The
Coyaba's main lobby, all dressed up for the holidays.
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Fifteenth Week Nov. 20 - Nov. 26, 2006 |
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Happy Birthday
Heather Fine! On Monday, it was back to Carib Sushi for what has
become something of a birthday tradition. Peter and Heather J.,
however, broke free of the sushi expectations and savored a pizza from
the Boulangerie next door. Mmmmm!
Birthday Girl!
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This week saw DES
worker bees scarfing down fabulous foods at another faculty
luncheon. Once again, the variety of dishes and pleasure to the
palate was astounding! This particular luncheon was also a
farewell to our coworker Dana, who has spent much of the last semester
maintaining the organization in the Demonstrator's office and passing
her knowledge to those of us who will step into her shoes. Dana
shied
away from the camera, so I will refrain from posting photos of her last
DES gig on the website!
  DES food fest, and Dana's Heathermark. |
This week, our "SO"
group (which has now been renamed the "SOS" group for reasons I cannot
begin to delve into!) met at the Coyaba, a
resort on Grand Anse beach. The Coyaba was
bright and beautiful and very festive with holiday decorations! This week, Britney
taught us about "green" design and the LEEDs system
of project certification. We learned how design dramatically
affects our world by determining how much energy we consume and what
type and quantity of waste we produce. Britney also gave us an
introduction to how design can affect our health, happiness, and
productivity. So much for wasting our brains in the
Caribbean! I appreciate more each day the gift of true sharing
which I often see as the process of opening up and offering oneself to
those special people who surround us.
 Poolside refreshments, anyone?  Pool.  Green Design 101. |
We celebrated United
States Thanksgiving by eating out at a Chinese restaurant
just down the street from us called Choo Light. The food was
sumptuous and very reasonably priced. It was a blustery evening,
and very different from our traditional Thanksgiving day, but it ended
up being a really great time...together!  P.S. We enjoyed a feast of turkey sandwiches with cranberries and mashed potatoes and apple crisp on Sunday evening (when the supermarket restocked their supply of turkey!) |
On Sunday, we finally
made it back into the water for another snorkel expedition. This
time, we went to the Morne Rouge, or BBC, beach which is the next cove
over from Grand Anse. Much of the area seemed inundated with
Algal plant growth, as seen below. In the very middle of the
small bay, we swam through the largest school of fish we have
encountered thus far: thousands of small silver fishies (maybe four or
five inches long and all swimming in unison.) Ultimately, we
ended up back near the rock outcropping at La Luna. We did quite
a bit more swimming than exploring in order to move beyond the
monoculture of seaweed, but we enjoyed the exercise and encountered
some great creatures, as usual!  For anyone who might remember
the Old Reverend Wilcox who lived in our aquarium:
  We came across a truly elegant and gorgeous fish, as seen below. The photo doesn't quite do the fish justice, as its pelvic fins are iridescent cobalt blue. You can get a sense of the fantastic colors in the unfocused image to the right.       |
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