Tradeoffs I’m Happy To Make For Island Life
There is a certain level of excitement one gets when going on a road trip that you don't feel when flying. Yes, you dread sitting in the car all day, but you can listen to road trip music the entire time, eat snacks you don’t normally eat, and your journey often has...
Dear Sweet Grenada: An Island Goodbye Letter
Dear Sweet Grenada, I’m sorry to have to do this, but it has come time for us to break up. I’ve seen this coming for a while now, as the end of the didactic portion of my veterinary training is coming to an end, and it’s time for me to return to the states. Although...
Island Girl Problems: Hand Washing in the Caribbean
Though I currently live on the island of Montserrat, my first destination after I left New York (where I spent most of my life) was Antigua, the island of my birth. Shortly after I got there, I was met with a conundrum: laundromats were not on almost every street...
Comparing Island Life: The Exumas, Harbour Island, & Nassau
EDITOR'S NOTE: Welcome to the first post in our new series where women who have lived on multiple rocks compare the lifestyles of different islands. This site receives so many questions in the realm of "What's it like to live on *insert island here* compared to...
When a Hurricane Forces Your Island Breakup
"It was love at first sight." "We are meant to be together." "We're soul mates." "We've had a torrid love affair." "We're not getting along right now." "We need a break." These are all phrases I have heard islanders use in reference to their relationships with their...
Aruba Life: Where Abnormal is Normal
Live on an island long enough and you lose all sense of normal and whatever that meant in your previous life. Island normal is far removed from stateside normal, and after enough time on an island, normal takes on a whole new meaning anyway. Island standards are...
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