Birthday girl Lystra Sharpe blows out the candle on her cake as she is watched closely by (from left) Gloria Moodie, daughters Kerry and Kristiann and Ruby Martin. - Winston Sill/Freelance Photographer

Here are highlights of events you might have missed during the past week.

Here's to you! Lystra Sharpe (second right) toasts her '25th' birthday with (from left) Colin Skerritt, Marcia Erskine, Gloria Moodie, daughters Kerry and Kristiann, and Ruby Martin.- Winston Sill/Freelance Photographer

Even with two fast-growing daughters, Kerry (left) and Kristiann, Carib Cement's Lystra Sharpe maintains she is 25! And who are we to argue with her as she celebrated her birthday with friends, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston, last Monday.- Winston Sill/Freelance Photographer

Suzanne Gregory (left), who did excellent duties as interpreter for Chef Dada (right), with Stephanie Scott during Brazil Night at the Hilton Kingston hotel last Monday night.- Colin Hamilton/Freelance Photographer

Brazil's famous Chef Dada came to town and spent a week teaching locals new ways to prepare saltfish. While here, she was fêted on Brazil Night at the Hilton Kingston hotel, and among those sharing the occasion were (from left) Diana Gibson, Marie Claire Lyons and Stephanie Scott, the woman behind The Gleaner-sponsored Kingston Restaurant Week. - Colin Hamilton/Freelance Photographer