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Can't help much on groceries, we only get food for breakfast and a few lunches. Yes it still has beaches, and there is some destruction still from the hurricane, but overall is in pretty good shape. I have never been in the summer, usually we go in February - the roads, and some of the beaches can get a bit busy. We normally check to see how many cruise passengers are docking on days that we want to head to the popular beaches, like Orient and Mullet. The biggest difference for you will be how to dress for the return flight. After spending 6 weeks in SXM, if the temps are cold in Kansas on your return, you might want to carry your winter coat with you on the return flight - otherwise , it might be a bit of a chill when you return. Sure you will have a great time.

Where exactly is the Government building? Is Good Vibes
“More” than just a truck? Does it have seating? Covered?
Think I saw it but didn’t see a Sign…
Thanks!

Hi everyone. Couple questions. We are flying into St. Thomas from Miami on April 18th with an arrival time of 10:40am. We are a group of 13 and will be taking a ferry over to Road Town to overnight at the dock on our charters the first night.

1. Will the 1:50pm RTFF give us enough time to get to the ferry terminal from the airport?
2. Should we book our tickets in advance?

Thank you!

Mark

When would you need the laptop? How long will the job be?

I think they all have it, although it doesn't always work down on the beach.

... and the other one on the island in addition to Shop N Drop is SXM Les Halles:
https://www.sxmleshalles.com/en/

For either, make sure to ask in advance with your accommodations if it's ok to use these services and to get a villa contact name and number for the grocery service to arrange pre-arrival delivery. If I recall, when you place the order online you provide the local contact info and the grocery service will contact them and figure out delivery arrangements.

Fresh Flowers at Carrefour Supermarkets.

They had a few. But when windy those were collapsing as well. They look great if no wind!!

I know there is a new road being built. We hear the excavator working all day. Loud loud noise.

Today has been a loser as far as weather. Rain around every 15 minutes early -mid AM then an hour+ of dry and now rain again...

I just did the very simple thing and called Hog Heaven and they are in fact open.

I cannot imagine that with those amounts of tourists it is a pleasant stop. Insanity at its best.

Agree with Scuba, food and service was not good last May

Agree you should be fine. No signs so a good excuseI said 100 yds so it would be less likely that a fisherman might complain. Might as well give them space.

No, but it is on my list the next time I go. My recent filets have been at Jax and Roma, both excellent.

Van Dorp. In Simpson Bay and Phillipsburg.

I used it and arrived at EIS yesterday. It worked great - definitely sped up the clearing-in process.

The festival’s WEBSITE states starting Feb 4th and their Facebook page says the same. We were hoping to go, but are leaving on the 31st.

That looked like marina tenders working - and they charge. Luckily for the boat owner it wasn't a LOF salvage situation (Lloyds Open Form)

Sailing Events Coming Up for West End Yacht Club Sailors and visiting yachtsmen...

• The Manhattan Yacht Club's Caribbean Cruise is 25 January to 1 February.

• The St. Thomas Yacht Club is planning a "club cruise" to the BVI for 8 and 9 February. They will sail to Nanny Cay on the 7th, then on the 8th of February they will "race" up to the Bitter End Yacht Club. WEYC sailors wishing to add their vessels to the mix are welcome to do so.

• The 45th Sweethearts of the Caribbean race is the 15th of February at West End! Classes for classics, multihulls, monohulls and even wing-foilers (we've had a request!).

We also have used Island Escape and found Magali's property listings to be plentiful and varied, and she was so easy and nice to work with.

I check the individual websites starting with "Road Town Fast Ferry"...if they have what I want I book it or move on. I feel more confident that way..

I wonder if it's kind of like becoming nose-blind to a certain smell. Somebody says to their designers "Hey, no restrictions - come up with a new design that incorporates solar, electrics, all the buzz words". They get some designs and start playing with them, tweaking this or that. After a while, they are so focused on function that they are blind to the developing form (or lack thereof). Yeah, still has to make it past non nose-blind people but maybe it could happen that way???

This is what it looks like in south Georgia this morning. Got about 5 inches of snow.

Leslie, I've already placed that one on our list. Also L'Auberge. Chantal now runs it. She used to have Bistronome that's why I wondered if anyone had taken over that.