Getting Ready for the New Year

Fun in the Sun

Sun came out. Everyone got sunburned. (It's really close to the equator here.) Food has gone upscale. Found a little gray frog. Cooked a pot of chioppino Broke the bottle of vodka. Played monopoly - Tountases won.

Waiting for the Sun

Watching the Blizzard

Equipped with Satellite TV, our main activity is watching New York local news and the piles of snow. This time, our timing was superb as far as getting out in time. We were a little bummed that the Eagles game was canceled last night but it will give us something to do on Tuesday night.

Our other big activity is G-Chatting online with Becky as she and Steve attempt to open their front door, shovel out, get to the airport and find a plane that is coming to Grand Cayman. Positive thoughts are going out to Becky and Steve.

We are so confident that they will get here that we are going out this morning to buy beer and enough food for five people for the rest of the week.

It's a lovely place, the weather continues to be great and this is the ultimate relaxation vacation. We're enjoying the time with Allie! In deference to those of you who are digging out from the storm, I'll hold back on describing the ocean, the sunshine and the gentle island breezes.

Be careful digging out and wear a hat!

Iguanas and Onion Rings

Are you for Kayak?

Rubin Family Vacation

Marc, RE and Allie got outta town ahead of the BIG snowstorm and had a quick and easy flight to Grand Cayman this morning. The island is beautiful and we had a lovely drive along the shoreline about 20 miles to the East End of the island. Since it's Christmas, nothing was open except the Mini Mart at the Texaco gas station. We bought some tonic water to go with the vodka that we had the foresight to buy at Duty Free.

We arrived at the house which is PERFECT! It's right on the beach, with a pool, decks, big porch and comfy furniture. Our beach is TOTALLY private. There are some kayaks under the porch which we shall pull out and try tomorrow morning. Water is warm and pristine.

So, we made a drink, went down to the beach and then realized we were hungry. (Nothing is open.) We have our own coconut palm trees and RE shimmied up and got Allie a coconut to eat.

As you can see, we didn't have a machete or anything to crack it open....so we got dressed and found a restaurant open. Thank god! We had a delicious - although really expensive - dinner. Once the supermarket opens (not till Monday) we expect to be cooking on our grill and dining on our beach.


For our main activity, we are Google Chatting with Becky online trying to figure out how she and Steve are going to get here since their flight is due to leave NY on Monday morning during the height of the blizzard. To be continued....


In summary -- it's a beautiful place and we are extremely relaxed. Already trying to figure when we can come back.