Post From Cuisine Noir: It's snowing in Chicago," said my friend Marina, showing me her iPhone. I looked at the picture sent real time by her daughter who was about to shovel their driveway back home, and averted my eyes. The view of shimmering blue Caribbean in front of me was so much better. We were lounging on a catamaran deck sailing Bolongo Bay, St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, and sipping a Painkiller cocktail – a concoction of cheap and sweet local Cruzan rum and tropical fruit juices. The life was good!
We braved the left-side island traffic in our rental car to get to Bolongo Bay Beach Resort specifically for their Swim with Turtles cruise, but first we had to stop for lunch at Iggies Beach Bar and Grill, a 20 year-old staple at the resort. READ MORE