St. Barth’s

Paradise Lost

February 27, 2009

Back in November, an old friend from my Woodstock School days invited us (and several other people) to join him for Thanksgiving on his gorgeous property on Gouverneur Bay, St. Barthelemy. We’d visited once before for his 2001 New Year’s bash, but didn’t get to stay at his place then, and in any case he [...]

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Leaving St. Barth’s

December 7, 2008

It’s an exciting ride in a small commuter plane from St. Barth’s to St. Maarten – though not as exciting as the ride TO St. Barth’s…

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Getting in and Out of St. Barth’s

November 30, 2008

This trip to St. Barth’s came up at close to the last minute, so I was scrambling to make arrangements to travel during a peak holiday season, something I usually try hard to avoid. Fortunately, my schedule is flexible (I can work anywhere I can get online) and Ross wouldn’t suffer by missing a few [...]

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Oops

November 28, 2008

Yes, Ross and I were in the car. No, no one was hurt. No, I wasn’t driving.

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Island Wifi

November 26, 2008

The photo shows Ross because I was (as usual) behind the camera, but for most of the morning it was me in front of the computer. Some of that time I had company. This is Eduardo, who comes around to be fed.

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St. Barthelemy: The Return

November 25, 2008

We last visited St. Barthelemy in December 2000/January 2001, when Jeet had just bought the property on Gouverneur Bay and threw a big New Year’s Eve party which reassembled most of the folks from the previous year’s Millenium Party in France. There wasn’t room for everyone at his place, so we fanned out across the [...]

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Dawn in St. Barth’s

November 24, 2008

stbdawn I woke up at dawn. Then I went back to sleep until 10.

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