Category Carnival

Island Folks w/ No Home Training

No Home Training

I recently did a Who Remembers Video about manners because when you meet some of the younger generation today, I really want to know if the concept was lost on some of them. I was quickly reminded this Carnival season, that…

Atlanta Carnival 2018

Atlanta Carnival 2018

Every year, I get a small taste of Carnival around Memorial Weekend. This is the time when Atlanta (or should I say surrounding areas in Georgia) has several events geared towards us island folks who live away. Atlanta Carnival 2018…

Every Good Thing…..Must Come to an End

Last Lap Carnival Parade

Carnival Winding Down This is the last week of Carnival in St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands. There is the Food Fair on Wednesday, Jouvert on Thursday, and parade days – Friday and Saturday. I mentioned or explained the former in previous…

It’s Carnival Baby – Culture, Music, Cuisine for 2018!!

Carnival 2018 Culture Music Cuisine

Year: 90s and 2000s Place: Both St. Thomas and Tortola I just got through listening to the full version of the new Spectrum Band song – “Cyan Mash Up Carnival”. Carnival mas in the Virgin Islands is in full swing and…

Sell Them, Don’t Eat Them Part 2

Sell Them Dont Eat Part 2 Light

Here is Part 2 of the Sell Them, Don’t Eat Them, Island Gurl Chronicles. Haven’t read Part 1 yet, check it out here. Year: Some 90s Carnival Place: Food Fair, St. Thomas I Heart Saltfish Cakes I love me some saltfish cakes. Nobody…