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Anguilla Diary: April 26 to May 14, 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, May 13, 2000
Caribbean Job Fair. Roddy Heyliger (email: [email protected])
writes that this web site that matches people with jobs in the Caribbean
will be "island hopping to Anguilla" over the next month, building contacts
and links: Click Here.
Friday, May 12, 2000
Parade of Troupes, 1999. Netconcepts has added brilliant
pictures from the last carnival to their Photo.ai web site:
Click Here.
Thursday, May 11, 2000
Tackle Box Sports Centre. The Tackle Box now has
a web page. This store is located in The Valley, across from the
Anglican Church and back from the road slightly (across the lane from
the English Rose restaurant):
Click Here.
Wednesday, May 10, 2000
Sunny-Day Villa.
Dan Rosenblatt has created a web page for his villa at Seafeathers. Two-bedroom, two-baths,
deluxe appointments. $160 per night through Dec 14, 2000:
Click Here.
SUNY Education Program In Anguilla. State University of NY is holding
a summer education program for Anguillians again this summer, but this time
the classes are on the island instead of in upstate NY. These are intensive 2-week
courses in Hospitality Management (call 497-2944), Agriculture/Landscape (call 497-2615),
Small Engine Repair (497-2416).
Tuesday, May 9, 2000
Public Holidays 2000. The Government web site has a list of
holidays, including a new one: Caricom Day, Monday July 3rd:
Click Here.
Villa Fairview. On the grounds of La Sirena resort (giving you access to
pools and restaurants), Fairview has a master suite with king bed, second bedroom
with queen, and tiny child's room with twin bed. Bedrooms are air conditioned. This is their closest villa to the beach:
Click Here.
Monday, May 8, 2000
Success on a Plate.
Article about Anguillian restaurants and CuisinArt resort from
the The Sunday Times of London by Chandos Elletson . The article seemed pretty accurate, except
that he mislabelled a photo of Nat Richardson with lobster at Palm Grove as
being taken at Scilly Cay:
Click Here.
CEG Newsletter. Read issue #14 of Graham Crabtree's newsletter from
Anguilla, this one mostly about the new budget:
Click Here.
Government Email Directory. From the Government of Anguilla
web site: Click Here.
Sunday, May 7, 2000
Coconnos/Siblings Restaurant in Blowing Point.
Howard Felsher (email: [email protected]) writes
We have been to Anguilla many times (where else would one go?).
When we cannot get to Anguilla, your
newspaper supplies us with a taste of it; it nourishes us.
Apropos of nourishment, I've not seen anything in the Anguilla News about a
relatively new, and wonderful, restaurant in Blowing Point. It's called
either Coconno's or Siblings (owned and operated by the Davis brothers). I've
eaten there several times, with my wife and other friends, and loved it each
time. Marvelous fish, chicken and ox-tail stew. Plus the top-notch Anguilla
accoutrements of rice and peas. They also have ice cream.
Usually it's packed with Anguillians, but very rarely have I seen any
tourists there.The tourists are missing a great bet. What's more, it is quite
inexpensive.
One of the reasons it's so good, I'd guess, is that the Davis sibling (hence
Siblings) who mostly runs it, Winston (Shabby) Davis, got his training at
Blanshard's and, before that, at Mangos. Even now, Shabby does a lot of cooking at
the Cuisinart Resort.
Saturday, May 6, 2000
Chief Minister Off to London. Read story about it
in the Daily Herald:
Click Here.
Registration for Ai Domains.
If you have an Anguilla domain name such as news.ai you need to fill out
the official registration form, which you can find at nic.ai: Click Here.
This is because a new firm is negotiating with government to take over registration of AI domains. As I understand it, domains
will still be free for Anguilla-related businesses and individuals.
If your web page is with us at news.ai, we will do this for you. If someone else maintains your web page, remind them
to fill out the form. If you maintain your own web page, you have to do it yourself.
Here are the instructions for filling out the form:
When you have completed the form, mail it to [email protected]
Friday, May 5, 2000
Oratorical Competition.
The tourist board is sponsoring a competition of
high school students on Tuesday, May 8, 2000 at 7:30pm in the Teacher's Resource
Center Auditorium. The public is invited.
Ashley Brooks Road Rally.
Sunday, May 7, 2000, starting at 3:30pm.
Starts and finishes in front of Ashley's Supermarket.
See athletes compete from the six primary schools, Gloria Omolulu School, and the high school.
Fascinating Business Story.
Alfredo and
Wendy Merat are a husband and wife team who run a successful luxury villa
firm, Overseas Connection. They represent some
of the finest properties in the world, from Bali to Europe and the Caribbean.
