10/22/2026
Billy here… though you can’t see me cause I live in the dark now…
So in nothing more than an act to preserve my business I come to you today (sorry I don’t have the energy or patience to post anything too rambunctiously entertaining at the moment)
Power outages as of late have been abundant and amorphous. Some are just short little interludes, lasting an hour or so, and others are a bit more abyss like, namely our most recent deep dive into darkness for 20+ hours.
Regardless of these inconsistencies in human necessity, we at Landlubber are still delivering daily.
Starfish Market, our main provisioning hub has backup power and a refrigerated trailer dedicated to provisioning orders.
Dolphin Market, St. John Market, Pine Peace, Raintree, Love City and all other grocery/mini-market locations have backup power as well so they are unaffected by this recent long and drawn out game of “Lights Out.” All grocery related food is safe unless the island runs out of diesel which hopefully isn’t a possibility…
What is being affected is the people, restaurants and small businesses of St. John and St. Thomas as we all scramble
to keep our s**t together. I have a pretty tough outer shell and have spent a predominant amount of my life in the dark, both literally and metaphorically, so I can handle it. Cory and our staff are tough as nails as well BUT we all are forced to survive and put on happy faces amidst this chaos. Thankfully you don’t have to physically see us in person for we aren’t that great at hiding our anger.
Workers across the island are surviving in darkness, sleeping in hot houses and doing their best to keep children and family members in a positive place during this ridiculous situation and all the while working their 9 to 5 throughout it.
So while you are here or when you visit, please exude a bit of patience with everyone. We are trying our best to be as joyful as possible but paradise hasn’t been much fun of late.
If you are on our calendar for delivery please trust that we are wholeheartedly dedicated to ensuring that your arrival days are amazing and that the food we deliver is well kept and delicious.
If you are staying in a villa without backup power, your orders will stay safely kept in the refrigerated trailer mentioned earlier in this post until power returns or you request delivery. Whether it’s hours or days we will ensure all is kept fresh.
If you are in a villa with back-up power, do know that we call each management company the day prior to ensure all backup generation is fueled and in good working condition.
While it does appear that our own government doesn’t give a s**t about our well being, we here at Landlubber give a s**t about your vacation and all our guests.
So, I may be tired, dirty and slightly homicidal BUT I will make sure that all aspects of our responsibilities to your vacation take place without even a hiccup of doubt (and don’t worry all my homicidal thoughts are strictly fantasy and have nothing to do with you)
Please have patience with the island while we do our best to get past this pretty awful scenario.
And we got new stickers!!! So if you want a sticker and a sackful of groceries, email us at:
[email protected]
In the meantime, if you have any government officials that are relatives or friends, tell them our story.
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