A Few Things We've Learned

In a comment on the post about our first visit to St. John, John said that he had been told by a St. John native that the deer swim between St. Thomas and St. John. We've been told the same thing - and it is apparently true! So, we'll definitely be on the lookout for swimming deer and hopeful that we see one!

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I was having lunch with our landlord/upstairs neighbor/new friend, Elaine, on the deck of a waterside restaurant, when an iguana stuck his head onto the deck, then began creeping in. The movement startled me, and Elaine realized what I was looking at. She assured me that it was nothing to worry about, then asked, "You don't have red or pink polish on your toenails, do you?" Well, yes, I did! She said we should just keep an eye on the iguana, so we could scare it off if it came too close, because, "Iguanas like to eat hibiscus blooms, and sometimes they see those colors and think it's flowers"!

Consider yourselves warned! :)

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When the Dean's were here and we were shopping downtown, we ate lunch at a local Jamaican restaurant. As one of the sides with their jerk chicken, both Carol & Jim ordered sweet potatoes. We were surprised to see chunks of white potato on their plates. But, upon tasting, they announced that the potatoes were, indeed, sweet.

Then, last week, I was at one of the warehouse clubs here, and saw the following:

I never knew there were white sweet potatoes, but next time I see them, we're going to be trying them!