And smile you're in Jamaica Come on and smile (in Jamaica) Get it together (in Jamaica) Get together now (in Jamaica) – Bob Marley, "Smile Jamaica" Come on and smile indeed. That is what thousands of tourists are doing now in Jamaica as well as the bars, hotels, restaurants as well as the Minister of Tourism, the Hon. Edmund Bartlett, as tourism is increasing to … [Read more...]
Sail Into Paradise With TropRock Singer Eric Stone On A Caribbean Boat Trip
How To Sign Up For Vacation That Includes Grenada & St. Lucia Among The Destinations By Eric Stone, Special To PubClub.com If you're ever listening to any of my songs, reading my Tour Tales blog here on PubClub.com, seeing my Facebook posts or watching my FB Live shows from warm-weather destinations around the world and say "I would like to be there," well … [Read more...]
Hurricanes Irma & Maria Could Affect Caribbean Rum Production & Prices
Bacardi In Puerto Rico, Cruzan Rum & Captain Morgan In St. Croix & Dominican Republic Rums All In Paths Of Storms By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Even those not in the path of the storms could feel the impact of hurricanes Irma and Maria after they slammed into several Caribbean islands. Lovers of rum. With the destruction caused by … [Read more...]
Another Major Hurricane Expected In Caribbean This Fall With Possible U.S. Landfall
AccuWeather Meteorologist Predicts Category 3 Or Bigger Storm Before Season Ends In November By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger With two significant hurricanes – and a possible third, Maria, poised to hit Puerto Rico – causing massive flooding and damage in Texas, the Caribbean and Florida the past two months, at least one more "major" storm is … [Read more...]
Hurricane Irma Hits British Virgin Islands Hard; Foxy’s, Soggy Dollar Bar & Bitter End Updates
Foxy Is Okay, Gertrude Injured But Fine, Roof Is On Foxy's, Bitter End Yacht Club Completely Destroyed One of the worst-hit places in the Virgin Islands from Hurricane Irma was the island of Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands. There is little power, phone and Internet connection is spotty at best and there is significant damage throughout the island. Foxy's … [Read more...]
The Best Places To Have Rum Drinks In The Caribbean With Local Rums
Drinking Destinations In Barbados, Curaçao, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts & Virgin Islands Rum and the Caribbean go together like the area's blue water and sailboats and are paired together in concoctions like the Pain Killer and the ever-present rum punch. Here's some places to enjoy drinking various types, styles of rum and creative cocktails while cruising through the … [Read more...]
Rum Should Be the Next Trendy Spirits Liquor
With All The Vodka, Tequila and Whiskey Available in Bars, This Blogger Wants to Know Where's The Rum!? Blogger's note: This was originally published a couple of years ago and guess what - it's happened! Go to any bar – be it a dive or a high-end nightclub – and brands and kinds of vodka are plentiful, there's a choice of tequilas and there is likely also a variety of … [Read more...]
Old New Year’s Night Foxy’s Bar New Year’s Eve Ultimate Party Review
Top Things To Know & Tips At This NYE Bucket List Destination There's a great scene at Foxy's for New Year's Eve, making it one of the world's top party destinations to celebrate the end of the year. This year's theme – for the end of 2019 – is "Arabian Nights." So grab your magic carpet and ride to this magical event. Music is from internally acclaimed … [Read more...]
San Juan Nightlife Party Tips For Old Town Bars & Clubs
Bar Hopping, The Dress Code And Mingling With Locals Old Town San Juan, Puerto Rico, is a great place to go out and party. There are dozens of bars, all within an easily walkable distance (if you can, stay in Old Town, such as at the Sheraton). But, as any place, it's good to know things before you go so you fit in with the crowd. It at least give the appearance that … [Read more...]
Visiting The Bacardi Rum Factory: Tour Tips, Review & Directions
San Juan Sightseeing Activity End With Free Rum Drinks With all those bars serving fresh mojitos and the flavor of Caribbean rum in the air, it's almost a given that a tour of the Bacardi factory is in order for any visitor to San Juan. The company is an amazing success story, a family-run business that has become the world's #1 producer of rum. The tour traces the history … [Read more...]
San Juan Puerto Rico Nightlife Reviews Old Town & Isla Verde
The Best Bars Clubs Including San Sebastian and Calle Forteleza If your impression of the nightlife scene in Puerto Rico is of lots of lively music mixed with mojitos and beautiful and friendly people, then t's an accurate impression. San Juan is like that, at least in Old Town, which is where the locals go out on the weekend. Yes there are the freshy-made mojitos and rum … [Read more...]
Visiting The Original Pina Colada Bar Barrachina In Old Town San Juan
Reviewing The Birthplace Of This Caribbean Rum Cocktail Do you like Pina Coladas? It's a frozen concoction that implies a tropical setting, swaying palm trees and not checking e-mail for a few days to see what the boss might want you to do while you are away from work. Well you can thank a bartender at Barrachina in San Juan, Puerto Rico's Old Town for coming up … [Read more...]
San Juan Restaurants Guide From Fine To Dining Cheap Eats
From Fine Dining to Food Stands & Authentic Puerto Rican Cuisine San Juan may not be the dining destination of, say a San Francisco. But it does have many fine restaurants to keep one's pallet pleased for the length of their San Juan stay. Two main areas are filled with choices to fill the stomach. Calle Reciento Sur, the street just two blocks from the … [Read more...]
St. Thomas Nightlife Best Bars Redhook & Island Music Reviews
Top Nightlife Spots For Locals & Tourists The beaches and water activities of St. Thomas give way to its small bars by night. There are fine places and fun places, spots with live music and bars for tourists and joints for locals (of course, tourists are always welcome) But, of course, any discussion of bars and nightlife in the Caribbean has to start with the rum. … [Read more...]
Virgin Islands Sailboat Charters Tips, The Islands, Sights & Beach Bars
"Sailing Life is What I Choose, Imported Rum is My Kind of Booze... Sailing Life is Made For Me, I Raise My Spinnaker and I'm Free..." - Singer/Songwriter Eric Stone The water is blue – many shades of blue, in fact – the wind is blowing but hardly howling, captain and crew are going "fast enough to get there but slow enough to see" as the Jimmy Buffett song possibly … [Read more...]
The Best Beach Bars In The British Virgin Islands
"We raise our sails in Tortola, Drop a hook in Jost van Dyke. Kill our Pain at Soggy Dollar, Foxy's and the Paradise..." - Singer Eric Stone British Virgin Islands Bars, nightlife By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger There is a place that makes the mind wander, the soul shift and the spirits soar. Where rum flows into drinks like the Painkiller … [Read more...]