Wah Gwan in Kingston, Jamaica? Visiting the Bob Marley Museum and Trench Town Culture Yard Wah gwan? Or what’s going on? is Patois, the spoken language of Jamaicans and is as common a greeting as hello or whassup? If you’re feeling all right, answer irie, but if everything is really good, you could say every […]
Out of Africa with Isak Dinesen: Her Museum “I am not a novelist, really not even a writer; I am a storyteller.” Karen Blixen By Laurieanne Wysocki Isak Dinesen, best known for her memoir Out of Africa, also wrote short stories, among others, Seven Gothic Tales and Babette’s Feast, a novel, The Angelic Avengers, several […]
In Stykkisholmur, Iceland, prepare for the worst food you’ve can imagine By Laurieanne Wysocki Many things come to mind when we think of Iceland –- ice-capped glaciers and lava fields like a lunar rock. Waterfalls and geysers. Vikings in horned helmets and guys with colorful names like Herald the Bluetooth and Eric the Red. Perhaps […]
Aruba: Bon Bini and Mi Dushi all year ’round. A visit to Aruba, the southernmost island in the Caribbean where you can kiteboard, or take a submarine tour.
Bonavista, Newfoundland, where a tradition of screeching is explored with local rum and ceremonies. “Newfies” warmly welcome you in the cold livable climate.
