Island Idyll
What a thrill it was to look at the Travel section on Dec. 10 and see a picture of Tortola in the British Virgin Islands. In January, I spent a blissful two weeks there with my folks, in a house on a hill just around the corner from the left side of that photo. I quickly turned to Josh Meyer’s article (“Keeping Stress at Bay”) and revisited that island.
I also loved seeing the picture of Egbert Donovan, proprietor of the North Shore Shell Museum. Meyer mentioned the seashells, but he neglected to mention the restaurant upstairs. There Donovan serves up some wonderful fare prepared by his wife. One night I had delicious goat curry and on a couple of mornings, guava pancakes.
For the record:
12:00 a.m. Dec. 28, 2000 For the Record
Los Angeles Times Thursday December 28, 2000 Home Edition Part A Part A Page 3 Metro Desk 1 inches; 27 words Type of Material: Correction
Travel letters--In a letter titled “Island Idyll” in Sunday’s Travel section, the name of the proprietor of the North Shore Shell Museum in Tortola was misspelled. His name is Egberth Donovan.
For the Record
Los Angeles Times Sunday December 31, 2000 Home Edition Travel Part L Page 5 Travel Desk 1 inches; 26 words Type of Material: Correction
Letters--In a letter titled “Island Idyll” in the Dec. 24 Travel section, the name of the proprietor of the North Shore Shell Museum in Tortola was misspelled. His name is Egberth Donovan.
Donovan is also quite the entertainer. He had our whole family playing along with him, including him on the ukulele and me on washtub bass, as he sang and played funky music.
RITT HENN
North Hollywood
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