Picking the Big Apple
No cheese? You gotta have cheese, baby!” yelled the man behind the counter at La Bagel Delight. He was yelling, in a not unfriendly way,...
Nicole de Weever: dancing with the stars
Nicole de Weever is a woman of many talents: dance, drama and song. But of the three, the most fulfilling is her first passion – dance....
Working for the Yankee dollar
In the late summer of 1940, 70 years ago, it looked all but inevitable that Winston Churchill’s Britain would fall to Nazi Germany. The...
Ashley Christmas: designer with down-to earth dreams
Every story, including your own life, has a beginning, a middle and an end. Some of us don’t always know which phase we’re in while...
Staceyann Chin: “I have walked long hard roads to get here”
Born on Christmas day/before morning fate or kismet/truth or just dumb luck I have walked long/hard roads to get here… today I am exactly...
The buzz (November/December 2007)
Tobago’s waters will be in for some extra traffic this November, as divers from all over the United States congregate on the island for...
Making it in New York
It’s almost impossible to miss Sybil’s Bakery and Restaurant on Liberty Avenue in Queens, New York. Located on a triangular spot at the...
Holy macaroni | Last word | Classic
Taylor gets homesick for her Tantie’s macaroni pie. So she tries to cook it herself. Trouble now start. Originally published in 2006, this Beat classic was reproduced in the May/June 2023 issue
