We had a quiet
Sabbath. It rained on and off during the day so being at the villa was perfect.
We read a few chapters of the new Malcolm Gladwell book, but to be honest I
think this time his “thesis” is a bit of a stretch. It is certainly possible to
identify many people who overcame adversity to achieve great success, but to
suggest that adversity is somehow part of the formula to achieve success is
going a bit far, and ignores the far more numerous examples of people who are
demolished by their physical, mental, or economic limitations. So after a
number of chapters I sort of lost interest. But we enjoyed just watching the
clouds and had a couple of good games of Rummikub.
Last night we headed
out to hear music at an old favorite location, Island Blues. We were stunned to
find the place completely dark and locked up. We drove by today and it was
still closed and dark. This is not the first time and will likely not be the
last that they have been unable to sustain the business. But we have a lot of
fondness for it because the first time we ever went out to hear music on St.
John was at Island Blues. So we hope they will reopen. We were able to get a
table at Skinny Legs and had a nice evening there instead.
Today we headed off
first thing to Maho. We literally had the beach to ourselves, as you can see in
these pictures.
This is Barry all alone on the beach.
And here are some friends following us down the road.
We headed over to a place called Aqua Bistro where Lauren, whom we had seen a couple of nights ago, was performing again. We are almost becoming Lauren groupies!
Tomorrow, more of the same, while it snows yet again in New York!
Love,
Rebecca
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