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Square Foot Construction Costs in the Bahamas
REVISED - FEBRUARY 2018 One of the most dreaded questions a builder is constantly asked is “what are construction costs in The Bahamas?” The worst part about this question is that the individual asking the question usually has a preconceived number in their head and...
They Call it Exercise, I Call it Unnecessary Sweating
My life tends to feel like a permanent vacation, which ends up making it slightly difficult to uphold any level of motivation to exercise regularly. Pair that with the fact that 357 days of the year it is 85 degrees plus… equal that for the level of humidity. So...
Island Flavors – Sapodilla Ice Cream
I have suddenly become addicted to something not-so-healthy. Well, when is an addiction ever healthy? At least my addiction has fruit in it. May I present my new-found friend, albeit bad influence on my calorie intake; Sapodilla Ice Cream. Sapodilla is a fruit-bearing...
Easter Lockdown
By Mariah Moyle It's no surprise that throngs of tourists flock to tropical locales for the holidays. Who wouldn't want to celebrate their much needed days off in a dreamy tropical setting? If you plan on being a part of the destination holiday bandwagon, just be...
Bad Hair Day
If you live in the islands and your financial situation allows you the luxury of your own reverse osmosis water maker, then you can stop reading right now. If you are not familiar with public water in the islands then this will probably be a relevant topic when...
Island Lesson: Keeping the Cable Guy Happy
I am a fairly easy going person and have a difficult time staying mad at anyone for very long. It becomes toxic to my system and I have to let it go. However, I don’t have to deal with folks in a business circumstances like my husband as a project manager does on a...
BTC Blues
I always had a feeling that the universe didn't like it when my husband and I were apart. There was a time several years back when I was on Norman's Cay and he was working on a private island. Both islands were in the Exuma island chain and only about 20 miles apart...
The Price of Living in Paradise
Mainland Americans always say that Hawaii is expensive. Everything has to be imported and therefore standard survival items like rice or a gallon of milk are inflated to cover the added costs of getting them to a rock out in the middle of the Pacific. Some just shrug...
Sunday Funday
Clawless Caribbean Spiny Lobster Sunday Funday, as we have been calling it. In the past month, there has been no lack of fun on the 7th day. Mostly revolving around water sports, with an occasional frosty beverage at happy hour, Sunday has an entirely new meaning...
Changes in Latitudes
Sometimes I forget that I live on a tiny island in the Caribbean. Occasionally I'll think back to the several long, cold winters I spent in Buffalo, listening to Jimmy Buffett and dreaming of palms swaying in the breeze. Here I am. Chickens cluck around the backyard...
Bush Medicine
A home remedy for an out-island incident Living in the out-islands never has its dull moments. In a panicking moment today, I feared the worst for my sweet little Barley. Barley was a rescue dog from New York and is far from street savvy like the Potcakes (the...
Summer Storm
Oh, will the lightening stop? It rumbles and careens across the sky. My linen curtains which normally dance gently in the breeze through my wide French doors now blow in fury, whipping into the room in a torrid rage, tangling and encompassing me as I pass through the...
