Our B.V.I. Adventure

I bet you thought you were actually going to see a pink bikini, right?  Well, that's it there on the left!  Courtney enjoyed one of Stephen's delicious concoctions at Smuggler's Cove on Thursday afternoon. 

We watched him make it and the "pink bikini" contains:
Two parts rum
One part orange juice
One part pineapple juice
Splash of Coco Lopez
Splash of Rose's Grenadine
Served on the rocks with an orange slice

It was gooooooooooooood!

On Wednesday, Day 336 of our adventure, our dear friend Courtney arrived in the BVI!  This trip has been a long time coming and when she finally appeared through the sliding doors at the airport, we were so excited!  Fortunately she had no flight delays and everyone at Immigration and Customs was so welcoming to her!   

After a quick change back at the new house (a recap IS coming soon - promise!), we headed to West End for the opening night of lobster season.  Michael reserved us a 4 lbs lobster!  We couldn't do it alone, so Adam joined us.  And it was delicious!!!  The tradewinds kept us cool as we sat at the water's edge and savored every last bite. 

Editor's note:  Courtney's arrival photo is unfortunately stuck on the memory card of my camera.  A little too much moisture so it's not working properly at the moment. Please forgive this omission!

Just to hold you over, here's one of my favorite photos of the two of us from her trip:

We're in front of the Caves on Norman Island...more to come about this excursion!  Stay tuned...

That's the tagline of  - what has to be - one of the funniest events here in the British Virgin Islands.  It's called Movember {pronounced Moe-vember.}  Participants will attempt to grow a mustache - the creepier the better, I hear - and raise money for charity at the same time.  It is a competition of course and the reigning Mr. Movemember wrote this funny piece about the event in the BVI Beacon.

On Sunday at the Tamarind Club, guys could pre-register and get a nice clean shave poolside.  They want to make sure everyone starts on a level playing field.  {Insert stache joke here.}
Michael's band, Da Tree Men played and entertained the crowd.  My friend Joanna took this photo of Michael and Adam, two of "da tree" band members.  She has a really awesome camera (a Canon I believe) and she's quite talented behind the lense!
It was the perfect end to the Halloween weekend.  Swimming in the pool, listening to great live music (I'm not biased, am I?) and hanging out with friends make the perfect Sunday Funday.

Rum Shop Ryan - a Caribbean enthusiast who blogs about all things island related - is looking for the best beach bar photo, and three of the five finalists are photos of bars in the BVI!  Two of them are from bars on Jost van Dyke!  {I've got to get myself back there again!} 

The first one is of Seddy's One Love Bar. 
And the other one is a photo of Ivan's Stress Free Bar.
While he's not a finalist, my father submitted this photo that he snapped while five people did the ultimate bar hop off of Willy T's. 

Country music singer, Kenny Chesney is selling his estate on nearby St. John.  The $9.9 million home near Cruz Bay has 7 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms.  Any takers?  We'd be neighbors!



In unrelated housing news, we're moving!  Seriously, we are.  Not to Kenny Chesney's house, but to a new house here on Tortola!  It's just a short ways up our hill, so we are keeping are same great location.

Here is a sneak peak of the house before we moved in:



 A full recap is sure to follow!

In the days leading up to Da Tree Men's Sunday night gig, several attempts were made to lure Rolling Stones guitarist, Keith Richards to the Jolly Roger.  Richards has been in the BVI for the last two weeks as chronicled on bvimusic.com.

Da Tree Men even played a few of the Stones' hits, including a reggae version of Wild Horses. Their encore song was Sympathy for the Devil and they killed it!  Keith would have loved it. 


The band also performed some originals, including Tropical Paradise (Jost van Dyke), Bushwacker, and Cane Garden Bay.  It was great to hear so many people in the crowd sing along!  Many of them had already downloaded  Bushwacker and watched their videos online. 

Da Tree Men's rendition of Folsom Prison got the crowd dancing...check it out:



A huge thank you to the TTOL Catfighters!  They specially requested Da Tree Men play for their kick-off event!

Michael's band has been gearing up for a few big gigs...  Da Tree Men have even recorded a few songs, written by the band's leader, Adam.  If you haven't already heard their first single, Bushwacker, it's a must listen!  {I think it's even for sale on CDBaby...}

Da Tree Men will play at the Jolly Roger on Sunday night.  It should be a good time.  The event got a shout out on the cover of the Limin' Times!  Check it out: