Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Bye Bye '19

Here it is the last day of 2019. Time to open up the music box and play the traditional tune.



Yes, that's our music box, yes, it's really old, and yes, it's a tradition to open it up and give it a spin on New Year's Eve here at the Island. To our friends and followers, Happy New Year.
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