The Environmental Awareness Group is a committed bunch dealing with a myriad of incredibly important initiatives. If you island or an island lover, consider supporting this group. There is a meeting at 7 PM tonight at the Museum on Long St.
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Thanks to my new client John for this news that may benefit you:
AMEX offers an upgrade policy that you can buy that would also cover a pickup. and it is only $25 for the whole period!!
Vehicles Covered by the Plan
The Plan covers most vehicles typically available from a Rental Company, from smaller economy sizes to large luxury sedans, convertibles, exotic cars (worth more than $50,000), minivans, vans, pickup trucks, and full-sized SUVs. The vehicle must be rented from a Rental Company, which is a commercial rental agency that rents passenger-type motor vehicles, but it does not include a company whose primary business is something other than renting cars, such as an auto body shop or a moving van company. Excluded vehicles include: automobiles that have been customized or modified from the manufacturer’s factory specifications, except for driver’s assistance equipment for the physically challenged; any rented vehicle used for hire or commercial purposes; antique cars (cars over 20 years old or cars that have not been manufactured for over 10 years); limousines; and off-road vehicles, motorcycles, motorbikes, mopeds, recreational vehicles, golf or motorized carts, campers, moving trucks or moving vans, and trailers.
Some days a food craving pops into my head for no reason but once instilled in my mind, I need to satisfy that craving. Today I am yearning for some Roti. If you’ve never had Roti, man you are missing a great treat. The easiest way to describe it as a flakey burrito like dish filled with curried something. It’s filling and satisfying and chock full of flavor.
In the late 80′s when I moved to Antigua I used to get Roti at little place at Redcliffe Quay. There was also a place in town run by a Trini lady. She invited me to her house near Fort James and taught me how to make Roti. She had a Tawa, a flat pan to make the roti. She used Ghee and flour and other ingredients and rolled and rolled and played with the dough. On the stove was a bubbling pot of curry that she put inside. Man, it was ambrosia. Nowdays my Antiguan daughter and I flock to Roti King on St. Mary’s Street in St. Johns and share a massive chicken roti along with a tamarind juice drink.
I now live in the Dutch Caribbean with a big Surinamese influence. Suri Roti is not the same. It has bones and the curry is a side with the Roti used to pick up and eat the food. I prefer Trini curry but Suri Roti will do.
On Anguilla when I crave a Roti I head to Smokeys on the water or Art Cafe in Island Harbour.
Where do you love your Roti?
Roti
Adventure Antigua Vanessa Hall Photograph
