Posts Tagged ‘Articles’
Virgin Islands Holiday Traditions
Guavaberry Rum. If you hear a group of carolers at your door singing: “Good mornin’, good mornin’, ah come fo’ mi Guavaberry” then it’s time to bring out the Guavaberry…
Read MoreHurricanes
Hurricanes are giant, spiraling tropical storms that can pack wind speeds of over 160 miles an hour and unleash more than 2.4 trillion gallons of rain a day. The Atlantic…
Read MoreUSVI Whale Watching
there’s whale watching right here in the waters off both St. John and St. Thomas
Read MoreCritter Watching
Carol M. Bareuther, RD Mongoose, iguanas and thrushies, oh my! The Virgin Islands boast a curious collection of critters you won’t find in many other locations, not even Kansas or…
Read MoreFrench Heritage Week
Il est temps de celebrer! (It’s time to celebrate!) By Carol Bareuther, RD and Patricia Harkins-Pierre From Frenchtown, just west of Charlotte Amalie’s waterfront, to the French enclave on St.…
Read MoreVoluntourism
These days, the hot new way to travel is not so much defined by the means of the vacation–i.e. the flight, the hotel, the gorgeous destination–but by the end result…
Read MoreSugar Mills
Visitors to the USVI can’t help but notice dozens of huge upside down thimbles that dot our islands’ hills. We call them “sugar mills” because they were built, most in…
Read MoreMen and Women of the Soil: The Estate Bourdeaux Farmers
Agriculture has always had deep cultural and historical roots throughout the Caribbean region and the Virgin Islands are no exception. Arawak and Carib Indians, the first known agriculturists in the…
Read MoreDeeply In Love: A Record Setting Wedding
The bride wore traditional white, including a distinctive veil trimmed with seaglass and shells, and the groom was in black. She had a tasteful wrist corsage and he had a…
Read MoreThe Experts on Beach Weddings
Have you been dreaming about a tropical wedding? With balmy breezes and exotic music of steel pans playing in the background? St. Thomas and St. John have some of the…
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