Offical Caribbean Thread Calling all Islands

ladycapricorn Posted: Jan 29, 2009 01:12 PM

Offical Caribbean Thread Calling all Islands

Hi ladies

Just wanted to see what kind of things you island ladies & future Mrs. Island ladies are doing for your big day. My fam is from Haiti and FH is Jamaican. We will probably incorporate food from both on our day The family will be surprised & happy.....and eating like crazy

jayepyt Posted: Jan 29, 2009 01:14 PM

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trini hear fh is spanish though

ladybengal Posted: Jan 29, 2009 01:58 PM

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as for the wedding not quite sure yet what we are going to do yet besides black cake...but we are having an after party with a caribbean carnival theme ..it is going to be crazy!

Reesy Posted: Jan 29, 2009 03:15 PM

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FH and I are both guyanese.....we don't really want it, but fh's mom is ordering a black cake, besides the cake we'll be cutting, so that's probably the only thing we're having that's 'caribbean'.

eren718 Posted: Jan 29, 2009 04:13 PM

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my fam is from jamaica and FH's is from st. vincent His mom actually makes black cakes for weddings so she will be making ours! we are boxing it as a favor to go along with my family rum punch bottled and his fam's ginger beer - i love it! I was going to have them make rum punch at the royalton but its not the same if we dont make it ourselves haha!! anyone having a steel drum/reggae band for CH? I am starting to look for one...

mzmahagony Posted: Jan 29, 2009 04:23 PM

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I am from St. Kitts and my FH is Jamaican,...we will be having black cake, some Caribbean food such as oxtails and Roti. We are also will be having steel pan playing for the ceremony. Seeing as though almost all of the guest are WestIndian we most definitely will be playing Reggae and Soca. We are also having drummers and pan players to enhance the Dj. That's all for now...lol...I'm sure by next week I'll add something else...lol

ladycapricorn Posted: Jan 29, 2009 04:49 PM

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Ladies you have such great ideas

I guess there is no party like a party with black rum cake The BM at JT is actually serving it side by side with our wedding cake
and for our chafing dishes we are having among the common stuff fried plantains, jerk chicken & griot (fried or baked pork) ummmmm. They are going to have to stock up the bridal suite

ladycapricorn Posted: Jan 29, 2009 05:11 PM

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Posted by eren718

my fam is from jamaica and FH's is from st. vincent His mom actually makes black cakes for weddings so she will be making ours! we are boxing it as a favor to go along with my family rum punch bottled and his fam's ginger beer - i love it! I was going to have them make rum punch at the royalton but its not the same if we dont make it ourselves haha!! anyone having a steel drum/reggae band for CH? I am starting to look for one...

OMG My FMIL makes a really good rum punch, I think I'll have FH ask her to make some for the engagement party or the wedding or maybe both....

shyavon81 Posted: Jan 29, 2009 07:49 PM

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I'm Jamaican & Panamanian and FH is Hatian!

MC127 Posted: Jan 29, 2009 09:11 PM

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Both families are Jamaican. So I lucked out To incorporate both sides I want a Reggae band at my RH. I plan to go to a local lounge because they have a reggae band on Fridays and I plan to ask them tomorrow for further information.

ladycapricorn Posted: Jan 29, 2009 10:57 PM

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Posted by shyavon81

I'm Jamaican & Panamanian and FH is Hatian!

You guys look GREAT together & since your FH is haitian I know you know about our GREAT food ummmm You guys are kind of like my FH & I but, my FH is half chinese

By the way where did you get your cake toppers they are FAB

shyavon81 Posted: Jan 30, 2009 06:05 PM

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Thanks so much. You guys are a handsome couple yourselves! I do know about your great food. Most of my creole vocabulary revolves around food!!! (gotta have my tasot cabrit ) . The cake toppers I made myself. FM me if you want more information!

