We almost booked Open Arms http://www.houseofopenarms.com/reserve.htm last year. Its in your price range and looks great.

We did stay at St John Livin http://www.bookitvi.com/livin.htm which goes for $1995 in May. Very nice.

Happy hunting

My buddy and I hopped those boulders all the way out to the point one time. Very cool place.

Thanks for the photo, Kirk

"If we bypass Norman Island, is it worth it to head out that way just for the Indians?"

YES...YES...YES

Smuggler's? Poor snorkeling...bleached, dead coral. Downright pretty, crescent beach. See it while you can. Destined to be developed.

Weather permitting, The Indians is an absolute must. If it's not primo conditions, head off and accellerate the excursion. Pirates' rep is "a so-so beach bar on a ho hum beach." very skipable. Willy T's roti is excellent and unless there's a bunch of drunk day-trippers from the USVI (not c...

If I'm on my way to STJ, a must is doing the ferry at night, watching the stars, just beautiful. In fact, all you STJ people, it's worth the ferry fare to take it back and forth. Just relax and look up. Best idea I've heard in a long, long time. In fact, you get my vote for "Idea of the Month&...

Dear Gromit,

Come by anytime.
You get it.

One Love,
Jost

Very nice! I like your work, Cheryl.

cptnkirk wrote:Spent the day at Spring Bay shared it with one other couple YEE HA. My gawd that has to be one of the most gorgeous beaches I've been on yet.

Oh, yea. Spring Bay is indeed heaven on earth.

I NEVER wear clothes in the villa/pool. Needless to say, I ALWAYS seek out a very private villa rather than ruin somebody else's visit.

Leave half of the clothes.

Bring twice the cash.

We stayed in Coral Bay but when we were leaving, we were sure to swing by Hercules on our way to the ferry. We pulled those absolutely awesome pates out of the grease stained brown paper bag and munched 'em on the way over to STT. That helped soften the first step into re-entry mode. Not to disparag...

spindrift wrote:From a Memphis newspaper article today:

New York City tops the list followed by Philadelphia, Detroit, and Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton, and Cleveland, Ohio.

AAAAAhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!

For clarity's sake and in the context of my post, "all about me" is meant to be descriptive of the job requirements of someone in the hospitality industry in a tourism driven economy. For those employees, "all about me" can be translated as "it's the tourists, stupid". ...

...if the service industry we are talking about is from a waiter or captain of a ship . . . that is a problem. These people need to really be chipper or do something else. That is their job. xoxo Bingo! This is really the issue. Don't expect everyone in the "service industry" to be custom...

I assume you're focused on White Bay.

If you're interested in a busier experience with many stern-anchored boats, drink lines and lots of people watching, go on the weekend.

If you prefer higher quality limin', go during the week.