INSIDER’S GUIDE

THE BERMUDA SHOP BY CAROLE HOLDING

Clocktower Shopping Mall

Royal Naval Dockyard, Sandys

Tel: 535-4000

Carole Holding offers a wide selection of her Bermuda art on gifts, including mugs, note cards, her own recipe chopping boards, placemats, and coaster sets. Other inexpensive gifts include necklaces, earrings, pink sand–filled lockets, and 2023 glass ornaments. Queen Elizabeth II and other royal memorabilia are also a great find at her store.

BERMUDA TRIANGLE SHOP

Clocktower Shopping Mall

Royal Naval Dockyard, Sandys

Tel: 333-5462

The Bermuda Triangle Shop is full of treasures and is the most eclectic shop in the mall, packed with interesting items. Most of their products are Bermuda inspired and feature unique designs not to be found outside of the island. Merchandise includes super cool T-shirts; island summer clothing; a large selection of costume jewellery; the best rum cake in Bermuda; hand-painted wood carvings like boxes, tropical fish, and magnets, many with the signature pink Bermuda cottage design; musical instruments; wind chimes; sterling silver; and also Bermuda Christmas ornaments. There are gifts for any price range. Step inside and get lost.

THE BIRDSEY STUDIO

5 Stowe Hill, Paget Tel: 236-6658

E-mail: linbergbda@icloud.com

Jo Birdsey Linberg, daughter of Bermuda’s first modern artist, Alfred Birdsey, painted for many years with her father at The Birdsey Studio before his death in 1996. Today, she continues the family tradition. Created predominately in watercolours, her impressionistic landscapes, figurative paintings, and whimsical animals reflect her mentor’s artistic legacy through simple lines and Oriental-inspired brushwork; but they also establish Jo’s own artistic niche and creative stamp. Her watercolours have been exhibited in Bermuda and overseas, whilst collected and commissioned internationally. Jo’s paintings reflect her love of life and Bermuda. Her father’s spirit is alive and well in her humour, hospitality, and creative energy. The Birdsey