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U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS UPDATE


Current Press Release for February 25, 1997
Call 1-800-372-USVI for more information.



U.S. Virgin Islands Update
February 25, 1997

St. Patrick's Day Parade Returns to St. Croix

St. Croix will be greener than ever on Saturday, March 15, as the island celebrates its 28th annual St. Patrick's Day Parade on the streets of Christiansted. Amidst the Danish architecture, the pulsating musical sounds of scratch and steel-pan bands, a colorful green entourage of floats and lively Irish descendants will fill the streets with festive island banter. The procession will make its way to King Alley's wharf for the traditional block party. For more information about this celebration of Irish heritage and culture, call (809) 778-5912.

Blackbeard's Opens New Restaurant

Blackbeard's Castle on St. Thomas opened a new restaurant last week. Cafe Lulu offers cross-cultural cuisine with dishes from the Caribbean, the Mediterranean and Asia. The restaurant is open from 6 to 10 p.m. nightly and the bar is open from 5 to 11 p.m. On the weekends, live music is performed and a Sunday brunch is available. For more information, call (800) 344-5771.

St. Thomas Condominiums Offer 7th Night Free

Ocean Property Management's "Welcome Back to St. Thomas" package offers guests a seventh night free at any of their four St. Thomas properties — Secret Harbourview Villas, The Anchorage, Crystal Cove at Sapphire Bay West and Sapphire Village. Guests can enjoy a seventh night free in their condominium suites and save up to $420 on a week's stay. This offer is valid throughout 1997, excluding November 23-30, and December 23-31. For more information, call (800) 874-7897.

Special Triathlon Packages at Chenay Bay

St. Croix's Chenay Bay Beach Resort is offering "Cottage, Car & Carbo" packages April 27 - May 11, for visiting triathletes, their families and spectators. Packages include accommodations, car rental, special triathlete menus, food and beverage credits, complimentary watersports with equipment, taxes and service charge for $665 per cottage for four nights and $1,225 per cottage for seven nights. For more information, call (800) 548-4457.

St. Thomas Restaurant Features New Menu

Cafe Amici, a local Italian restaurant located in Riise's Alley, offers its customers a spectacular new menu featuring scrumptious Italian cuisine with a European flavor. Specialties prepared by chef Deena Mills include daily fresh-baked peasant bread, Greek salads, gourmet pizzas, crepes and extraordinary desserts. The cafe's rich signature dessert, Chocolate Amici, is made of almonds, ladyfingers and cappuccino cheesecake with Kahlua chocolate mousse, topped with caramelized walnuts. The elegant, garden-setting cafe, which recently reopened in December, serves lunch from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. daily and offers happy hour from 4 to 7 p.m. with free pizza while it lasts and a dollar off of drinks. For more information, call (809) 776-5670.


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