Caribbean Escape

All winter long I’ve been ‘escaping’ the cold and snow and general malaise with peeks at a 24/7 webcam from The Windmill Bar on St. John’s, Virgin Islands.

There is usually action from about 11am to 8pm (island time) with musical acts and diners enjoying the view with beverages and bar food. There is usually a vivid sunset over the bay behind the stage. In the morning crew cleans tables and condiment dispensers and the name of the musical act of the day is written upon a chalkboard, sometimes with a colorful drawing of a palm tree. On Monday and Friday afternoons a steel pan drummer enlivens the proceedings.

At night the view becomes monochrome and the feed becomes a security cam with infrared views of straggling customers leaving. After they are gone there is only an occasional flying insect disturbing the peace:

The story behind the Windmill bar is just as fascinating:



I'll be in Seattle this coming week-end, visiting the boy and his wife and their cats. We’ll probably have a night out too, with our own bar food and beverages and possibly even a view of the sunset over the sound.

We won’t be sporting shorts and Hawaiian shirts, however: