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Information about real estate and lifestyle in St Croix, USVI for people who are considering retiring in the Virgin Islands, purchasing a second home, primary home, or land in St Croix, US Virgin Islands.
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2009
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Part of the long Christmas weekend festivities was the long-awaited Donkey Derby. What fun! Sponsored by the Gentlemen of Jones (see one gentleman below), there were several events: adult races, children's races, buggy races, etc. My favorite was the ladies' race, because three of my friends ...
12/28/2009
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Many of you readers have asked what it's like to spend the holidays on a small tropical island. Here's what we did during the 3-day Christmas celebration. Christmas eve day was spent with friends. The guys went fishing and us gals went "Chaney Hunting." Chaney is broken pieces of pottery from a...
12/28/2009
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Here's the photo our Coldwell Banker Land-de Wilde Office used on our Christmas cards: Santa is looking for real estate buying opportunities on St Croix, because he knows we are the best value in the Caribbean. He is enjoying our Christmas wind, white sand beaches, sunshine, and 80 degree weathe...
12/22/2009
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Every year, it is important for homeowners to take stock and make a list of all the capital improvements you've made to your property. The IRS allows a homeowner to take the costs of capital improvements and add them to the basis of their home in order to accurately reflect the true gain in a p...
12/15/2009
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Many blogs feature a Wordless Wednesday column but these photos take my breath away even on Monday. I didn't want to wait two more days. Especially interesting to me is the 1st full rainbow I've ever seen, and this one has a boat well on its way to the pot o' gold. Think about an investment in S...
12/14/2009
Many people I knew in my "past life" (i.e., when I lived on the mainland), myself included, worked their butts off all year and saved their pennies just to travel to an exotic place for one week out of the year. They spent that week basking in the sun, sipping pina coladas, floating, breat...
12/08/2009
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Our beautiful island of St Croix has been featured in the December, 2009 issue of Conde Nast magazine, the Joy of St Croix. Amy Engeler writes with an engaging style, certainly with enough personal impressions to make the reader feel he or she is enjoying the sights with her, and gives St Croix ...
12/02/2009
No better views than from EASTWINDS - a successful vacation rental with two bedrooms, two baths, and very spacious living area on the main floor, and an additional bedroom, bath and sitting area downstairs. Deeded rights of use of Beach Plot #6. Gated entry and security system. See docs for plans...
12/01/2009
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