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April 24, 2013June 5, 2019

Pumpkin Bluff Beach, North Caicos

O.K. we admit it – we are just crazy about beaches. Something about the beautiful blue water and creamy white sand absolutely soothes our souls. We’ve been lucky to have seen some amazing beaches in our travels and this is one of the top on our list.

Getting there:If you don’t like deserted beaches, with miles of undisturbed sugar soft sand, you should probably not read any further. We visited this one, Pumpkin Bluff Beach on North Caicos three times during our stay on the island, never saw another person – and LOVED the solitude…

Pumpkin Bluff was not the easiest beach to find on North Caicos – perhaps the reason it was so isolated. In fact, we never saw a sign leading to Pumpkin Bluff and originally called it Shipwreck Beach because of the freighter shipwrecked just off the reef. It wasn’t until we returned home and located the beach on a map that we realized the name was Pumpkin Bluff. Still think we like Shipwreck Beach better!

We’d recommend just getting a good map and exploring until you find it – it’s well worth it. Three Mary Cays on the right in the distance is a great place to snorkel.

Pumpkin Bluff has very long expanse of beautiful white, soft sand and the water is shallow and clear for a long way out. The weather was calm and warm while we were in North Caicos and the swimming (and floating) were great!

The Rum Therapy gang enjoying the beach all to ourselves…

Amenities: none :)

Recommended for: swimming, anyone that enjoys a quiet beach experience. Take a picnic and your favorite rum drinks and enjoy the solitude.

Other Turks & Caicos post that you might enjoy:

Rum Therapy in Turks and Caicos

Mudjin Harbour, Middle Caicos

Find Pumpkin Bluff Beach on our Turks and Caicos Map

To see more posts on the Turks and Caicos islands and other islands, check out our Island Blog Directory

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April 24, 2013June 5, 2019

Calmos Café, St. Martin

Whether you just want to relax on the beach with your toes in the sand while sipping on your favorite beverage or to enjoy some tapas while watching the sun set over the bay, Calmos Cafe has you covered.

Located right on the beach on the French side in Grand Case, St. Martin, Calmos Cafe serves everything from fine wines to tropical rum concoctions and tasty fresh, local food to go with it.

We enjoyed some tapas along with a frozen rum drink called the Calmos (with peach and mango) and a Rhum Runner, all of which were excellent, but even more so as we enjoyed them while sitting just inches from the water while watching the sun set…

The atmosphere is warm and quiet most nights, but if you’re looking for more excitement, plan to visit on the nights they have a live salsa or reggae band.

Their motto: C’est La Vie – That’s life!

We got there early one evening and it was relatively uncrowded, but as the evening wore on, more and more people arrived snapping up all the tables and seats by the shoreline.

And why not. With good food and drinks and a view like this…

So, if you’re looking for a place to enjoy some rum with a view while on St. Martin, Calmos Cafe will serve up that and much, much more.

To find out more, visit their website here:
Calmos Cafe

More posts on St. Maarten/St. Martin that you might be interested in:

Sarafina’s Bakery, Marigot, St. Martin

Sunset Bar and Grill, St. Maarten

Karakter Beach Bar, St. Maarten

Le Galion Beach, St. Martin

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April 23, 2013January 15, 2020

The Limin’ House, Tortola

Update from our original post

Several years ago we had the opportunity to stay at a beautiful villa named the Limin’ House on a hill overlooking Soper’s Hole in Tortola in the British Virgin Islands. Unfortunately Tortola was hit hard by the hurricanes of 2017 and the Limin’ House was not spared. During our recent visit to Tortola, we had the chance to stop by the Limin’ House to get a tour of the remodeled villa and talk to owner Susan McDavit. The Limin’ House is looking great again and ready for your next stay on Tortola!

Here’s how it looks now. Who’s ready to go?

The balcony off of the living room

A reminder of Irma. After the storm, they found this card had blown into one of the bathrooms and was adhered to the wall. Instead of removing it, they put a frame around it and left it where they found it!

