Island Confessions: I Quit Drinking on a Rock
*Gasp* You did what?? Six months ago, there wasn’t a cell in my body that would have thought that quitting drinking while living on a tropical island was a good idea. The culture here IS drinking - it’s all about umbrella drinks under a shady coconut tree. It’s Bahama...
Island Reads: Live Fit Kitchen
Are you looking to eat a bit healthier on your island but don't know where to start? Today's featured book is a cookbook written by Jamaican writer and yogi, Sharon Feanny. It focuses on what she calls a "high-vitality diet" and features many ingredients that grow in...
What Your Swimsuit Says About You
A Highly Scientific Anthropological Study Using Mostly Observational Methodologies Conducted from a Beach Bar Stool in Turks & Caicos Presented in Eighty Lines of Free Verse. That super strappy one-piece With the cutouts crisscrossing each side And a...
When Island Girls Say, “I Told You So.”
Before moving to my new rock home 6 months ago, I used to scour the myriad of articles written on this site. Wrapped in my duvet in the UK, I read the stories, took in the advice, and memorized the tactics given for island survival. By the time our family finally made...
Accepting Island Chic
I love clothes. Immeasurably. I’m not a snob about it, quite the opposite. I think clothing allows each individual the ability to become who they want to be. And movies… they’ve given me this belief… Cinderella, My Fair Lady, Gone With the Wind… the heroines able to...
How Island Life Sets You Free
I hadn't worn a bikini since turning 40. It wasn't that I considered myself to be fat, I had just kind of thought that we Brits don't really do bikinis after turning 40. That, and the fact that I couldn't possibly compete with all of the younger bikini-clad babes......
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