Dining - Jan. 16, 2009
Sampling liquid gold from Jamaica
The other day Whole Foods coffee ace Sean Quast offered me a taste of a new coffee he had received for sampling. Being a Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee -- something I can never afford to buy on my own -- and because I'm always into trying new coffees, I jumped at the chance.
Tags: Reggie's Roast, Whole Foods, Jamaica, Blue Mountain, coffee, Sean Quast, Reggie Chung-Loy

Sports - Aug. 20, 2008
Is Bolt for real?
Has BALCO moved across the water to Jamaica? Usain Bolt, the gigantic, elegant and explosive Jamaican sprinter just joined Carl Lewis and Jesse Owens as the third person in history to win both the 100 meter and 200 meter in the same Olympics.
Tags: Usain Bolt, sprinter, olympics, jamaica

Music - Oct. 23, 2007
A reggae landmark revisited
With its plaintive vocals, velvety roots sound and message of positive protest, "Satta Massagana" feels ageless. Find out for yourself with this new deluxe edition.
Tags: abyssinians, reggae, satta massagana, jamaica, rasta, gladiators, coxsone

Dining - Oct. 22, 2007
Edgar's Calypso is a dream come true for Dillon
"I was 24 years old when I went to Jamaica; it was the first vacation of my life, and ever since then I have always wanted to open a Caribbean restaurant," says Michael Dillon, a local graphic design company proprietor and owner of the soon-to-open Edgar's Calypso Caribbean restaurant.
Tags: dillon, mcdill, swank, water street, Edgar's Calypso, Caribbean, Jamaica

Music - July 17, 2007
Mix tape: reissue-ville
Heartbeat has two new Studio One CDs out and both are new versions of classic LPs already reissued on CD by Heartbeat in the past. Then there's the amazing new Mingus/Dolphy live set.
Tags: Studio One, Coxsone, reggae, jamaica, lone ranger, alcapone, dolphy, mingus, blue note, byard, andrew hill, dannie richmond, coles