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New Interactive Map: Groceries, Gas Stations, Parking & More

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Hello everyone, and happy Monday! One of my goals when creating IslandTidbits.com was to make it easier for you to plan your St John vacation. I understand that St. John can be tough to navigate at times, so I created another handy map for all of you.

The interactive map below includes more than a dozen markets located around the island. It shows you where our three gas stations are located, and where St. John’s only pharmacy is. It also shows you where our dumpsters can be found. (We bring our trash to the dumpster on St. John. We do not have garbage pickup on island.) It even shows you where you can park in Cruz Bay, something that definitely gets trickier the busier the island gets.

You can view this map one of two ways:

  1. Click the box with the arrow in the top left corner of the map. That will open a drop down menu with the following seven categories : Grocery Stores & Markets – Gas Stations – Pharmacy – Free Parking – Paid Parking – Ferry & Barge Locations – Dumpsters. Simply click on the name of the business/location within a category, and its location will be highlighted on our Logistics Map.
  2. Simply zoom in and click on the markers around the map to see where a specific business/location can be found.

This map is a work in progress. I will continue to update it and add categories.

Want to access this map directly? You can find it at www.islandtidbits.com/LogisticsMap

Want to know where all of our restaurants are located? Check out Island Tidbits Restaurant Map at www.islandtidbits.com/RestaurantMap

Both of these maps, plus a lot of other helpful information, can be found under our Info tab in the menu bar.

Thanks for reading!

Sneak Peek: The New Ronnie’s Pizza

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Ronnie’s new location

Update: Ronnie’s Pizza reopened in its new location on December 1st. 

For those of you who’ve been on island the past few months, you may be wondering what happened to Ronnie’s Pizza. Well I’m happy to tell you that he didn’t hang up his rolling pin for good. He simply moved his popular pizza shop down the street. 🙂

Did you know that Ronnie Klingsberg has made more than one million pizzas on St. John over the past 32 years? That’s a lot of pepperoni! In fact, he and his buddy Joe Morris, owner of Dr. Cool, calculated that Ronnie has served so many pepperoni pizzas over the years, that the amount of pepperoni used could actually make a complete ring around the world. Now that’s impressive!

Over one million pizzas served!

Ronnie served up his last pie at the Boulon Center in Cruz Bay back in July and has been preparing to reopen in a new location ever since. Ronnie’s Pizza an mo’ is now located in Palm Plaza, which is across the street from the Racetrack gas station, and next door to the Westin Resort.

I stopped by to check out his new digs recently, and I have to say, the place looks great. His new spot is located in the former VI Body Spa space, which is the last storefront on Palm Plaza’s lower level. Ronnie’s new location has indoor seating for 12, and he hopes to have some outdoor seating down the road. The new location boasts a decent amount of parking too, making it easier for all of us to grab a pie. Staying over at the Westin Resort? You’re all super lucky, because you can literally walk next door to pick up a to-go order.

Looking for delivery? That’s continuing too! For a flat fee of $10, Ronnie will deliver from Cruz Bay to Fish Bay, and everywhere in between, including the Westin Resort. He said he’d delivery beyond that too “if it’s a big enough order.” Can’t blame him for that! Oh, and his delicious brownies are coming back too.

“We’ll have brownies and cookies and other surprise desserts,” Ronnie told me. “We’re working on some cool sh!t.”

The VI government just gave Ronnie the final sign-off on his new space last Friday, and he plans to officially open after Thanksgiving. We will let you know the exact date when that happens. And when it does, Ronnie will be open Monday through Saturday from 3 p.m. to 8:30-ish.

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Beach Break: Trunk Bay

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I checked the weather, and it looks like a great deal of the States are feeling quite the chill this morning. So I figured this would be the perfect time to take you to the beach! Today’s Beach Break brings you over to Trunk Bay, one of the most beautiful beaches in the world.

Now go crank up that thermostat and watch this video on repeat. Or better yet, start shopping for airfare, and come visit us! We found some pretty good airfares earlier this week. Click this link to check that out. Enjoy!

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And the Winner of Island Tidbits Raffle Is…

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Let’s get straight to it today, shall we? I am super excited to tell you all that, together, we raised more than $40,000 for the Animal Care Center of St. John through the first, but certainly not the last, Island Tidbits raffle. How exciting is that??!!

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

Now you may be wondering who the lucky winner is… I brought the tickets over to the Animal Care Center yesterday afternoon, and Ryan Moore, the ACC’s manager, pulled the winning ticket. Check it out!

Congratulations Janet Shaheen!!!

Janet has received the following prize:

I would like to thank all of the businesses who donated and helped make this raffle happen. You’re all amazing.

Again, thank you so much for supporting such an amazing organization here on St. John. The ACC makes sure that all of St. John’s dogs and cats are well taken care of, healthy, fed and happy. It’s such an important job here, and we’re lucky to have them.

They’re planning their annual gala for January, and you’re all invited! I’ll post more information on that soon. In the meantime, have a wonderful day everyone!

 

 

Super Cheap Flights Offered Now, But You Have to Act Fast!

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Let’s be honest, airfare prices have been absolutely outrageous lately. I was looking to take a trip up north, and a one-way ticket to the northeast was over $1,000! And that was for a yucky middle seat in the back of the plane. No thanks! Well, fortunately The Points Guy has found some pretty incredible deals, but you have to act super fast. And by super fast, I mean you will need to book those tickets either today or tomorrow. Time is of the essence for these deals.

Image source: The Points Guy

As you can see in the image above, these deals are being offered by American Airlines, Delta, JetBlue and United. The routes that are currently offering heavily discounted fares originate from Los Angelos, Newark, New York City, Orlando, Tampa, and Washington, DC among other spots.

Now you are probably wondering how to find these fares. The best way that I have found to locate great deals is to use Google Flights, specifically their Explore feature. (Click this link to check out Google Flights.) Once you’re on the website, type your home airport in the first box, and then put STT, which is the airport code for St. Thomas in the second box. Underneath, click the “1 week trip in the next 6 months” option. (You can also choose a weekend trip, a two-week trip, and you can even search by month.) As soon as you type in your destination airport code, it will pull up the best fares. Check out this sample I took a screenshot of this morning:

I did a few quick searches, and I found the following deals:

  • Chicago via Spirit – January 26th to February 2nd – $329 roundtrip
  • Boston via Spirit – December 10th to December 19th – $330 roundtrip
  • Tampa via JetBlue – January 19th to January 25th – $223 roundtrip
  • Los Angelos via United – January 28th to February 3rd – $310 roundtrip

Here are a few more sample flights from The Points Guy:

Image source: The Points Guy

The Points Guy did point out that some of these fares can be restrictive – Delta’s deals are for Basic tickets, which do not come with a preassigned seat, for example – but they are still roughly 50% lower than the fares we have been seeing. These are pretty good deals out there folks, so take advantage of them!

Want to know how to get to St John? Please click this link to read everything you need to know, including information on taxis, barges, ferries and more.

I hear it’s stating to get chilly up there, so start planing those winter escapes! 🙂

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