The Funny Papers
Just a quick post about reading the newspaper here. The St. Thomas Daily News is published .. no, not daily .. six times per week; it has a Sat/Sun edition. The St. Croix Avis has a Sun/Mon edition, six issues a week total. While on St. Croix for the Ag Fair (more on that later), we bought an Avis. It had the Sunday comics in color - something I haven't seen in the Daily News weekend edition, but I haven't looked too hard either. The color comics insert was, however, from February 11. Just a week late.... I like reading the paper here as it's the best way to learn what's going on, and it only takes about 5-10 minutes.
Thursday's Daily News includes the Island Trader that has good classified ads to read through (more boats than cars for sale), as well as event listings (whale watching this weekend). As I've mentioned before, pageants are popular here. There's an ad today for Miss Housing, Parks, and Recreation Queen Pageant, but it's only open to women between the ages of 14 and 17. There's also a listing for the Miss BVI Pageant - Candidates (including men?) must be between 17 to 27; a BVI Islander or belonger; must live in the territory if crowned; and be at least 5'6" tall. Miss Housing, or Miss BVI.. I'm not eligible for either so I guess I don't have to decide!
There's an ad for the bar Latitude 18 (St Thomas's latitude is 18, so it's appropriately named). In large font it says "THE ROAD IS BETTER". We tried driving on their road before, and turned back after just a few minutes. Glad to know it's better. I've also seen large ads that say "The Coors (or any beer) Kegs Have Arrived on Island!" Keg parties here must be spontaneous or planned months in advance.
The Island Trader also has a layout for the Mermaid of the Week. As far as I can tell it's just an excuse to have a local woman in a bikini splashed across the full page of the paper. Maybe it's an ad for a swim shop.
Thursday's Daily News includes the Island Trader that has good classified ads to read through (more boats than cars for sale), as well as event listings (whale watching this weekend). As I've mentioned before, pageants are popular here. There's an ad today for Miss Housing, Parks, and Recreation Queen Pageant, but it's only open to women between the ages of 14 and 17. There's also a listing for the Miss BVI Pageant - Candidates (including men?) must be between 17 to 27; a BVI Islander or belonger; must live in the territory if crowned; and be at least 5'6" tall. Miss Housing, or Miss BVI.. I'm not eligible for either so I guess I don't have to decide!
There's an ad for the bar Latitude 18 (St Thomas's latitude is 18, so it's appropriately named). In large font it says "THE ROAD IS BETTER". We tried driving on their road before, and turned back after just a few minutes. Glad to know it's better. I've also seen large ads that say "The Coors (or any beer) Kegs Have Arrived on Island!" Keg parties here must be spontaneous or planned months in advance.
The Island Trader also has a layout for the Mermaid of the Week. As far as I can tell it's just an excuse to have a local woman in a bikini splashed across the full page of the paper. Maybe it's an ad for a swim shop.
posted by Kendra at 9:45 AM
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