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Now in its 27th Year!

Apr 9 - 15, 2015 Vol.27, No.31

YoUr Free GUide to our islands’ happenings

Oren Hodge

@ Scaramouche April 12th – 11:30am - 3:30pm

Also this week: Brian Neale @ Myett’s • Anegada Clean-Up • walk to win • sprint Championships

This Week’s Feature Story by Arlena Smith

Scaramouche The newest authentic Italian restaurant is located in Soper's Hole on Frenchman’s Cay and is owned and operated by Chef Chiara Valsecchi and bartender Roberto Selvi. Chiara is a graduate of the very prestigious Gambero Rosso Cooking School in Rome and Roberto is a professional mixologist. He is also a certified mixology teacher, who enjoys creating his own libations to tantalize the taste buds!

The vibrant young couple came to the BVI in 2012 on a sailing trip and immediately fell in love. They already had intentions to leave Italy and establish their own restaurant. The couple intended on moving to San Diego, but after their visit to Soper's Hole, they knew they had found their new home! And as luck would have it, there was a space available and all they had to do is make their dream a reality.

The restaurant opened in March 2014 and they offer only high-end food and drinks, which they describe as "contemporary" Italian-Caribbean fusion. The restaurant has two sections with casual dining downstairs where they serve breakfast, lunch and dinner and you can enjoy Roberto’s creative cocktails, and in the upstairs dining room they offer the fine dining experience. So don't come looking for

your typical Italian dishes such as lasagna or spaghetti and meatballs!

Their Sunday Brunch and pizza night dubbed “Pizza Peritis” has been getting a lot of buzz and become very popular among patrons. Chiara also confirmed they will be doing monthly events including having live bands and DJs, so look out for their next event coming soon. This Sunday April 12th you can catch the smooth sounds of Oren Hodge from 11:30am-3:30pm.

Come on down to Soper’s Hole and experience a taste of Italy. Chiara and Roberto are an absolute delight. Reservations are suggested but not required call (284) 495 3443. Scaramouche is open from 9am until every day.

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Ask Koren

Your personal E-therapist, is in the house!

Should I Tell Him I’m Married Ask Koren Dear Koren, I’m talking to this guy and I really like him and have started to have deep feelings for him. I’m married but separated from my husband. Do you think I should tell this guy how I feel about him and that I am married but separated?

–Very Confused Dear Confused, Yes if you are talking and spending time together like two persons who are considering each other for a relationship, you should tell him that you are married and the earlier you tell him the better for you. I’m sure many persons already know you are married, so it cannot be a secret and it is nothing to be ashamed of if your marriage didn’t work out – things happen and people grow apart. What would be more shameful is if you deliberately deceived someone or led them on. By the way, withholding truth is as deceptive as lying.

In this society we live in, people love to tell other people’s business and if they see you and him together frequently, someone is sure to ask him questions or tell him something. If he has to hear it from someone else, there is hardly anything you can say that will make him feel that you were not lying to him. So my suggestion is that you tell him nicely that

Lime ... “to hang around idly” or “to go out on the town.”

Source: The Dictionary of Virgin Islands English Creole by the late educator and historian Lito Valls.

The Limin’ Times brings you all the news about when and where to “lime” in the British Virgin Islands.

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you are developing feelings for him and would like him to know your situation and then you open up to him. This way, if the feelings are mutual, then you can both decide on the next step. If that revelation causes him to lose interest, don’t let that cause you to regret doing the right thing. At least, you were honourable.

On another note, I would advise you to handle that separation situation as soon as possible and decide if you are moving forward and away from the marriage or if it is fixable. Right now you are marking time and that is no longer an option. You will be able to breathe much better when there is clarity in your life and you are not in limbo. I’m keeping my fingers crossed for you.

Send your questions confidentially to askkoren@live.com or via twitter at @korennorton

While every effort is made to ensure that information is correct, we cannot accept responsibility for any errors, changes in schedules, ads or other information in this magazine, which is intended as a guide only.

If you have an entertainment event coming up that you would like published, give us a call at 494-2413. Special Notice: Purchase of advertising space in this publication does not guarantee editorial coverage of any event.

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Your Guide to British Virgin Islands Events

By Jan Critchley

Walking to Win! As part of the Government’s ongoing national strategy to build a healthier Virgin Islands, UMI Fashions has teamed up with the Ministry of Health to present the latest Fitness Movement Challenge “Top Stepper” competition.

According to Program Co-ordinator, Jason Rubaine, in order to be the “top stepper” you will have to accumulate no less than 20,000 steps within a 24 hour time period to qualify.

