Wes ShoemakerCome ashore with me to the home of The Soggy Dollar Bar - the picture-perfect White Bay on the island of Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands. We visited this tiny Caribbean island in December 2018 on a bareboat charter sailing trip, just a few days before Christmas.
This video clearly shows how The Soggy Dollar Bar got its name. Because White Bay has no dock, the only way to access it is by swimming ashore. Hence all the wet dollar bills that are used to pay for the most popular drink in the BVI's: the Painkiller. Made with run, cream of coconut, orange juice, pineapple juice and a generous dusting of freshly-grated nutmeg on top, this quintessential beach cocktail originated right here at the The Soggy Dollar Bar.
Much like the rest of the BVI'S, The Soggy Dollar Bar was destroyed during Hurricane Irma. As you can see in this video, that hasn't stopped them from rebuilding and getting back to business at hand - making delicious drinks in paradise.
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Boat: 2005 47' Leopard
Cameras: Go Pro Hero 7 Black, Canon G7x ii, iPhone X
SWIM ASHORE || Soggy Dollar Bar at White Bay, Jost Van Dyke - British Virgin Islands Dec 2018Wes Shoemaker2019-01-20 | Come ashore with me to the home of The Soggy Dollar Bar - the picture-perfect White Bay on the island of Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands. We visited this tiny Caribbean island in December 2018 on a bareboat charter sailing trip, just a few days before Christmas.
This video clearly shows how The Soggy Dollar Bar got its name. Because White Bay has no dock, the only way to access it is by swimming ashore. Hence all the wet dollar bills that are used to pay for the most popular drink in the BVI's: the Painkiller. Made with run, cream of coconut, orange juice, pineapple juice and a generous dusting of freshly-grated nutmeg on top, this quintessential beach cocktail originated right here at the The Soggy Dollar Bar.
Much like the rest of the BVI'S, The Soggy Dollar Bar was destroyed during Hurricane Irma. As you can see in this video, that hasn't stopped them from rebuilding and getting back to business at hand - making delicious drinks in paradise.
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Boat: 2005 47' Leopard
Cameras: Go Pro Hero 7 Black, Canon G7x ii, iPhone X
Audio: Zoom H4n Recorder
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Visit my second channel, Highfalutin' Low Carb! youtube.com/highfalutinlowcarbNext Best Thing To Robert Redford - CREAMY CHOCOLATE DESSERT RECIPE!Wes Shoemaker2023-05-04 | The Next Best Thing To Robert Redford 🤩 A Creamy Chocolate Dessert Recipe!
This cold and creamy chocolate dessert hides a delicious crunchy cookie crust! This recipe goes by a lot of different names. Whether you call this sweet dessert "Something Special" or "Better Than Sax" or "The Next Best Thing To Robert Redford," your whole family is sure to love this sweet treat! I've included my "updated" recipe below that adjusts the ingredient amounts to more modern product package sizes. Enjoy!
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--------------- "NEXT BEST THING TO ROBERT REDFORD" Dessert Recipe (Recipe adapted from Kim Palmer “Covered Bridge Cookbook” Compiled by Roann Covered Bridge Association, Inc. of Roann, Indiana)
1 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 cup melted butter 1 cup chopped walnuts 8 oz. cream cheese, softened 1 cup sugar 16 oz. Cool Whip 1 5.1 ounce box instant vanilla pudding 1 5.1 ounce box instant chocolate pudding 3 cups milk
Mix flour, butter and walnuts; spread on bottom of 9 x13 baking dish. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes at 350°.
Mix together cream cheese, sugar, 1/2 of Cool Whip; spread over cooled crust.
Beat vanilla and chocolate puddings in the milk until firm. Spread over cheese layer. Spread rest of Cool Whip on top. Sprinkle with chopped walnuts or shaved chocolate.
Enjoy!
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This delicious orange and pineapple cake recipe comes from an old church cookbook my grandmother gave me. This is her recipe for PEA PICKIN' CAKE (sometimes called Pig Picking Cake.) This old southern cake is moist, fluffy and light, and lives in the refrigerator - ready to be enjoyed on a warm spring day. I've included my "updated" recipe below that adjusts the ingredient amounts to more modern product package sizes. Enjoy!
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--------------- PEA PICKIN' CAKE RECIPE (Recipe adapted from Deana Muns "A Book Of Favorite Recipes" Compiled by The Reaching Out Group, Sardis United Methodist Church, Sardis Georgia)
Cake: 1 box yellow cake mix 1 15oz can mandarin oranges (including juice) 4 large eggs 1/2 cup cooking oil
Put all ingredients in mixing bowl and mix well with a hand mixer to break up the mandarin oranges into smaller pieces. Pour into a buttered 9x13" baking pan. Bake for 30 minutes at 350ºFm or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Allow to cool completely at room temperature.
Combine pineapple with juice, pudding mix, and thawed whipped topping and mix well with a whisk. Spread evenly on top of completely cooled cake. Cover tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight or at least 2 hours before serving. Store in refrigerator and serve chilled.
(Recipe may also be baked in four 9" cake pans and assembled with frosting between layers. Shredded coconut and/or chopped walnuts or macadamia nuts are optional.)
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Hurricane Irma devastated Jost Van Dyke and the entire British Virgin Islands with Category 5 winds in September 2017. What remains is testament to the resilience of this tiny island community.
Come ashore with me, and discover what happens in paradise at Christmas.
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Boat: 2005 47' Leopard
Cameras: Go Pro Hero 7 Black, Canon G7x ii, iPhone X
Audio: Zoom H4n Recorder
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Visit my second channel, Highfalutin' Low Carb! youtube.com/highfalutinlowcarbPensacola Beach Aerial Video - October 2016Wes Shoemaker2016-10-25 | Aerial video footage shot during a test flight of a DJI Phantom 3 Professional, October 2016. Filmed at 1080, 30fps.
Music used with permission. "Really Thinking About The Beach" by Learning Music (http://www.learningmusicmonthly.com)I Believe in PensacolaWes Shoemaker2016-03-25 | The BEST thrift store find EVER!
This amazingly genius, 33 Long-Playing album was produced in 1987. Nineteen years later, I purchased it at a thrift store in Pensacola , Florida. Through the magic of acoustical electronics and USB ports, it is now available to the modern audience.
Listen now to the menthol cool stylings of the Pensacola WOWW-107FM singers as they present "I Believe in Pensacola," an obviously fantastic production of AMR Record and Tape Corporation, written by Mr. Doug Yoder.
According to the album liner notes, you may reach Mr. Yoder at (615) 329-9157, though he's never bothered to answer when I've called. If you find that you or a loved one are indeed Mr. Doug Yoder and happen to be reading this, please contact me as soon as possible to explain how a mere mortal gained your powers of close harmony sorcery. I really could not mean that more sincerely than it probably doesn't sound.
Vive' la Pensacola! (Wowwww!)Murphy singing along to Amazing Grace. Kawai GE-2 Grand Piano.Wes Shoemaker2015-04-12 | My dog Murphy "singing along" to me butchering the hymn Amazing Grace. ;-)
An old-fashioned, southern gospel piano arrangement of Amazing Grace - been playing it like this since I was a kid, wrong notes and all.
Played on a 5'7" 1986 Kawai GE-2 Grand Piano that desperately needs to be tuned.