Best of St. John

Katherine Steinborn (dba KatiLady) built a business the hard way. She's earned it.  

From preparing welcome baskets for villa renters to an award-winning catering business, Steinborn expanded her business from a core to its natural extensions which now include in-home gourmet dinner preparations and meal deliveries.  

Most recently, she's gathered the sum of her 14-year-old business' parts together to create a wedding/event planning business.

Now, Steinborn's going public, sort of.  She was out of sight, in the Tradewinds building. Not much drop-in street traffic there. Instead, her businesss' products were delivered to villas and events, and then gone.  

But now, she's had to go 'retail' because she needed more space.  She found that space at the Lumberyard.  She plans to offer more services as well as cooking classes and perhaps even wine tastings.

• Steinborn's Web site is katilady.com.



St. John Brewers' beers are now available in New Hampshire and Maine. 

Kevin Chipman and Chirag Vyas introduced their Mango Pale Ale and Island Hoppin IPA brews at a series of 'meet and pours' last week in the two states.

New England's not unknown to them.  Their brews are in fact bottled by Maine's Shipyard Brewing, but until now they haven't been available in bars there.  With New Hampshire and Maine on board, that makes seven states where the brewers' handcrafted beers can be enjoyed.

Part of the introductory tour included an appearance on Portland's Channel 23 and its Good Morning, Maine program. The highlight of the interview was when Erin Ovalle, the host, asked the guys, "You live on St. John?."  Kevin and Cheech said, yes, they started the beer business on the island nine years ago.

"Wow," said Erin, "What a life brewing beer and living on St. John. Doesn't get much better than that."

The beer boys agreed.

• Watch St. John Brewers in Maine