Movida – Simpson Bay – Tel # 1 721 5440440 / 1721 5278119 Fun hang-out for fun people. The new kid on the block along the Simpson Bay strip is not really a kid at all. It is more like a sophisticated, laid-back adult who adds class to a scene of young swingers out for…
Palapa Grill & Lounge
Palapa Grill & Lounge – Simpson Bay – Tel #: 1721 5591901 This restaurant and the folk who run it make this one of our top favourite restaurants on St. Maarten. From the “ashes” of devastation after Irma to having a “soup” kitchen for those in need during the horrible days we lived through afterwards;…
2020 Changing Food Scene
Starting afresh in 2020 3 years after the mother of all hurricanes, Hurricane Irma, devastated St. Maarten/St. Martin the world and the island has had to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic. The world is suffering and so is the island and its people, but resilience is high on the scale and having being told to…
Sale & Pepe – Chef Chat
Chef Davide Zagami Chef Davide Zagami is a native Sicilian. Born in the town of Catania in Sicily. Catania is an ancient port city that sits at the foot of Mt. Etna on Sicily’s east coast. There is a square where La Pescheria, a weekday fish market, takes place. It is a wonderful noisy and…
Sale & Pepe
A wonderful Sicilian place to dine in Simpson Bay Now, I am almost at a loss for words, so very not like me. Sale & Pepe is gorgeous. Admittedly, it has been my longtime favourite Italian/Sicilian restaurant on the island but now it is not just the food, service and a nice ambiance that calls…
Big Fish, Oyster Pond
An experience not to be missed! We decided to celebrate a birthday at the recently reopened Big Fish. We were a little unsure what to expect. It was a good venue before Irma, what would it be like this time? We were not disappointed at all. It is lovely there. A lot of effort has…
Maho Experience July 2019
A feast of sensations and different vibes! Maho is vibrant! Maho is humming! Restaurants are open, people are not only staying at the hotels there but are driving across island to enjoy the delights that are offered. We took in four delights on this particular night. Each one as different as can be. JAX Our…
The Pub
A Pub, The Pub on island, Yippeeeee! Pubs are great places to pop into after work. They are good for meeting up with friends, or meeting new folk who may well become friends. They are great places for having a good old chin-wag and of course a drink or six! Pubs, where one can hang…
SEABOB
Playing with the SEABOB makes for an exquisite day. Here is a wee pictorial of a fun day’s outing in the crystal blue waters around St. Maarten. A day spent swimming, snorkeling and trying out the SEABOBS. This highly technical machine is basically an underwater scooter. The SEABOB is an ultimate high-performance watercraft. It weighs…
A day on Spellbound
Azure waters, great company, good sailing! Spellbound is a day-sail catamaran (Robertson and Caine, South Africa – Leopard 45 design.) The design of the boat previously won Cruising World’s charter catamaran design of the year award. There are two of these yachts in the day charter fleet in SXM. What a wonderful surprising day we…