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Virgin Islands Photo of the Day
White Bay, Jost Van Dyke, British Virgin Islands
The above photo was taken from the washed out road that leads west and up from White Bay. I remember driving the full length of this road shortly after it was created. The road washed out and became unusable just a short time later.
St. John Music Schedule, Sunday April 10
Aqua Bistro – Lauren Jones – 3:30 – 6:30 – 776-5336 Concordia – Bo – 4:00 – 8:00 – 693 5855 Miss Lucy’s - Sambacombo – 10:00 am – 2:00 pm – 693-5244 Ocean Grill – David Laabs – 6:00 – 9:00 – 693 3304 Rhumb Lines – T-Bird – 7:00 – 10:00 Shipwreck – Hot Club of Coral Bay – 7:00 – 10:00 – 693-5640
A word of caution: I’m doing the best I can to present an accurate music schedule, but to be sure, it would be a great idea to call the restaurant or bar beforehand to confirm.
Virgin Gorda, Seen from Marina Cay with Squall over Gorda Peak
St. John US Virgin Islands (USVI) Tuesday, March 15: “The Ides of March”
St. John News:
The Virgin Islands Department of Agriculture announces “V.I. Agriculture: Your Food – Your Farmer.”
Wednesday on St. John at the National Park ball field 9 a.m. to 2 p.m Read article in Virgin Islands Daily News
Reminder: St. John Film Society
FREE MOVIE NIGHT
Tuesday March 15, 2011 7:30 PM at Sputniks in Coral Bay
A TRIBUTE TO ANNIE LOVE: A short 8 min film by local filmmakers Jeremy Garza and Trent Myers followed by our feature presentation HEART OF THE SEA Lisa Denker, Charlotte Lagarde (57 min) 2002 Remember to bring your own chair & call Juliette at Sputniks (775-7373) if you would like to order one of her delicious roti.
St. John Music Schedule Tuesday March 15
Castaways – Steve & Friends – 7:30 – 777-3316 High Tide – T-Bird and Kenny – 7:00 – 10:00 – 714-6169 Island Blues – Bo & Lauren – 7:00 – 10:00 – 776-6800 Larry’s Landing – Classic Rock with John – 10:00 – 1:00 – 693-8802 Morgan’s Mango – Greg Kinslow – 6:30 – 9:30 – 693-8141 Shipwreck Landing – Chris Carsel – 7:00 – 10:00 – 693-5640
A word of caution: I’m doing the best I can to present an accurate music schedule, but to be sure, it would be a great idea to call the restaurant or bar beforehand to confirm.
Tyre Palm Boom-Making Demonstration
Thursday March 17th (St. Patty’s Day) 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
In Front of the Friends of the Virgin Islands National Park Store, Mongoose Junction Cruz Bay
Presented by: Master West Indian culture-bearer, Justin Todman of St. Thomas US Virgin Islands
Sponsored by: Friends of VI National Park.
Mr. Justin’s crafts will be available, on limited basis, at the Friends of VI National Park Store. Additionally, he has indicated his willingness to teach those interested to learn this dying art of our West Indian
Contact: Cid Hamling at Connections for potential classes
Phone: 776-6922 or email connectionsstjohn.vi
Note: Tyre Palm brooms should be of great interest to wedding planners, and those who value our culture.
St. John Music Schedule Thursday March 10
Banana Deck – Steel Pan by Lemuel Callwood – 6:00 – 9:00 – 693-5055 Castaways – Mikey P Rocks the House – 8:00 - 777-3316 High Tide – Steven Sloan – 7:00 – 10:00 – 714-6169 Inn at Tamarind Court – Tom Mason & the Blue Buccaneers – 8:00 – 776 6378 Island Blues – Red Carpet Rats – 7:00 – 10:00 – 776-6800 Miss Lucy’s – Rich & Greg – 6:00 – 9:00 – 693-5244 Morgan’s Mango – Mark Wallace – 6:30 – 9:30 – 693-8141 Ocean Grill – Rascio Steel Pan – 7:00 – 9:00 – 693 3304 Skinny Legs – Loren – Guitar & Vocal – 6:00 – 779-4982 Westin, Cruz Bay Prime – James Cobb – 6:30 – 10:00 – 693-8802
A word of caution: I’m doing the best I can to present an accurate music schedule, but to be sure, it would be a great idea to call the restaurant or bar beforehand to confirm.
Virgin Islands Photo’s From the Archives
Great Harbour, Jost Van Dyke, British Virgin Islands circa 1995
Hasn’t Changed Much
Live Music on St. John Monday, February 21
High Tide – Steven Sloan – 7:00 – 10:00 – 714-6169 La Tapa – Sambacombo – 6:30 – 9:30 – 693-7755 Maho Bay – Cool Session – 8:00 – 10:00 Ocean Grill – Chris Carsel – 6:30 – 9:30 – 693 3304 Rhumb Lines – David Laabs – 7:00 – 10:00
A word of caution to my visitors: I’m doing the best I can to present an accurate music schedule, but to be sure, it would be a great idea to call the restaurant or bar beforehand to confirm.
