The McCarthy’s Party Blog

Our fishing crew recently hired out as a service boat to assist a drilling crew that were taking soil samples for the new wharves they plan to build in the east end of St. John’s harbour. Basically, we were using our boat’s powerful engine to move the heavy cement blocks used to moor the rig…

I recently shared a photograph of a beautiful painting my cousin Jacqui posted on her Facebook page. It was truly exquisite and I was especially proud of her efforts.     Though I stated as much in my comments on her post, I don’t believe any amount of verbiage could effectively express my awe and…

In most parts of North America February 2nd is Groundhog Day. Groundhogs are not native to the island of Newfoundland, so people used the weather conditions on Febuary 2nd, which is known as Candlemas Day, to determine future weather conditions. “If Candlemas Day be clear and fine, the rest of winter is left behind; If…

I love when guests ask about the brightly painted homes they see in St. John’s and how we came to choose such a wonderful palette of colours. Years ago we had no historical references to explain our preference for paint, so we used our heads and applied some good old fashioned Newfoundland logic to create…

A post by Linda: Cindy Leder sent me this pic. We’re friends on Facebook. She was on my tour a few years ago.     On another note, Vietnam is a tad bit different. Tipping all guides and servers well as this is a poor country trying desperately to get tourism right. Sometimes I’ll tell…