What a nice surprise to be featured in Islands Magazine this month in their “Ten Best Islands to Live On” article. Almost exactly one year ago Terrie and I purchased the Palmetto Guesthouse after living overseas for many years.
We are both originally from Massachusetts and we had the dream of owning our own business for many years and finally saw that goal come to fruition with the purchase of the Palmetto here on Culebra.
Our travels have taken us to Europe, Central and South America, the South Pacific, and of course, the Caribbean.
The Importance of NonVerbal Communication Ten Things Your Handshake Says About You
November 26th, 2007
Nonverbal communication is one of the key components when it comes to conveying confidence and self-assuredness when meeting other people. This post regarding handshakes is the start of an ongoing series to help you project poise in any situation.
Zen Habits
October 3rd, 2007
Today, I was supposed to put up a post on Reverse Culture Shock but that is going to be preempted by some really GREAT news! I have just had an article published at ZenHabits:
Escaping The Cubicle And Getting Off the Corporate Treadmill
Zen Habits is a fantastic website that was started by Leo Babauta and he covers topics such as, achieving goals, productivity, being organized, motivation, eliminating debt, saving, getting a flat stomach, eating healthy, simplifying, living frugal, parenting, happiness, and successfully implementing good habits. Leo has done a tremendous job with his website in a very short time and he now has close to 20,000 subscribers. In fact, Leo’s site is so popular that it got me to thinking, maybe we need to hold a ZenHabits week down here in Culebra …
BVI Investment in China
September 17th, 2007
A while back I read a story that stated, “the BVI is the number two investor in China for new infrastructure.” For an island nation of approximately 25,000 people I find that completely overwhelming. Well, today I did a little further research because I find the topic fascinating and discovered that for the first eight months of 2007 $9.91 billion dollars from the British Virgin Islands was invested in China. If you would like to read the whole article you can have a look at the British Virgin Islands Business News.
Palmetto Guesthouse Internet and Organic Coffee
September 10th, 2007
Our Culebra internet access should be improving very soon! Through a small miracle, and help from a friend on Puerto Rico, we finally managed to get a DSL router. That is half the battle… and our next step is to get the DSL service enabled at the Palmetto Guesthouse (once online I can write more in depth about this). Hopefully, the connection will be done by the end of this week and then Terrie and I, plus our guests, will have high-speed internet access.
Another quick update, we just picked up our first shipment of organic, fair trade coffee from Sweetwater Organic Coffee roasters in Florida. So, if you are a coffee fanatic coming to Culebra we can take care of your morning caffeine needs.
Packing
July 21st, 2007
I am working on making some updates to the Palmetto Guesthouse website and packing the last of our belongings before we move up to Culebra. The story on traveling with pets will get posted on Monday.
Birthday
July 19th, 2007
Today is my birthday. I can’t remember exactly when but I happened to see an interview (can’t remember with who) where the person being interviewed said,” if you have not started your life’s work by the time you reach forty, you probably won’t.” I agreed with what the person was saying and had hoped to complete certain goals before turning 40:
British Virgin Islands to Culebra
July 18th, 2007
Some people have inquired as to how we are going to get everything to Culebra (to the Palmetto Guesthouse) without spending a fortune on a container for shipping? My answer -