Caring for Your Folks Island Origins Magazine Spring 2018

Caring For Your Folks Without Going Broke

Writer Sandra Spence | Photography Supplied As our parents age, they may become more dependent on their children and extended family for both physical and financial support. When...
Black Sand Beaches

Go Back to Black with These Stunning Caribbean Black Sand Beaches

Now summer has arrived, expect your Instagram feed to fill up with stunning shots of sugar-sand beaches. The Caribbean is full of these blue-sky, white-sand vistas. But...
Beauty Guru Nicky Gelin

Beauty Guru Nicky Gelin Favorite Things

Beauty Guru Nicky Gelin: If you're an Instagram beauty fan, you can't miss the golden haloed hair of influencer Nicky Gelin, known for her flawless style and...
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Catch this Landmark Taino exhibit at The Smithsonian

The Taino peoples, the Caribbean's first inhabitants pre-Columbus, have long labored under the illusion of extinction. Any Caribbean child will remember textbooks speaking of the region's natives...
Las Vegas Cuban Cuisine

Discover Comforting Cuban Home Cooking at Las Vegas Cuban Cuisine

At Las Vegas Cuban Cuisine, food has always been a family business. The Vilariño family fled Cuba on the historic Mariel boatlift in 1980. By 1984, Antonio,...
Sounds of the Caribbean Island Origins Magazine Spring 2018

Hidden Sounds of the Caribbean

Writer Bekim Rauseo | Photography Supplied Well before the jumping, the waving, and the chipping on the road wearing pretty costumes during carnival season, caribbean music was an expression of our...
Island Origins Magazine HR Online Single Pages 27 1 e1502393136120

The Grace Foods Strongman Shares His Softer Side

DERRICK RECKORD SVP of Commercial Operations Grace Foods USA In preparing for a business trip to West Africa in 2007 I was informed that the best place to get my...

The 2018 Caribbean authors you need on your shelf now

One could argue that Caribbean literature is enjoying a renaissance right now, with a new generation of authors from the region and throughout the Diaspora staking their...
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Eat Like an Islander

Writer Staff Writer  | Photography Supplied Awe-inspiring landscapes and beautiful beaches are scrumptious food for the mind and body, but for some of us, food for the belly trumps...
Tarrus Riley, Dean Fraser

Tarrus Riley, Dean Fraser and Jo Mersa Marley in Pembroke Pines… Yes Please!

The Charles F. Dodge City Center Pembroke Pines has announced legendary reggae stars Tarrus Riley aka Singy Singy, Dean Fraser and the Blak Soil Band, and special...

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