People signed up for the Fitness Challenge can participate by liking UMI’s Facebook page. Then monitor the page daily to see the fitness movement challenge logo, and once the icon is spotted, the 24-hour countdown begins. Mr. Rubaine said, “The first person to come into UMI Fashions with their pedometer showing 20,000 steps in the allotted time period would be awarded a free outfit. So, get walking today and who knows you could be walking into a great new outfit!

Brian is Back…

Yes, Brian Neale, the inimitable performer is back at Myett’s playing the 5pm to 7pm, Sunset Happier Hour slot (see schedule – centre pages). Get there early for brunch and enjoy bottomless mimosa’s every day!

After over 20 years as a musician, Brian’s repertoire is perfect for enjoying a sundowner at this lively beach bar in Cane Garden Bay as he plays a mix of his own songs and cover songs from artists such as Neil Diamond, Elton John and of course, one of his biggest influences, Jimmy Buffett. He actually played with the

maestro of Margharitaville himself in Toronto in front of over 20,000 fans.

His latest CD, “Living the Life” pretty much sums him up, his passion for the freedom of beach life, boats, sailing, the Caribbean, good times and yes, the contagious combo of steel drums, guitars and horns.

His debut CD, “Common Behaviour” features songs from past and present from road trips on the mainland to limin’ in the islands.

Sprint Champs 2015 The BVI Triathlon Federation is holding its National Sprint Championships this Saturday, April 11th at the Sandy Ground Boatyard, Soper’s Hole at 7:30pm. The event comprises a 750-metre swim in Soper’s Hole, a 20-kilometre bike ride to Struggling Man’s Café and back and a five-kilometre run to Big Ben’s Superette and back. Stop by the Tortola Sports Club on Friday, April 10th between 5:30pm and 6:30pm to register, $20 for Individuals or $20 for teams, which can be two or three people.

BVI Keep it Clean Help to protect our beautiful islands by making sure you properly dispose of waste and re-cycle where you possibly can. Helping to make it happen is the BVI Tourist Board who is inviting everyone to their next island-wide cleanup on Anegada, this Sunday, April 12th at various locations. For additional information and meet and start times contact Victorene Creque by phone at 494-3134. A ferry has been arranged to transport participants/volunteers for this cleanup and will depart the Road Town Ferry Dock at 8am.

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live music • events • concerts •

CANE GARDEN BAY

THURSDAY - APR 9

MYETT’S — Sunset Happier Hour 5-7pm. Evolution

ROAD TOWN LE PETITE — Ladies Night w/ music by DJ Krusha &

Band Dance Contest & Speciality Pizza Night.

QUITO’S — Ras Rio Happy Hour 5pm-6pm: Quito &

$4 drink specials

The Edge & Friends 9:30pm

CANE GARDEN BAY

SATURDAY - APR 11 CANE GARDEN BAY MYETT’S — No cruise ship beach day! Volley Ball & Beach Games. Watersports rentals. Live music by Brian MYETT’S — Sunset Happier Hour w/ Candyman Neale 5-7pm. Speciality Pizza Night.

5pm. GSmooth on Sax 7:30pm QUITO’S — Half price happy hour 5pm-6pm,

QUITO’S — Too Smooth 5:30 Happy Hour 5pm-6pm:

Oren Hodge 7:30pm

Pizza Night

VG & OUTER ISLANDS

FRENCHMAN’S CAY

PIRATES BIGHT — Daily Happy Hour 4-6pm

SOPER’S HOLE — BVI National Sprint Champs

FRIDAY - APR 10

from 7:30am (from the Sandy Ground Boatyard)

ROAD TOWN

VG & OUTER ISLANDS

LE PETITE — Party Night w/ DJ Young Turbo &

PIRATES BIGHT — Pan Vibes live from 7pm

Happy Hour from 5-7pm w/ free wings & $2 off

SUNDAY - APR 12

mixed drinks

ROAD TOWN

TORTOLA SPORTS CLUB — Registration for the LE PETITE — Latin Night w/ 2 for $5 Coors Light BVI National Sprint Champs from 5:30-6:30pm & Presidente

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ts • parties • sports • movies and more

SEA COW’S BAY

VG & OUTER ISLANDS

ELLIS THOMAS DOWNS — Easter Horse Race

YCCS (VG) — Oyster Cup BVI from Apr 13-18.

