Category Archives: Island Style

No Wire Hangers

Posted on November 4, 2013 by suddenlystthomas

Saturday morning Husband and I divided and conquered the children’s activities: he went to the monthly Home Depot Children’s Workshop with BB to build a boat, and I took BG to sailing class. I was watching BG clearly enjoying herself, … Continue reading →

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Real World Tidbit (Spoiler Alert); A Big Day For Birthday Parties

Posted on May 6, 2012 by suddenlystthomas

Friday night I heard that one of the Real World: St. Thomas kids got kicked out of the house for drugs only a couple of days before filming wrapped. There is a large chance I am spreading baseless gossip, but … Continue reading →

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A Chartered Day Out With Children, Part 1

Posted on February 13, 2012 by suddenlystthomas

Captain Ocean Peterson picked the six of us up (Husband, Babies, visiting Mother and Sister, and me) at the dock at 8:30am in the chartered motorboat; he was taking us out for a day tour around the neighboring British Virgin … Continue reading →

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West Side Story

Posted on January 17, 2012 by suddenlystthomas

The 15th Annual Bordeaux Farmer’s Rastafari Agricultural and Cultural Food Fair took place this weekend in Bordeaux, on the far western side of the island. For an island this size, the geographies are surprisingly diverse. The western side is stunning, … Continue reading →

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Special Things

Posted on January 5, 2012 by suddenlystthomas

Every night before BG falls asleep, she asks for ‘special things’ to put on her bedside table. ‘Special things’ is a classification that encompasses a massive variety of objects; the feature in common is that they must be pretty small … Continue reading →

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Blame The Floors…

Posted on December 31, 2011 by suddenlystthomas

Over the past week I have started blog posts about: How we had conch five ways (Conch Fritters, Buttered Conch, Conch Creole, Curried Conch, and Callalou Soup with conch) for our Christmas Eve meal at my favorite Caribbean restaurant called … Continue reading →

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Santa Math

Posted on December 22, 2011 by suddenlystthomas

The 2010 census puts the population of St. Thomas at 51,634. For the sake of argument, make it 51,638 (with the four of us). About a third of the entire population of the United States Virgin Islands is under the … Continue reading →

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The Search For The Perfect Christmas Tree, Part 2

Posted on December 13, 2011 by suddenlystthomas

The first Saturday in December (82, sunny, stiff breeze – almost made me forget August), I was talking to a friend on the tennis courts (thwack) and asked about Christmas trees. When would they arrive on island and where should … Continue reading →

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The Search For The Perfect Christmas Tree, Part 1

Posted on December 11, 2011 by suddenlystthomas

A Century Tree sounded like a cool, island alternative to a regular imported fir tree. I had read somewhere that locals search for one in the wild, cut it down and decorate it – old school and exotic all at … Continue reading →

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