On 7/28/2023 at 10:05 PM, Smithy said:What is "techni ice"? Those frozen packages that go under names such as "Blue Ice", or something altogether different?
That kitchen looks gorgeous, and very inviting!
It comes in flat dried out sheets that weigh basically nothing. You rehydrate it by squeezing it underwater, and then freezing it. I am happy to report that despite flight delays, it kept everything frozen.
It was a very long day getting here. We had to get up at 3:30 AM to make our flight. I don't know who gets the good times for non stop flights, but it's not Boston! Every time we fly, the flight is somewhere between 6:30-8:00 AM. It always takes me the entire next day to recover. Once we got to St. Thomas, it was a quick taxi ride to the ferry to St. John. We were accompanied by this brown booby on the boat over
The house is waterfront, but the area in front of the house is rocky, not sandy. We'll probably snorkel out there someday soon.
The upper level of the house has a pool with a ledge for sitting and watching the boats go by.
The residence management company left us a fruit bowl, which was nice. There's a banana tree in the yard that has about 100 bananas on it too, but they are pretty green. I am not sure if they will ripen while we are here or not. It's mango season right now also, so I'll be buying some of those once I get out and about.
None of us felt like cooking last night, but we did not feel like going anywhere fancy either. The kids wanted to go to High Tide, since they associate that with arrival day. Menu
Niece wanted chips and salsa
Nephew wanted a quesadilla, thinking he could save half for lunch on another day
and my husband, sister and I got the conch fritters. They had big chunks of conch in them, which was nice.
Cocktails for my nephew and sister--a margarita and a mezcal guava cocktail.
Niece had the tuna
Sister and I got the mahi mahi
Husband had a special of local lobster
and nephew got the pasta alfredo with chicken
We tried a piece of their key lime pie for dessert. It was decent, but not limey enough for me.
