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If I asked you to name the city that has the most expensive room service in the world, what would you say? New York? Tokyo? London? Those answers are all wrong. WRONG, I TELL YOU! Didn’t you say you were a room service major in college? Apparently not. Luckily, the fine folks at Hotels.com just…
First thing’s first: Cocoa Tea is not the official married name of Ice-T’s wife Coco. It’s a hot drink from the Caribbean island of St. Lucia and a complete 180 from that tired sugar-filled cup of Nestle’s hot cocoa with the tiny, completely artificial marshmallows that you love so much. You can think of cocoa…
Like a quick Caribbean rainstorm in August, my St. Lucia trip coverage has now come to an end. I know — I’m sad to see it go, too. If you missed anything, check out all of my stories from the trip below. Major thanks to the St. Lucia Tourist Board for sponsoring the trip and…
Where do you think of when you think about chocolate? Belgium? Switzerland? Hershey, PA? These are all major capitals of chocolate production, but what about the place where the raw materials for chocolate are grown? We’re talking about tropical locations where cacao trees grow big oblong pods that eventually make their way into your mouth…
Food unites us, no matter where you live. If you love to travel, you know the joy of discovering a local delicacy that you never even knew existed — like egg waffles in Hong Kong! Jenni Killam knows that joy. Caribbean-born and extensively traveled, Killam recently opened Spices Cooking Studio in the island’s tony Cap…
When the St. Lucia Tourism Board invites you to come to the Caribbean and eat chocolate, the only answer is yes. For the past five days, I’ve been saying yes, yes, yes and now that I’m home with a reliable internet connection, it’s time to take you on a photo journey with me. August is…
For Part One of this Room Service Review, click here. To quickly recap: I just stayed at the all-inclusive Sandals Regency La Toc in St. Lucia where I started off my visit with a very standard Caesar salad and followed it up the next morning with my favorite room service breakfast: smoked salmon on a…
Room service at an all-inclusive resort is one of those magical concepts that seem like they can’t possibly be true. Theoretically, you can order food non-stop 24 hours a day. Sounds amazing, right? In theory, it is. In reality, the old maxim is true: you get what you pay for. You know that scene in…
