Barbados Accommodations: Rolling the Dic...
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Jane Shattuck Hoyos in
My Life in Barbados, Places to Stay, St Lawrence Beach on
04 26th, 2009 |
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I promise I’ll stop tooting my horn about the completion of my holiday rental at St Lawrence Beach Condos, #8, after this post. Really, I will.
I just wanted to share with you a photo of the inaugural guests, mother and daughter Jane & Francesca. They arrived at 11 a.m. this morning and seem...
New Beachfront St Lawrence Gap Apartment...
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Jane Shattuck Hoyos in
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04 24th, 2009 |
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You saw the progress (here, too) of my putting together Apartment #8 at St Lawrence Beach Condominiums. This week’s been the final sprint before the first guests arrive: the air-conditioning was put in, the flat-screen TV got cable hook-up, wireless Internet is working, and all appliances...
If You Want to Visit Barbados – or...
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My Life in Barbados on
04 23rd, 2009 |
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My friend Lucinda Riley died last evening at 8:00 p.m. Last Sunday, a few hours before the heart condition that would claim her, she was laughing and joking and animatedly discussing her latest read at her book club meeting.
Lucinda was fifty-something. A Yank who had always wanted to visit Barbados. ...
Swimming a Few Laps Around Barbados: Spe...
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Jane Shattuck Hoyos in
My Life in Barbados on
04 21st, 2009 |
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My dear friend Lucinda went into cardiac arrest two days ago. She lies in a top U.S. hospital, unconscious. Tests aren’t giving doctors clues as to what caused her heart attack, but they can tell her heart is badly damaged and, if she comes to, she might suffer significant brain damage as well.
If...
Happy Children & Easter Hats in Bar...
My husband Greg called me yesterday afternoon around 3:00. He had just turned into the Gap. “Come downstairs right away,” he said urgently. “Bring your camera.”
Barefoot, I ran downstairs and out into the street just in time to see a troop of children rounding St Lawrence Gap at...
St Lawrence Beach Condos … Decorat...
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Jane Shattuck Hoyos in
My Life in Barbados on
04 8th, 2009 |
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The Barbados holiday rental apartment I’m buying is coming together! Furniture was delivered yesterday, the substantial sofa fitting neither in the elevator nor the stairwell and finally hoisted through a second-story picture window.
I now see how brilliant (yay, my color choice) the coral walls are...
Barbados Photo Adventure Tour with Ronni...
Yesterday morning 9 a.m., my husband Greg and I, cameras in hand (ahem, well, I had my camera; Greg came along for fun) met photographer Ronnie Carrington at Pelican Village for a day-long and most pleasurable photographic excursion through the lesser-known parts of Barbados. Fifteen of us were on the van...
Barbados Condo: From “Drab” ...
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Jane Shattuck Hoyos in
My Life in Barbados on
04 4th, 2009 |
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Last evening's view from the master bedroom of Apt #8 at St Lawrence Beach Condos, Barbados
This morning's view from Apt #8 at St Lawrence Beach Condos, Barbados, in the heart of the lively St Lawrence Gap. I took this from the outdoor patio.
#8 Living room – obviously "before"
#8...
My Big Barbados Butt — Comments Al...
In the United States, the extreme of political correctness is bestowed upon those “putting on weight” (i.e., getting fat). And in the US, who isn’t? Have you been to a shopping mall there recently? Oy vey. We Americans talk about diets and weight-loss endlessly – but when a...