*The pool and view of Soper’s Hole from the Limin’ House*

If you’d like to find out more about booking a stay at the Limin’ House,
contact Susan at (941)-735-6220 or email her at [email protected]
Website: http://www.liminhouse.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiminHouse

Original post from April 2013
Located high on a hill overlooking Soper’s Hole in West End Tortola, this beautiful Villa is aptly named. We enjoyed a short stay at the Limin’ House during our visit to Tortola last fall and enjoyed every limin’ minute of it.

According to a definition given on The Limin’ House website, the word limin’, when used as a Caribbean verb means “To relieve from attention or effort; relax”.

From the moment you arrive, you know this place will be something special.

With grand wooden entrance doors and lush tropical landscaping, you feel like you’re entering your own tropical hideaway.

The Limin’ House has 4 very private bedrooms, 4 bathrooms and sleeps 10, making it an ideal getaway for families as well as up to 4 couples. All bedrooms are air conditioned and have their own private balcony or patio.

Master Bedroom

Private Balcony in Master Bedroom

Bedroom #2

Bedroom #3

Bedroom #4 also has its own kitchenette

One of two very private outdoor stone showers

Well appointed kitchen…

….and barbeque grill, but if you don’t feel like cooking in, The Limin’ House is just minutes away from good restaurants, bars and shopping.

There’s a wonderful pool

And pool bar

There’s lots of comfortable open air living area with plenty of space to spread out and relax.

And when the sun starts to set, grab a seat a get treated to a spectacular sunset view…

The Limin’ House Villa is available as a vacation rental while on Tortola. If you are interested in finding out more about this spectacular accommodation, contact Susan at (941)-735-6220 or Email her at limin[email protected]
Website: http://www.liminhouse.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiminHouse

To see more posts on Tortola and other islands, check out our Island Blog Directory

All information is correct to our knowledge at the time of writing, but be sure to verify current information before your visit.
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April 22, 2013June 24, 2021

Strawberry Mojito

Mmmm…Strawberry Mojitos. An excellent treat for summertime or anytime you just need a taste of something that reminds you of summer!

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Strawberry Mojito

Servings:

Ingredients

1 oz Light Rum
4 Ripe Strawberries
5-6 Mint Leaves
2 oz Raw Sugar
1/2 Lime (juiced)
Club Soda

Instructions

Muddle the strawberries, mint leaves and raw sugar.
Squeeze the juice from the lime into the glass and add the rum.
Fill the glass with ice, then top off with soda water.
Lightly stir and garnish with mint.

You might also be interested in this:
Strawberry Mojito made with Cruzan Strawberry Rum

Find more recipes with strawberries and rum here: Best Strawberry and Rum Drink Recipes

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Rum Recipe Picture Directory

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April 17, 2013August 24, 2021

Rum N’ Root Beer Float

Oh my gosh. Rum and root beer. Yum. We’ve been wanting to try rum and root beer in a root beer float, and just happened to have the time (and ingredients) to try it out last weekend. Well I’m pleased (and a bit dismayed, ’cause we’ve gained a pound or two while experimenting) to announce that we’ve come up with an amazing, stellar and incredible combination for this very adult version of a Root Beer Float. Hope you enjoy it – just remember, although big on taste, it’s unfortunately not short on calories! (but who’s counting….)

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Rum 'N Root Beer Float

An amazing, stellar and incredible combination for this very adult version of a Root Beer Float.

Course: Drinks

Servings:

Ingredients

Vanilla Ice Cream
Root Beer (made with cane sugar)
2 oz. Dark Rum (we released the Kraken for this one)

Instructions

Fill a tall glass with several healthy scoops of vanilla ice cream, pour in the dark rum and top off (slowly as it foams up) with the root beer.
Kick your feet up and enjoy!!

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April 17, 2013July 25, 2019

Blanchards Beach Shack, Anguilla

Located on idyllic Meads Bay, Anguilla, a colorful establishment called Blanchards Beach Shack doles out scrumptious food and drinks for those enjoying some time in the beautiful sand and turquoise water.

