Meet triplets Lindsey, Casey and Sydney Gordon, repeat St. John visitors from Alpharetta, Ga., who just raised $1,100 in cash and $600 worth of donated items for the St. John Animal Care Center.
The sisters, who will turn 13 in September, will be bringing their haul down to the ACC this week.
“The girls needed a Bat Mitzvah project, and since my husband and I have been coming to St. John for a very long time and the girls have been coming with us for the last six years, they chose the animal shelter as their project,” says mom Laura.
The sisters all volunteered at the shelter during their trip last year, walking dogs and playing with the cats, and told friends and family how special St. John is to them and how important it was for them to help out the shelter.
Besides the cash, $50 of which came from each girl, friends supplied them with dog toys, treats and other things the shelter needs.
Say hello to Sam & Jack’s Deli manager Angie Gomeau and star chef Tommy Garfield.
Angie and Tommy have cooked up a new idea for the popular new deli on the top floor of The Marketplace: Cooking classes.
“When I’m out front rolling out fresh pasta in the morning, customers ask me how I make it, and ask for recipes for some of the other things we make fresh here,” says Boston transplant Tommy, who was chef at ZoZo’s before coming to Sam & Jack’s. “So we thought we’d see if there was any interest in cooking classes.”
The first class is scheduled for Thursday, June 30, from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
“It will focus on rolling pasta and making hand shaped, filled pastas, as well as some simple pan sauces and focaccia bread,” says Angie. “The two hour class is $65 per person, wine included, and we’ll all eat what we make.”
Class size is limited to 15 and there’s a sign up sheet at the deli. So far, no one has signed up, but if at least 10 people do, Tommy has ideas for future cooking classes.
The June 30th class, and those that follow, are open to locals and visitors and you can sign up in person, or over the phone at 714-DELI.
Some of the best bumper stickers anywhere are on vehicles on St. John. In some cases, the bumper stickers are probably helping to hold the vehicles together.
Here’s some of the sayings stuck on our friend Mary’s truck. What are your favorite bumper sticker’s you’ve seen on St. John?
The Maho Bay art glass program uses entirely recycled glass and the program serves a couple of purposes.
There are glass making classes, so schmucks like us can learn a little bit and make something to take home. But the teachers are also skilled glass artists, and what they make is sold to the public, both at the campground store and to customers around the island. (That picture below is the beginnings of a palm tree beer mug, just like the ones at The Tap Room.)
Meet Maho’s artists in residence Greg Lee, Mariel Bass and Dan Kreofsky, and learn a little about making art glass, below!
The Festival 2011 banner went up over Cruz Bay this weekend, but Festival has technically already begun.
Pan-o-Rama, on May 28, was the first official event of Festival 2011. The next big events start this weekend, with the Senior Variety Show Friday night, the Festival Bike Race Saturday morning and the St. John Festival Prince and Princess Pageant Sunday evening.
This year’s Festival Village is called “Wadesville,” in honor of Department of Public Works Deputy Director Ira Wade.
Click below to see the entire schedule for Festival 2011!
It is safe to say this is a first among wedding ceremonies on St. John: A pig as a member of the wedding party.
Kristisa and Robert Estep, from Alexandria, Va., were just on St. John to celebrate their 10 year anniversary, and decided to renew their vows while on island.
They chose Kristin Hartness to officiate, and as it happens, Ziggy, the pot belly pig, is Kristin’s pet.
“We met Ziggy our first day on island and fell in love with him,” says Kristisa. “We’re animal lovers and thought it was fitting to have Ziggy in our renewal ceremony. He was the Flower Child.”
Laurie Toth, who opened her Saltwater Gypsy consignment store at The Lumberyard last November, is closing up for low season, and that means some last minute bargains.
“I’m going back to Annapolis for the summer and will reopen in the fall,” Laurie says. “Everything is marked down until June 17, and we’re accepting consignment items on a limited basis until then. Thanks to everybody who supported us, and we’ll see you in October.”
Laurie says she had a great first season. The Barefoot Cowboy, the consignment store’s adjoining restaurant, will stay open this summer.
The developers of a new gas station on the South Shore Road near the Westin are quite obviously breaking lots of ground, even though there’s still opposition to it.
Below, we get this picture from Ruth at the Grateful Shed, showing the project’s footprint on the hillside.
What are your thoughts? Good to get more gas? (There’s only one station right now.) Not a great place?
The new, uber-social media St. John Live version of the St. John phone book is looking to generate a little traffic, and is holding a caption contest for one of its advertisers.
The best caption for this photo gets a Tap Room T-Shirt. Tell us here, and tell them there.
