Hard Card. Thanks Ronnie. I had a Rasta and a Frenchie trying to explain this to me at the same time. I guess something got lost in the translation...

I personally think the accent is hard to pinpoint since there are so many people here from so many different Caribbean islands. West Indian is a term...

September is a good month to come down and check out places to live. Don't get into too much of a hurry to find a job during that month if you can he...

I learned a new slang term the other day. Hard cards.....pronounced hahd caahhds. I think it means something along the lines of tough luck. Ther...

On STT most or all of the marinas which allow liveaboards have waiting lists for slips. You may want to get your name on those lists as soon as possi...

I've seen some kids at Nisky Center wearing their little white uniforms with the different colored belts, I think they call them gees (misspelled I kn...

I think if you do a search you'll find this topic was discussed not so long ago. But, you can drink the water on the island. I do. Some people find...

That's if you find a nice straight stretch with no traffic.

Sorry. Should have said on STT and help is needed asap.

You may get lucky. However you'll most likely find that women are much more in demand down here than men.

Beans, Bytes and Websites is an internet cafe right downtown.

Anywhere from next to nothing on up to who knows where? Depends on how desperate the person is to get rid of it. There are lots of moving off island...

Hey MGo I'm not sure if they've told you, but the few marinas that allow live aboards almost always have long waiting lists for their slips. Not tr...

A problem with coming in September or October, especially if you plan on working in the hospitality industry, is that some places close for a period o...

A good way to get fresh fish is to be around the AYH docks around the time the sport fishing charters get back in, usually late afternoon, and watch o...

It is a work of fiction by Herman Wouk. It's about a man named Norman Paperman who decides to buy a hotel on the fictional island of Amerigo, which i...

Apparently cockroaches hate catnip. I haven't tried it yet, but will as soon as I find some catnip. We don't have roaches very often, but they occas...

I had to laugh a little when I read your post because I know a guy who was raised down here and went to school up north and after college returned dow...

I know there is a French Club, but I don't know any of the details. They used to meet weekly at Oceana which is a restaurant in Frenchtown. Maybe yo...

Thanks. I did check with Smith's and they still have the same schedule. Our problem was that we were trying to get back on Sunday to be back at work...

DW Just by reading and posting on this board you're doing a lot more prep work than most of the people I know who have moved here. Especially young...

There are some really great folks who live aboard and I'm soon (soon? think "Island Time") to be one of them. I've met mainly wonderful, friendly pe...

I have Cingular and kept my stateside number. I think the best thing about it is I get English speaking messages/operators. My boyfriend got his pho...