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Saturday, February 12, 2011

Gabe gets a scooter from island uncles


Chuck Norris went to the Virgin Islands once. Now they just call it "The Islands".

My very excellent tío José Ignacio "Joe" Alsina y Garmendia, who basks in the Perpetual Sun and Surf of his home on Hull Bay (St Thomas USVI), sent Gabe and Ezra a Walmart gift card for Christmas. Joe looks something like this:


Gabe naturally thought of no other purchase (at least after we said no to guns, knives, and bats) but a terrific kick-scooter, which he termed a "scootboard" (portmanteau of "skateboard" and "scooter", with a nod to the Norse practice of linguistic conflation).




Brittany seen relaxing on Joe & Julia's back porch below, looking out at the Brass. If anyone needs a construction job and could suffer through living in St. Thomas, let my uncle know.


And Joe and me standing over a little cove wherein we swam and pillaged the local whelk population (kudos Julia for the fine stew she whipped up afterward).




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