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Article: The real JAMAICA; How to get up close and personal through Jamaica's Meet the People program.(NWTraveler)
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- The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA)
- Article date:
- November 8, 2009
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Byline: Andrea Sachs; The Washington Post
Kathi Cooke unhinged the gate to her house in Montego Bay and opened her arms. I strode into her embrace, then into her home. As the evening darkened, we gabbed on her silky red couch about gardening, dogs, community service, baking, work life and dating in Jamaica.
Cooke served banana chips and a juice-and-ginger-ale cocktail that smelled of the tropics. She showed me family portraits, then took some photos of us to add to the shelf. Finally, I stood up to go.
"If you have time tomorrow, maybe you can come over and hang out?" she asked as we swapped e-mail addresses and phone numbers in her kitchen.
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