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• Wicky Wacky, St. Andrew

  14 March 2011 by Karin in Worth A Visit [ 7 comments ]

  [caption id="attachment_11740" align="alignnone" width="570" caption="The view from the beach at Wicky Wacky, St. Andrew"][/caption] Here are some photos taken at Wicky Wacky, eastern St. Andrew last week, the venue for the OPA beach party. There's something special about this area, one of ...

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• Kingston Lunch Spots Serve Up Good Food at Good Prices

  5 March 2011 by Karin in Good Food,Worth A Visit [ no comments ]

  [caption id="attachment_11654" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Cafe El Centro, 8 Hilcrest Ave, Kingston"][/caption] Here's a great post from my friend Berette Macaulay from Sebiart talking about some cool Kingston lunch spots that all serve great food at reasonable prices. We welcome Cafe El ...

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• Spur Tree Lounge’s Chef Sean John Selected as one of NYC’s Hottest Chefs

  2 March 2011 by Karin in Good Food,Worth A Visit [ 2 comments ]

  Congratulations to Spur Tree Restaurant's Chef Sean John who was selected by MACY's Culinary Council as one of NYC's hottest chefs. He was asked to prepare a dish for Black History Month at MACY's department store's kitchen studio. Sean is preparing ...

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• Kingston’s Holy Trinity Cathedral – A Video by the Inna De Yard Series

  27 February 2011 by Karin in Worth A Visit [ no comments ]

  The Inna De Yard series looks at Kingston's newly resotred Holy Trinity Cathedral. This unique Jamaican religious landmark is covered from ceiling to floor with restored artwork from the early 1900's. Reverend Monsignor Kenneth Richards details the role of the ...

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• From Guantánamo to Jamaica

  9 February 2011 by Karin in Worth A Visit [ 2 comments ]

  YardEdge welcomes Jamaican author, Keith Delroy Lowe (Luo Gim Sang) for this article. Keith Lowe was born on the island of Jamaica. He now lives in Toronto, Canada. Holidaying in Cuba, I rode the train from Guantánamo to Jamaica. Yes, the train ...

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• Rededication of the Holy Trinity Cathedral

  3 February 2011 by Karin in Happening on the Edge 2011,Worth A Visit [ no comments ]

  [caption id="attachment_11385" align="alignnone" width="570" caption="Holy Trinity Cathedral, North Street"][/caption] This Sunday, February 6, at 3:30 pm there will be the rededication of the Holy Trinity Cathedral, on the occasion of its one hundredth anniversary. Persons are being asked to assemble at St.George's College ...

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• Cool Places to Shop For Christmas

  17 December 2010 by Karin in Art,Fashion,Worth A Visit [ 1 comment ]

  [caption id="attachment_10796" align="alignnone" width="450" caption="Nadia Stanley from Stanley and Empress"][/caption] Ok. So there's some last minute Christmas shopping to do - here are some definite cool (and fun) shopping spots to check out this Christmas season... 1. ART AND CRAFT FAIRS: Coming up ...

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• A Visit to the Dolphin Head Mountains, Hanover

  13 December 2010 by Karin in Worth A Visit [ 2 comments ]

  I visited the Dolphin Head Mountains in Hanover, western Jamaica last week and was once again amazed at the beauty of our small island. The Dolphin Head Mountains are part of Jamaica's western range of mountains which extend through Westmoreland and ...

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