Tuesday, April 19, 2011:
We have decided to forego the beach today to run around the island a little and take pictures so you can see where we are. (about time huh?) The sacrifices I’m willing to make for friends and family! =)
Drove down the street in the neighborhood here looking at places and found a house that had a whole row of penned chickens and roosters in the side yard, facing us…no wonder I hear them crowing so loudly! We basically just drove a few blocks around the neighborhood here. Nothing much to see. The prison is on the hill behind us! We didn’t drive up that hill I can tell you that!
I managed to get a few pictures today …even with Mario Andretti driving…it wasn’t easy though.
**Here are some of the local restaurants. Just pull up a van, maybe build around it and open a restaurant!
Here is a nasty rain cloud that developed over the island and dumped on us!
Oh…as you can see from some of these pictures, it was raining. Ok it was pouring down for a bit. So let me tell you a funny, classic “In the Life of Tina”…story: So we are driving through Phillipsburg and I’ve got my window down right, cause I’m half hanging out frantically trying to take pictures as we are flying by the places I want to take pictures of. Gerald slowed down to turn left, but I wanted to go straight because I wanted to take pictures of the many little interesting local restaurants on this particular road. But when Gerald did that, the vehicle behind us decided he was not even going to slow down and went around us on the right. Unfortunately there was a huge mass of water standing in the road from the deluge we just got. Get the picture? That’s right. Approximately 75% of the puddle splashed up and ended in the car. On me, Gerald, the camera, my purse. Lovely. The other 25% went on the other side of the vehicle…probably hitting the people that were trying to get in their cars. That was a “Funniest Videos” moment if there ever was one. Wish I had a video camera going! You would have enjoyed it.
So…here are some of the pictures taken through the window…I wasn’t eating mud puddle water again…
KFC/Pizza Hut!
One of the many local restaurants we passed.
The Big ACE Home Center - we get lots of stuff there!
A salon
The great Kooyman - next to Ace!
...pretty colors huh!?
Road side foliage!
Tropicana Casino!
The island's only theatre.
I was trying to get a shot of the rainbow that was in the Lagoon, but Gerald was going too fast...but I did manage to get a shot of one of the "Adult Entertainment" facilities! =)
...getting ready to drive around the end of the runway.
This is the lagoon.
From here you can see the other side of the Lagoon, which is the French side.
Here's the airport! It's the new building!
This is the grocery store we used to do a lot of shopping at!
This is the Maho area with resorts, stores and a big casino - all within walking distance!
Casino Royale!
Cheri's Cafe - Great food - lots of fun!
The great golf pro shop is back there...
Atlantis Casino - lots of great restaurants here! The medical university is behind it.
This is one of the big lottery offices!
This is a not so big lottery office!
This is where Gerald got his haircut!
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We drove over to Simpson Bay so that I could make a hair appointment. (I wasn't going to where he got his done!) I haven’t colored my hair since January, and it has stayed pretty straight since I got the Keratin treatment in October. So since my cousin Machelle or Bobbie refuse to come down here to do my hair…I am forced to find someone a little closer. So I found a place called Xperts Hair Salon. There was an ad in the paper and they do the Keratin treatments there so I figured why not. I need conditioner anyway. How bad could it be? Luckily hair grows back. (right?) So, we headed over and I stopped in and made an appointment for tomorrow morning…with Falo. This is going to be fun!
After our drive, we decided to pick up dinner. On recommendation of Patty, we stopped at a place called Mark’s which is by the big Grande Marche’ at the Bush Road roundabout just before you get to Phillipsburg. We ordered some ribs to go and brought them home. They have an all you can eat ribs dinner for $14.99, but we just got two regular orders for $12 each with some sides. They were absolutely delicious. Tender and flavorful! And plenty left over for another night’s dinner! I will definitely go back there again!
There has been a female cat running around the complex. She is obviously looking for a “boyfriend” (if you know what I mean!). Not a long term relationship mind you. Male cats just cause trouble and they generally aren’t good mousers anyway. But she is hanging out under our window whaling…and I do mean whaling…for the last few nights. Have you ever heard a female cat looking for a boyfriend? It’s annoying, strange and sometimes sounds like a baby screaming. It scared the crud out of us this morning! I’m thinking of signing her up on Match.com or something just to get her away from our window!
So, between the dogs relentlessly barking tonight and the cat whaling … I’m gonna go bzerk! I just want to scream out the door: WOULD YA SHUT UP ALREADY!?! Maybe it’s the full moon.
Well, just resting after I stuffed myself with ribs, rice and peas. Guess I better get some sleep so I can be well rested for my hair adventure tomorrow! Wish me luck!
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