Thanks for your reply Marley! I admit, I have been daydreaming about going in April. We'll seeWe used to live in Florida and it was a lot easier to get to the islands than it is from our current location (Utah)!
As for that guy with the camera and facebook thing, I looked it up and it turns out the story has a happy ending: http://now.msn.com/facebook-helps-to...is-lost-camera Pretty awesome!
Awwwww..yay! I love that! Lucky guy!
And keep dreaming about April....we would love to meet you, and dreams can sometimes come true
Day6: Thursday April 26, 2012
NINJA's 2Cents
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Almost like a subliminal message my wife whispered Xtabi in my still sleeping ear. Guess she wants to go to Xtabi, her and her french toast. I’ve never told my wife this but I love Xtabi. It holds a special place in my heart. Our first trip together was to Negril and we stayed at Xtabi. It was New Years of 08 to 09. We landed on my birthday and she took me to Three Dives for a Birthday dinner. We had sooo much fun that year (and every year since). New years in Jamaica was so great. Though it wasn’t my first time to JA it was my first time in Negril, It was my first cliff jump, first time on a scooter , first time I had Xtabi’s french toast and I was hooked. Everytime we scoot down or up to it and head in I just remember our first trip together and how much fun it was.
Well Shauna got her French Toast fill and as you can see from my pictures I got mine too as well as a plate of eggs and bacon.
I was HUNGRY. We decided while out let's scoot down and get our shopping done. We had some usuals to buy, but I also wanted to get a ball cap for a new friend. I had to find the proper cap for my friend. It had to be covered, totally different from my Red Stripe cap but similar and of course it needed the signature bottle cap opener. After the deliberation between at least 2 hats I made my choice grabbed some cigars and some sauce and we were ready to leave. The decisions to search out the beach dwellers was a good one as we seem to find everyone we would’ve looked for.
It was again one of those moments that this trip has seems to be full of. We sat talking to Booper and Jizzy and poof like manna from heaven the pattie man came buy and filled our stomachs, then like poof we had cats, and Hubbity and GuiriPie oh my. I ran back to my scooter to get Michael the cap I bought him. I was gonna give it to him later but was sure I’d forget. Everyone sat or stood together and talked and talked and talked. On and on about anything and everything. At one point we had a little coffee clutch in the water. I thought it was such a funny scene as everyone in the water kept their hands above the water with 2 beers in them. Slowly the dark clouds crept up on us and Shauna said we need to scoot (literally).
We made our way back to Catcha to get ready for the web cast. With the rain falling we’d need to leave the scooters behind. I’m gonna zoom ahead to my favorite moments of the webcast.
Jon had the awesome steel drum serenade of happy birthday that was so great. At some point Booger convinced Jon that it would be wise to drop pants and moon the webcast in the background and frankly I thought it was hilarious. Soon Mr Spotty jumped up and gave the best rendition of 3 Birds this side of Bob Marley (in my opinion). He showed such vigor and enthusiasm so much that everyone wanted to join him. That was my favorite moment of the webcast. I can close my eyes and just see him bringing the party to more life than it already had. Well soon it was time to move to the next party spot and what’s better than to party at home. LETS MOVE THE PARTY TO CATCHA!!!
So we grabbed a big group and headed to meet Booper and Jizzy at Ivan’s. When we hit the bar the party was in full force and we kicked it up a notch. So much so it was time for some Bob Marley Shots. I had this awesome picture of about 5 flaming shots all lined up in a row. It was an awesome shot, but since it’s not here you can guess what camera it was taken with.
After great drinks from Ty and Kevin it was time to make some drinks for them. I love being a bartender. When ever I do a bar job back at home I love making drinks for people, specially when they say make me something. Now its easy to make the cake vodka drinks so we busted out some libation for the crew and the staff.
Eventually we we decided to bust out our Chinese Lanterns that we hauled downt to Jamaica to set aloft in the ether. Okay some rules to adhere to whilst trying to set aloft a Chinese Lantern:
1-Check your lantern for holes
2-Its a 2 man/woman job.
3-It will take longer than you think
4-Just when the you think the lantern is ready to take off hold it a little longer.
5-When Booger is drunk don't let him help, you’ll set the entire lantern on fire before you can get it to lift off.
Oh and if you can try and get more than one off at a time, it'll be cool.
Well the party had to end at Catcha and there's no better place to have an after party than EDDIES Oh yeah. Eddies is always a fun time and to tell you the truth that was nothing but a blur. By now we’d become fixtures at Eddies and hell we were with co owner and supporter of Eddies, BOOGER. This time it was a whole crew of mischievous miscreants masquerading as sober people. The amount of smiling in the night is illegal in most states in the bible belt, so was probably half the ****e we were doing.
At some point my wife left it up to me to decided the end of the night while everyone wanted to move on. Frankly I was DONE and the party train had to leave the station. We bid adieu to our hunting party and said good travel. My beloved and I headed home just simply partied out for the day but still smiling a grin from here to the end of time
Da Ninja - 1st Annual Belly Flop Champ - Soon Come
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I found the cake vodka! My liquor store sells the 3 olives brand. I pureed a peach, added the vodka and some ice tea and wow! I tried that pineapple upside down cake one too - very popular among my girlfriends now. Thanks for sharing it with us!
Yum!!!
And it's my pleasure! Last night I tried a new one....Chocolate Cake vodka!
I mixed it with diet coke and it tasted just like chocolate cake! I was amazed!! AND delighted of course!
Man, I have to totally agree with you about Mr Spottycatz belting out 3 Little Birds. It caught me off guard and I was so fortunate to have a front row seat. His passion was infectious and after the band playing Happy Bday for Gonjon steel drum style the party was on. He and Rasta Stan provided some nice impromptu entertainment on several occasions.
Half owner of Eddie's? LOL! I did spend two more nights there this last reach hanging out with Bobo, Eddie, and Trevor and another few interesting locals.
Alright Marley, it's your turn. I cannot start reliving my latest reach until I finish reliving the reach in April.
No - they have chocolate cake vodka now? I'm done for! I am envisioning a chocolate espresso martini...How about chocolate cake vodka with a good cherry juice? Oh, 3 olives has a flavor called "Dude" - what is up with that? What does dude taste like lol? Jeff Bridges?
LOL....I know the Dude one makes me laugh
They have ALL sorts of flavors now, some sound delicious, some sound gross, others just sound weird
But all I can say is I think this calls for lots and lots of research on my part!
So tell me, is the french toast at Xtabi better than the french toast at Catcha? That was my favorite!!!
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