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A while back I found out that Bean’s on the inside cover of the new edition of Grenada’s phone book. Today, I finally got a copy.

And here’s the inside cover. This photo was taken in front of his school on Grenadian Independence Day. The holiday is why they’re all dressed in their “national colours”. I [...]

Posted on January 9th, 2010 under Grenada. Tags: cable & wireless, Grenada, grenada island pages, independence day, joaquin the illustrious bean, lime, phone book, PHOTOS. Comments Off

maria at piscesinpurple dot com

My name is María. I like wasabi, patronize bunny rabbits and think red wine really needs to stop pretending it's not purple.

I lived in Caribbean for four glorious years. My son - Joaquín the illustrious Bean - was born on the island of Grenada. He's beautiful, brilliant and has two birth certificates.

Now we're back in the land of snow and afternoon sunsets, and all the diet Coke and Thomas the Tank Engine in the world won't cushion the blow of such culture shock.

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