Monday we had a Grand Case day but not on the beach (although the weather and beach were beautiful). We started at the Maison chocolate and had iced coffees and croissants on their front porch surrounded by bougainvillea. We then shopped the boutiques resulting in some new rings and earrings for me.
We had registered in advance for a perfume class at Tijon. When we arrived, the building was dark and Mimi alerted us that there was a power outage. To say it was excruciatingly hot is an understatement. There was no breeze and in retrospect I would ask to reschedule , but we shuffled through and Mimi gave us lots of water (and a champagne toast at the end). I look forward to doing this again in more comfortable conditions. But - very pleased with the finished product. Since there was no electricity Mimi couldn’t print our labels for the bottle But she made arrangements to deliver them to our villa.
Afterwards we walked to the lolos to have lunch at Rib Shack. I love their crab backs and ti punches. Ironically I think rib shack has the least appealing ribs of the lolos but we like their sides and chicken.
The afternoon was spent listening to music in our pool back at the villa.
We decided to do “something different” for the evening and made arrangement for a taxi driver to Maho. I was able to get last minute reservations at Roma through Open Table. We have never spent time in Maho, in all our trips. We had a pre dinner drink at 3 Amigos so we could catch up on March Madness brackets. Once at Roma, we were seated in their lovely outdoor area. I found the service here to be very dead-fish cold, in a way that you can just tell someone has had enough of everyone’s BS and no longer has the energy to be engaging, if that makes sense. With a little humor we eventually got our server to warm up and she was very nice. We had arancini, calamari, cacio pepe, and their ultimate chicken parm. All were delicious. We had a nightcap at Jax while waiting on our driver to scoop us back up. It was a great ending to a great day.
This morning is overcast and windy in Orient. Not sure where the day will take us, but there are more than enough options to pass the time.
