Union -- Happy Island

A couple days ago on a whim I gave both Kevin and myself a haircut. Kevin's looks good despite the fact that we could not find the comb and had to make do with a vent brush. No matter, it still ended up looking like a reasonably fashionable hairstyle. Given that Kevin's main accessory is a baseball cap, I think he'll be fine. I was not so kind to myself, since I didn't even bother using the brush and instead just grabbed a fistful of hair as I cut straight across to make some hideous bangs. Hello??!!! What on earth was I thinking? I haven't had bangs since 1989. In retrospect, apparently I was thinking that I wanted to look like the Spaniard in The Princess Bride --- "Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya...". Uh-huh, those kind of bangs. Yeah. Cool.

This afternoon we met Mary and Jon from Tabascocat at a very unique bar for happy hour. About five years ago, Janti (a local from Union Island) decided to gather up the refuse of the sea (old conch shells, old tires, etc) and with it he built a conch shell island (held together with cement, of course) just on the edge of Newlands Reef. On top of the artificial island he built "Happy Island", a bar where the drink choices are as follows: rum & coke, rum punch, or beer (if you're lucky and it's cold). We had the misfortune to arrive about three minutes after Janti, so the beer was warm, but he did have ice and he served some pretty strong rum punches and even stronger rum & cokes. We enjoyed our sundowner drinks and had a nice evening watching the sun set.