My Kingston: Carlton Brown
What are your earliest memories of Kingston?
Going to Youth Fellowship and Boys’ Brigade on Fridays at St Andrew Scots Kirk United Church, downtown Kingston.
What do you miss when you are not in Kingston?
Kingston’s unique nightlife.
Definitely my family; we do a lot of things together.
What would you do if you were mayor (of Kingston) for a day?
Declare the day a
wrecker-free day.
What are your favourite home comforts?
My music and my Singer sewing machine.
Share with us the title of the last book you read.
Details Men’s Style Manual and a book of nursery rhymes that I read to my daughter Tiah-Nicole.
What’s your middle name?
I don’t have one.
And the last bit of music that stirred your soul?
Adele 19 and Maxwell’s Blacksummer’s Night.
Which cologne are you currently splashing?
Kenneth Cole Black.
What’s your preferred beverage?
Cranwater.
What was your most memorable meal in Kingston?
Dinner at Rib Kage on Braemar Avenue.
What are your current projects?
Launching the Carlton Brown label.
What upsets you?
Nothing really.
Name the last three places visited on holidays.
Negril, Montego Bay and Ocho Rios.
Share some of your all-time musical favourites.
I saw three ships from the Nat King Cole Christmas collection;
Pretty Wings by Maxwell;
Rise — the song
for Haiti.
What’s your advice to a first-time visitor to Kingston?
Relax and enjoy the city. Visit the restaurants, take a stroll through Devon House and spend a day at the beach.
What’s your philosophy?
Live each day with a purpose.