I have attended the zumba class at the St John School of the Arts. Great location if you haven't been there and Michelle is wonderful (even with a beginner like me!). Her name is Michelle Pappas zumbayourboomba@yahoo.com 340 998-3505 have fun!

Virgin Islands Now is to live-stream the St Patrick's Day parade today at 11 AM (remember, we are on 'island time' so the actual start and finish time might vary from the posted schedule). The parade - all of one block long - makes up in spirit, color, music, warmth, and libation what it lacks in le...

The Bad Kitty http://www.calypsovi.com/bad_kitty.html is a great boat as are the boats owned and managed by St John Boat Rental http://www.stjohnboatrental.com

Congratulations and welcome to St John. We are one of the 'built from scratch' owners and while it was a long - and, yes, expensive - process we have no regrets! Please PM us if we can ever help with thorny issues, happy to help. Trust me, we encountered a lot of them during our building process. In...

I agree with Snorkeler525 your photographer will know the best beaches and angles for a sunset photo shoot.

We have great success with Low Key Watersports http://www.divelowkey.com/snorkelrental.html. They have great staff and equipment. Have fun!

Without a doubt you have to visit Reggie's BBQ (http://blog.greatexpectationsusvi.com/2013/02/best-bbq-on-st-john-there-is-new.html) We have been loyal Uncle Joe's BBQ folks for well over a decade but, Reggie's is sure 'worth the drive' (even if you are staying in Cruz Bay!). Yes, Reggie got his 'tr...

We own a rental villa and recommend to our guests purchasing trip insurance from CSA which covers the cost of pre-paying a private rental villa. We do that even though our cancellation policy is that we refund all monies at any time for any reason without penalty once we re-rent the dates since the ...

Having a massage at your villa is a fabulous idea! We recommend Tammi Ross of Healing Hands Massage & Bodywork (tammirross@gmail.com). We have had Tammi's massages and she and they (her massages) are great!

ribs.jpg We are still UJBBQ loyalists; however, Uncle Joe's now has real (and delicious) competition on island in the name of Reggie's BBQ located adjacent to Cases By the Sea out in Coral Bay across the road from Island Blues. Yes, THE Reggie who worked for Uncle Joe's for years and then a couple ...

If you have any interest in photography and find yourself on St John when Steve is offering a class do yourself a favor and attend! I was fortunate enough to take his Beyond the Basics workshop this past weekend and it was wonderful. What makes for a great experience? #1 Steve is a fabulous photogra...

We have for years recommended using CSA to all our guests. In our experience they are, by far, the best of all the trip interruption/cancellation companies to deal with when renting a vacation villa requiring pre-payment 30 to 45 days in advance (try explaining that to a agency which thinks you shou...

I am interested in the Tropical Lights session as well. Will be on island Jan 6 - 24; would like to do it first week (so I can use the 'lessons learned'). Let Steve's office (Janet Simonsen <janetsimonsen@mac.com>) know of your interest and if we can get 6 of us we can get it scheduled!