FRENCHMAN’S CAY

Happy Hour Aperitifs at 5pm

UPCOMING HAPPENINGS

SCARAMOUCHE — Oren Hodge for Sunday Brunch from 11:30am-3:30pm

TUESDAY - APR 14 ROAD TOWN

CANE GARDEN BAY MYETT’S — No cruise ship beach day! Volley Ball & Beach Games. Watersports rentals.Funday Sunday Brunch

BEACH CLUB TERRACE — Happy Hour 5-7pm CANE GARDEN BAY

w/ Bottomless Mimosas. Steel Pan 1-4pm. DJ Jephet at Beach Bar 4-6pm. Live music by Brian Neale 6-9pm VG & OUTER ISLANDS

MYETT’S — Sunset Happier Hour w/ Brian Neale 5pm. Sax on the beach with GSmooth 7:30pm

ANEGADA — BVI Clean-Up Anegada from 9:30am.

QUITO’S — Half Price Happy Hour 5-6pm.

Ferry leaves RT dock at 8am

Quito solo 7:30pm

MONDAY - APR 13

WEDNESDAY - APR 15

ROAD TOWN

ROAD TOWN

BEACH CLUB TERRACE — Happy Hour 5-7pm CANE GARDEN BAY

LE PETITE — Karaoke Night CANE GARDEN BAY

MYETT’S — Margarita Mexican Monday w/ 2 for 1

Leverick Bay Poker Run May 24

Brian Neale @ Myett’s — May 6 Mt. Gay Birthday Party @ Myett’s — April 20 First Ultra Marathon — April 25 NTL Surprise Performance — April 25

MYETT’S — Sunset Happier Hour w/ Brian Neale speciality margaritas & munchies. Happier Hour w/ Candyman 5pm. Singing Chef Al Show 7:30pm

5-7pm.Caribbean Dinner & Dance w/3D Band 7pm

QUITO’S — Half price happy Hour 5pm-6pm Quito Solo

QUITO’S —Half price Happy Hour 5pm-6pm Quito

from 7:30pm

solo happy hour & Too Smooth from 7:30

Art & Craft Festival @ Myett’s — April 26 CADA Players Kaleidoscope — April 25& 26/ May 2& 3 8th Annual Black & White Thang — May 2

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By Claudia Colli

The Grand Seduction I have a soft spot for warmhearted movies with quirky characters like those found in The Grand Seduction. The film takes place in Ticklehead, Newfoundland, a rugged island of steep windswept cliffs and a population of just 121 souls. For the most part, they are elderly, or infirm, or in one case, the overly fertile mother of five.

Ticklehead’s economy had been based on fishing but with a moratorium on cod fishing, most of its residents are either on welfare or had left the island in quest of a better life. A petrochemical plant is interested in locating a recycling plant there, but only if there is a doctor on the island, which there isn’t. Finding a doctor who wants to relocate to this craggy isle with even craggier inhabitants is not easy. When Paul Lewis (Taylor Kitsch), a young plastic surgeon with an LA practice, is sent to Ticklehead for a month as community service (he was busted at a Canadian airport for cocaine possession), the townspeople go to improbable lengths to convince/seduce him to stay permanently.

Murray French (Brendan Gleeson) steps in as Ticklehead’s new mayor when the old mayor flees the island for new more prosperous horizons. With no work on the island, Murray’s wife has also left to work on a mainland factory, and he is desperate to do whatever it takes to get her back.

As the town fears, Dr. Lewis is not charmed by Ticklehead. There is only one mediocre restaurant and just one bar – aptly named “The Bar.” But

Murray has a plan. They will eavesdrop on Lewis’ long distance phone conversations to his fiancée Helen and determine his likes and dislikes. He lacks a father figure? No problem, Murray will fill the role.

He is crazy about cricket? Well, the townspeople will form a cricket team, even if they are ice hockey fans and absolutely clueless about cricket.

Most importantly they try to encourage a romance between him and the attractive postmistress, the only eligible female on the island. But since she is not interested in a man with a fiancée, this turns out to be a formidable obstacle. When the Texan oil men turn up in a helicopter to negotiate the deal, and Lewis learns of the town’s communal deception, things inevitably get more complicated.

But in this film of small delights, the unexpected can always happen.

