Bella Struts Her Stuff

Two Belikins (stout), one green fairy (shot of bright-green absinthe) and a green jello shot for $9 USD. Oh my, oh my. It's St. Patrick's Day at ABC's--that's Ambergris Brewing Company. Tull, Keith, and Amaurys (from Cuba) were on guitars, and Jim played box drum! And that was just the beginning of the evening!

"Street Food"

First, we headed out to the reigning political party's victory party at the municipal park, but it hadn't cranked up yet, so we wandered over to hear Gino play at Fido's. (Remember "Gino and the Shack Shakers"?) It was pretty dead there, also, so we went to to ABC's and had a great time. Then it was back to Fido's which, by then, was ballistic, then back to the park which, by then, was ballistic, and hung out and ate beef tacos from a cart ($1 USD each). Yum. I'm not sure who pays for the free beer and coke at the victory party. It may be the taxpayers.

"Erin go bragh, y'all."

I must admit, the colors at the park got a little confusing at times. Hundreds of people wearing their politically-correct red shirts were interspersed with green-shirted St. Patrick's Day revelers. Tom was wearing his faded-green Lucky Charms T-shirt, of course, and I had on my Irish green as well. "What happened to the best-costume contest at Pedro's Inn?" you may ask? Hmpph! Pedro's celebrated St. Patrick's Day on FRIDAY! That's right. Nothing on Saturday, the real St. Patrick's Day. What's up with that? I think I could have won.

Under the category "What Are Your Teenagers Doing Today?" 17-year-old Eric Donis from San Pedro is getting ready to swim from San Pedro to Belize City, a distance of 36 miles, to raise awareness about the delicate condition of our barrier reef. He will be swimming over the course of three days beginning March 23rd and will be joined by other triathletes in the area on the final  leg from St. George Caye to Belize City. Eric says the barrier reef in Belize, second largest in the world, is too important to risk to the interests of off-shore oil drilling companies. (And, yeah, he probably plays computer games and won't clean his room!)

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Here's a big shout out to Ambergris Caye's Matachica Beach Resort which made the 2012 Readers' Choice Awards for favorite Caribbean hotels from the website "About.com." And for good reason!

Matachica Beach Resort

Y'all come visit. We'll check out Matachica and all the beautiful resorts, or maybe eat street food and swim to Belize City. You're gonna love Belize!