast improvement on their original headquarters, just to the east.

On the Mathew Avenue stretch of East Bay Street, have you noticed the attractive murals on what used to be the Pan American Airways Marine Airport? This property is now owned by the Royal Bahamas Defence Force.

In Downtown Bay Street, opposite George Street, the old Vendue House was built as the local market where any and everything was sold, not only slaves. Now it houses the Pompey Museum and has recently been brightened with shiny new, eye-catching murals in very bright colours.

If you do not drive regularly on the shore road from Blake Road to Old Fort you might not see the new road surface, but regular users see the absence of potholes. Now it’s easy to get to Travellers’ Rest, Compass Point and Love Beach, but beyond that the resurfacing is still going on.

I had to explain, to a friend, how to get to the Museum of the Bahamas Historical Society – on the northwest corner of Shirley Street and Elizabeth Avenue, which he passes almost every day, but had never really seen. Yet, when I mentioned the IODE Hall, he knew exactly where it is. The museum is worth a visit, to get an understanding of Bahamian history. The First Caribbean Bank kindly lets visitors park in their parking lot.

How many early morning commuters have never seen Dog Flea Alley.

It’s very easy to miss and not much happened there, but I’m told that its street sign is the most-often stolen sign on the island of New Providence.

Where is it? It’s the second corner after Sweeting Lane and one corner

Built in 1934, this was Pan Am’s Marine Airport terminal building. It has been brought back to life by its present owners, the Royal Bahamas Defence Force.

The clock on the tower of Christ Church Cathedral dates back to 1865.

The old Vendue House, which now houses the Pompey Museum, has been recently decorated with bright murals. before you get to the traffic light at Hawkins Hill.

Millennials can’t be expected to remember a set of signs that used to be in front of the Bahamas General Hospital (now the PMH), for many years – “HOSPITAL ZONE, DO NOT SOUND HORN” and “HOSPITAL, QUIET! CONSIDER THE SICK AND THOSE IN PAIN”. I think there were one or two more, but I can’t remember the wording. Why were they put there? Because the brother

Whitchurch of Governor Sir Bede Clifford was a patient in the hospital.

Hundreds of cars drive through breaks in Collins Wall, yet so many Bahamians have never seen the wall.

The easiest place to see it is near the

southern end of Collins Avenue, where the road starts to curve around the school. There, the wall is on both sides of Collins Avenue.

When you see Christ Church Cathedral, do you see its clock? The clock on the tower of Christ Church Cathedral dates back to 1865, the year when the Liquor Licence Act was passed. The clock’s bells reminded liquor vendors and tavern keepers not to stay open later than 6pm. The clock cost £335 and was made in Whitchurch, Shropshire, UK, by Joyce Turret Clock Manufacturers, which is still building clocks today.

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he recent shark attacks have certainly brought forward a concern that lurks in most people’s minds, especially in the Bahamas, and probably wherever in the world people swim where sharks are known to be.

The Nassau/Rose Island attack was particularly distressing because it involved an attractive young woman visiting the Bahamas who was peacefully snorkelling over a small reef minding her own business…no bleeding fish on a spear, nothing but a quiet swimmer enjoying the underwater splendours of the Bahamas.

I was intrigued how the initial reports had the attack involving three sharks, as I know that it is very unusual for them to hunt in groups.

However, after asking as many people as I could, Shelley Cant-Woodside of the Bahamas National Trust posted on my Facebook page that is has been confirmed that only one shark was involved and that it was a 12-foot tiger shark. Now, I do not know how you confirm this unless the forensic experts are able to examine the bite wounds and from the size, and perhaps even left behind teeth, they can come up with an accurate description of the culprit.

On July 4 an American tourist was allegedly attacked off Abaco. The CBS report I found on line was sketchy

and incomplete. It said that the victim was snorkelling off Nipper’s Beach in Guana Cay when he was bitten. He had two companions with him, who as far as I know, were unharmed. There are unconfirmed reports that there was blood in the water because somebody had cut their foot. I could find no reports on how big or what type of shark was involved.

I grew up in the Berry Islands in the late 1950s and 60s, where sharks were prolific, and large. We went swimming in the sea all the time but we always stuck to sandy bottoms and had a spotter. One of us would watch and when a shark came by, which was a frequent occurrence, the spotter would yell ‘Shark!’. We would get out of the water and the shark would swim around for a while and then go on his way, and we would return to the sea.

I read so many comments about why there are more sharks; people sound almost accusatory when they say there are more turtles in the Rose Island area, so there are more sharks. It is as if more turtles is a bad thing. Yes, there are more turtles all over the Bahamas, and I fought very hard to get them protected. It was perhaps my single most worthy triumph, and I am fiercely proud of that successful campaign. So more turtles, more sharks, good. That is how it should be.

A tiger shark in Bahamian waters. (Photo/Scott Craig Aranha) We venture into the realm of the marine animal, we jump overboard with this naive approach that sharks “don’t come close to the shore”, or “there are no sharks around here”…

Rubbish. There are sharks everywhere except a swimming pool, and don’t you fool yourself. I have see sharks come in so close to the beach on the north shore of New Providence that their entire backs were out of water, and big sharks, 12 feet long or more.

For sharks to be around is nothing new. Most sharks are not aggressive, most sharks are looking for fish, turtle or rays to eat. As far as I know there are no sharks that go out “looking” for a human to attack, except in the movie ‘Jaws’.

Since this horrific attack I have had discussions with people who think that any tiger shark in the vicinity of Rose Island or Pearl Island should be killed.

Now honestly, what good is that going to do?

As I mentioned before, the shark who attacked a snorkeller at Rose

Island has now been identified as a single tiger shark. The tiger shark is one of the three most aggressive sharks, the other two being the bull and the great white shark. The tiger shark eats just about anything it can, which makes it one of the most likely to attack a human. They grow big and they like shallow water. Out of 112 recorded attacks by a tiger shark, 32 were fatal. The design of its teeth is such that it inflicts tremendous damage. The only other shark to kill more often in an attack is the great white.

What does all this mean? In my opinion it means that we must exercise more caution when we go in the sea; we are going where we do not belong.

Summer is mating season, the males are more aggressive. If we go where rays and turtles are prolific, we might be asking for trouble. We cannot and must not obliterate sharks. We have to respect their existence and recognise the potential dangers, and remember the sea is not ours to rule.

pet of the week Can you bring Odyssey’s quest for a home to an end?

By THE BAHAMAS HUMANE SOCIETY

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dyssey is possibly a Doberman mix. This young fellow is about eight months old. He was found near Odyssey Aviation, hence his name. He has a very sweet temperament and loves to go for walks. He’s good with other dogs and could perhaps learn to like cats. Odyssey would love a family who could take

him for long walks, and maybe to the beach sometimes. Can you match Odyssey’s wish list?

If so, come in to the Bahamas Humane Society to meet him or call 323-5138 for more information. Adoption hours are 11am to 4pm, Monday to Friday, and 10am to 4pm on Saturday. Odyssey looks forward to shaking your paw!

• Did you know, the BHS is not a government organisation?

It is Nassau’s oldest charity, turning 95 this year! The BHS is funded through donations, memberships, the Thrift Shop and various fundraisers. Are you a member yet? Why not join today? You’ll be helping many animals if you do.

PHOTO/PATRICIA VAZQUEZ

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