Blanchards Beach Shack is located next door to Blanchards Restaurant, undoubtedly one of the finest restaurants on Anguilla. Both are owned by Bob and Melinda Blanchard who are originally from Vermont and New York. They are entrepreneurs who have successfully started a number of businesses, and one day decided to sell everything, move to Anguilla and open a restaurant. They’ve written a book about their adventure entitled A Trip to the Beach: Living on Island Time in the Caribbean, which from all accounts, is an entertaining and enlightening account of the joys and challenges of selling it all and moving to a tropical island.

Blanchards Beach Shack opened in 2011, and in Bob and Melinda’s words, “On an island known for its expensive restaurants, we offer a delicious alternative in a casual, picture-postcard setting.”

We ordered a couple of drinks, an M.B.L.T and a Cheeseburger (see the menu here) and enjoyed to beautiful Caribbean colors before us.

After enjoying our meal, we grabbed our beverages and headed for the beach.

Beach chairs and umbrellas are available for rent, or…

…you can just plop in the sugar soft sand, like we did.

Stunningly beautiful beach and great food and drinks – what’s not to like about Blanchard’s Beach Shack. Hope to be back soon…

Visit their website for more information:
Blanchards Beach Shack

Find Blanchards Beach Shack on our Anguilla Map

To see more posts on Anguilla and other islands, check out our Island Blog Directory

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April 17, 2013April 19, 2021

Mopion, St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Mopion, a tiny island close to Petit St. Vincent, could really be considered just a sandbar.

This perfect little stretch of white sand surrounded by crystal clear, blue water is ever changing with the weather and takes all of 5 minutes to walk around – if you walk sloooowly…. There is one thatched umbrella on Mopion, maintained by the nearby Petit St. Vincent Resort, and it’s decorated with the names of those lucky enough to have visited.

It’s not easy to get to Mopion, but well worth it if visiting St. Vincent and the Grenadines. If you’re sailing the Grenadines, consider making a stop if close to Union Island or Tobago Cays. Guests of Petit St. Vincent Resort and Palm Island Resort can get a ride over to Mopion for a visit.

What do you do on a deserted island for a day? Anything you want.

1. Snorkel

2. Float in the crystal clear water

3. Enjoy a picnic

4. Take a nap under the thatched umbrella

5. Listen to the sound of the waves (or tunes from The Ultimate Rum Therapy Playlist!)

6. BYOBB – Bring Your Own Beach Bar and name it after yourself! (Guess what we named ours?)

7. Absolutely nothing….just enjoy your time on this tropical beach paradise…

Whatever Mopion is – an island, a beach or just a little sandbar in the middle of the ocean, Mopion was ours for a day…

To find more posts on St. Vincent and the Grenadines and other islands, check out our Island Blog Directory

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April 15, 2013May 5, 2021

The Ultimate Rum Therapy Beach Playlist

We asked for it and YOU DELIVERED! Thanks to all of you who took the time to submit your favorite tunes for the ULTIMATE Rum Therapy Beach Playlist! Quite the eclectic list and they may not all make your top picks, but they’re excellent submissions and will give us all a place to start when looking for some more tunes for vacation and beach time.

Some of your favorites not on the list? Be sure to send them to us and we’ll update from time to time.

The list is arranged in alphabetical order (sort of – I’m sure I made a few errors in alphabetizing and I’ll go back and fix them later – right now my brain hurts!) We checked and were able to find most of these tunes on either iTunes, Amazon or You Tube, and it looks like most can be easily downloaded.

The songs were not all written or originally performed by the artists listed, but, if listed, is probably the preferred rendition of the song for this list and several songs are listed with more than one artist!

So, here it is. The ULTIMATE Rum Therapy Playlist as submitted by you – our Facebook and website friends and followers! Enjoy!

(The) Andrew Sisters
* Rum and Coca Cola

Baha Men
*Coconut
*Gin and Coconut Water (Jelly)
*Island Boy

Bankie Banx
*Still In Paradise

Barefoot Davis
*Rum is the Answer – What Was the Question?

