About St. Croix, VI

When my day is filled with so many deadlines, numerous difficulties and an overwhelming desire to just get away from it all, I pull up photos of St. Croix and imagine that I am on the beach at Buck Island. I take a deep breath, close my eyes.....and I am there. Life is slow, uncomplicated and beautiful.

"Allawe" on the lovely island of St Croix are Irish for a day - and that day is the day of the St Patties day parade - which was last Saturday. Hundreds of locals, transplants, and tourists show up to drink and revel, watch or participate in the parade, and enjoy some wonderful live music. The festivities began around 9:00 a.m. - when throngs of us made our way to our favorite float to decorate it and ourselves.

This year, I was on the "Pickled Greek's" float. Pete is the magician (chef - second from left in photo below) for this new restaurant and he and his lovely and talented daughter Nikki (at end on right in photo below) decked us all out in green togas, headbands, pins and beads and armed us with pickles to throw at the crowd! I believe our float won this year - but no one seemed to care who won what - a good time was had by all.

The parade started around 11 and took several hours to wind its way thru the two main streets of town. The crowds were enthusiastic and eager to receive beads, pickles, pins, candy, or whatever we wanted to toss at them from the float! Afterwards, a phenominal Irish band - Finnegan's Wake - entertained us at a great watering hole (Angry Nate's) where the green beer and jamison were flowing freely. Later that afternoon - Banooba - a band from the states who always comes here for the St Patties' parade - rocked the stage at Club 54. Christiansted was packed and spirits were high - it was a beautiful and fabulous and fun day on the island!

Why don't you join us next year?

Contact Kim Lucas, Realtor
340-626-3758
kim@coldwellbankervi.com
www.kimlucasvi.com

Photos taken by Emelyn Morris-Sayre, all rights reserved, may not be reproduced without express written permission.

If you have a chance to visit St. Croix, you must make a trip into the rainforest to visit the Domino Club. home of the famous beer-drinking pigs....that's right, they really do drink beer. You place a can of beer in their mouth, they will crush it (and manage to get you soaking wet), drink it and then spit the can out. Quite a thing to see....of course, they are given non-alcoholic beer thanks to the local animal rights groups. Fun