Debbie Williamson's Blog - Posts Tagged "jamaican"

Tomorrow I will turn fifty-five. My brother Dell and his wife Julia thought it was a great idea for me to visit The Big Apple with them. So off we went! I didn't even hesitate when they asked me to go, which is so not like me. I was shocked at my reply but still I packed as quick as I could. We made our first road trip to The Hamptons which is the place I dreamed of living for a very long time. It is beautiful but I'm not sure it's the beach for me. We seen downtown and road the subway. Yikes! We seen harlam and Central Park. I ate pizza, bagels, hot dogs, ox tail and drank more wine in a week than I imagined I ever could.

On our last day in New York my sister Julia took me to a part of the city that is directly related to her. It was a part of New York you never read about in travel magazines or anywhere else for that matter. It's popular amoung the jamacian people for a good reason, it's Jamaica Street. I stuffed my face with spicy food that was so wonderful it made my body beg for more. We danced to beautiful music in the streets and took in the smells of ancient oils. The people are warm and full of life which shows in their eyes. The shopping colorful! What an adventure... I will be forever grateful to Julia for sharing this part of her with me.
So if you are in New York and are looking for something of an adventure outside the travel box, visit Jamaica Street. If your a whimp like me, make sure you take along some tums...Journals of the Big Mouth Bass: Keeping Secrets: Book One