PARADISE OVERLOAD

Stories and Caribbean Tales of a wayward writer, who became a director and fell haphazardly into fashion... all set in the tropics. Island Company Creative Director Spencer Antle

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t’ings gonna get cool mon... #piracy #islandlife #harbourisland #bahamas #rum (at Island Company - Harbour Island)

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Another sorry night in the Caribbean... #islandlife @seafireresort (at Kimpton Seafire Resort + Spa)

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Another horrible day in Paradise... yes we r hiring. #islandlife (at Kimpton Seafire Resort + Spa)

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Id love to be able to say it was Travis’ Pilot Shirt that made him so heroic but Travis from our favorite beach band @wheelandbrothers is just always that —amazing. Join them here in West Palm in our soon-to-be announced hotel takeover!! Good work Trav!! #repost @wheelandbrothers article in @thestandard ・・・ Yesterday I pulled two drowning girls from the water. I don’t know their names. It all happened fast. I was strolling over a rocky point at a hidden beach along the Great Ocean Road in Australia, when I noticed a lot of people on the beach waving their hands above their heads. Some of them seemed to be looking at me. I walked faster toward them. On the sand the young men asked me if I could swim—which I took as an odd question. They pleaded with me to help the four people in the water. I asked if there was a surfboard or any floatation device nearby. Someone fetched a red bodyboard. There were two sets of two in the water: one was a dad and small child—they were closer to shore and seemed to be in less danger, so I chose to paddle to the two girls who were farther out. They seemed more in trouble. It’s pretty surreal to think that they would’ve most likely drowned if I hadn’t happened to be there. In movies there are signals telling you what’s happening: the music score, the foreshadowing. But in real life there’s none of that, just a moment in realtime, unguided. I feel blessed to have been able to give such a great gift to them. I grew up swimming and surfing in Southern California, so handling the surf and the current was familiar and relatively easy for me. When I reached the two panicking girls, one told me she had asthma and was breathing hard. It was clear she needed the bodyboard the most. She did a great job of paddling herself to shore. I pulled the other girl in by the arm, assuring her that we were OK. I talked her through each wave that broke over us. Each time we ducked under a broken wave I pushed her up toward the surface. Soon we had reached standing depth. Seeing her father laying on his back in the sand, she shouted to him and rushed from the water with renewed strength. Continued below...

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Hey @deanjamesmax wheres @theduerr ?! @caymancookoutofficial #caymanislands @islandcompanyrum #islandlife (at Rum Point Club)

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@chefjoseandres seems to like the rum...! @caymancookoutofficial #rumpoint #cayman #now (at Rum Point Club)

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things are getting better... @westingcayman #cayman #rum @islandcompanyrum #islandlife (at The Westin Grand Cayman Seven Mile Beach Resort & Spa)

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What is 400 sqft and moving more rum than anywhere on earth?? Island Company Harbour Island moving a case a day! The revolution begins! #rum @islandcompanyrum #harbourisland (at Harbour Island, The Bahamas)

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my girlfriend is back in town. yeah, the real deal miss @iris.apfel the original fashionista. yes we are in love and you can tell because she’d never take a selfie this close with anyone else. In her own words: “my god a selfie, what could be more horrible...?” #fashion #icon (at Palm Beach, Florida)

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So proud of this crew crushing all expectations and knocking out 2 cases at this tasting! Big success coming! #Repost @islandcompanyrum ・・・ Find us at Total Wine Naples today from 12pm-3pm for an Island Company Rum tasting! || @totalwine || #islandcompany #islandcompanyrum #bestgoldrum2017 #rum #naples #totalwine #tasting #glutenfree #sugarfree #zerocarb #simplythesmoothest (at Total Wine & More)

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Because every morning should start out with this... #spicoli @seanpenn

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Ma bredren... @rawstafood (at Banana Boat)

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i hate fridays #theboatsback #praisejah #islandlife @islandcompany (at Intracoastal Waterway)

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Caribbean Journal’s Rum Journal Awards 2017 voted Island Company Rum the Best Gold Rum of 2017. Island Company Rum was chosen amongst the best 200 rums from the Caribbean and around the world to be this year’s winner! While as proud parents we have tried to hold back for our humbleness about our baby, we have always hoped all the work that was put into making the smoothest rum ever, the world would taste what we were tasting. Now after all the endorsements from the 5-star hotel bartenders, the hundreds of pros, mixologists and tropical travelers and rumheads have told us that it may in fact be “the smoothest” around. This is the first award we’ve received as the rum hasn’t been out that long, but it is from the much respected Caribbean Journal. For those of you that don’t travel the Caribbean that much, for those of us that do, this is the daily reader. So congrats to the @islandrumrunners here @rumcompany who introduce our rum to all the new and fantastic destinations it is now in, and to our new distributors around the world who have been doing a great job in helping make this the new great thing in rum. From the article in the Caribbean Journal: "Island Company has long been known for its Caribbean-style fashion. So when we read this fashion house was launching a rum, we were a bit skeptical. Consider us converted. This rum delivers the goods. The Trinidad-sourced rum is remarkably smooth for a mildly-aged gold rum, with an exceptional drinkability, even neat. In other words, it’s the perfect rum enjoyed on an afternoon boat ride in a linen shirt” Thank you @caribjournal for the love. To find it where you are go to SENDMERUM.COM (at Island Company - Studio/HQ)

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‘Where were you while we were getting high...? Because people believe that they’re gonna get away for the summer...” #manchester #escapism @themightyi

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Ok, on a PBI—>ACK day-jaunt for a lil recon, a lonely lunch, then back home tonight. This bounce dive will make me firmly remember why i never want to live north of Jupiter, and why i don’t roll down my windows below 69. Just sayin’. #ack #retailtherapy #fkitsBRRRRuphere #islandlife @islandcompany #travel #floridasun

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An amazing Worth Avenue Tree Lighting! Thanks to everyone that came! We hope you had fun! And this little guy, my new bff. Can’t grt enough of him and his cool fam. #worthave @worthavenueassociation @worthavenuepalmbeach #palmbeach #christmas #islandlife @islandcompany @islandcompanypb