Your St Barts - guide to Saint Barthelemy

With the location and weather, it’s not wonder that Victoria’s Secret was back on St Bart’s Island for another photo shoot recently.  This time, they had model Karolina Kurkova in tow.  Leggy and blond, she is a beautiful woman and is perfect for Victoria’s Secret. Karolina started her career and the tender age of 15 [...]

It seems that in the ninth edition of the Transat Ag2r sailing race, Concarneau and Saint Barth will finally sail as one!!  Just two years ago, Gilbert Le Bris, mayor of Concarneau, and Michel Magras, vice-president of the Overseas Collectivity of Saint Barthélemy, talked about combining their efforts in the race and in turn giving [...]

St Barts Island :: Fisherman Blockade ~ Photo Courtesy of :: CharterWave.com On Monday, December 17th, I got the strangest phone call from a friend – he said that there was a blockade enforced on St Barts Island. What?!?  It appears that local fisherman were more than a little upset over the news of the [...]

Here on St Barts island, we have nex taxes to look forward to in 2008; Happy New Year to us! The island’s territorial council met on November 13th and voted 19-1 in favor of a new financial code, amidst 100 or so people that came to hear the discussion.  So, what happened? Well, new indirect [...]

St Barts Hotels :: Eden Rock When you’re ready to book a room at a St Barts hotel, it can be tempting to check out TripAdvisor and follow other travelers reviews.  I have used it, and often times, it works out really well.  But, I caution you to not follow them too closely because often [...]

Here on St Barts island, we typically don’t need a reason to throw a party.  However, we’ve come up with one, and this time, it’s to celebrate where we’ve been.  In November of 2008, the island will host "Swedish Week" to celebrate the 130th anniversary of the retrocession of St Barth to Sweden; the official [...]

St Barts island is not conducive to playing golf because of the lay of our land, literally.  However, over at the Golf Center in Grand Cul de Sac, a new golf simulator has been installed.  The hope is that, those who love golf, will have the opportunity to play while they’re here.  There is also [...]

A new swimwear line recently launched: LaLangosta N.A. – and where did it get tons of free publicity?  Right here on a St Barts beach when Catherine Zeta-Jones donned one in yellow.              LaLangosta creates high-end, one-of-a-kind swimwear that is intended for a discerning audience.  Each suit is hand-beaded, and therefore, it can be said that [...]

St Barts Island :: Anne Dentel Photo Credit ~ St Barth Weekly In a new issue of St Barth Weekly, Anne Dentel, the new president of the Saint Barth Hotel Association, talks about a few things that might be of concern to our American tourists when they visit St Bart Island :: the value of [...]

St Barts beaches are some of the cleanest in the Carribean!  But, just like every town, we do have a few pieces of  trash that need to be picked up – which is exactly what American John McGinn and his seven friends did. Being regular visitors of the island, they noticed trash washing up on [...]