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Who is this Masked Bicycle Man?
, I spotted this costumed bike rider around Fort Amsterdam. I couldn’t see his face, as it was covered by a mask under an elaborate headress, but he had protest flags adorning his bike. My friends...
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Zwarte Piet: Blackface in the Caribbean
A year ago, I remember reading for the first time about the Dutch holiday tradition of Sinterklaas. I happened across the Slate article written by Jessica Olien, an American new to the Netherlands at...
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Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet Arrive in Curacao
Here are some more photos from the November 17th Sinterklaas celebrations in Curacao. A local Curacao girl dresses up as Zwarte Piet Crowds in Willemstad watching the Sinterklaas Celebrations
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A Thanksgiving Note
This week marked my second month in Curacao…two months since I decided to pack my Manhattan life into two oversized bags and come down to a small island in the Caribbean with 150,000 people. I have a...
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Curacao Snapshots: Some of My Favorite Images
As the year comes to a close, I thought I would share with you guys some of my favorite photographs that I have taken since arriving in Curacao. I consider myself an amateur photographer, so I am still...
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Goodbye 2012. Stay Beautiful.
My year in photographs. Each signifies a representation of significant events in my 2012. 2013, you have a tough act to follow.
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My First Fuik Dag or, “How to Properly Bail Out of a Sinking Boat”
I knew we should have put our phones in Ziploc bags that morning. Yesterday was Fuik Dag on the island of Curacao. For those who don’t know what Fuik Dag is, it is perhaps one of the most anticipated...
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Happy Birthday, Dushi.
A few months ago, we moved several minutes away from where we used to live, so we don’t see Alice very often anymore. As I wrote in my last post about her, Alice’s mom is in Curacao illegally from...
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The Cocaine Chronicles (And Other Drugs)
A few weeks ago, I was at the Curacao courthouse to report on the sentencing of a Curacao-born Olympic athlete for the Netherlands who was arrested carrying cocaine while attempting to board a plane...
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No, You Can’t Call Curacaoans Slaves In Front of Me. Thanks.
There have been two instances where I have felt pretty uncomfortable as a Black/African-American woman here in Curacao. The first such instance was during the time of Sinterklaas/Zwarte Piet back in...
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8 Months In
I meant to do the obligatory It’s-been-6-Months-Since-I-Arrived-Here post but I was away in Europe, and so much has been going on, so I apologize! Well, it’s been almost 9 months since I decided to...
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Goodbye Curacao…
Well my friends, after 11 months of Caribbean adventure, I have decided to return to the United States. As I hope you could tell from my blog, I had my share of amazing and challenging experiences that...
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A Caribbean Country of Champions
(I’m going to use this space to post unpublished stories that I wrote during my time in Curacao. Here is a story I did last year after the San Francisco Giants won the World Series last year. I had a...
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Curacao’s Jewish Community: In Danger of Disappearing?
Almost every Shabbat weekend in Curacao, the pews in the Western Hemisphere’s oldest synagogue in use remain largely empty. The sound of the spiritual leader singing parts of the service in Spanish,...
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2014….Looking ahead
First of all, I want to thank everyone who followed me on my hijinks in Curacao. I definitely am grateful for the opportunity I had to connect with many people through this blog and my time in the...
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Is the African Diaspora Dropping the Ball?
Last night, I attended the Andrew Young Lecture at the Nigerian Embassy in Washington, D.C., hosted by the Africa Society. The main attraction of the night was Assistant Secretary of State for African...
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War is the Worst of Thieves
When I was in my last semester of graduate school two years ago, I took a course on “Rethinking Human Rights”, cause well, I had to. We were called on to write a paper of our choosing, and I decided...
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Hello again!
Well, hello! It has been a while! I apologize for the lack of posts! Most of you may know that after leaving Curacao in August, I decided to move to Washington D.C. with little more a bit of hope and...
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