There’s always something fun happening at Baha Mar, Cable
Beach, when we go there for a walk and to have coffee at Starbucks! Yesterday,
the resort was bustling with several events going on.
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SAILING
is now the National Sport of The Bahamas! Previously, Cricket was the National
Sport of The Bahamas, having existed in this country since the nineteenth
century.
My husband Erskine comes from the quaint boat building community of Mangrove Bush, Long Island, where the boat builders there are known world wide for their sailing successes at National Sailing Regattas.
Here’s
an article in The Nassau Guardian about it:
Article Sailing named the national sport of The Bahamas
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Erskine and I had a lovely time this afternoon at Baha Mar, Cable Beach. It was packed with people attending international conventions or Tailgate Super Bowl Parties there, as well as residents out for a family Valentine’s lunch.
After a bite to eat and coffee at Starbucks, we decided to check out The Current Gallery and Art Center. We had never been there before. It was quiet and peaceful and the large collection of art work by local artists spectacular. We were glad to see that our artists are deservedly commanding top prices for their work and we highly recommend a visit. There is no charge for entry.
The two ladies on The Gallery’s front desk, Daisha Douglas and Akira Smith, who are students at the University of The Bahamas, told us it’s usually quiet when there are a lot of events going on. Daisha is an Art student at UB and Akira is training in the medical field.
After we left Baha Mar it
lashed down with rain and we got soaked. Then we had quite a job getting home
with all the roadworks under way on West Bay Street, but it was a very
worthwhile afternoon!
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In the summer of 1965, I had been working for a few months as an Editorial Assistant in Toronto, Canada, after emigrating there, but I didn’t want to endure a Canadian winter. I told my uncle’s secretary Irene that I wanted to go somewhere warm. She said “why not The Bahamas?”
“The Bahamas?” I asked with excitement. “Where is that?” She pointed on a map to some little “dots” offshore at the bottom of the United States! She had once been to Freeport, Grand Bahama, and loved it.
The next day I found a travel agent in Toronto. I wanted to stay in major cities of the countries I planned on visiting as I made my way “around the world”, so I chose Nassau, the capital of The Bahamas. The cheapest way to get to Nassau was a four nights’ Greyhound bus trip from Toronto to Miami and a short flight from there to Nassau. I bought a package from the travel agent, which covered getting all the way to Nassau and three night’s hotel accommodation.
I had only planned on staying
in Nassau for three months, then I was going to see if I could find a friend in
England to travel east with me as far as Japan. But I fell in love with The
Bahamas and my husband to be Erskine, who I met a month after getting there. I managed
to get a job and accommodation right away and never did travel the world!
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Great article this weekend about local author Paul Bethel in The Tribune "Weekend". Paul is published by JOFFE BOOKS of the UK:
CLICK HERE FOR TRIBUNE ARTICLE FEATURING AUTHOR PAUL BETHEL
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