Dining out in the Virgin Islands can be a very unique and rewarding experience.The above photo is “Abes” restaurant on Little Harbour, Jost Van Dyke. A little “Off the Beaten Track,” but probably the best conch and lobster in the Virgin Islands.
Live Music on St. John Sunday, February 20
Aqua Bistro – Lauren – 3:30 – 6:30 – 776-5336 Beach Bar – The Fiddler – 4:00 – 8:00 – 777-4220 Concordia – Bo – 4:00 – 8:00 – 777-4220 Miss Lucy’s – Sambacombo – 10:00 am – 2:00 pm – 693-5244 Ocean Grill – David Laabs – 6:00 – 9:00 – 693 3304 Rhumb Lines – T-Bird – 7:00 – 10:00 Shipwreck – Hot Club of Coral Bay – 7:00 – 10:00 -693-5640
A word of caution to my visitors: I’m doing the best I can to present an accurate music schedule, but to be sure, it would be a great idea to call the restaurant or bar beforehand to confirm.
In the following video, Ezius Ashley demonstrates how to climb a coconut palm and pick a coconut. Notice how he uses the natural grooves in the palm trunk foothold. Grasping the trunk on the opposite side and pulling inwards he transfers weight to his feet thus allowing them to adhere to the trunk. Good going Zi!
Abe’s Restaurant, Little Harbour, Jost Van Dyke, British Virgin Islands
Sandcastle Hotel, White Bay, Jost Van Dyke, British Virgin Islands
The founders of the Soggy Dollar Bar and Sandcastle Hotel are George and Marie Myrick. They first came to the Caribbean and cruised the island- on the Water Lily, a 53-foot motor-sailer, which they ran as a charter operation and for the owners. They then leased Little Thatch and ran a hotel there. They built the Sandcastle in 1970 and ran it for ten years after which they returned to the America and toured the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Belize. The couple, now in their 80s, live in Florida. They wrote a book about their experience called Incredible Virgin Island Adventure (Which I’m having trouble finding.) and have at least one post on their blog.
More Soggy Dollar Bar 40th Anniversary Party videos:
Soggy Dollar Bar, White Bay, Jost Van Dyke, British Virgin Islands
Saturday the owners of the Sandcastle Hotel and Soggy Dollar Bar celebrated the 40th anniversary of the establishment.
Originally built by George Myrick in 1970, the Sandcastle passed through two more hands, before evolving into it’s present incarnation.
The Soggy Dollar Bar is, among other notables, renowned for the drink invented there by George Myrick, the Painkiller
Anatomy of a Pain Killer:
Caribbean Travel and Life [April 2009]
PAINKILLER
4 ounces unsweetened pineapple juice
1 ounce orange juice
1 ounce Coco Lopez coconut cream
2 1/2 ounces Pusser’s rum or dark Jamaican rum
Powdered cinnamon
Ground nutmeg
Shake juices, Coco Lopez and rum with plenty of crushed ice.
Pour unstrained into a tall glass.
Dust with cinnamon and nutmeg.
Garnish with a pineapple wedge, cinnamon stick and orange wheel.
by George and Marie Myrick
Soggy Dollar 1971
Trish and Jerry, Owners of the Soggy Dollar Bar and Sandcastle Hotel
Dr. William Thornton, the designer of the US Capitol Building, was born in Great Harbour Jost Van Dyke in 1759. In later years he lived on Little Jost Van Dyke.
The remains of the Thornton residence lie on a ridge on the Western side of the island overlooking Tortola to the south and Lost Van Dyke to the west.
The following photos illustrate the hike I took with Curtney “Ghost” Chinnery to Dr. Thornton’s home.
Ghost and I put in at the old dock that lies on Little Jost Van Dyke across Long Bay from Foxy’s Taboo. It’s a tough approach and you’ll need a shallow draft boat and some creativity to tie up here.
Once we accomplished that we hiked along the coast and picked up a trail of sorts leading to the remains of an old structure once destined to be a bar and restaurant on the western beach south of Dim Don Point. As we approached the old structure, we needed to keep alert for the numerous suckers that seemed to be just about everywhere.
From the old unfinished and crumpling, bar we bushwhacked up the hill to the ridge where we came upon the remains of the old Thornton residence.
Visit to the Home of Dr. William Thornton, Little Jost Van Dyke BVI
The above photo was taken from the washed out road that leads west and up from White Bay. I remember driving the full length of this road shortly after it was created. The road washed out and became unusable just a short time later.
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