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By Dean “The Sportsman” Greenaway

Nothing Like The First Time behind the Bahamas with Trinidad and Tobago chalStanding at the edge of the track on Monday night lenging. Lacey, who won individual silver in the 400m at the Kim Collins Stadium (formely Silver Jubilee Intermediate Hurdles on Sunday night, unleashed a Stadium and renamed in honor of the St. Kitts-Nevis ferocious kick over the last 120m, surging past the sprint icon) on Sunday, it was good to see our U20 Bahamas runner and kept the distance for the silver Girls team anchored by Jonel Lacey – with Taylor Hill, medal ahead of Trinidad and Tobago, finishing in 3 Tarika “Tinker Bell” Moses and Lakeisha “Mimi” minutes 46.43 seconds. This was the third best time Warner. This is the same quartet that advanced to the ever run by BVI women for the Territory’s 40 Carifta 2013 IAAF World Youth Championships Sprint Medley Games medal in its history, dating back to the first in final, then won a silver medal with Nelda Huggins 1978. replacing Mimi, hooking up again, On Sunday evening it was this time in the 44th Carifta Games. another first with two entered in It was another historic the U20 Girls 400m Intermediate moment, since it was the first time Hurdles – a record four hurdlers on that the BVI – which joined the the team including one boy. Lacey, Carifta Games Family in the who missed the games last year, Bahamas in 1976 – had an U20 returned and debuted in the 400m Girls 4 x 400m relay quartet lining Intermediate Hurdles where she up for competition against the big U20 Girls 4x400m Relay silver medalists finished third for an individual regional players, Jamaica, Trinidad bronze medal with a personal best of 1 minute, 01.26 and Tobago and the Bahamas. seconds. Lacey was followed by Warner, who won With a similar quartet in 2013, they had had the 800m bronze medals in 2012 and 2013, and was experience of ripping the hearts out of the Bahamas fourth in 1:01.65 in just her second time over the baron home soil, competing in the U17 Girls 4x400m riers. She ran 1:04.71 a week earlier in her first go over relay at that time, and getting the silver medal. the barriers. Lacey’s time is the fastest electronic time With Jamaica winning its seventh straight relay of ever by a BVI athlete and only trails Pat Archibald’s the games, it came down to see who would grab the 60.0 seconds hand time from 1982 on the territory’s remaining medals from among the three teams – and All Time List. who would go home without. The BVI trailed the Then, Beyonce DeFreitas – advance to her first Bahamas as Hill – who ran 100/200m personal bests 200m U18 Girls final and at 14, becoming the of 11.83/24.24 – ran a strong leg after getting the stick youngest to ever achieve the feat. She then placed from Moses, who wasn’t at her best, and held off the fifth overall in a personal best of 24.50 seconds, a Trinidad and Tobago runner trying to pass at the time only eight others have bettered. They all deserve exchange. congratulations as the rest of the team.

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By Leslie Cramer

The Roosters of Road Town I’d have to be blind, to not have noticed the gazillion chickens that regularly roam the bi-ways of Road Town, and all the far reaching environs of the BVI, as well. To say they're everywhere would not be too much of a stretch – East End to Soper's Hole, Cane Garden Bay to Nanny Cay, they're hard to avoid.

They are generally unobtrusive. And it's not just the beautifully plumaged males that we see stalking the streets. It’s just as often the hens, and usually with their babies in tow. Little fluff-balls of cuteness, doing their best to stay close to their moms, while learning pecking order, both literally and figuratively.

My only complaint would be along the lines of how bleeping noisy they can be, when it comes to the pre-dawn hours of the morning. I know they don't wear watches (their wrists are way too skinny, and they can't tell time anyway) but 4:00 a.m. is pushing the envelope. They are rather disrespectful when it comes to timing. Rather self-centered, if you ask me, thinking life is all about them.

I've heard that roosters get lonely, that their squawking may come from sheer lack of companionship. Who knew, that a few hens for friendship and *otherwise* wouldn't cut the mustard? I've also heard that roosters (yes, they're males) are often territorial, and sometimes their “vocalizing” comes from claims of “you're in my space, move on.”

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Open-air restaurateurs have their own sets of struggles with the winged beasts (though we seldom see them fly more than a few feet at a time). Again, with their self-serving natures, they have no problem scrabbling about under patron's feet, scrounging up dropped French fries, burger hunks, breadcrumbs or whatever. I recently observed one underfoot at a restaurant in St. Thomas, who jumped right up on a patron's table, which scared the bejesus out of the visiting tourists.

The best solution I've ever seen to help with the restaurateur's plight, was at Luncheria, in a courtyard in St. Croix. Lenny (a friend, the owner) keeps squirt guns available at the bar, for use upon request. When a chicken gets too close or aggressive, you just let a good squirt rip. The animals aren't harmed. And they get the message.

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Weekly Suduko

The objective is to fill the full 9x9 grid with digits so that each column, each row, and each of the nine 3x3 “sub-grids” that compose the main grid contains all of the digits from 1 to 9 – with no repeats within each row or column within the entire square. A partially completed grid is usually provided, which typically has a unique solution.

See next weeks Limin’ Times issue for solution.