I don't know about cheaper companies, but Olympic can be inconvenient because they pick up the renting drivers (and no other guests) at the airport an...

The "St. Croix cloud" is a long-term thing. It's probably been here for millennia, caused by the island pushing (by wedge or by heat?) the warm tradew...

Yes, the St. Croix sunsets have been pretty good lately, though sometimes not as good when viewed from the east end, due to blockage by the "St. Croix...

We get an average of 12 hours of daylight throughout the year, same as everywhere else on the planet. We get less daylight in summer days than in the ...

Perception is reality. If you think the VI is terrible, great, or somewhere in between, then you're right! I've gone through all the phases, and altho...

Go outside on Sunday night and look at the moon. It's easy to spot. The entire eclipse will be visible from the USVI (assuming no clouds). The times a...

Sorry I don't think they are anonymous, your number shows up, as long as you have confidence in the person who receives the call you should be fine ...

Its a good idea, however you cant call crime stoppers anonymously down here, your phone number will show up. Your call to Crime Stoppers is anony...

VIPD saw the light, and Crime Stoppers is up and running again.

A good friend of mine was a skilled carpenter on STX. He recently left island. He was in high demand, with more work than he could handle. There are p...

Sometimes the STX parade is after St. Patty's Day: Saturday, March 19, 2011 After Saturday, March 17, 2012 Same day Saturday, March 16, 2013 ...

It sounds like alcohol and the late hour were bigger factors than was the courtesy of letting pedestrians cross the street.

This article summarizes the current state of CMS certification at JFL: "The Gov. Juan F. Luis Hospital faced similar decertification in 2014, af...

Don't forget health insurance. If you don't get it through your employer, it's almost impossible to get a good individual policy here. We have no Obam...

STX and STT have approximately the same population, and so I assume the same number of houses. I'd guess STT has more carpentry opportunities than STX...

It comes and goes. The last couple of storms washed some of it away, and more came in within the past day or two. This is around Coakley Bay (east end...

VI Consortium is definitely quick to release news. I'll give them that.

As stated earlier, the VI Consortium's article was copied verbatim from this DOJ article: The DOJ's copyright notice is here: "Information genera...

Works by the US govt are not copyrighted, but VI Consortium should still cite the source of the works, rather than present them as if they were origin...

From "Filming began in July 1976 with open water diving sequences near Peter Island, the location of the real shipwreck of the RMS Rhone in the Br...

What's the question?

For cheap, good takeout: Singh's in Christiansted. Rotisserie chicken from CostULess. Packaged hot meals from Plaza Extra.

Where is it? Tavern 1844 is "Located in Downtown Christiansted, St. Croix, USVI, on the corner of Company & Queen Cross Streets."

I think the Cruzan friendliness goes back many generations, but the violence is a relatively recent phenomenon.

"Barely Bigger Moon" is more accurate. You can't see the difference with the naked eye! From "Photographs or other instruments can tell the ...