This week we are entertaining our first guests. My wife's favorite aunt and her cousin (David and Becky shown above) are giving us locals a chance to be tourists for the week. Taking the organized island tours, watching them haggle with the vendors (and then we swoop in and get a local's discount for them), snorkeling and sunning have been on my agenda all week...
BUT, no trip to our corner of paradise would be complete without a stop at my favorite dive bar and grill... Duffy's Love Shack!
Literally, it is a shack located in the middle of a parking lot in the Red Hook area of St Thomas (closest "town" to us). It is our go to bar for a fun time.
Of course the foodie in me loves the food...
Blackened chicken nachos (above)... A little of everything (including a few SURPRISE hot peppers)!
Some kind of crappy health food salad that my cousin-in-law loved (how healthy can it be with a half cup of sour cream and a cup of guacamole on it???)
Personally... Their Blue Cheese burgers are the best on the island! A little bacon (of course bacon!) just to set the mood!
But I guess when you get down to it... This is what really sets the mood...
The infamous DUFFY's SHARK TANK... 64 ounces of Booze (and a little fruit juice)! Served in a fish bowl with straws for everybody!
And just in case there was not enough booze in the Fish Tank, Jackie wanted her signature, Lime in the Coconut (which I have spent many nights trying to replicate, but always seem to be just a shade short)...
Have you ever been charged $9 for a strawberry daiquiri? At least when you order a $9 daiquiri at Duffy's, they let you keep the parrot glass (Jackie's Cousin's Daughter not included)...
Even the favorite aunt gets to go home with a logo beer mug "free" souvenir when she ordered a virgin daiquiri...
Yes, they made fun of me for a bit for photographing the food... Then the fancy glasses arrived and everyone was photographing the food...
Even people from other tables were photographing our shark tank...
That is a shark inside our drink...
When in St Thomas, don't miss Duffy's Love Shack... Best dive bar set up in a parking lot I have ever been to!
Looks like my kind of place! So glad that ya'll are having fun with Jackie's family. Great pics, keep em' coming, cher!
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