A New York Pre-Christmas
While the weather here in New York is slightly un-Christmassy (rain’s in the forecast today) the decorations definitely are. Here are a few Christmas photos I pulled from the Internet. The post A New...
View ArticleTwelve Days Till Christmas
I just realized, today, that there are only twelve days to go before Christmas and I’m still don’t feel the Christmas “spirit.” I’d like to chalk it up to the various upheavals that have occurred in my...
View ArticleTravel Photo Thursday: New York Christmas Scenes
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in New York. Here are a few scenes from Bryant Park. I’ve always loved Bryant Park – it’s small and intimate, and very accessible especially for people who...
View ArticleSeason’s Greetings!
Happy Hanukkah! Happy Holidays! Happy Kwanzaa! Merry Christmas / Feliz Navidad / Joyeux Noël! Season’s Greetings! Wishing you Health, Happiness and Peace this Holiday Season and a Productive New Year...
View ArticleThe Poinsettia
Few flowering plants say Christmas (or December) the way poinsettias do. I found this beautiful one a few weeks ago at Devon House in Kingston. The Jamaican poet, Claude McKay, wrote the following...
View ArticleNew York City at Christmas
Christmas decorations start going up on stores, office buildings and private homes in New York City right after Thanksgiving. The decorations are sometimes simple, sometimes elaborate. No matter, they...
View ArticleSorrel, a Popular Jamaican Christmas Drink
There’s no Christmas in Jamaica without sorrel, a drink that is infused with ginger, sweetened with sugar and spiked with white overproof rum. It is as ubiquitous at Christmas time as rum cake, curried...
View ArticleChristmas in Manhattan
Christmas is only a day away but with temperatures in the 60s here in New York, if the city hadn’t decked itself out for the season as spectacularly as it has, you might be tempted to think it’s...
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