We've been here about 10 months now and our experience is but a single data point However I will tell you that one of the two times I took my wife th...

For what it's worth we could never find everything we wanted at a single grocery store stateside either. We could typically get 95-98% of what we wan...

I just skimmed the article so maybe I'm missing something here but I didn't see any race-based considerations. I agree it's restrictive and could exc...

I too saw no reason to close down government and schools and find that the closures of things like some shops was particularly ill timed considering t...

On a related topic - can I use the same TaxCut/Turbo Tax type software I used on the mainland to do and file taxes in USVI?

Cheney's interest in Blackwater? I've never heard this one before. Sure you don't mean his former ties to Halliburton (sp.)? Do not forget Chen...

Wait, what? What do you mean most of the F'sted taxis aren't able to drive to C'sted? Why? How are 1,000+ cruise ship visitors supposed to get arou...

I've used Abes of Maine for some items (e.g., Garmin Nuvi navigator) and a friend has used Crutchfield and uses Buy.com but usually they end up cancel...

I filled out my application at the park service center in downtown Christiansted just 2-3 months ago. There was no fee at that time.

I just found, completed, and faxed the permit in. Here's a link:

I use First Bank and as long as I stay out of the physical branch it's great. They're online banking has features even my Bank of America account doe...

Crap, glad I stumbled across this thread. I'm pretty sure we're still paying VPI and now I need to cancel.

On STX you will find many Pentecostal churches amongst the local population and I believe one or two that are a mixed population of mainlanders and lo...

I heard something on the radio last week about a 'quick loan' program for Veteran's but I don't know if it is specific to the V.I. or just happened to...

Ah, Florida. As it happens I spent much of the prior day or so in Miami and couldn't agree with you more. I thought the whole area had a palpable di...

I suspect one of the things you will find is that you have MORE in common with people from the mainland of ANY color than you will have in common with...

I asked a local fisherman at a boat ramp recently how to distinguish the ciguatera infected fish from others and they said it is easy. All they do is...

I use First Bank VI for local bills and kept my Bank of America account for mainland bills. However I must say First Bank VI's bill pay system is at ...

I found much the same when I moved here (STX) about 6 months ago and brought a Garmin Nuvi 760 with me. I showed it to my friend who is even newer th...

How long is the typical wait between a change in rack rate and change in gas station prices? In other words do most owners use a FIFO inventory syste...

I don't know how or why but I just received this email (below) at my work account and thought of this posting I had read earlier: ------------------...

Funny you should mention this. Someone pointed out to me yesterday that the eye of the storm literally bobbed and weaved cutting a path AROUND severa...

We walked the boardwalk yesterday and I think I stopped counting sunk boats after I got to about 10. Lots of carnage up close and personal and in som...

Keep in mind that a log of businesses are physically wide open with blowers, fans, or pumps trying to recover from the water damage and highly suscept...