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Mustique's Ashes

Mustique's Ashes

Last week, in the height of Mustique’s Summer season, the island hosted it’s annual cricket match. The Ashes were in full swing, and Mustiquans didn’t want to miss out on all of the cricketing fun. 
Mustique Summer Party

Mustique Summer Party

Mustique certainly knows how to deliver a decent party and the 2019 Summer Party was no exception!

MUSTIQUE 50th

MUSTIQUE 50th

After dinner Fireworks over Basil's Bar.  Quite spectacular and just what we needed to get us up from the dinner table and back down to the bar for a rare treat indeed.
ALL GO - BIG 50

ALL GO - BIG 50

It certainly is All Go with only a couple of days before the Big 50th celebration.  The tents are going up all the way along Britannia Bay, the rain keeps coming and going so the island is beautifully green and flowers abound, and luckily the sun shines in between.
SPLASH OF GOLD

SPLASH OF GOLD

Just 6 days to go until the big Mustique 50th celebration party.  'A Splash of Gold' is the dress code, and we have yet to finish making our costumes!

GALA GREENS

GALA GREENS

16 days to the 50th Celebration of Mustique and I'm 'Farm Girl Thursday' again. This means taking the early morning flight off-island to St. Vincent (6 minutes), and a ten minute drive up into the hills to 'Spring Valley Farm' - Paradise on Earth!  We have important work today as we are supplying the Arugula for the Gala Dinner.
COUNT DOWN!

COUNT DOWN!

Arriving back on-island is always an excitement but I wasn't expecting such a hive of activity after just 2 1/2 weeks away!  What industry there is in every direction.  This isn't any ordinary build-up to the summer high season,  there is good reason for such hustle and bustle, Mustique is celebrating 50 years of the formation of the Mustique Company! - quite a mouthful!
Philippe Starck

Philippe Starck

What an exciting moment to be present as Philippe Starck puts in the finishing touches.  The island is so quiet that only a handful of us were lucky enough to be around to pop a bottle of champagne and drink to the unofficial launch, or perhaps better described as the sneak-peak to the new Basil's Bar. (The official Launch will be at the big 50th celebration of Mustique this summer)
SZCZESNY AT WORK

SZCZESNY AT WORK

What a treat to see Stefan Szczesny at work.  I dropped in at Sienna...