Itsy Bitsy Pink Bikini.

Is this what you’re thinking?

More like this kind:

A super delish adult beverage I came across in Coastal Living last month.  I am usually a beer gal (Bud Light before SC and Corona ever since…strange).  I have been wanting something “light” than I can sip in the evening with out feeling totally full.  Maybe I am an alcoholic in the making, but life is different in Paradise.  Its acceptable to drink more than our American counterparts, so BLAH!  Actually, I feel like there are more closet drinkers in America because of the stigma associated with it.  So DOUBLE BLAH BLAH!  Move to the Caribbean.  You’ll fit right in!

In a pretty summer-tropical–esque pitcher, combine:

1.75 liter Rasberry Lemonade. (On Ghetto Island, Rasberry Lemonade is pretty hard to find.  I used regular Minute Maid frozen lemonade and added 1/4 cp Rasberry Puree.  Viola.)

1 3/4 cups coconut rum.  Cruzan of course.

1 cup ameretto

Stir.  Pour over ice in coconut cups cups made from trees in your yard.  Really.  Do it.

This drink is so yummy, you’ll forget there’s a little buzz maker in there, so be careful.  Right, moms?

In The Press: Buck Island

I am a self-proclaimed magazine whore.  I love magazines.  Recently, I am addicted to home decor and food titles.  One of my favs is Coastal Living.  Love seeing how people “live on the coast”.  What the magazine does not address is how to ret rid of mosquitoes, rats & roaches:  the REALity of living on a Caribbean island.

Our U.S. Post Office just returned from their USVI Emancipation/USA Independence Day 4-5 day holiday weekend.  I seriously think some Crucians/St. Thomians and what ever people are called who live on St. John purposely planned their emancipation the day before a US holiday so they get longer holiday weekends.  Well, it worked, didn’t?

SO- at the post officve today was the July/August 2009 Coastal Living.  Get home, put the kids to nap and plop on the comfy chair for a little look-see.  I usually thumb through, and then go back with a fine tooth comb, paper, pen and sometimes even little tape flags to flag something I want to come back to…but almost never do.

With a bit of time on my hands, I decided to read the first article: Top Spots to Snorkel.  Ok, interesting.  #1 sounds like a pretty cool place in the Bahamas.  Turn page to #2 and dropped my jaw to read BUCK ISLAND, ST. CROIX USVI.  Not because I don’t think it is awesome snorkeling, but was surprised at the press.  I always am.  Great little write up about the incredible snorkeling trails at Buck Island, turtles, and of course the beaches.  And then the icing on the cake- they direct readers to www.gotostcorix.com/buck_island.php.  LOVE IT!   When I produced GoToStCroix.com, I was all over the press sending them info even if they didn’t request it, and LOVED seeing my efforts turn into a bit of press for this island who is always in the need of a little push.

So, congrats to Buck Island for once again claiming the heart of a dreamy travel writer, to Coastal Living for their large viewership and GoToStCroix.com for continuing to provide the rest of the world with quality, up to date information about our little island.