Your St Barts - guide to Saint Barthelemy

This is a hard one to translate : " La nostalgie n’est plus ce qu’elle était" . "Nostalgia is not what it used to be" … sort of … When I hit the island a few days ago, I met some people at the airport that I know a bit. As I usually do, I [...]

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 [...]

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 :: 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 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 [...]

If you’re headed to St Barts Island for a little get-away, TravelandLeisure.com has publshed a very cool "Island Finder" series that can help you choose what island is best suited for your wants and needs.  The article they wrote on St. Barts says that it’s "best for the scene." Their write-up starts by saying "Glamorous, [...]

Getting ready for a vacation to St Barts island?  Before you go anywhere, head to stbartstalk.com to get the scoop on all you need to know.  Visited regularly by locals, first timers, regulars, and even me, this is the place to get straight and frank advice on all things St Barts. Started by "GregB," in [...]

I find that lately I have been spending way too much time on Amazon because I have been busy buying books for my different family members for the Christmas holiday.  As a result, I have found that Amazon also offers nice posters of St Barts. On in particular was this one I came across of [...]