Carnival Wrap-Up
After the Food Fair and J'Ouvert, we were ready to take a break from the Carnival activities. Tara, Gaylin, Gaylin's friend, and I took the car barge over to St. John Friday morning to have some quality beach time. First stop was the Deli Grotto. This is the best coffee shop around and I'm really bummed it's not on St. Thomas. Dave and I went there after the first practice swim race and 8 Tuff Miles too. It's a great place to sit outside in the shade of trees and say hi to everyone you know on St. John - since they're all there too. Fabulous sandwiches, breakfasty foods, etc. There is nothing like it on St. Thomas. It's weird coming from somewhere like Berkeley where these types of places are on every corner and not having anything like it here. After enjoying the Deli Grotto, we went to Cinnamon Bay. We got sand blasted as it was a windy day. Gaylin and I did some swimming against the strong current to get some training in. I managed to get what I call "the stupid sunburn" - where the middle of my back is burned, you know, just the spot that is out of reach unless you try. I didn't make a good effort with my sunblock, and I am suffering for it! My scalp isn't too happy either since my hair was in braids....
After the St. John trip, we went to the Carnival Village with fellow Boalt alum Andrea and her husband, who are living in San Juan and came over on the seaplane for the weekend. We found a booth that made vegetarian pates fresh just for us - delicious! Dave and I shared a pepper pot too - it's a very green soup like kallaloo but it had conch and whelks too. We had pates, johnny cakes, and cotton candy too!
Saturday morning Dave took a whole bunch of us out kayaking on a private EcoTour of the lagoon and Cas Cay. Then once we got some energy back in the afternoon, we headed out to the adult parade. One of the law firms invites all the lawyers, judges, and law clerks to their office that overlooks the parade route to party, drinks and food on the house! Last year Dave and I went around noon and the sun wore us out by 2pm. This time we got there around 6pm (yes, it's a long parade!). We watched the bright costumes, danced to the music, and enjoyed the leftover johnny cakes. Once we'd had enough, we walked back across the street to the village and went on the quest for dinner. I found a Dominican booth that had Kubuli beer, a Puerto Rican booth sold us fresh tostones, we had some more pates, and generally ate, drank, and were merry.
We stayed for the fireworks show this year, which was very impressive (and I'm not easily impressed with fireworks!). The fireworks were shot off a barge about 300 feet away from the waterfront road where we were sitting. (According to the newspaper, they were supposed to have 800 feet of clearance....) The show lasted about 25 minutes, and at times there were so many fireworks going off that we could feel the vibrations in the air from the explosions. Dave took some photos, which we'll upload later.
After the St. John trip, we went to the Carnival Village with fellow Boalt alum Andrea and her husband, who are living in San Juan and came over on the seaplane for the weekend. We found a booth that made vegetarian pates fresh just for us - delicious! Dave and I shared a pepper pot too - it's a very green soup like kallaloo but it had conch and whelks too. We had pates, johnny cakes, and cotton candy too!
Saturday morning Dave took a whole bunch of us out kayaking on a private EcoTour of the lagoon and Cas Cay. Then once we got some energy back in the afternoon, we headed out to the adult parade. One of the law firms invites all the lawyers, judges, and law clerks to their office that overlooks the parade route to party, drinks and food on the house! Last year Dave and I went around noon and the sun wore us out by 2pm. This time we got there around 6pm (yes, it's a long parade!). We watched the bright costumes, danced to the music, and enjoyed the leftover johnny cakes. Once we'd had enough, we walked back across the street to the village and went on the quest for dinner. I found a Dominican booth that had Kubuli beer, a Puerto Rican booth sold us fresh tostones, we had some more pates, and generally ate, drank, and were merry.
We stayed for the fireworks show this year, which was very impressive (and I'm not easily impressed with fireworks!). The fireworks were shot off a barge about 300 feet away from the waterfront road where we were sitting. (According to the newspaper, they were supposed to have 800 feet of clearance....) The show lasted about 25 minutes, and at times there were so many fireworks going off that we could feel the vibrations in the air from the explosions. Dave took some photos, which we'll upload later.
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