It’s winter on the mainland, and Aliyah Boston—reigning National Player of the Year and pride of St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands—is sitting in South Carolina’s practice facility, explaining how to get a taste of the Caribbean. What matters here is not her chosen restaurant (Reggae Grill, a Jamaican place just outside Columbia) or her standing order (curry chicken with a side of mac and cheese), but the way she gives directions:
“You’re gonna see a stoplight. You’re gonna drive over the bridge,” she says. “There’s going to be a gas station—it might be a Shell—to the right. There is gonna be a big Cayce sign to the left. Make that turn; you’re gonna drive; it’s a school zone. And then once you see the little colorful mural, you’re going down two streets and then make a right … there’s gonna be one stop sign … and then it’s going to be to your left. The building is yellow.”
A quick drive later confirms she is correct about all this (and it is a Shell). But does she, um, know the name of the streets?
