I’ve said many times that the Anguilla Guide Forum never steers me wrong. It’s a great resource on travel to Anguilla, where to stay, where to eat, and pretty much everything you need to know and more about travel to the island. After our 2009 trip, the forum was buzzing with talk about a new place in Sandy Ground called SandBar. SandBar is owned and operated by 4-Diamond Award winning Executive Chef Denise Carr, formerly the Executive Chef at Cusinart Resort and Spa, where in 2007 she managed the National Culinary Team of Anguilla, and her husband, Lenox “Joash” Proctor. The food and drink is what you would expect from…
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The secret is out. Well, it wasn’t really a secret. You don’t get the honor of #1 Beach Bar in the World without having been noticed by a few people. When we first visited Anguilla in November of 2007, we stayed at the Cuisinart Resort, just steps from the best beach bar in the world, Dune Preserve. We learned of Dune Preserve when while planning for the trip, we discovered the music of Bankie Banx, who is one of the island’s most famous residents. We made our children, ages 8 and 10, stay up long past their vacation bedtime (which is even later than their regular bedtime), to go see…
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When you tell people you just got back from Nevis, they either ask, “Where is Nevis?” or “Did you get a Killer Bee from Sunshine’s?” Sunshine’s Beach Bar is an institution on Pinney’s Beach, just a short walk from the Four Seasons. We arrived on Nevis just as the sun was setting, and after being shown to our rooms, we changed clothes and headed to Sunshine’s. Looking around Sunshine’s, you can see the love of the patrons over the years. The ceiling is covered with flags from schools, states, and organizations. It was clear that a number of Wisconsin residents had visited! The walls are covered in license plates from…
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It has been said that food always tastes better with your feet in the sand. That’s true, and it tastes even better if you can have a rum punch in your hand while you watch them pull your meal from the sea. At Da Conch Shack in the Blue Hills area of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, you can experience just that. We discovered Da Conch Shack on our second trip to Providenciales in 2008. We visited the Blue Hills area in 2006 when we went to the Turks and Caicos Conch Festival, but we did not make it to Da Conch Shack. We visited on our trip in 2008,…
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Try the Conch Knocker at Da Conch Shack, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands. For more on one of our favorite beach bars, read on… SaveSave
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Have you “been to Barbados?” I am reading “And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails ” by Wayne Curtis, a book suggested by Carlton Grooms of “Coastlines and Tan Lines.” I just came across a passage where the author recounts that Benjamin Franklin, the publisher of the “Pennsylvania Gazette,” printed up 228 different words and phrases as slang for being drunk. My favorite: “Been to Barbados.” The lovely rum punch above is the best on the island of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, found at Hemmingway’s.
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The beginning of My Irie Time This was the very first image posted on My Irie Time when I began this blog in 2011. I first started sharing images online in 2007, when a friend convinced me to join Flickr and come along on monthly photowalks with our local Cream City photographers group. We found ourselves traveling to the Caribbean more often, and I found that it was something I really loved. When I won the Caribbean Travel + Life Photo contest in 2011, I posted more and more from our travels there, beginning on a Blogger site, and then with a dedicated website. It was my time away from…
