Your St Barts - guide to Saint Barthelemy

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 [...]

If you search for "St Barts," lots of good stuff comes up.  I’ve compiled a list of some things that bear the islands name; I think some of them are really quite funny. The St. Barts Swinger :: The name just sounds funny, doesn’t it?  Wait till you check out this "breezy" hat, just "perfect" [...]

"St Barth: French West Indies (A Concept Book)" by Charles and Christine Didcott has been around for 8 years and it is still the best coffee table book about St Barts Island that I know of. St Barts Island :: "St Barth: French West Indies" :: Photo Credit ~ Amazon.com Filled with pictures that depict [...]

St Barts Book :: Paradise Found :: Photo Credit ~ Amazon.com Okay, okay….yes, I’m still surfing around Amazon!  But I couldn’t go before I recommended this book about St Barts; "Paradise Found: The people, restaurants and recipes of St. Barthélemy" by Robert Brooks. Ranking 8th in books about travel to the French West Indies, this book has [...]

St Barts villas are an amazing piece of real estate to own; just ask anyone that has one.  Once, one of the most destitute islands in the Carribean, a building boom by the Rockafellers jump-started both its growth and popularity.  It has now become the "St. Tropez of the Carribean." Before you go out and [...]

While you’re visiting Gustavia, make a stop at this Anglican Church. A peaceful sight, it is named St. Bartholomew’s, and it’s perched quaintly on the harbor; it’s doors always wide open and welcoming. The Anglican Church holds its Family Eucharist on Sunday mornings at 9am with a midweek Mass at 12:30pm; there is also a [...]

This is one of my favorite St Barts Villas on the entire island! The Indian Song is an impressive villa that boasts a foundation of several levels, made of stone and wood. Located at the entrance of the Domaine du Levant complex in Petit Cul de Sac, the surrounding neighborhood is gated, quiet and calm; [...]

As you may or may not know, both St Barts Island and St Martin became officially independent in July.  This is every exciting news and I’m sure it will bring many changes to the way things are around here.  From two sources, Le Figaro and Guadeloupe public holidays, we get this news:  A ceremony was [...]