I was born in Canada in the early 60's outside of Toronto. I attended high school in Brampton, Ontario and was bit by the travel bug at an early age. At 17, fresh out of school my girlfriend and I started out on a venture to western Canada, hitchhiking across the country (I didn't exactly tell my father about the hitchhiking part!) After travelling for a few months all over B.C and Alta. we finally landed in the beautiful resort town of Jasper Alberta. I spent the next five years working three jobs, partying in between and then traveling at every opportunity that came my way. I was fortunate enough to spend nine months wandering around Europe, Greece, Israel and Turkey. The next year I went to Mexico twice, unfortunately my father passed away shortly thereafter. The first trip I took after his death was intended to heal my soul from his passing. I decided on going to Jamaica. As they say 'the rest is history' I fell in love with the island back in 1986 when I first landed here. The pulse of the island grabbed me from the moment I arrived. The rich historic culture, the gorgeous scenery, the succulent food, the Reggae music playing everywhere, I loved it all. The following year I was to receive a small inheritance from my fathers death. I was young (22) single and motivated to live in the tropics! I made it official and moved to Jamaica by myself! Although I was quite young I did not think of myself as being particularly naive to the ways of the world given the vast amount of traveling I had already done. After traveling Jamaica extensively the first time here, I had already pretty much decided on Negril. Of course I needed a source of income and so my first business here was a restaurant. That is where I met my future husband. We were married for 17 years, however my husband passed away 18 years ago now. We have two adult children (35 & 32 ) and I now have a grandson as well!
We as a family are trying to continue to build on this business and make him proud of us!