Notes from the villa
Stories, recipes and local knowledge from a family house on Negril’s West End.
Ackee, callaloo and Blue Mountain coffee: breakfast on the veranda A guide to the Jamaican breakfast our cook makes every morning, from the national dish to the perfect cup. Read the story 
Been there, done that. The history of the hurricanes that this seagrape tree has experienced over the past 100 or more years is told in its shape. First knocked down by Gilbert… 
Recovery Mode It has been almost one month since the most powerful hurricane on record hit Jamaica and left a path of devastation almost unimaginable if it weren’t true. Here… 
It Could Have Been Worse Facing the Brunt Force of the Wind and the Sea Having personally gone through Hurricane Gilbert in 1988, my imagination had gone wild in the aftermath of Melissa.… 
Always To Remember Rain? All the worries dissipate as the sun breaks through the clouds, and memories are cast in joy as petals rain down. Enjoying a quiet moment alone…