I really enjoyed 2011 and I'm looking forward to 2012. Last year was my first full year of blogging on Sage Island; it's been a lot of fun! I've enjoyed sharing my photos, travels, and getting inspiration from other bloggers. Let's take a quick look back over the past year...

I went to the beach a lot: Gibney Beach, Drunk Bay Beach, Francis Beach, Red Beach, and Megan's Beach to name a few. 

Eric and I did a bit of traveling last year, we had a Vieques Weekend, Dominica Vacation,  Maine with the family,  and another weekend getaway at Old San Juan...

.... and I did a lot of daydreaming about traveling to places like here, spending a weekend in this villa, or at this hotel, and on a boat for a week.

Had a lot of fun playing on St John on the Hobie Cat, kayaking guided tour, visiting Josephine's organic garden, eating at the Donkey Diner, went on a bunch of hikes, and my favorite was doing a sunset sail on Sail Pepper.

I had some experiences this year that are now on my list of "best thing I have ever done" like hiking to The Boiling Lake on Dominica, soaking after at Screw's Sulfur Spa, photographing Papillote's tropical garden, swimming in the world's best Bioluminescent Bay on Vieques, and watching the sunset with Eric on the beach.

Found inspiration from artist like Naoto Hattori, Banksy, Eugene Atget, street art, and more. 

There's still so much that I would like to do with this blog to make it grow over the next year. More than anything I'm so excited and grateful that people are reading, visiting, and sharing inspiration here on Sage Island - Thank you Friends!!!!

The next time you visit Old San Juan I would recommend stopping by El Morro Fortress to get a sense of it's history. El Morro was built to protect attacks by sea and is a massive six level fortress that is in amazing condition. I had a blast walking around the space making these photographs.

Going out to eat in Old San Juan can be a lot of fun. While we where visiting we tried a lot of different places and found most of the restaurants that we wanted to try listed on trip-advisor. Our all time favorite restaurant in Old San Juan is Marmalade Restaurant & Wine Bar, I would go back to Old San Juan just eat here again, it's out of control AMAZING!!! We also liked Al Dente for italian, Aguaviva where the seafood and the service was perfect, El Jibarita for it's 'mom and pop' goodness, Aromas Coffeehouse for a yummy breakfast, and the food was good at Baru but the service was extremely bad that I would never go back. Please feel free to add your favorite place to eat in Old San Juan below and happy dining.