Barefoot Man (George Novak)
Rum and Coconut Water
Rum On Me Tongue
Small Dinghy
Thong Gone Wrong

Beach Boys
*Good Vibrations
*Kokomo
*Sail On Sailor
*Sloop John B

Beenie Man
*I’m Drinking/Rum & Red Bull
*Let’s Go

Beres Hammond
*Rockaway

Billy Currington
*Pretty Good at Drinkin’ Beer
Swimmin’ in Sunshine

Blake Shelton
Chill
*Drink on It
*Some Beach

Blues Traveler
*Carolina Blues
*Hook

(The) Boat Drunks
*A Pirate on the Caribbean
Bermuda Triangle
*Callin’ In Gone
Hangover Key
The Rhum Bar
*Tropical Standard Time

Bobby Darin
*Beyond the Sea

Bobby McFerrin
*Don’t Worry, Be Happy

Bob Marley
*Jammin’
*One Drop
*One Love
*Redemption Song
*Stir It Up
*Three Little Birds

Bob Seger
*Sunspot Baby

Bon Jovi
*Summertime

Brent Burns
*Don’t Come Knockin’ If the Tiki Huts Rockin‘
*I’ve Got a Beach in My Backyard
Son of the Beach
Vacation

Brett Eldredge
*Beat of the Music

Brian Neale
Two Chairs on a Beach

Brother Trouble
*Summer’s Little Angel

Brothers Osborne
*Rum

Bruce Springsteen
*Born to Run

Bruno Mars
*The Lazy Song

Burning Flames
Island Girl

Buster Poindexter
*Hot Hot Hot

Cars
*Let The Good Times Roll

Chris Janson
*Buy Me a Boat

Chuck Wicks
*Salt Life

Crosby, Stills & Nash
*Southern Cross
*Wooden Ships

David Gray
*Sail Away

Delbert McClinton
*Sandy Beaches

Dierks Bentley
*Drunk on a Plane
*Somewhere on a Beach

Doobie Brothers
*China Grove
*South City Midnight Lady

(The) Drifters
*I’ve Got Sand In My Shoes
*Under the Boardwalk

Don Henley
*Boys of Summer

Eagles
*Hotel California
*Life’s Been Good
*Seven Bridges Road
*Tequila Sunrise
*Peaceful Easy Feeling

Eric Church
*Drink In My Hand
*Jack Daniels
*Smoke a Little Smoke

Eric Stone
*I’ll Be Ready Tomorrow
The Sandbar

Fleetwood Mac
*Monday Morning

Florida Georgia Line
*Cruise

Gaelic Storm
*Piña Colada in a Pint Glass

Garth Brooks
Captain Morgan
*Two Piña Coladas

Gene Mitchell
*Rum Phonics

George Strait
*The Seashores of Old Mexico

Gloria Estefan
*Conga

Gorg
My Rum

Gyptian
*Hold Yuh

Gypsy Kings
*Bambeleo

Harry Belefonte
*Coconut Woman
*Day O (Banana Boat)
*Island in the Sun
*Jump In the Line

Harry Nilsson
*Put the Lime in the Coconut

Howard Livingston
*Blame it on the Margarita’s
*Livin’ On Key West Time
Sailing to I Don’t Know

Israel Kamakawiwo’ ole
*Somewhere Over the Rainbow
*White Sandy Beach of Hawaii

Ina Kamoze
*Here Comes the Hotstepper

Jack Johnson
*Banana Pancakes
*Better Together
*Bubble Toes
*Upside Down

Jackson Browne
*Jamaica Say You Will

Jake Owen
*Anywhere with You
*Barefoot Blue Jean Night
*Beachin’
*Pass a Beer
*Summer Jam

James McMurtry
*Hurricane Party

Jamey Johnson
*Place Out On the Ocean

Jamie Cullum
All At Sea

Jerrod Niemann
*Down In Mexico
*How Can I Be So Thirsty
*One More Drinkin’ Song
*Shinin’ On Me

