The New Year

As I am sure many of you are already aware, we lost Steve Fulwider to cancer a few days ago.  Known to many as "car rental Steve", he has been part of island life for a good twenty years.  During my first few years of visiting Vieques, I borrowed a car from Steve. If it had a battery, it did not have a starter. If the starter worked, the battery was dead.  This taught me every spot in town, on every beach and in Esperanza to park so I could roll start the Suzuki.   This information is still important today.  He is missed.

Coqui Fire Brunch is tomorrow beginning at 10am at the Mar Azul.  Still trying to figure out what champagne goes best with huevos rancheros.   Coconuts is offering up food from the Veneto region of Italy tonight.  It is the birthplace of Tiramisu, so that makes it a must do for me. 

Weddings in Vieques has launched a satellite business called Flowers in Vieques.  Weddings in Vieques has also changed locations.  By the end of the month, you will see some paint changes at the Chinese restaurant building across from the GE plant.  They will moving both businesses there.  Sandy will also be offering cut stems every Tuesday at the vegetable market.  With Valentines Day just around the corner, it is timely.  Flowers in Vieques is a full service floral business, so check it out. 

Speaking of Valentine's Day, Vieques Baila will once again be hosting the Valentine's Dance.  More details will be available closer to the date. 

This month's edition of Vieques Events is all about Vieques going green.  As you can imagine, recycling is a bit of a challenge for us, although it is getting better and better.  A big change would be for everyone to limit use of disposable plastics.  ie.  Bring your own cup.  Now that does not mean you bring one of those 66 ounce models and expect your bartender to fill it up with rum and coke for the regular price.  It means get a refillable water bottle or several of them.  It means bring a koozie and drink your beer from the can or bottle.  It means bring a reasonable size cup and don't complain when it is filled with the standard twelve ounce cocktail.  If we all do this, it makes for a greener, cleaner Vieques.

JC