Flipping Grand Bahama

New spot in Freeport and its right on the beach. Manta Ray Restaurant near Island Seas offers a great afternoon and it seems populated mainly by tourists with a sprinkle of locals. This is a locally owned business, and so is the conch shack just a few feet away on the same property. Looking for somewhere to go, this is now one of those on offer. Yesterday's post made it seem as if there are no places to go, but if you check Trip Advisor out it says we have 126 restaurants. I've looked down the list and discovered that have about five still on the list are closed, but they didn't include this gem. So we have more than sufficient amount of restaurant and have added such specialties. There are four fine dining restaurants: Flying Fish:  http://www.flyingfishbahamas.com/ Dolphin Clubhouse:  http://www.dolphincovebahamas.com/ Churchills Restaurant:  http://www.grandlucayan.com/dining/ East Restaurant:  http://pieroneandeast.com/ which is n...

On this beautiful Friday in Grand Bahama I have had a good think about what is going on in pockets around the island. While on the surface many talk about the various obstacles to business, in the background I feel the work being done. It's like the story of the seed that takes five years to grow under the ground making strong roots before anyone ever sees a shoot and then it takes off and bears fruit. The backyard farming is catching on with another young man at the helm. When I came to Grand Bahama in 2010 there was an older gentleman BAIC Deputy Chairman, Ronald Darville Sr. who was promoting this phenomena. I thought he was doing a great job and proving his worth by having a farm, tending a farm for someone else and also having a farm in his backyard. BAIC Deputy Chairman, Ronald Darville Sr. along with Mr. H. Rudy Sawyer then also of BAIC at Darville's Farm in 2011. But, he died and I wondered who could or would pick up the gauntlet. In walked this bri...