I beat my first steelpan at the age of 52 years old! Although I grew up in Laventille, Trinidad, the Mecca of steelpan. My secondary school even had its own band but I never learnt. How did this all come about?! Well 11th August was World Steelpan Day. My friend...
I’ve been planning this blog post for months now. I got in touch with my friends back home for insider intel on evening entertainment in Trinidad. Much has changed in the 17 years I’ve been away, you see. Then, I got distracted with my family summer staycation in...
I remember the time a friend of mine showed me a pair of coloured jeans she’d bought in Paris. Immediately, it reminded me of a blog post by Natasha on Our Normandy Life which I featured on a BritMums Expat-roundup back in the day. Until then, it never occurred...
OMG the shame! I can’t believe it’s been years since I last posted a recipe on the Callaloo Cooking page! Now that the leaves have started to fall and there are pumpkins everywhere, I’ve been inspired to make pumpkin punch! Pumpkin Punch was just one of the popular...
I’ve it said before, as a child. I hated tea! It was only when I moved to England that I learned to appreciate a cuppa. As I ‘mature’, tea has become comfort on a cold day, solace on a hard day, even part of my hair care regime! Sometimes, it’s green tea, sometimes...
