Archives for: August 2006

Goin' to Jolly Ol England


17th August 2006
I will be off to London shortly, but will try to post photos and goings-on while I'm away. Other Articles: Famous Bahamians | Better in the Bahamas . . .Indeed. | The Bahamas Blog Comments more »
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TooLoose Blog Back in Form


17th August 2006
Check out www.toolooseart.com for Bahamas art, music, and other stuff, straight to you from Tooloose himself. We have made substantial strides with Mr. Loose lately, as far as getting him to actually order a computer for himself! I think he's keen to st… more »
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Get The Bahamas Blog Updates By E-Mail


17th August 2006
New and Improved! In our neverending effort to make this blog a highly polished, world class tome, we have added a new feature: Updates via e-mail! If you look at the bottom righthand of The Bahamas Blog page, you will see a small box that says "Subscr… more »
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Atlantis Expansion Update


16th August 2006
The new buildings are going up on Paradise Island like clockwork. Atlantis is truly rising from the sea. Kerzner International now operates a large chunk of Paradise Island, and has literally transformed the place into a mega resort over the last 10 yea… more »
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Boom! Boom! Out Go The Lights


15th August 2006
The Bahamas Electricity Corporation, BEC as it's known here, must have been listening to old Pat Travers CDs yesterday. It was "Boom, Boom. Out go the lights!" Being a country that is. . .well. . . sort of. . .kind of. . .not exactly third. . . more l… more »
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Norman's Cay and MacDuff's Update


09th August 2006
Word on the street from very reliable sources indicate that MacDuff's on Norman's Cay may be ready to go again. A Bahamian landmark for years, MacDuff's is just about the perfect place to hang out in Exuma and watch the sun dip into the sea. Like this… more »
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Land Ho! Haitian Sloop Lands in Bahamas


07th August 2006
Highlighting the ever-increasing problem of illegal immigration of Haitians into the Bahamas, this Haitian sloop recently washed ashore on the southeast end of New Providence. (For a good read on the plight of the dispossessed and the often brutal real… more »
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Bahamas Potcake Joins The Bahamas Blog Team


02nd August 2006
Late one dark, stormy night in Nassau, as I readied myself to grill steaks for dinner on my back porch, I noticed a shadowy movement under my daughter's plastic toy picnic bench to the side of me. I quickly turned, only to find a pitiful potcake(dog) co… more »
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Scenes from Puerto Rico


01st August 2006
I've just returned from Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, where the Bahamas baseball team participated in the Little League Championships for the Caribbean. Although the Bahamas fell short of expectations, (congratulations to a fantastic Curucao team that won th… more »
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