On Anguilla they represent a number of villas, including the Cerulean Villa,
which they helped develop and market, consulting upon staff, amenities brochures and press and
public relations. With a four-star chef, beachfront
setting, spectacular pool, tennis court,
concierge, and full staff, Cerulean is almost always occupied.
Recently, Wendy Merat dropped by our "under construction" complex and gave
us some tips on what would make it a world-class villa. She had a lot of good suggestions.
We were suprised how differently we, as
full-time Caribbean residents, look at a villa, compared to a tourist who has saved hard all year
for one or two weeks in paradise.
To read the fascinating story of how Alfredo and Wendy started their business, Click Here.
Thursday, May 4, 2000
Anguilla Questionnaire. Thelma Lee's
tourist questionnaire has been simplified and hosted
with an automatic polling service. If you are a fan of Anguilla, fill
our her survey and see what other people have answered (after some
answers are collected): Click Here.
Government Phone Directory.
From the Government of Anguilla web site:
Click Here.
Wednesday, May 3, 2000
Loblolly House and Ocean View Apartments.
Alex Chassels (email: [email protected]) has created a web page for the two bedroom/two bath villa
that his parents
Angus and Mary Chassels have on Anguilla, along with the Ocean View apartments in Island Harbour, owned by Boyston and
Iona Webster.
Click Here.
Tuesday, May 2, 2000
RayKel's Restaurant. Here is a picture to go with the recommendation from
Martin Durand (email: [email protected]):
RayKel's is a "local" eatery on Queen Elisabeth avenue, right after the Stoney Ground elementary school. One menu a day, posted of a blackboard outside the place early in the morning. Prices are around 15 $EC and the menu is quite varied (I saw and tried the ox-tail stew and a fish curry, with rice-and-peas and cole slaw, that rivaled the same at a "tourist" place for the same price in $US.
Fujau Restaurant.
Here is a picture to go with the restaurant recommendation from
Martin Durand (email: [email protected]):
A suggestion for your menus.ai page: Fujau's
It's located behind ScotiaBank. You don't go for the decor but the food is great, the prices are (tourist-wise) ridiculous with ribs or meat curry at 15 to 20 $EC (EC !) fish at 15 $EC and conch at 20 to 25 $EC.
You can get all items to take-out. The kind of place that is ideal for lunch.
Beachshack.
Mary Ann's Tropical Construction web site has been updated
and will probably be updated more in the days to come.
The home page format has changed slightly to be a rolling
news log, where the newest story is always at the top, much like this Daily Diary of the Anguilla News:
Click Here.
Under an English Heaven.
Click below for the first 3 pages of "Under an English Heaven" by Donald E. Westlake. This book is
264 pages and was published by Hodder and Stoughton, 1973. Light-hearted
"recital of the events leading up to and down from the British invasion of
Anguilla on March 19th, 1969".
Out of print, but copies are for sale at most gift shops on the island:
Click Here.
Sunday, April 30, 2000
Villa Pasatiempo. This 2 bedroom villa on
the grounds of La Sirena resort has views of the ocean, of the
tropical gardens, and of the pool. King bed and two full-size beds, which are
air conditioned. Spiral staircase to sun-deck on the roof.
Click Here.
Saturday, April 29, 2000
The Origins of Boat Racing.
Racing handmade, open sailboats is the traditional national sport
of Anguilla. For an article by David Carty on why,
Click Here.
Seashore Villa.
Looking for two king-size beds and two doubles?
Click Here.
Friday, April 28, 2000
Pirates!
Jason Butterworth (email: [email protected]) pointed out an article in History Today about a
17th century pirate who captured the Spanish maps of the Pacific, escaped
hanging several times, and was last heard of on Anguilla, where he claimed he was
Governor:
Click Here.
Building Better Software.
I thought that some of my readers might wonder what I do
here in Anguilla. I write software products and I also
write papers about programming and related topics. My latest one
is Building Better Software:
Click Here.
Thursday, April 27, 2000
Villa Del Mar. A two bedroom villa on the grounds
of the La Sirena Resort
(i.e., pools and restaurants).
Air conditioned bedrooms, one with King bed and another with two doubles.
Short walk to Meads Bay.
Click Here.
Wednesday, April 26, 2000
The Round House. This villa is next door to
Paradise Cove and Sonesta Resort. The upstairs has a master suite,
with kitchen, dining room, and living room, while downstairs is a
another suite with 2 or 3 bedrooms. Walk to Cove Bay.
Click Here.
Bird Expert. Steve Holliday is in Anguilla collecting information
on the bird population.
Read about it in the Daily Herald:
Click Here.
Revised: 2000/5/13