Princesa Posted: Jan 31, 2009 08:32 AM

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FH is Jamaican & I'm Panamanian. We will be incorporating foods from our culture at the CH. And we will also be having black cake. Music is going to be very important so there will be a lot of spanish and reggae music.

shyavon81 Posted: Jan 31, 2009 10:00 AM

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Posted by Princesa

FH is Jamaican & I'm Panamanian. We will be incorporating foods from our culture at the CH. And we will also be having black cake. Music is going to be very important so there will be a lot of spanish and reggae music.

I had even more of a dilema choosing a dj because we had to choose a dj with a good comand of salsa, merengue, reggae, dancehall, kompa, and some hip hop and r&b. Mom is insisting that we must have the black cake as well. I love the stuff, but the FH is not all that into the black cake. Did you choose a dj?

Princesa Posted: Jan 31, 2009 10:09 AM

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Posted by Princesa

FH is Jamaican & I'm Panamanian. We will be incorporating foods from our culture at the CH. And we will also be having black cake. Music is going to be very important so there will be a lot of spanish and reggae music.

I had even more of a dilema choosing a dj because we had to choose a dj with a good comand of salsa, merengue, reggae, dancehall, kompa, and some hip hop and r&b. Mom is insisting that we must have the black cake as well. I love the stuff, but the FH is not all that into the black cake. Did you choose a dj?

Nope not yet. That is the hardest thing for me. I was going to use a DJ That is well know amongst the Panamanians here in NY they play really good. They play everythinh from Reggae, Soca, and of course Salsa, Merengue, Tipico, and all that good ****. But considering that I'm getting married on Labor Day it might be kinda hard because for the past 2 years they have played on the parkway. So we shall see what is going to happen this year. My family is very into their music more so then his so it is very important because they are party people.

shyavon81 Posted: Jan 31, 2009 10:41 AM

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Posted by Princesa

FH is Jamaican & I'm Panamanian. We will be incorporating foods from our culture at the CH. And we will also be having black cake. Music is going to be very important so there will be a lot of spanish and reggae music.

I had even more of a dilema choosing a dj because we had to choose a dj with a good comand of salsa, merengue, reggae, dancehall, kompa, and some hip hop and r&b. Mom is insisting that we must have the black cake as well. I love the stuff, but the FH is not all that into the black cake. Did you choose a dj?

Nope not yet. That is the hardest thing for me. I was going to use a DJ That is well know amongst the Panamanians here in NY they play really good. They play everythinh from Reggae, Soca, and of course Salsa, Merengue, Tipico, and all that good ****. But considering that I'm getting married on Labor Day it might be kinda hard because for the past 2 years they have played on the parkway. So we shall see what is going to happen this year. My family is very into their music more so then his so it is very important because they are party people.

Oh yeah! I almost forgot about the Soca! It sounds like you have your work cut out! Good luck!

Princesa Posted: Jan 31, 2009 10:50 AM

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Posted by Princesa

FH is Jamaican & I'm Panamanian. We will be incorporating foods from our culture at the CH. And we will also be having black cake. Music is going to be very important so there will be a lot of spanish and reggae music.

I had even more of a dilema choosing a dj because we had to choose a dj with a good comand of salsa, merengue, reggae, dancehall, kompa, and some hip hop and r&b. Mom is insisting that we must have the black cake as well. I love the stuff, but the FH is not all that into the black cake. Did you choose a dj?

Nope not yet. That is the hardest thing for me. I was going to use a DJ That is well know amongst the Panamanians here in NY they play really good. They play everythinh from Reggae, Soca, and of course Salsa, Merengue, Tipico, and all that good ****. But considering that I'm getting married on Labor Day it might be kinda hard because for the past 2 years they have played on the parkway. So we shall see what is going to happen this year. My family is very into their music more so then his so it is very important because they are party people.

Oh yeah! I almost forgot about the Soca! It sounds like you have your work cut out! Good luck!

Yeah. I'm going to look into Ultimate Sounds DJ I hear they are really good with the Spanish and Jamaican. Their pricing is supposed to be really good too.