Jerry Jeff Walker
*Barefootin’
*Boats to Build
*Cowboy Boots and Bathin’ Suits
Sloop John B

Jesse Rice
*Caribbean Crazy
*Haze of the Rum
*Key West Time
*Island State of Mind

Jimmy Buffett
*A Pirate Looks at 40
*Boat Drinks
*(The) Captain and the Kid
*Changes in Attitudes, Changes in Latitudes
*Cheeseburger in Paradise
*Coast of Carolina
*Coconut Telegraph
*Cowboy in the Jungle
*Fins
*Island Fever
*It’s 5:00 Somewhere
*Lovely Cruise
*Mañana
*Margaritaville
*One Particular Harbor
*Son of a Sailor
*Still in Paradise (with Bankie Banx)
*The Weather is Here, Wish You were Beautiful
*Tin Cup Chalice
*Trying to Reason with the Hurricane Season

Jimmy Cliff
*Shelter of Your Love
*I Can See Clearly Now
*Many Rivers To Cross

Jim Morris
*The Floating Opera
*Island Daze
*Premature Intoxication
*Visually Cool and Pleasantly Numb

Joe Bennett
*I Need a Beach

John Frinzi
*Buoyancy
*Paradise, Quickly
*Slip Away

John Hiatt
*Drive South

John Mayer
*Free Fallin’
*Who Says

Keb’ Mo’
*Imagine
*Life Is Beautiful

Kenny Chesney
*Be As You Are
*Beer In Mexico
*Boats
*Down the Road
*Guitars and Tiki Bars
*Island Boy
*Key Lime Pie
*Keys In the Conch Shell
*Life On a Rock
*Lucky Old Sun
*Magic
*Marley
*No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problem
*Nowhere to Go, Nowhere to Be
*Old Blue Chair
*On the Coast of Somewhere Beautiful
*Pirate Flag
*Somewhere In the Sun
*Soul of a Sailor
*Summertime
*That Time of Day
*The Life
*Time Flies
*Way Down Here
*When I See This Bar
*When the Sun Goes Down (with Uncle Kracker)
*You and Tequila
*Young

Kes The Band
*Tuesday on the Rocks

Kid Rock
*All Summer Long

Little Big Town
*Day Drinking
*Pontoon

Little River Band
*Cool Change

Los Lonely Boys
*Heaven

Louis Armstrong
*What a Wonderful World

Luke Bryan
*Crash My Party
*Drink a Beer
*One Margarita
*Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset

Lyle Lovett
*If I Had a Boat

Machel Montano
*Bottle of Rum

Mac McAnally
*Once in a Lifetime
*Amarula Sun

Mahlathini
Sing This Song

(The) Merrymen
*Beautiful Barbados

Micah Gardner
*Barstool Sailor

Michael Franti
*Say Hey
*The Sound of Sunshine

Mishka
*Coastline Journey
*Guy With a Guitar
*Ocean Is My Potion

Mr. Probz
Waves

Mungo Jerry
*In the Summertime

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
*Make a Little Magic

Norah Jones
*Sunrise

Oh No Fiasco
I Want You Back

Otis Redding
*Sittin’ On The Dock of the Bay

Pablo Cruise
*A Place in the Sun
*Good Ship Pablo Cruise
*I Go To Rio
Island Woman
*Love Will Find a Way
*What’cha Gonna Do?

Pharrell Williams
*Happy

Phil Vasser
*Just Another Day in Paradise
*Six-Pack Summer

Prince
*Raspberry Beret

Quito Rymer
*Caribbean Run
Paradise
*Tortola
*Ripples

Richie Spice
*Make Up Your Mind

Rick Steffen
*Coconut Rum

Rob Mehl
*Walk On The Beach

Rodrigo y Gabriela
*Diablo Rojo

Shaggy
*Angel

Sheryl Crow
*Soak Up The Sun

Smoky Robinson
*Cruisin’

