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Here - 5 mins late [Westin St. John]

David- Thanks for the update! The new furnishings look great. We are coming in friday to the hotel then to our villa (4410) on sunday for the week. i'm curious to see what they have done to our villa considering it is one of the newer ones. We still got hit with the assesment!


We've had the conundrum. It is very nice. Now I know you all like the bushwacker but I have got to say that the VANILLA pain killer rules in our villa. :clap: take care- Tom
 
applekor said:
David- Thanks for the update! The new furnishings look great. We are coming in friday to the hotel then to our villa (4410) on sunday for the week. i'm curious to see what they have done to our villa considering it is one of the newer ones. We still got hit with the assesment!


We've had the conundrum. It is very nice. Now I know you all like the bushwacker but I have got to say that the VANILLA pain killer rules in our villa. :clap: take care- Tom
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That will make three of us from Tug at WSJ. We will be arriving Friday too. Not sure if we will see anyone Friday or Saturday. We have the Bad Kitty booked for Saturday.
 
DavidnRobin said:
bought a wine wine at Starfish - fantastic -
Conundrum 2006 White Table Wine - $38.59 - and worth every penny (screw cap)
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We had Conundrum for the first time at Emeril's Delmonico in Las Vegas at the Chef's Table with the wine guy. It was great and always a favorite since!
 
tomandrobin said:
That will make three of us from Tug at WSJ. We will be arriving Friday too. Not sure if we will see anyone Friday or Saturday. We have the Bad Kitty booked for Saturday.
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It must be a BIG BAD KITTY to hold your group of 13. Have fun. We'll look for you all. ( By the way, how do you get a group of 13 to get along with each other for a full week?)
 
bad kitty at white bay - jost van dyke (2008)...
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Nice posts David and Robin. We're here at WSJ also, weeks 23-25. Noticed some skimping also this year. Unit got the midweek clean and only got 1 new bottle of shampoo, no fresh soaps... Monday night owner's cocktail party has been phased out.. Even the kids activities have been "downsized" too. No more floating icebergs either....We always make the best of it though.
 
David, I am loving your reports they are so entertaining! We have only been to WSJ once (last summer) and fell in love with it! Your report and photos reminds us why we loved it and hope we can luck up again and get another week some time. Looking forward to your next report.
 
Thanks - I am running out of steam to write - so photos easier.

Yesterday - day at Francis Bay (repeat) - beautiful day - it had been raining. Guest did not puke in car on back-way to Maho Bay this year (yea). Great sitting area to left looking out at Bay - shaded parking area.

Went to Tap Room (Virgin Island Brew Pub) for an IPA on way back to Villa - ho hum IPA - hops were old so it was a bit metallic - everyone liked it except me.

Got back to villa - to get prepared for Westin Caribbean BBQ (caught 5min shut eye while Robin beatified herslf - if that is even possible).

The Westin Carb BBQ was in lieu of SPs for Owners update - tickets are $50 each (for 4 of us = $200) and if we miss Owners Update we will be charged $200.

BBQ was a blast (at least for us) Burgers, Brats, dogs, ribs, salad, potato salad, (yum) - and 2 drinks tickets each ticket. Coconut Man slicing coconuts. Coconuts are different here - has 'water' inside that can be used as an plasma (isotonic saline) - supposed to be healthy. The coco-meat inside is soft. Also 'Pyros of the Caribbean'- fire tossers - and then a Carib Band called CSN - what fun - front man was a young blind guy with great voice and very entertaining. We got a long congo line going - it was a workout - lots of Westin people dancing and sweating - FUN, FUN, FUN. I lost 10# of water - Robin 'glowed' - I will post photos... {good job Westin - if you can't have fun doing this...then... well...

secret - if you use a small amount of bug spray (supplied to guests) on finger - it rubs the black sharpie off the ticket used to mark your drinks... lol

After BBQ party - spent some time in villa pool with our Bose for music - still no one looks as if they are using the new BBQs. Water was perfect. They have new floaties - and just floated around listening to tunes. Even had a frog friend that enjoyed the tunes.
 
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frog enjoying tunes by villa pools... (Joe Louis Walker)
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the sweating lovers... (self shot turned out well)
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You crazy kids!

Q: How does one get on the "guest list"? I swear I won't puke (at least from the car ride)!
 
I hope that BBQ is a weekly event! Looks like a lot of fun....Is it worth sitting through a 60 minute "update"... :ponder: .... $50 x 13 = $650
 
The BBQ was for the Owner Tour - which we just got back from - about 60 mins door-to-door. I felt sorry for the salesperson, but when Robin started to get sucked in - I put a stop to it since we are not buying and Sales is 100% commission - and didn't want to waste their time. Funny how they make you feel guilty even though they are the ones offereing the "Owners Update". I didn't get any WSJ info that is not already known. They didn't give me prices - other than some indirect talk that offseason Hillside studios (from upgrades) are ~$7-9K EOY.

There were large families there - make sure you all get in the congo-line...
 
Yesterday...

Jakes for brunch (Lumberyard)- good, hearty,and cheap (relatively) - can park there - and not get caught in the 1-way traffic now in CB while working on roundabout (where Texaco Station was).

Then off to Hawksnest - and Little Hawknest (to south) - great - very clear visibility - perfect weather - schools of Blue Tangs between the 2 beaches - also sting-ray close-up at Little Hawksnest - large Parrot fish and lots of soft-corals.

The entrance to the south-side is rocky (flat) - there is a little inlet to shallow sandy bottom by notch in flat rock. Otherwise sandy entrance by main part of Hawksnest, but would need to circumvent reefs to get to south reef by Little Hawksnest - since they are shallow.

Grilled chicken breasts for dinner -Ceasar salad - baked beans - more Conundrum (we left 1 bottle at Starfish...) and another batch of Secret Rum punch.
 
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