Exploring the Intriguing Island of Montserrat
After being on Antigua for a short while now, I needed a trip off-island to renew my visa. So I took an "immigration holiday," as many people call it. Antigua is in the middle of the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean and is a great place for...
Island in Bloom
Living on an island is not just about the amazing blue water, the soft sand at the beach, time spent paddle-boarding, and soul-refreshing cocktails. Don't get me wrong - those are all MAJOR PROS to tropical living, but island life is still life. We islanders can get...
Signs of the Islands
I'm one of those people who always takes notice of the typos on menus and secretly longs to offer my proofreading services to business owners everywhere. Up until now, I haven't gone so far as to actually take that step, but it's tempting. (I mean really - there is...
10 Things about Island Christmas that Confuse and Delight Me
As I celebrate my very first Christmas on my rock, I can't help but notice how oddly and wonderfully different it is to everything I'm used to... 1. It begins on November 1st, not the weekend after Thanksgiving. It's like, "Bye bye Halloween, hello Santa and Baby...
Harbour Island’s Charming “Trans” *IN PHOTOS*
On my rock, the preferred mode of transportation, or "trans" as it’s commonly referred to, is a golf cart. But not just any old golf cart; we're not talking about the kind that your average snowbird tootles around in their South Florida retirement community. No, these...
Art of the #IslandSelfie
One of the biggest benefits of living on a Caribbean island as an "expat" (I put that in quotes because by all technicalities, I am not an actual expatriate considering my island is a US territory and I'm a US citizen) is that you have the opportunity to shamelessly...
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