My Newest Hair Fascinator

I love hair fascinators and wish I could wear them more often. Sadly, such hair accessories are frowned upon in a corporate work environment. I bought this fascinator to wear to my grandmother's funeral this past weekend. I'm not sure what the age is when women can start wearing hats to church, so I opted for a veiled fascinator.

Kinky Hair Pride!

MsNastassja and I were in Jamaica last week for our paternal grandmother's funeral. It was a bitter sweet trip, but I'm happy we both got to spend quality time and reconnect with our family.

She wore her Kinky Hair Grows shirt and reenacted one of her favorite childhood poses in front of our house. We took lots of pictures and I'll be posting them soon.

Hair Styles I Wore in Jamaica

Curly style for wedding (more pictures to come)

Vacations are often a challenging time for hair styles. Even with limited styling tools and resources, your styles don't have to be limited also. While in Jamaica, I wore a variety of styles based on the day's plan and the weather. 

When it was extremely hot (as opposed to the usual very hot), I wore a ponytail. For a wedding I wore a curly style. I will do a featured post on how I achieved my curly style shortly.
More pictures below.

Jamaican Tag Video

The Fruits of My Labor

I love fruits and when I'm in Jamaica I eat as much as I can. The best fruits are the fresh fruits that you can pick and eat immediately. My dad has quite a green thumb, so we have a several fruit and vegetable trees in our backyard. The same is true for my parent's house in Miami.

Here is one fruit tree that I planted myself over 20 years ago.

Star Fruit Tree

Star Fruit on the tree

Inside Star Fruit

Lobster Patty Anyone?

Yesterday, we went to the Bob Marley Museum and Devon House for ice cream. Devon House Bakery makes a lobster patty which I had to try. It was delicious.

Lobster patty

Yummy!

Food, Flowers, and Fruits, Part 1

MsNastassja was not able to come to Jamaica with us because of school. I want her to feel included, so I'm taking lots of pictures for her to see. I hope you enjoy the pictures also.

Jerk Chicken and Festival from Island Grill

Fried Fish and Festival at Gloria's restaurant in Port Royal

Fried dumplings, bammy, plantains and sunny-side-up egg at home for breakfast

Jamaican apple (after my first bite)

Some of the flowers in our garden and on the Veranda.

J.A.M. Jamaica!

Rosa Thorn plant in the garden

 We made it to Jamaica safe and sound. I literally cried when I got home. There is nothing like coming home to the house that you grew up in. Where you have memories of falling down and scraping your knees, climbing trees to pick mangoes, or sitting on the veranda and playing school with your stuffed animals. Our house has been kept pretty much the same since I left and the nostalgia brings on such strong emotions and memories of my wonderful childhood. I keep towing my husband around the house to show him and tell him about everything LOL.

We are currently sitting on the veranda as I type this. There is a cool breeze, the soft chirping of birds, and sweet subtle fragrance of the mini botanical garden surrounding us. Life. Is. Good.


Me holding the plums I picked at my grandmother's house

 The internet is fickle but I will try to post as much as I can during my visit. I'll also record the Jamaica tag video some time this week.

Hubby on the veranda at my house



Our fish



Paul the bird. His friends Peter and Mary died of old age.