The outlaw wanderer’s guide to island life
Island Mike
Former lawyer. Master distiller. Ordained minister. Living, working, and occasionally misbehaving in St. Thomas since 2009.
Three ways into my world
Choose your own alibi.
No endless archive. No tourism-board nonsense. Just the story, the islands, and a few things worth carrying home.
01 / The confession
My Story
How a Cleveland lawyer took the long way to paradise—and forgot to leave.
02 / The territory
My Islands
Stories, photographs, and the places I would personally send a friend.
03 / The evidence
The Shop
Field-tested goods for going missing, staying late, and returning with a better story.
Home port / Charlotte Amalie
Three Queens
Old courtyard · Small-batch spirits · Stories in the walls
“Come for the rum. Stay because the old stones started talking.”
My home base is a small working distillery inside a historic property on Back Street. We make our spirits here, roast coffee here, welcome travelers here, and keep more than two centuries of complicated history visible.