What to do, Where to Play & Places to Stay on St Croix USVI
A Taste of St Croix isn’t just a gastronomic competition featuring A-list celebrity chef judges each April, it’s a journey through the many flavors that make up the cultural, agricultural and culinary map that is St Croix. It’s a time to celebrate the dining establishments that not only bring in locals and tourists, but bring [...]
There are no shortage of events and festivals on St Croix, but each year the one I eagerly anticipate the most is the St Croix Food & Wine Experience. Held each April and rated in 2009 by Forbes Magazine as one of the Ten Best International Food and Wine Festivals by Forbes Travel, over the past [...]
Ask anyone here on St Croix and they will tell you that Buck Island National Park and snorkeling at the Buck Island Underwater National Monument is the number 1 Tourist Attraction on the island. April is the month we celebrate Earth Day and the environment and so I’ve included one of my favorite images from [...]
Prepare your taste buds for the 11th Annual Chili Cook-off at Divi Carina Bay Beach Resort this coming Sunday April 1, 2012 from 9am to 1pm! Proceeds from the event benefit the United Way. You’ll be treated to some amazing and fiery samples, great music and admission is *FREE*. Prizes will be awarded to the [...]
I consider myself truly blessed to have grown up in a family who valued the great outdoors. As a child, I was exposed to the peaceful, sprawling prairies of Manitoba, Canada; the majestic mountains of British Columbia, Canada; and the historic New England Coastline. With parents and grandparents who took me camping, hiking and exploring, [...]
A trip to St Croix seems incomplete without a hike or jeep tour down to the famed Annaly Bay Tide Pools. If the North Shore conditions are right, try a sea kayaking coastal tour with Virgin Kayak Tours from Cane Bay, the ultimate way to explore this incredible coastline up close! This is one of my [...]
A few weeks back I had a blast attending the Third Annual Johnny Cake Eating Championship at Ziggy’s Island Market & Gas Station out on the East End. I’ve had the pleasure of getting to know the gang at Ziggy’s over the past couple of years and can tell you they REALLY deserve the “Best Gas [...]
February is the month for lovers with Valentine’s Day just around the corner. I love this image of Rust op Twist on St. Croix’s North Shore because it has such a romantic, fairy-tale quality. In the 1700′s the island’s landscape was dominated by over 150 Sugar Cane Plantations. Today, our neighbourhoods are still called by the names [...]
Invasive. Poisonous. Devastating. Got your attention didn’t I?! Well these aliens in our waters are no joke. Lionfish are native to Indo-Pacific waters where they are kept in check by their natural environment and predators like grouper who are familiar with hunting them over thousands of years. However, here in the Caribbean, they are a new [...]
This month’s calendar features a little something to shake the winter blues for all of you chilling in the temperate zone – Palm trees over Cane Bay Beach. Cane Bay Beach is a great place to spend the day on St Croix with Virgin Kayak Tours there to provide kayak rentals & tours, Cane Bay [...]
