Islandophile

When, as happens rather often, 40-odd islandophiles descend upon Hibiscus Lodge to load up on Jamaican cuisine, it is not at all unusual for hotel managers from neighboring rival leviathans to roll up their sleeves and pitch in to help Miss Pilliner.

One resourceful ‘islandophile’ – Mr. Mark, owner of Tavern on Green restaurant in Philadelphia – has a clever and economically rewarding scheme he uses each year when he visits a Caribbean isle.

This is the ultimate island – or so say dedicated island-ophiles, who spend their two-weeks-a-year paid vacation searching for the ultimate isle.

Sally Gibson, writer, photographer, and islandophile, studied[…]

Islandophiles divide themselves roughly into two groups – those who yearn exclusively for lush tropical islands of the Tahitian/Caribbean variety, and those who don’t.[…]“Islands: Their Lives, Legends and Lore,” by Seon and Robert Manley (Chilton).[…]Includes many anecdotes about such noted islandophiles as Sir Walter Scott, Captain Kidd and Henry David Thoreau.

The next island on the itinerary, Bora Bora, is believed by many well-^([sic]) traveled islandophiles to be the most beautiful in the world.

Susan happily introducing speaker Steve Smith, Channel Eleven’s newzanchor, ya’know, and an islandophile from wayyy back – and as of this writing, a newly retired islander and fisherman.

But islandophiles have always had a special love for Capri (pronounced with the accent on the first syllable).