60th Birthday and Wedding Vacation - Trip Report

[irie always]

This trip we enjoyed 3 weeks at Seastar - it would be hard for us to stay anywhere else.

First week just hubbie and I to prepare for the 8 that were joining us the following Saturday in preparation of my sister’s wedding.

I partied like a Rock Star on our first night enjoying the Seastar Band and Reggie night - I’m sure some of you may have watched the live webcast Feb 2nd - I don’t think I stopped dancing until I was the only single person dancing amongst a bunch of couples - at that point I figured I better hit the hay. Hubbie’s not so crazy to dance.

Sunday was Super Bowl day at Seastar and there must have been close to 125 people there to catch the game on the big screen. My hubbie lost the big prize at the end of the game by about 3 seconds.

We also met up with M&G from Montreal at Fun Holiday who were treating Barbara and her kids to an afternoon at Fun Holiday. We also enjoyed their company at the end of the week when they dropped by Seastar on their last afternoon in Negril and we enjoyed some lunch and drinks and great conversation. We took this opportunity to have a photo op with Rambo, security extraordinaire!

[irie always]

We went to LTU and Charlie purchased a couple of paintings from Karl now we just have to get them framed and hung on our Jamaica wall.

We went to Canoe bar and hubbie had a number of Caesars, Kirby was kind enough to get us back home to Seastar safe and sound.

Friday chilled by the pool enjoying our last day before the gang arrives. Kirk made sure that he had my favorite pool spot ready for my arrival each morning - now that's priceless!!

[irie always]

- 2nd week

Text message wakes me up at 6 am from my sister - really peeved that she can’t get into duty free because the gate is on the national side and not on the international side - what nonsense is that! Several texts back and forth and I’m wide awake and up. 7 coming from Montreal and 1 gal from Ottawa - Montreal flight on time and the Ottawa flight is 2 hours late - so they have to wait for her at the bar at airport in Mobay. Needless to say when they all finally arrived at Seastar they were one happy bunch after enjoying a number of red stripes.

Toute la gang got themselves quickly checked into their rooms and back out to the bar for happy hour. Stevie West and the band were warming up for the show and it was just a great lead into the rest of the evening. No doubt some of you watched us on the dance floor that night as well ..lol

[yetta]

Great report and pictures!! Love us some Rambo!! He is one of my very favorite guards in Negril. Such a nice young man but one has no doubt that he would have your back if needed. Can't wait to hear more.

[irie always]

Yetta so true - each night that Rambo was on duty and if we happened to be out and came back in through the gates - I'd make sure I got my Rambo hug!

I'll try to finish this off tonight - month end so gotta get to work early and work late - plus nasty storm went through last night - back to reality !

The Sunday was a chill day at Seastar - the boys went off to LTU and Catcha in the afternoon - actually they had a number of drinks at LTU and thought it much safer if they grabbed a cab to take them to Catcha (I’m sure that hasn’t happened very often - take a cab for about an 1/8th of a mile) . They spent a number of hours at the bar at Catcha - the purpose of that was to make a dinner reservation for us on the Monday for hubbie’s 60th. They were certainly feeling no pain when they got back.

Monday we all went off to Sun Beach - we had arranged the week before for them to reserve us 2 umbrellas and 10 chairs. The Seastar shuttle dropped us off and sure enough they were waiting for us to install the umbrellas and chairs - sweet!

The gang had brought down some Clamato Juice - horse radish and Tabasco sauce - when we got back to Seastar the 10 of us sat around on our balcony enjoying our own little happy hour. Since the weather was not so nice I decided when we got bat back from the beach to call Catcha and see if we could change our reservation to Tuesday. Not sure how the boys made their arrangements the day before but Catcha had no record of our group of 10 for that evening. Must have been Karma ...lol..... so I quickly made a firm reservation for Tuesday.

Tuesday half the group went to Margaritiville for the afternoon. I went with a couple of other gals staying at Seastar to Francine’s house to participate in a belly casting. As most may know - Chris owner of Seastar and Francine are expecting a baby girl towards the end of March. Francine is very artistic and wants a memento of her final month of pregnancy. Way cool - can’t wait to see the finished product. When the gang got back on the beach shuttle, Terry spied a goat across the road - she got Chris to bring it over to Seastar to show the gang what they were going to enjoy for the wedding buffet. Most of us had a good laugh over it but my sister-in-law thought it was quite cruel and I found her crying back at the bar. That night we went down the lane and across the road to Catcha so we could celebrate hubbie’s 60th birthday.

[Jim-Donna]

Oh..................your sweet sister-in -law.....nice pictures................That BIG BLACK cloud~~WOW

[Maryann]

Bless her heart! I'd be crying too. Great TR and photos, by the way!

[OAngie]

I would cry over the goat too!

[gerryg123]

Excellent report. LOL -- I see the blue and white pool towel I left behind a couple of months ago!

[irie always]

Wednesday the gals went to the SPA RETREAT HOTEL - we had booked a SPA and lunch - manicures and reflexology. Lordy what a beautiful place and location. You can enjoy the facilities while there and it sure was worth it. I had arranged with Lembert to pick us up at 2:45 for the Pub Crawl - worked out perfectly. We had a terrific time - went to several bars including Mi-Yard - Xtabi - No Limit - Pee Wee - C&D/Jenny and of course our beloved Seastar.