Jamaica

I was on a hunt to discover the very best Jamaican patty. According to my waiter at The Courtleigh Hotel in New Kingston, my search would not be complete without a visit to Devon House and my first foray into Devon House Bakery.

Our time in Negril was short, but spending the last few minutes here on Bloody Bay made it sweet, the final toe-dip into the sea proving the icing on the cake of a truly great adults-only escape.

This trip to Negril was all about the wife; the things she wanted to do, eat, drink, etc. This meant a lot of relaxing, fine dining, and quality time together. If you're in the mood for all that, there's no place on the beach in Negril that better fits the bill than Sunset At The Palms.

You remember Rum Fire, the bombastic fantastic Jamaican overproof rum, right? Lately the brand has been making some serious inroads into the U.S. market.

It's a fairly nondescript cityscape captured from a lofty perch high atop the Jamaica Pegasus hotel. Nothing special, right?

Most people wouldn't associate a private-island beach escape with Kingston. The capital of Jamaica is as prominent a city as we have in the Caribbean.

You can taste the essence of Jamaica in every drop of Appleton Rum, the island's air, soil, and water all coming together to make something special.

By all outward initial appearances on its website, Sunset At The Palms seems tailor-made for the wife's initial intro to Negril.

I'll never forget my first trip to Jamaica; to Kingston and the heart of so much of everything that has come to define my West Indianness.