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Anguilla Diary: January 31, 2000 to February 12, 2000
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Here is a day-by-day compendium of
news items, as we gathered them - starting with the most recent.
Saturday, February 12, 2000
Epinions on Anguilla.
Epinions.com is a service that pays
you to write reviews. Actually, they only pay you if a lot of people
find your reviews helpful. They have a page of Anguilla tourism reviews:
Click Here.
Cricket News From Anguilla.
Zack Kenworthy (email: [email protected]) plays cricket for Anguilla and the Leeward
Islands. He also writes Sports News for The Anguillian newspaper and the
Cricket Info web site. To read his Feb 6 article about the match between Leewards and Guyana, Click Here.
New Governor.
Anguilla has a new British Governer, Peter Johnstone.
Friday, February 11, 2000
Arts Festival Competition.
The Second Anguilla International Arts Festival was held last summer
(Web Site). Artists came to the island
for seminars and workshops and to gather inspiration. Then they submitted
works of art into a competition. On February 8th,2000, the winners were announced.
First prize ($10,000) went to Valerie Carpenter of the USA for "Sailing Silver Seas"
(an oil painting). The winner in pastels is Sandy Meyer, in watercolors is Lynne Bernbaum
of Anguilla, in a oil/acrylics is Betty Barber of USVI. The people's choice was
Calvin Kempainen.
Thursday, February 10, 2000
Merchant Market Has Moved. This is a food outlet
that caters to restaurants, but is open to anyone. Great place
to buy bulk food of high quality. Now located behind the Anguilla
Drug Store in The Valley.
History of Anguilla from the Tourist
board web site, adapted from writings by Colville Petty and
Nik Douglas: Click Here.
C&W Answers residents about
cellular tower (Daily Herald link):
Click Here.
Side Trip to Dominica. While in Anguilla it is possible
to take side trips to other islands. With 4 friends from Canada we
went to the Nature Island, Dominica, for 4 days. We could have flown
commercial flight on LIAT through Antigua or American through San Juan, but
chose to pay double and charter Air Anguilla to fly us direct (1 hour 20 min).
Dominica is amazingly green and lush, with flowers everywhere.
We have a web site with 64 pictures: Click Here.
Wednesday, February 09, 2000
Political Manifesto.
The United Front (ANA/ADP coalition) has a web page, Unitedfront.ai: Click Here.
Crocus Hill Residents Protest C&W.
Concerned about construction of cellular tower (Daily Herald link):
Click Here.
Carnival 99 Page. The Net.ai current events page has excellent
photos from carnival and results for the various competitions as well:
Click Here.
Oserian Villa. This 3bd/3ba holiday villa with
pool, 60' TV, and Internet access is on the oceanfront in Little Harbour.
For more details visit their web site: Click Here.
Tuesday, February 08, 2000
Italian Translation of the January 30, 2000 news by Professor Di Palo
has been posted: Click Here.
Anguilla Weather from USA Today:
Click Here.
Splash! Villa Sizzler.
Pamper your Valentine and unwind in beautiful Anguilla�
Specials�.
7 night package - US$1699 plus 8% government tax.
4 night package - US$999 plus 8% government tax.
Jacuzzi-for-two in master suite.
Private pool.
Privacy. Tranquility. Romance.
Package Valid from
February 13th � February 23rd, 2000
Contact Janine or Ian at
[email protected],
Cellular 264-235-7667,
Tel on evenings 264-497-3666,
Fax 264-297-2262.
Web site splash.ai: Click Here.
Artists Center on Anguilla?
Calvin Bartlett (email: [email protected])
has put together a proposal for an artists retreat for creative arts and crafts on Anguilla:
Click Here
News from Blanchards.
Chef Melinda Blanchard (email: [email protected])
writes that she has been forced to drop their take-out menu: too much work for not enough sales.
Their business is picking up a bit, but without Cap Juluca, it won't be a great year. Also, she and husband Bob have written a book about Anguilla to
be published by Random House at the end of the year.
Proclamation. Just before leaving the island
to retire, Governor Harris issued a proclamation appointing
a date for holding a general election. The date is March 3, 2000.
Thursday, February 03, 2000
Zara's Reopens.
Zara's Restaurant at Allamanda Beach Club on
Shoal Bay is open again with a new cook. Our house guests went there last night, had seafood
and loved it.
Do Your Own Weather Forecast.
Weather.com has a satellite picture of the Caribbean which you
can use to check the cloud cover, active storms, etc: Click Here.
Quick Facts about Anguilla from the
tourist board: Click Here.
Wednesday, February 02, 2000
New Show: Virginia Hobart and Joyce Daniel. At
the Devonish Gallery, The Cove Road West, opening is Saturday, February 5, 2000,
5:30 to 7:30pm. 497-2949
Fun Time Charter has a web site: Click Here.
Arawak Beach Inn, Island Harbour, has
new owners and a new web page: Click Here.
Tuesday, February 01, 2000
Beaches! The Anguilla Home Page
has a nice beaches page: Click Here.
Fan Mail from
Stephanie Ferradino (email: [email protected]):
Went on our honeymoon last June in Anguilla and St. Martin. Loved Anguilla-
and the friendliness of everyone on the island. Was originally attracted to
it from a blurb in a bride magazine about Scilly Cay (the day we spent
there was the best of our honeymoon), but then I got on the net- found your
news and knew we had to come. I collected and printed out all your back
issues- and really knew the island by the time we got here. I left my
collection of news (indexed quite masterfully, I must say) at the Sonesta
in their library and hope others have benefitted from it. We didn't go
anywhere without it! Anguilla was everything we had hoped for (although we
would have loved to stay longer) and I can't wait to return. Thanks for
providing such an interesting and resourceful guide to your wonderful island.
Monday, January 31, 2000
Sonesta to Reopen Early.
News Flash! The Sonesta resort on Rendezvous Bay will be open on February 10, 2000,
after completing Hurricane Lenny repairs and doing other improvements. This is
ahead of schedule. The current condition of the resort can be viewed on their
web site: Click Here.
They even have a picture of Carol Webster, their famous concierge (we saw Carol on TV last night on
the Travel Channel, in a show of beaches).
Calendar of Events 2000. The tourist board has a calendar of
events for the year 2000 on their web site: Click
Here.
Interactive Map. The tourist board web site has a map page which
tells you about each region when you put the mouse over that area on the map:
Click Here.
Bobgreen.net
If you haven't done so already, perhaps it is
time you visited my personal home page and see what Bob Green does besides write
the Anguilla News: Click Here
Revised: 2000/2/23
