This week I took a trip up to the North Eleuthera Shopping Centre or Burchie’s as it is more commonly known. Burchie’s is the closest Eleuthera has to a department store ! It sells groceries, fruit and vegetables, hardware, home goods, appliances, clothing and most other things you can think of. Fresh deliveries come in on a Friday or Saturday […]
Governors Harbour
Now I want to let everybody know about a great new shipping service for Eleuthera – The Pineapple Express. Most of have an emergency – of kinds ! – every now and again. Well last weekend Bob’s laptop suffered a very big hissy fit and the track pad on his MacBookAir just would not respond no matter what. Fortunately for […]
Lakia’s Variety Store in Palmetto Point -another hidden treasure I want you all to know about in my Best of Eleuthera series…… Run by Lorraine Thompson and open since 23rd March 2006 it is named after one of her 4 daughters. Don’t you think it’s great the way Lorraine wrote the date in the cement of the step at the […]
Next in the Best of Eleuthera series I share a great secret with you – the hidden treasures found at the Highway Service Station here in Governors Harbour. Situated on Queens Highway heading south out of Governors Harbour on the left hand side is the Esso gas station owned by the Griffin family. The gas station has been on this […]
The Centre for Exceptional Learners in Governors Harbour is in the spotlight this week in my Best of Eleuthera series. Situated on the left hand side of the up hill in Governors Harbour it has been open since 2003 and Mr William Holland has been the principal there since 2004. He is trained as a special educational needs teacher […]
Now in the Best of Eleuthera series I want to tell you about the adventures of the Antiki raft. Those of you who have visited Governors Harbour will probably have seen the raft moored up here in the harbour – but you may not be aware of the story of how it came to be here. In 2011, led by […]
So here I am , happy to be back home in Eleuthera after my travels in the UK. I have always needed to take a little time away on my own to recharge my batteries and nurture my spirit so I try, once a year, to take a trip to the UK to catch up with my girlfriends, sisters and […]
Next in the Best of Eleuthera series we take a look at the fabulous Eleuthera All That Jazz Festival. This year – 2015 – the festival is from March 25th – 29th – make sure if you can get to the island you get your tickets….. The festival was founded by Patricia Oakes Leigh – Wood in 2012 both to […]
Every now and again I indulge myself with a blog which is really quite personal and this week’s – Inspirational People is one of those for me. I have a Pinterest board which is called Inspirational People and it is like having a grown up version of a childhood scrapbook. I am sure that most of you are familiar with […]
Next in the Best of Eleuthera series we take a look at Sunset Inn – right here in Governors Harbour. Situated just south of Governors Harbour right on Queens Highway it overlooks the Caribbean and is called Sunset Inn for a very good reason – viewing the sunsets from their deck is a wonderful experience…. Sunset Inn is owned and […]

Kathy Colman
Writer, Interior Designer, Foodie, and Wife to Bob. Living in Eleuthera, Bahamas
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