Hi, I live on St. John and have two children, ages eight and three, both born here. I'm happy to answer any specific questions you may have. Feel free...

We need midwives and/our doulas. I know plenty of women who want to have home births, but there is just one midwife operating in the STT-STJ district.

Interesting about the Listerine. We have some on hand, I'll try it out. Thanks for the tips!

Thanks for all the suggestions, and thanks Piaa for the congratulations! Little guy's name is a secret until he arrives, sorry 🙂 I was thinking ...

True, the lines are often long, but that's why I always use the ATM. You get a receipt with each deposit and withdrawal, which I save until the correc...

When I moved here, I closed my stateside account, asked for all the funds in a cashier's check and then used that cashier's check to open a local bank...

Your best bet and the place that seems to be used the most for people in your situation is the Inn at Tamarind Court. It's relatively inexpensive as f...

I'd never purchase a car without four wheel drive here. I need it to get up both my driveway and up the driveway to my office when it's been raining. ...

Thanks Marty!

Wow. The black smoke sure didn't look pretty, so I imagined it probably wasn't very good news. Thanks for filling me in!

The only currently practicing midwife I know of is on St. Thomas, and her name is Dr. Wendy Coram (not sure if I spelled that right). You can reach he...

You should call Veronica at the Myrah Keating Smith Community Health Center on St. John. She works as an OB at the health center, but is actually a nu...

We've had it so long, I'm not even sure anymore, but the friendly recorded voice always reminds me to shop at Sam's Club before they connect my call. ...

I just did it over the phone this weekend (after realizing they don't have VI on the drop down menu on the web site) and after nearly an hour and a ha...

We skip the trouble of dealing with a long distance phone company and just use a calling card. I don't know if this would suit your needs or not, but ...

There's a tsunami advisory here: (NO tsunamis expected, don't worry!)

Just wanted to chip in as a St. John resident. For temporary housing, I'd recommend the Inn at Tamarind Court. It's where my husband and many in his g...

Thanks for the tip. We have two dogs, and although only one is a shedder, and she leaves her orange hair all over the house! It gets everywhere, even ...

I posted this on the other thread regarding Dr. Spampinato, but I think it's important people realize that many senators simply do not check their ema...

St. John is a very expensive place to live, but it can be done. For news on the island and classifieds (job listings, apartments for rent), you can ch...

Just as a side note, I heard straight from a former senator's mouth that many senators simply do not check their email. I think faxing a letter would ...