2009 February | Planet Barbados

Posted by Jane Shattuck Hoyos in Climate, My Life in Barbados on 02 28th, 2009 | 8 Comments

Sun worshiping is alive and well in Barbados. Visitors to the island soak up the rays on our beaches as though their bodies are solar panels from which they can source warmth and a golden glow after they return home. Anyone familiar with the cold of the UK and Canada, home of most of our visitors, can...

Posted by Jane Shattuck Hoyos in Arts, CropOver, Things to Do on 02 26th, 2009 | 4 Comments

My take-aways from Trinidad Carnival: First, the Trini people are as spirited a bunch as exist on this planet. They’re also talented, friendly, and welcoming. Second, Carnival is primarily for the young – and not just because of the 24/7 adrenalin on tap. More on this later. Trinidad...

Posted by Jane Shattuck Hoyos in Culture & Holidays, My Life in Barbados on 02 22nd, 2009 | 2 Comments

I’m at my first Trinidad Carnival and from what I’ve seen so far — the children’s carnival and a steel pan competition — it’s a whirl of color, music, dance, competitions, and fun all occurring at typically inefficient Caribbean speed. Did I say...

Posted by Jane Shattuck Hoyos in My Life in Barbados on 02 20th, 2009 | 2 Comments

Miami Beach Delano Hotel Pool If Miami Beach were a cat, it would be a sleek black panther wearing rings on 3 fingers and getting out of its red Ferrari … slowly, so that as many people as possible could see. If Barbados were a cat, it would be a pretty little tabby stretched out in the warm sun with a...

How High Can You Go in Barbados?...

Posted by Jane Shattuck Hoyos in Environment on 02 20th, 2009 | 1 Comment

Can you help me? I just returned from Miami Beach, where high rise buildings (hotels and condos) line the beach. Here in Barbados we clearly have a height limit on buildings along the shore – but I’m having a difficult time finding what that limit is and how it came to be. I see in Warrens...

The Language of Horns in Barbados...

Posted by Jane Shattuck Hoyos in Cultural Quirks on 02 11th, 2009 | 4 Comments

What’s with Barbados drivers and their horns? My first morning ever in Barbados, a car passed I while I was out walking with a friend and sounded a trill from the car horn. Instinctively I glanced at the car sounding his horn. My Bajan friend didn’t even look up. He knew the beep was not for...

Posted by Jane Shattuck Hoyos in Accommodations, Cultural Quirks on 02 8th, 2009 | 2 Comments

Holiday rental in Barbados So Easy Anyone Can Do It! Simply Choose One Word from Each of the Four Columns Below Barbados Sandy Scape ...

Dining at Lone Star & Cricket Ticke...

Posted by Jane Shattuck Hoyos in Lone Star, Restaurants/Food, Sports, Things to Do on 02 6th, 2009 | 7 Comments

Barbados: Dining Out Chichi I was so relieved that I wore my expensive designer sunglasses to lunch at The Lone Star yesterday because clearly the clientele there are the type who notice. I’ve been hanging on the south coast too much where nobody notices or gives a hoot, so I forget sometimes that...

Posted by Jane Shattuck Hoyos in My Life in Barbados on 02 3rd, 2009 | 7 Comments

Happy birthday, island girl (uh, that would be me). Never have I worn a sundress on my birthday. But I did on mine today because, lucky girl that I am, I get to live in Barbados. My birthday began, as every day does, with a glance at the sea outside our bedroom window. Today I stood at the window awhile,...

Barbados Grocery Shopping: You’re ...

Posted by Jane Shattuck Hoyos in I Don't Get It ..., My Life in Barbados on 02 1st, 2009 | 8 Comments

Will someone please explain to me the retail concept we see here in Barbados of being closed during prime shopping hours? I went to ‘Big B’ this morning to so some grocery shopping. It’s height of the tourist season. It’s a Sunday, when most people are off work and would like to...

Posted by Jane Shattuck Hoyos in Bajan Blue at Sandy Lane, Restaurants/Food on 02 1st, 2009 | No Comments

Michael Winner, who doesn't care for Bajan Blue Restaurant in Barbados. Gotta luv his sense of humor, though: here, in his former chubby self, he's having fun for his 2003 Christmas card (dressed as a fairy, in case you didn't notice). Michael Winner’s critique in the online London Times...