Shortly after 3 pm yesterday Rosy met us at the dinghy dock with her car. She drove us the 2 1/2 miles across the island to the ocean side. Along the way Rosy shared some of her life story. It was quite a story. When we arrived Rosy introduced us to her three dogs and one cat. Her restaurant is actually rooms of a house. We entered into the bar which has sand as the floor. From there we went into the main dining room, a large sun porch, which can actually seat quite a few people. It was set with Christmas tablecloths and filled with items she collects from the beach. Rosy walked us out to the large deck and suggested we take a walk on the beach while she finished up cooking our meal. Her restaurant is set on a bluff overlooking the Atlantic. We took the 32 steps down to the beach and went for a walk. Shortly after we returned Rosy had our meal ready. It was a delicious Bahamian meal of fried grouper fingers, plantains, peas and rice and coleslaw. Rosy laughed that since her deep fryer wasn’t working properly and the grouper fingers didn’t turn out as well as she liked, she was calling them grouper finger cousins. There were still delicious. After we finished she brought out a photo album and showed us pictures of her six adult children and their families who live all over the world. We also saw pictures of Rosy in the many places she has traveled. Rosy was born in Freeport and raised by her grandparents after her mother died when Rosy was a infant. Rosy’s husband was from Rock Sound and came to Freeport as a teacher when Rosy was 17. Rosy said her godmother spotted Rosy’s future husband and told her she had seen the man Rosy would marry. When Rosy’s husband first saw Rosy he decided he wasn’t going to let her get by him. They married the following year and lived a happy life until he died 18 years ago. They would have been married 50 years (hard to believe since Rosy looks to be between 45 and 50). She and her husband built four cottages with a plan to build more and rent them. He died before they were finished. She had them finished and carried through with the plan and also opened her restaurant on the property. Although her husband would have built more cottages she stopped at four. She could only do what she could do. Before she drove us back to the dinghy dock she took us on a tour of one of the cottages. The cottages are even higher on the bluff and the view is absolutely stunning. The cottage was lovely. 
Rosy took us on a tour of the back roads of Rock Sound on our way back. She took us by Dingle’s to pick up the laundry we had dropped off in the morning. As we were getting out of her car at the dinghy dock George realized he had left his new hat (purchased a few months ago at the boat show) at her restaurant. Rosy insisted on driving us back to get it. She is a lovely person.
Rosy
View from the deck
32 steps to the beach
Bar
Nort’ Side Restaurant
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