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...
Ode to an Island Dog
It was inevitable. Move to a Caribbean Island. Adopt a crazy island puppy. Fall irrevocably in love with puppy. Write a song about her. Unnecessarily, share song lyrics in an equally unnecessary post. But first, our story - in three acts. ACT ONE Scene:...
21 Things to Never Trust on an Island
It's easy to sometimes get nostalgic about childhood and the luxury of innocence that allowed you to have blind faith in the world around you. As a child, you could do things like ride the roller coasters at the theme park with confidence that the people operating...
12 Surprising Ways You’re Being a High-Maintenance Island Guest
If there is one phrase that is common amongst all island visitors, it's, "Don't worry about us, we're easy!" Just typing that makes me laugh. Every time a houseguest breezily assures me how truly simple it will be for me to have them stay in my home, I have to pause...
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...
Why Are You Not At The Beach?
It's a common misconception of those who live elsewhere that we rock dwellers spend all of our free time lying on the beach under a palm tree with an ice-cold drink in our hand. To be perfectly honest, that is also exactly how I picture 90% of my free time, with the...
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