The OTHER #islandlife

April 3, 2014.Reading time 4 minutes.

Trinidadians are really some of the luckiest people in the world. To all my foreign friends, one of the beautiful things about being from Trinidad & Tobago is Tobago itself. A 15 minute flight to Tobago is always $300 TTD (around $48 USD, no blackout dates here) or $50TTD for a 2 hour ferry trip, and as […]

Jus Chillin on the Block with the Boys

March 26, 2014.Reading time 2 minutes.

So my list of side projects grows (and my gym visits have evaporated). I am now working with my friend, Keegan Simon, and his business The 1ndividual Aesthetic. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Keegan’s great work see Machel Montano’s album artwork for Carnival 2014, and also his Addy Award Winning spraycan t-shirt packaging. […]

Mistress of My Domain: 100 Posts

March 17, 2014.Reading time 3 minutes.

This is officially my 100th post on what once was https://whirldwind.wordpress.com and is now, officially, http://www.citiesandislands.com (for those who have wondered, I do in fact know how to spell whirlwind btw. The original URL was a cheeky play on a common Trini malapropism.) Anyway I’ve been super grateful and excited about the positive feedback both […]

Carnival Prep Part 2

March 6, 2014.Reading time 7 minutes.

Feathers! Gems! Trims! Oh My! Though we had a long Carnival season this year, Carnival week still managed to sneak up on me. As I mentioned before, I I had purchased all my materials in January, but by the Sunday before Carnival I had a completely sheer monokini as my costume base and nothing attached to […]

Carnival Prep Part 1

February 21, 2014.Reading time less than 1 minute.

This year, I’m doing a little something special for my Carnival Tuesday costume. Let’s just say I’m taking the excitement I used to have for masterminding Monday Wear kits (which has recently dissipated due to the commodification of Monday Wear design lol) and applying it to my Tuesday costume. Here’s a sneak peek of what […]

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