My Island Culinary Comfort Blanket
Me: Can we have an Amstel and a vodka Diet Coke, please. Server: You want a menu? Me: Nah, thanks, we already know what we want. Pick your beverage of choice and this will be a conversation familiar to so many of us who have lived on small islands...
Island Entrepreneur, Seeking Her Next Venture
After leaving university, I was excited to venture into island entrepreneurship. I got to wondering... what did I have that I could possibly sell and gain a profit from? For inspiration, I looked to the colours of the national flag of Jamaica: black, green, and gold....
“You Look Like a Tourist!”
Have you ever been accused of "looking like a tourist" while living on your island? I've decided there are worse things... Having just come back to my rock, SXM (St. Maarten), from a superb vacation to St. Lucia, I came across the picture below of me and my bestie...
More Precious Than A Pirate’s Booty
It was a crash course on how to survive in Nassau and I stumbled on treasures more valuable than any pirate’s booty.
Island Humidity: Oh, How I Loathe Thee
"I'd walk through fire for my daughter. Well not FIRE, because it's dangerous. But a super humid room. But not too humid, because my hair" - Ryan Reynolds Some people think I am being overly dramatic when it comes to island humidity, but I assure you, I am not....
Vehicular Devolution on the Rocks
If one were to graph the devolution of my island vehicles there would be a 0% correlation with financial health and a 100% correlation to the amount of years spent living on rocks. Hawaii: I call my time in Hawaii The Lexus Years. Champagne colored (to match my...
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