Ladies Lunch on Enigma

Honestly, we do still have the best fun as we get older! The SXM Yacht Club had a lunch outing for the ladies on one of the best day-sailing catamarans on island. Enigma is run by Captain Neil. He happens to serve one of the very best on-board lunches. We eagerly headed out to enjoy…

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Scratching off the Bucket List

Good Life, Good food, Good drink, Good places, Good people! Doing what I haven’t done before! Irma (the hurricane) is to blame! Doing what I haven’t done before I entered a chilli cookoff at The Yacht Club. I am not a chilli aficionado but coerced into the occasion I decided, after much deliberation, to do…

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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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Topper’s

Topper’s Dinner and a Show Topper’s is a favourite “home away from home” to many who visit the island. They love the atmosphere, the fun folk behind the bar, Topper himself and the comforting food that the restaurant serves. They enjoy the evenings spent around the pub, the karaoke nights and the nights that a…

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Philipsburg

Philipsburg Bright Things Beauty for the people to enjoy. Some folk in Philipsburg are working on trying to clean up and change from drab, hurricane damage to bright, cheerful areas. Alleyway capped with bright umbrellas. Following the example one sees in Europe, Philipsburg is tuning dreary alleys into happy places. It is a wonderous thing…

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Amsterdam Cheese

Amsterdam Cheese and Wine evening Once again we had a really fun evening at the iconic cheese house near the harbour in Philipsburg. The “Amsterdamers” are becoming very adept at putting on a fun evening every so often. Sometimes they have live music, sometimes they have raffle games, sometimes they set out large platters of…

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Carnival in St. Maarten. Monday # 1

Carnival – Best times after Hurricane Irma. #1 This is a pictorial of the Grand Parade taken in Philipsburg on the island of St. Maarten in the Caribbean. Celebration 49 years of Carnival Parades! #sxmstrong carnival sxm – St. Maarten people came out strong and throughly enjoyed their carnival. In some pictures you can’t miss…

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Johnny Cake Workshop

Sharing the Nature Valley Colombier cultural heritage at a Johnny Cake Workshop. What a surprise we had one Saturday morning! We unexpectedly came upon a Johnny Cake workshop in Colombier. We were on the Frenchside checking out the Soualiga Farmstall one Saturday morning when we decided to continue the drive up into the beautiful valley…

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Nowhere Special, Simpson Bay

Best restaurant reviews SXM – Nowhere Special, Simpson Bay I love the name – the situation is not too bad either. Love the fact that when asked where are we off to tonight we say – “Ah, we’re going Nowhere Special.” Watching this Irma pop-up literally pop-up intrigued us as out of the ashes (well,…

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