(The) Subdudes
Let’s Play

Sublime
*Doin’ Time

Sugar Ray
*Fly

Swim Skinny
*Boo-yah
*Ocean Blue

Taj Mahal
*Sacred Island
*The New Hula Blues

Taurus Riley
*She’s Royal

The Rock Heroes
*All Summer Afternoon

Toby Keith
*I Love This Bar
*I Wanna Talk About Me
*I’m Just Talkin’ About Tonight
*Red Solo Cup
*She’s a Hottie
*Stays In Mexico

Todd Rundgren
*Bang On the Drum All Day

Tom Petty
*Free Fallin’

Tracy Byrd
*Ten Rounds with Jose Cuervo

(The) Tradewinds
Cricket in the Jungle

Trailer Choir
*Can’t Drink All Day

Travis James Humphrey
*Mai Tai or Margarita

UB40
*Red, Red, Wine

Uncle Kracker
*Drift Away
*It’s Good to be Me
*Last Night Again

Van Morrison

*Brown Eyed Girl
*Into the Mystic

(The) Wailers
*Mellow Mood

Wailing Souls
*Love You Want

Weezer
*Island in the Sun

(The) Young Rascals
*Groovin’

Zac Brown Band
*Island Song
*Knee Deep (with Jimmy Buffet)
*Toes
*Where the Boat Leaves From

10cc
*Dreadlock Holiday

April 12, 2013

You Had Me At Rum…

Daiquiris, mojitos, piña coladas, painkillers, bushwhackers…all tasty and wonderful rum concoctions, but sometimes we simply want just a pour of our favorite sipping rum over a piece of ice. We’re excited to be attending the Miami Rum Renaissance Festival next week to sit in on some seminars given by rum experts and sample many of the fine rums that will be featured. Maybe we’ll even find a few new favorites!

What are some of your favorite sipping rums?

April 12, 2013November 19, 2015

The ULTIMATE Rum Therapy Beach Playlist Submissions

Check out the ULTIMATE Rum Therapy Beach Playlist here!

One of our most popular website posts is entitled “BEACH Playlist“. For those of you that have read our post entitled “BEACH Playist”, you’ll realize that it’s not a comprehensive list of our favorite beach songs, instead, its simply 34 great songs that remind us of our all time favorite beach vacations.

Judging by the amount of visits we receive on this post, there are obviously, some very lucky peeps planning to spend some time “On The Coast of Somewhere Beautiful” (Kenny Chesney) and want to fill their iPods with music to support their beachy frame of mind.Well, we feel it’s time to “Remedy” (Jason Mraz) this situation with your help.

If you feel like “Swimming in Sunshine” (Billy Currington), have “Two Tickets to Paradise” (Eddie Money) and want to head south with the very best tunes in tow, please help us compile the Ultimate Rum Therapy Beach Playlist by submitting your favorite five (5) tunes of an y genre (classic rock, country, classical, R & B – whatever floats your boat!) that YOU like to listen too while relaxing or playing on the beach, or on a boat, or floating in the water, or enjoying a cocktail in paradise, etc.

We ask that you choose five (5) songs from different artists and include the title of the song AND the artist. We’ll compile a list of ALL of the songs submitted (with title AND artist) into ONE GIGANTIC AND ULTIMATE RUM THERAPY BEACH PLAYLIST!!

So, grab yourself some “Boat Drinks” (Jimmy B), picture yourself on this beach and submit your 5 favorite beach songs via the comment section on this post, or on our Facebook page.
We’ll compile the complete list in just a few days and post it for all beach lovers to enjoy!!

We’ll start.
Here’s just five of our favorite Beach Tunes to start the list
(man – how in the world do you pick just 5??):

1. Two Piña Coladas – Garth Brooks
2. Boats – Kenny Chesney
3. Changes in Attitudes, Changes in Latitudes – Jimmy Buffett
4. Free Fallin’ – Tom Petty’s original AND John Mayer’s remake
5. All Summer Long – Kid Rock

ok, two more, since we started the list….
6. Tropical Standard Time – The Boat Drunks
7. Good To Be Me – Uncle Kracker

OK – your turn! What five songs do you want to add?