Anguilla Blog

True Anguilla Magazine Publication Party

True Anguilla Magazine Publication Party

Publication of third issue of True Anguilla magazine 2015 On Tuesday December 8h, 2015 we were invited to 'Party Like a Rock Star' at an event at Paradise Cove to celebrate the publication of the third annual True Anguilla magazine. Guests which included contributors,...

A Grasshopper Story

A Grasshopper Story

Mr. Grasshopper, please go away! I am afraid of grasshoppers.  Those tiny creatures terrify me. I will barricade myself in a room if one is in the house or if it is outdoors blocking the path to the door, I will consider booking a hotel or if I am thinking logically...

Hotel Hopping in Anguilla

Hotel Hopping in Anguilla

Hotel hopping  - It is a pretty good day when work takes you to three beautiful hotels in Anguilla. Cap Juluca Hotel Our first meeting was at Cap Juluca. It was a beautiful day and the view and beach as always were simply spectacular. Carla and I just took a minute or...

Limin on a Saturday in Anguilla

Limin on a Saturday in Anguilla

It is the Christmas season in Anguilla. Christmas season and the restart of the tourism season usually bring added activities and a generally festive feeling on the island. Anguilla's Race Against Aids On Saturday,  Xavi and I broke out of our lazy Saturday mode and...

First time Father

First time Father

I can’t believe that I am now a father. If anyone knows me then you know I love children. When Shelly and I decided that we should have at least one of our own, I mean what could I say other than ‘let’s go right now!’ That was about a year ago and now we have this...

Working Mother

Working Mother

So this happened! I returned to work after four months leave. I had been dreading this day not because I don’t like my job but because I did not want to leave Xavi. I am a working mother. The transition has been aided by the fact that Nash is on vacation for the next...

Shara Proctor and Zharnel Hughes

Shara Proctor and Zharnel Hughes

Yay for Shara Proctor and Zharnel Hughes. For a while I have been watching these two athletes. I have watched them train on our grass track/ cricket field/ football field/ assembly field/ exercise arena/ concert area and everything else you can think about field at...

Xavi’s First Time to the Beach

Xavi’s First Time to the Beach

Xavi’s First Time to the Beach in Anguilla - Shoal Bay East It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon.  It was the type of afternoon which shouts ‘Go to the beach.’ I was longing for a sunset beach stroll so Xavi, Nash and I headed to Shoal Bay East in Anguilla. As you...

Goodbye Relaxer, Welcome Natural Hair

Goodbye Relaxer, Welcome Natural Hair

So this happened! Around the same time I learned that I was pregnant with my baby boy Xavi, I decided to return to my natural hair. I was tired of relaxers and I was becoming more health conscious. The pregnancy was just the icing on the cake which firmed up my...

Five Lies I told myself before I had a Baby

Five Lies I told myself before I had a Baby

Our son entered this world  and lovely Anguilla in July 2015. In that moment, I became the mommy of this little baby boy. Prior to this, I read books, did tons of research, read blogs from HuffPost Parents, Scary Mommy and so many others, laughed at the new parent...


Shellecia Brooks-Johnson
Shellecia Brooks-Johnson

Categories