< off topic rant> GO MEDMAN! I've been advocating for single payer health care since 1992. Hey Stu, I'd like you to consider looking at the...

Stu, 100% DEET is the answer, but please read up on it as there are potential health risks that may be associated with it for certain folks. If ...

Kathy, See if the storage company offers the option of direct debits from your checking account or can bill it to a credit card each month. Tha...

I agree -- canned good are important. We stock up on soups (not condensed -- water is too precious and noncondensed are better anyway) -- easy to hea...

Not that I'm in any position to recommend eateries yet (I'm looking forward to the answer to this question as much as you are!), but I think the answe...

Jay, Let me suggest adding ione more step to your process. If you've only got six hours to get around the island, see if Island Paul or one ...

Dominic, Your field puts you in a good position to telework, so don't just limit yourself to companies that are physically located here in the te...

Hmmmm....am wondering if rum prices might be like gas prices when it comes to island by island differences. $5.45 seems quite high for Cruzan rum -- ...

Bou'ya, Several of my prescriptions are written in PR, but I haven't tried to get any of them filled there yet. It's worth looking into -- will...

Sorry, Sharese, no such big name drug stores here on St. Croix. Closest we get is a People's Pharmacy, but they seem to always be out of EVERYTHING y...

Thank you, Islander, for pulling that part of the question out for me. I would have been here sooner, but my own health issues kept me down for a whi...

If you shop on the mainland and are interested in presription coverage, try to make sure that there is a pharmacy on island that will accept that insr...

Glad you made it -- you definitely picked an exciting time to arrive. It's not many folks that can say they landed, bought a car, found a home, got a...

We also travelled with three cats. I took one in a carrier, my husband took another in acarrier, and we checked the third as baggage. On the advice ...

LeeAnn, I know that "can't stand one more winter" desperation all too well -- that's how we landed down here, too! St. Croix is very different f...

Teresa, K-Mart YES! HC

Hey LeeAnn! Welcome to the board! Please do come on down and join us -- I'm a former Michigander (Ann Arbor, Lansing, Saginaw and Walled Lak...

Pamela, How did you know that every year we lived in our condo we bought our favorites for Halloween candy, even though we knew after the first y...

Katie, I wouldn't let the DMV kniw before you go -- you'll need to have those plates on the car in order to move it from the port to the DMV (yo...

Good question Katie! As a new resident in a family oriented neighborhood on STX, I'd also like to know if we should be prepared for trick-or-treaters...

Bring an extra month's worth of prescription drugs along with the actual prescriptions. Sometimes the pharmacies here need to order your meds in the ...

Rob, Just stopping in to extend moral support and tell you to hang on to Teresa as an invaluable friend to have during this process. She is amaz...

Hi gang, Am delighted to report that the roof made it! We had minor problems with rain blowing in between the louvers on some of our old windows...

Jenny, In addition to Iris's list, we've seen passion fruit vines (they have the most amazing feathery white and purple flowers!), and have heard...