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Archive for March, 2008Meet our newest advertiser: ConnectionsMonday, March 31st, 2008Whether you’re a tourist, or someone who’s toying with the idea of being more, you should at least poke your head in connections. Locals already know it’s one of the nerve centers of the Coconut Telegraph, and visitors can take advantage of some of the services too. Connections has two locations, one in Cruz Bay and one in Coral Bay. Meet proprietor Cid Hamling, below… What day is it?Sunday, March 30th, 2008 Should you lose track of what day of the week it is, help could be a polo shirt away. How do you know today is Sunday? Because Smithie is wearing a white shirt. The cab drivers all wear white on Sunday. Every Sunday. Every cab driver. Always. Every other day it’s turquoise. But they’re friendly to everybody (but each other) seven days a week.  Chocolate Hole NorthSaturday, March 29th, 2008 Chocolate Hole North is one of the biggest rental villa neighborhoods on the island, and this photo was sent to us by recent St. John visitors. It’s taken from Chocolate Hole Bay, and it’s a great “Name that Villa” picture. Wow! Gobs of villas on that hillside. We spot Still Waters, Paradise Revisited, Ristaba, Bongo Bongo , Ambiance, Treasure Ridge, Intamasea, Tesseract, Sea Wind, and, in Virgin Grand Estates, C’est Bleu, Villa del Sol and Vista Caribe. See some we’re missing? Point them out. Great picture. (Thanks to Cheryl Wheeler for sending it.) Fish Trap gets reprieveFriday, March 28th, 2008 Fish Trap fans upset about recent reports it is closing, don’t throw your lobster bibs out yet. It is closing….but it is also re-opening soon after. Owner Lonnie Willis confirms she and husband Albert will indeed close the restaurant on April 13 and will no longer be involved in the business. But their son Aaron, who left the family business to take a chef’s job at Yacht Haven Grand on St. Thomas last year, is coming back to re-open the Fish Trap as his own place in June. No update yet on the Willis’ other restaurant, Stone Terrace. Stay tuned.  Keep left.Thursday, March 27th, 2008 A little reminder of the potential perils of St. John driving. This Jeep, towed to Cruz Bay recently, has a rental sticker on the windshield. No idea if someone was hurt or not, but somebody – either this driver or the one who hit him – didn’t keep left. Had an accident or a close call? Tell us about it. If it’s a good story, we’ll send you an OSJ bumper sticker. New Feature: St. John OverlooksWednesday, March 26th, 2008Here is the first installment of a new, occasional feature called St. John Overlooks. Pretty self-explanatory! We’ll start with every tour taxi’s first stop: The Cruz Bay Overlook. Red Sox fans up early at Larry’sTuesday, March 25th, 2008 Not even the earliest ever start to baseball season can keep Red Sox fans away. ESPECIALLY on St. John. Larry’s landing opened its doors at 5 a.m. and put its big TVs to good use for fans to watch the Red Sox and the Oakland A’s kick off Major League Baseball 2008 at the Tokyo Dome. Wish you woulda been there? Click below. You can be!
Sun Times promises, PROMISES new Website soon comeTuesday, March 25th, 2008 Are we the only ones tired of reading the latest news from October 16, 2007 on the St. John Sun Times Website? We checked in for an update, and are told the new site is coming “very soon.” A beta version will reportedly go live with no fanfare in the next week or so. (We actually also got a peak at it and it’s going to be a pretty cool site.) There will be a big kickoff at a T-shirt party next month. Meantime, the Sun Times is still churning out its free newspaper. They just won 5 Addy’s at the Ad Club’s big annual event on St. Thomas. Including one for best photography for Fire Dancer, a shot of a fire dancer’s impromptu performance taken in the wee hours of the morning at the Front Yard back in August. (Dragon head added for effect.) The entertainment for the evening at the Addy’s this year? David Carradine, the Kung Fu guy turned folk singer. (And you thought all he was doing these days was Yellow Pages ads.) Here’s his MySpace page.  And as if you haven’t already gotten enough fun out of this entry, click below to see 8 seconds of the actual fire dancer himself. (He’s a local waiter. Ask around!) Pine Peace Auction raises $125KMonday, March 24th, 2008 This year’s Pine Peace Auction for the Gifft Hill School, held at the Westin, fell short of last year’s record $155,000, but the event was well-attended and the bidding was feisty. Biggest draw was a “Girls Night Out” package that included salon treatments, dinner, desserts, brunch and a night at Mango Bay Villa. It went for $3,000. A trip to the Westin Maui Resort went for $2,000. A trip to New York drew $1,900. Winning bidders got some bargains. Many of the items went for well under their stated value.  Jeep Cam: Point RendezvousMonday, March 24th, 2008Today’s Jeep Cam starts at Upper Fish Bay Road past Gifft Hill Road and heads toward Point Rendezvous. There are three entrances to Point Rendezvous. We’ll take the first one this time. Some great villas up here. We end just short of a gated house called Out of the Blue. Sorry. Private residence. Point Rendezvous, upper entrance, below… Yacht spotting: KismetSunday, March 23rd, 2008 That’s Kismet, a brand new, 233 foot, $130 million yacht spotted off Frank Bay Friday night. It has made it’s way from Gibraltar last month to St. John, with an unscheduled stop for engine trouble in Funchal, Madiera, according to yachtspotter.com. Six decks and room for 12 guests (plus about two crew members for each of you.) And it includes “a disco.” You can charter it for $550,000 Euros a week. That’s $825,000. Per week! If you had that kind of money, why wouldn’t you just buy one? (Oh ya. Two best days in a boat owner’s life…) Before you make your reservation, you should probably do a little research. Like here. And here. Volunteer weed whackingSaturday, March 22nd, 2008 The Friends of the VI National Park’s morning volunteer program is catching on. Here’s before and after evidence of a little lawn care at the Lameshur Bay mill and bay rum boiler. You can lend a hand anytime you want. Volunteer outings are every Thursday and Saturday morning. More info here.  |
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