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Archive for May, 2008Fish market returns with new Fish TrapMonday, May 19th, 2008 Aaron Willis, the son of the original Fish Trap owners, plans to reopen the Cruz Bay restaurant June 3. Aaron says he hopes to keep the Fish Trap open during the summer and fall months, and will bring back the restaurant’s popular fish market. Restaurant hours: 4:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Fish market hours: 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Buy a Tigger T and support the ACC!Sunday, May 18th, 2008 This is a very special, limited edition t-shirt from On-StJohn.com in memory of Low Key Watersports mascot Tigger, who died May 1. All net proceeds from your t-shirt purchase will go to the St. John Animal Care Center. We sold some of these at Wagaplooza Saturday. The shirt has the ACC logo on the front, and a great image of Tigger on the back. We have priced this shirt high ($40.00), because it’s a fundraiser for the ACC. Consider it a really cool t-shirt in exchange for your generous donation. This shirt comes in LARGE only, and in GRAY only. Limited quantity. Please allow TWO WEEKS for delivery. Order your limited edition Tigger T, here!  (T-shirt model…the lovely Adrienne.)
Wagapalooza 2008Sunday, May 18th, 2008 One of the highlights at Saturday’s Wagapalooza was a $500 contribution to the Animal Care Center from Low Key Watersports’ Ann Marie, who made the donation in honor of her best friend Tigger. See that pooch she’s with? That’s Cooper. (Named after one of her favorite islands.) Ann Marie brought Cooper into the family about a year ago. Cooper is sporting a Tigger-like mohawk, pink for this occasion, and he is gunning for the job of new Low Key mascot. As cute as he is, Cooper can’t replace Tigger, but – should Ann Marie decide he’s got what it takes – he’s got the job as far as we’re concerned. Here’s some more from Wagapalooza 2008.    Why did the turtle cross the beach?Saturday, May 17th, 2008 To get to the pool of course. Peter Bay residents Andy and Joy Stillman woke up to a 200 pound turtle in the pool at their beachfront villa one morning this week. They figure she came on the beach to lay eggs, maybe got confused by the big swells, and somehow ended up taking a dip in their saltwater pool. But that’s only half the story. Peter Bay neighbors, using a tarp, helped get her out of the pool and back to the beach. Where she happily swam away. Joy tells us the turtle was calm and not at all distressed. (Of course she was relaxed! She was in a salt water pool in Peter Bay! They should have just brought her a daiquiri.) The happy but hungry volunteers celebrated with hearty turtle egg omelets. (Kidding.)       (Photos courtesy Joy Stillman.)
Jeep Cam: Ditleff PointFriday, May 16th, 2008If you’re thinking about griping about development, put a sock in it. This is just a Jeep ride. We thought they were just putting in roads out there. We had no idea how much extensive (that means expensive) stonework was going in too. And lots of landscaping too. And - in an unheard of Jeep Cam move - we stop to take a look at something that made us say “wow.” Finding the path to the beach is definitely no longer a challenge. Ditleff Point, from the point to the road…below! (Production note: Apologies to die-hard Jeep Cam fans. This is technically a “Vitara Cam.” Turret video returns next ride.)
The next Kenny?Thursday, May 15th, 2008 If you surf the St. John sites, you may have seen this video by now, posted originally on the usvi-on-line.com forum by the artist, Gene. Gene and partner Eileen (pictured here at a recent Beach Bar party) have a great new little house in Coral Bay called Blue Caribe, which they put their heart and soul into building. Gene will strum away on his porch whether anyone is listening or not, and he just posted this original song on YouTube along with a St. John slide show. We, being the Colonel Parker of St. John, are trying to talk him into giving us a half dozen clean tracks and putting together a CD. We think he might go for it. Anybody want to encourage him? (”I would buy one” would be a very good response.) St. John Overlooks: Caneel BayWednesday, May 14th, 2008Here’s a good place to pull over and check out St. John’s most-famous property. Not a bad little stop. And just think, Caneel Bay has a half dozen beaches just as pretty as this one. Roundabout: Six years and countingTuesday, May 13th, 2008 Since this month is the sixth anniversary of when word of a traffic roundabout was first reported, we thought we’d update our photo archive with the latest picture of the old Texaco. The picture looks a lot like the ones we’ve been taking since shortly after the gas station closed about a year ago. Construction begins this summer? Maybe. St. John Vistas: The PetroglyphsMonday, May 12th, 2008We didn’t let you spend enough time here on our recent Reef Bay Coastal Hike. If you say “Petroglyphs,” it is like invoking this mysterious, spiritual word. Truth is the Cruz Bay post office is more mysterious than this place, and the Petroglyphs themselves are actually just a couple of smallish, well-worn carvings. Still, it’s a pretty cool little spot and well worth the hike. Very peaceful. If you’re lucky, you’ll be the only one there. Be the only one there for a couple of minutes, below… Homer on GMASunday, May 11th, 2008 Set your alarm. Or set your TiVo. Island celebrity (I think he may kind of hate us calling him that) Homer Hickam is on Good Morning America tomorrow. Turns out he’s one of the Seven New Wonders of America. Well, at least the Saturn V rocket that he helped design. Homer, a best-selling author, and his wife split their time between Alabama and their home in Upper Carolina. In case you missed it, you can read our January interview with Homer, here. (Homer, 1986, ready for the neutral buoyancy simulator.) Kevin and Cheech go to BostonSaturday, May 10th, 2008 The Tap Room boys are adding Massachusetts to their list of stateside distribution and Kevin and Cheech are heading to Boston to kick it off. They’re making a personal appearance in Cambridge at The Cambridge Commons in Harvard Square, where Tropical Mango Pale Ale and Island Summer Ale will be on draft. Cambridge Commons is well known for its beers on tap — 30 of them! – and calls itself “the first spot in New England to introduce the latest and greatest microbrews.” That’s a tough audience, and getting in the door at a place like this is a pretty big deal for Kevin and Cheech. You should tell them so next time you see them. If you’re in Boston, mark your calendar. They’ll be there Thursday, May 22nd starting at 6 p.m. This is the fourth state Kevin and Cheech have cracked. They also have distribution deals in California, Rhode Island and New Jersey. Is that St. Thomas over there?Friday, May 9th, 2008 Desert dust or volcano ash? The haze caused by Sahara dust is usually a summer thing. The hazy air of late might also have some ash mixed in from the Soufriere Hills volcano on Montserrat. There was some volcano activity this week, according to the Montserrat Volcano Observatory. (Check out the picture gallery. Pretty cool.) Cruz Bay workers to regain hundreds of poundsThursday, May 8th, 2008 The Jared-inspired lunch is no longer an option in town. Subway, which has been for sale for quite some time, is now officially closed. (Before you cheer the demise of stateside influence, that was a cheap place to get a relatively healthy lunch and workaday folk can’t afford to lunch at places like Lime Inn and Waterfront Bistro every day.) The Cruz Bay Subway franchise was owned by the same person who owns the relatively new IHOP pancake house franchise on St. Thomas, which now we hear is also closing. So now, a whole bunch of Subway fans are going to get fat again. The lease, and possibly the Subway franchise, are still for sale. There’s still time to keep Cruz Bay skinny. |
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