The ever popular The Palms in Simpson Bay recently re-opened. This news pleased many, myself included. The Palms – Groups of folks that share the same love for certain places return when on holiday to those places again and again. Over the years they all pitch up at that place at the same time and throughly…
Tag: St. Maarten
Amsterdam Cheese event – Philipsburg
Amsterdam Cheese and Liquor Store event. The Amsterdam Cheese and Liquor Store has done it again! Amsterdam Cheese, SXM has once again put on a great evening. They hold events every now and then. Sometimes there is a Happy Hour with tables and chairs are set up on the deck and in the parking lot.…
Oasis – Oyster Pond
Oasis – A fertile spot in a desert where water is found! Oasis, Oyster Pond A watering hole in a very nice setting, it is where water is found but there is also good wine and great food, a warm welcome and a lovely ambiance. Recently, one Sunday evening, we had ideas of going out…
On the Foodie scene SXM – Beirut, Jordan Village – Cape Café, Maho – Aziana, Philipsburg
On the Foodie scene SXM On the Foodie scene SXM I finally made it out to try out some new places (new for me at least.) I collected a friend from Beirut in Jorden Village (she was having a business luncheon.) I did not even realize that Beirut had a restaurant there. I did not…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…