Friday night

Ok, I guess my last post was a bit much. I’ve adjusted and have gotten the hang of island life. A guy who worked here at the hotel helped arrange for me to rent a cell phone. For about $20 you can get a phone with a local number. It’s much cheaper than using regular phones and this way I can be reached if necessary. It’s my connection to the outside world.


When I finally got settled in, I decided to take a stroll down the beach. My first thought, “The sand is so white.” My second thought, “It’s so soft too!” My stroll was nice. I walked just down to the hotel that is $2500 to $5000 and decided to come back for a bite to eat. (YES, $5000 a night!!) When I got back, I went to the restaurant and decided to eat at the bar. The whole bar and restaurant are outdoors. I met the waitresses and the bartender. They were all really nice. The bartender flirted with me, but that may be because I was the only person under 30, the only minority, and the only sober person at the bar. He kept asking me if I was from an island and where my man was. Anyway, more people began to show up. I was chatting with people and all of a sudden someone walked up that I recognized. Not like someone I actually knew. I recognized his face from somewhere, then his voice when he spoke. We chatted for a minute then I got it! I’ve seen him on TV, the food network to be more specific. Now anyone that knows me knows just how much I love to cook and how I am constantly watching the food network. Well, this guy is the host of one of the shows I like. Now, being that we are on this fabulous island and that he is a regular guy like everyone else (Shawn, *wink*), I didn’t say anything about the show. So, we are chatting with a bunch of other people and a sister comes up. She tells me she loves my hair and I tell her I love her earrings. Instantly I liked her. She introduces me to her hubby and asks me what I do. We talk for a bit and I ask her what she does. She kind of smiled and told me she worked in television as a producer. Then she goes on to say that she is here working on a show and gives me some background on the show. At that point I level with her and the host and tell them that I watch the show all the time. They started telling me about what they had been filming and the new episode they were doing. I found it so interesting. I met the sound guy and the camera man and the director along with a gang of other people. They were so nice and after hanging out all night, we all planned on meeting up the next night. They had an early shoot in the morning, so they all left. Once they left, I was chatting with a really nice woman from Boston. She was very drunk and was complaining about how the airport had lost her luggage. She’s been here for 3 days already and pretty much stayed in her bathing suit the whole time. Then the guy I met earlier who got me the phone came up and started chatting with me. He was telling me about how he lived in Miami and DC for a while. Then he went on about how he spent time in Japan and Germany. Wow, you’d think he was stalking me or something. (A little background, I am half Japanese, born in Germany, lived in the DC area, and now live in the MIA area.) Well, come to find out, he runs the hotel and his father owns it along with half of the things on this island. We talk for a bit, but I am exhausted so I head off to bed. And that, ladies and gentlemen, was day 1.