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Lot by Belair
StMartinFan
6 hours ago
Someone asked earlier about what was happening by Belair Hotel. I noticed today that there was a large scooper there and saw a truck that seemed to be hauling in dirt. There were mounds of dirt that appeared to be dump truck loads. I looked as if they are dumping fill from some other construction site. Haven't seen any coverage about construction since that announcement about some big project a few years ago, but it looks like they are doing work to get the lot ready for something.
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Three Favorites and a Nooby
StMartinFan
6 hours ago
Since our first week on the island has basically involved spending our days sitting on the beach at Divi, about the only thing I can share are restaurant experiences!
We’ve already visited three favorites:
Chesterfields. The restaurant was quieter than usual but the food and service were as good as we've come to expect. My husband had the grilled snapper, my daughter had escargot and she and I split the seafood pasta, which was more than enough for the two of us. I appreciate that they always include a vegetable with their dinners, and enjoy their cooked carrots, which are large chunks of carrot, not something you see often as a dinner accompaniment.
The Palms: How can you not enjoy a place where a waiter and the owner greet you with hugs! A stop here is a must every year so our daughter can get her goat curry fix, I had the tasty shrimp curry, and love the Trinidad roti that accompanies it, something I've never seen anywhere else. We eat Indian food often and like that cuisine’s roti, but The Palms is a unique experience. My husband had the Drunken Ribs and we snagged the last piece of the Bailey’s cheesecake. I highly recommend the cheesecake, too. My daughter has a Palms baseball cap that she bought years ago and brings it along every year so that gets us a really warm welcome. Judging from how full they were both inside and out, we're not the only ones who make a stop there.
Yacht Club: We do manage to tear ourselves away from the beach to hit the Yacht Club for breakfast and the bridge opening. My daughter said her Norwegian Benedict with the smoked salmon and dill sauce was excellent and I had the pancakes with rum sauce. They were fine, but think I'll have to go back to the Eggs Benedict next time.
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Pardon My French: We'd been reading good things about this restaurant and were eager to try it. We liked the ambiance and had great service, but weren't as excited about the food. My husband did the prix fixe 3 course meal and his salad with goat cheese was excellent. He thought his steak with pepper sauce was kind of boring. If you want a plain piece of beef (he upgraded to the rib eye), it will probably be to your liking, but he was disappointed in the pepper sauce. It wasn't as flavorful as he's had other places. My daughter liked her cheese ravioli with walnut sauce. They were tiny little ravioli squares and the sauce was tasty. It was interesting served sprinkled with fresh radicchio.
I was disappointed in my meal, but maybe because of what I ordered. It was described as pasta with lobster tail, cherry tomatoes and asparagus in a white wine garlic sauce. I expected a plate of pasta with a light white sauce with pieces of lobster, tomatoes and asparagus. What I got was a plate of a red colored “stew” that seemed to have small pieces of fish (hard to tell for sure because of the red sauce but the texture was like fish), tiny round circles of asparagus (I think) and some other mystery ingredients plus a small amount of wide pasta pieces stirred in. It was topped with a dry looking lobster tail and three short spears of asparagus and a couple of cherry tomatoes. I couldn't identify what the flavor or seasoning was supposed to be, and it really didn't enhance the lobster. I even asked our waiter if I'd gotten the right dish because it seemed so odd and he assured me I had. (They had some sort of fish soup on the menu so wondered if they’d somehow given me that topping but I was assured I had what I'd ordered.) I’m still perplexed at how the dish I got and the menu description could be so far apart.
We had crème brûlée and the chocolate mousse for dessert. Both were tasty but they suffered a bit in comparison to similar desserts we had a couple of days ago at Bistrot Caraibes. Bistrot's dessert presentation is so spectacular with the fruit garnishes, their large chocolate name plate and other touches that Pardon's seemed hohum. Probably not really fair but when you're on an island with great French food the standard is set pretty high. We also go to Moullin Fou often and I'd rank them as a better French restaurant on the Dutch side.
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TMM boats
bonefish
Yesterday at 06:03 PM
Back in 2012 I think TMM had two Lagoon 50's. One was named Hotel California. Does anyone remember the name of the other one?
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More Construction At PDP
Whale Tail
Yesterday at 03:34 PM
At SMYC for breakfast again and have noticed these construction cranes on the other side of the lagoon at Port de Plasisance. Time will tell what it is.
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Dany's Beach Bar/Pineapple Pete's Day
Whale Tail
Yesterday at 12:22 PM
We drove up to Dany's Beach Bar yesterday as it is one place that we really haven't spent any length of time there. We have been a couple of times for a quick drink or two and was usually a little busy. Yesterday was different with only one other couple there playing cribbage we had a few hours to talk to Dany and get to know him as he went about his business and tended to the grill.
It became a very relaxing afternoon and I promised myself the next time I go I'm going to park my butt in the pool at the bottom of the steps and bring down a couple of beers with me. Then have lunch as the food he served up looked good.
We then grabbed a drink and went for a walk along the top of the cliff and took pictures of the beautiful water below.
We were going to stop at D's on the way back to Simpson Bay to say our good byes to the staff there but it was getting to close to the daily rush hour period. So we went back to SBR and did happy hour at the Villa pool with the few HH "board" members that are left. We will go to D's today as it is our last full day on island.
We went to Pineapple Pete's for dinner and had a good dinner while listening to Ronnie Santana play light music in the background. My wife had a shrimp dinner and I had the Filet and the service was excellent.
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Day 6 and 7
eilandmens
03/26/2026 10:28 PM
Had a baguette for breakfast. Stayed at RP beach, since going only to Mary Boon’s May take 30 minutes to get home. Getting very tired of the traffic congestion. It is becoming a big problem for the locals and tourists alike. I was thinking.
( probably not a good thing) about using water taxis and water buses for transportation on island. A water taxi to Simpson Bay, Maho, Mullet, Bay rouge, Marigot, Friers Bay, Grand Case, Cul de Sac, orient etc. it could be implemented with low cost. Locals and tourists could choose taxi or buses( taxis being more money) to get to the various places. The only investment would be boats and docks. But it will never happen. It is a shame. In the old days we could go to Orient Bay from Dutch side in rush hour in 45 minutes on worst days. Now it may take 1 hour and a half or two hours. I miss going to different beaches and not fighting traffic on the way home. Oh well. It was a beautiful beach day at RP. G and T on deck. Was planning to go to Little J’s ( née Little Jerusalem). It was closed. There is a sign saying the business/ property are for sale. Not sure what is going on, but for two straight days it was closed and looks abandoned. Miss the Shawarma there. On the rebound went to Le Beirut. I ordered lamb shish kebab with hummus and baba ganoush. My wife had shawarma with a beet purée and baba ganoush. I don’t know but I thought lamb shish kebab was grilled lamb on a skewer. What I got was like lamb gyro ( compressed ground lamb)on a stick. No good. My wife’s shawarma was the same ground lamb with a rest of the shawarma. Maybe I am wrong, Scuba, am I wrong? You know Lebanese food. It was disappointing.
Next day went to La Sucriere. Great pastries as we know. Always a line out the door with no place to park. But made it. Got enough for two days. Back to RP. After breakfast, went to beach front much sand gravity. Pop up shower around 3:30pm. Enough to drive us to the room. G and T on patio. Went to The Palms, haven’t been for a long while, but it was enjoyable. My wife had the drunken ribs and garlic potatoes; I had mushroom sauced chicken and garlic mashed. Both were excellent. A nice evening.
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