Birthday Celebration at Sale & Pepe SXM

Birthday Celebration at Sale ‘n Pepe The other night we went out for a friend’s birthday. I did not know where we were going until later in the day. I was delighted to hear that Sale ‘n Pepe was the chosen venue. One can be forgiven if it seems I have shares in the place…

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Shrimp @ Sale & Pepe

Shrimp @ Sale & Pepe Now I know I seem to be at Sale & Pepe a lot. It is so! The locale is just so convenient for many reasons; none the least because the food is simply so good and there are choices – if one is just feeling peckish or not one can…

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Le Champagne

Lunch in Orange Grove, Cole Bay at a fabulous restaurant St. Maarten has so many amazing little lunchtime hideaways at which to enjoy a glass or two – make that a bottle – of great wine and some totes delish dishes. Recently a friend and I decided it really was high-time we would meet for…

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Sale & Pepe

Joyous lunch at our fav Sicilian Restaurant Sicily lies in just 3rd place (after the Maldives and the Greek Islands) in a contest for the most beautiful island in the world! Sicily has numerous UNESCO sites, millions of tourists yearly, is clean and beautiful and has not only wonderful people living there but has some…

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Saba – Day Trip

Day Trip: – Boat ride – Bus tour – Gin tasting – Lunch and back to St. Maarten! Visibility was not good when we went daytripping but the captain got us to the island of Saba – the day we went the sea was quite lumpy! This map image is from (here) – you can…

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I Love SXM Beach Bar

Finding a gem called I Love SXM Beach Bar. I love St. Maarten / St. Martin  for the diversity it offers re the foodie scene. Sometimes, as it happens in many places around the globe, you head on out to an eatery that you have heard rave reviews about and you are sorely disappointed. (If…

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Celine 3 – Enigma

Day Charter aboard Celine 3 – Enigma This post is about fun in the sun! To show you the fun (so you can feel as if you are there enjoying yourselves too) here are some pictures of people having a good time, good food sorta fun and messing about in boats on the gorgeous blue…

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Sale & Pepe

Sicilian Restaurant, SXM! Sale & Pepe is open again after Chef Davide and family’s short vacation to his home island. We could not wait to go back to his restaurant in Simpson Bay to have a meal. Chef Davide has family in Sicily who are also involved in the restaurant business. They live, eat and…

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Avantika SXM

Avantika has captured our heart (and our tastebuds) (here) We love to eat Thai at any given opportunity so naturally we love going to the Thai restaurant on St. Maarten called Avantika. Eating at Avantika is not just about enjoying the good food, it is also about the vibe. There is a lovely vibe at…

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Divi Little Bay Beach Resort – St. Maarten

Divi Little Bay Excitement  (here) All in a day’s enjoyment at Divi Little Bay Beach Resort St. Maarten – great pub, food, fun, meeting Gizmo at Gizmo’s and we got to meet the Patriots Cheerleaders! Gizmo’s was busy the night the Patriots Cheerleaders arrived…….. The view across the bay of Divi is really very appealing.…

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