I guess this could be used as further evidence that I am a little dense, but could you elaborate on the self-employment tax issue. I split up our esti...

We have not had any problem with electrical surges damaging our appliances since buying our house on STX in 2002. We have multiple TVs, 3 refrigerator...

Belvedere, STX

I purchased and installed a number of metal window panels on my house last year. I checked prices at Centerline, Kokomo's and Rooftops and Rooftops wa...

Thanks for the suggestions. I did not think about the Blue Moon, even though we have been there a few times at night and always enjoyed it. We have o...

I filled my vehicle up yesterday for 2.29/gallon at Lionel's Gas Station on STX. They take credit cards also. The cheapest I have seen this week is 2....

We live on the north shore of STX and our house has two cisterns (about 25,000 gallons total capacity). I have purchased water the last two years in A...

Becky, we have no human children and have always considered our dogs (who always live in the house with us regardless of size ) to be our true childre...

Island Animal Clinic on STX sells Frontline and some other popular meds for the same price you would pay on-line at Petmeds.com (just verified again l...

I am still amazed at the number of homes here, including very expensive homes, that are just open to the environment without a screen in sight. Obvio...

We too have used Marshall and Sterling on STX for our homeowners insurance, and still do for our auto insurance. However, when our homeowners policy c...

On some new interior and exterior walls we just had installed, they were set on over sized horizontal rebar-filled footings with vertical rebar attac...

I am not a pilot but did go on an island tour with Captain Al of Air Ventures in Paradise a few weeks ago and he was great. He offers flight instruct...

This is a link to the Hovensa website that lists their current employment opportunities.

Northshore Partners Inc. is a relatively large construction company, for STX at least, who has several projects ongoing at any one time. Currently the...

The ferry between STT and STX is now being run by Smith's Ferry Services on STT and It is only running Friday through Monday. Their website has not b...

I often wonder why so many people who move here are surprised that the locals, of all races, are not as friendly and welcoming as they think they shou...

One thing you might want to keep in mind is that if you rent a car from an airport location you will be charged an additional airport tax. In the pas...

I talked with Lee of Managed Freight several times when planning our move in 2005. Although I thought he was very helpful, we ended up just coordinat...

I used Seastar in May of 2005 to ship 2 fairly new vehicles from Florida, both of which arrived on STX safe and sound. Although I did not pack any per...

Hovensa has an on-line listing of current job openings, one of which is for a Human Resources Manager. Here is a link to the site:

I have heard that some people who did not want to give up their stateside license temporarily misplaced their stateside license and had to apply for a...

My wife and I have called St. Croix home for 14 months and have absolutely no regrets about moving here. In fact, I just got back from a 10 day trip t...

We recently used Tropical Shipping to transport 500 lbs of ceramic clay (in 50 lb boxes) from Florida to STX for around $90.