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New St. John Webcam Shows Cruz Bay, Sunsets & More!

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The new Sunset Ridge webcam

For those of you who enjoy your daily St. John webcam fix, a brand new one launched yesterday! The best part – it pans and it’s in 4k too!

Our friends over at Sunset Ridge, with the help of Steve Butcher, owner of Great Expectations, installed a webcam high above Cruz Bay at the Sunset Ridge villas. The webcam pans from Chocolate Hole and Great Cruz Bay (where the Westin is) to the car barge area to Cruz Bay and then out to Thatch, Grass and Mango cays. You can, of course, see St. Thomas along the way too. It’s pretty incredible. The picture is so clear that you can see birds flying by, and on a super clear day, I’m fairly certain that you can see St. Croix on the horizon.

Check out a couple screenshots I took this morning:

Cruz Bay and the car barge area
Chocolate Hole and Great Cruz Bay

And here it is live:

I just added this to Explore STJ’s webcam page. Check out this webcam and more than 20 others from St. John at www.explorestj.com/webcams. Enjoy!

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New Late Night Food Option

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Well folks, for those of you who find yourselves in Cruz Bay late night this weekend, there is a new place to get a good bite to eat!

As many of you know, the majority of restaurants here in St. John stop serving dinner around 9 p.m., perhaps even 10 p.m. Maybe your flight was delayed and you couldn’t get to a restaurant before it closed. Maybe you were watching live music somewhere in town and realized you needed a bite to eat before heading home. Whatever the case may be, St. John has you covered! Well on Saturday nights only… 🙂

Our friends over at Extra Virgin Bistro are firing up the good ‘ole Weber grill every Saturday night from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. for a little late night food in the driveway. They’re offering burgers, chicken and roast beef sandwiches. They’re serving beer and a couple of shots too. This is happening in the driveway beside the restaurant, not in the restaurant itself. The driveway menu is all that is being offered during these late night hours. The regular EVB menu and bar offerings are not available during the 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. driveway fun.

Check out last week’s menu:

(Click to enlarge)

Looks pretty yummy to me!

Extra Virgin Bistro is located near the roundabout and across from the public (blue) school in Cruz Bay. Click here to view Explore STJ’s restaurant map to see its exact location. 

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Traffic Change Alert: Driving in Cruz Bay

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The changes are in yellow. (Click to enlarge. This is an old map, but the newer ones had too many labels.)

For those of you who drive when visiting St. John, there are upcoming changes to the traffic pattern in Cruz Bay.

Beginning next Monday, March 25th, the one-way that goes beside the Lutheran Church and Connections and toward the ferry dock will be reversed, meaning traffic will now flow eastbound, which is away from the ferry dock.

Also beginning on March 25th, the road beside the Post Office and Customs parking lot will become a one-way toward the ferry dock. The exception over here is for motorists who are exiting the Customs lot across from the Post Office. You will be able to take a left out of the lot toward Caps Place or a right toward the ferry dock.

This means that you can no longer drive straight past Woody’s to the ferry. You will now have to take a right after Woody’s and then the following left at the intersection of the Post Office, Uncle Joe’s BBQ and Caps Place. You can also take the roundabout exit that’s between the old school annex (building that still does not have a roof) and Dolphin Suites (a newer AirBnb that’s beside Dolphin Market) and head down the hill toward the Lumberyard and Cool Breeze Car Rental. From there, you can take a left at Cool Breeze and then a right at the Post Office.

This is a permanent change that is intended to reduce bottleneck in town.

(Side note: The map used above is from Apple Maps & clearly it’s outdated. Google’s map had to many labels to use.)

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Pictures: St. John’s 2024 St. Patrick’s Day Parade

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St. John’s 2024 St. Patrick’s Day was so much fun! The Beach Bar did an incredible job of carrying on the tradition of what is no longer the shortest St. Patrick’s Day parade in the islands! It was a whopping 30 minutes long, and it was great! Here are a ton of pics for those of you who missed it! But before you do, mark your calendars for next year’s parade, which will be held on Saturday, March 15th!

2020 – The parade that never happened. 🙂

Great job putting this together Mike!

The Quiet Mon ladies!
Great job Beach Bar!

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Bagpiper at Trunk Bay!

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day everyone!

I stumbled on a bagpiper at Trunk Bay last month and thought I would share a quick video with all of you. To the man playing, thank you. Enjoy everyone!

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It’s Going to Be a Green Weekend!

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day weekend to all who celebrate! ☘️

It’s going to be a fun weekend here on St. John! The party starts today at noon with the kickoff of the St. Patrick’s Day parade! It’s going to be another good one this year! The parade, which is sponsored by The Beach Bar, will feature Moko Jumbies, the Castaways Soccer Club, the Dynamic Dancers, the Gifft Hill School cheerleaders, and a variety of cars and trucks will join in on the fun! And to make the event even more special, the Grand Marshalls will be none other than Kelly Krall and April Delude from Quiet Mon Pub. The parade is probably only going to be about 15 minutes long, so do not miss it!

The Beach Bar, Banana Deck and Drink are opening early today to accommodate the fun, and Lovango Rum Bar is having an after-party. There will be green drink specials and corned beef all over the island too! Here are a few specials that I am aware of:

  • The Beach Bar is serving corned beef on the beach! Yum! They will have $5 Heinekens, $5 Guinness, 2 for 1 Irish Car Bombs ($10) and a $15 corned beef and cabbage meal.
  • Banana Deck will have Irish Car Bomb specials, as well as a corned beef special that includes potatoes, onions, carrots and corn bread.
  • The Upstairs will have $5 Jameson shots and $8 Irish Car Bombs.
  • Cruz Bay Landing will have $6 Jameson shots, $8 Irish Car Bombs, $9 Nutty Irishman drinks, and $9 Irish Coffees. They will even have green mimosas and green Painkillers!
  • Drink will have drink specials too!

It’s going to be such a fun day today!

My son Dalton will be in the parade too, so keep an eye out for him!

I plan to take lots of pics for you all. I’ll share those later today or tomorrow. Have a great one everyone! ☘️☘️☘️

Take a St. John island tour with me!

Get to know St. John. Visit beautiful beaches & centuries-old plantations. Perhaps stop at a tiki bar or two. Full & half days available. Rated “Excellent” on TripAdvisor. 2023 & 2022 TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice Winner. Learn more here –> www.explorestj.com/tour  

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