On our last morning at the Marriott Beach Club in St. Kitts, we decided to stroll down to Rituals Coffee House for the girls’ occasional doughnut breakfast, and to try the coffee. Our new friends from Wilmington, NC, Scott and Laura, had praised the coffee and espresso, and we’d used up the coffee in our villa. The first thing you notice about Rituals is that … Continue reading Rituals Coffee, Kittian Village, St. Kitts
Martin’s Tavern is famous as the place where John Kennedy proposed to Jacqueline Bouvier. The booth (#3) in which he popped the question (and, incidentally, where five Supreme Court justices discussed the Brown v. Board of Education school desegregation case) is marked, as are other booths regularly used by Presidents Truman (36) Johnson (#24, Sam Rayburn’s booth), Nixon (#2), and George W. Bush (#12). Had … Continue reading Martin’s Tavern, Georgetown, Washington, DC
Just a good stretch of the legs from the Marriott Beach Club is The Strip on the beach along Frigate Bay, and it is an experience. The Strip is ground zero “limin’,” the Kittitian version of relaxing, having fun, and not worrying about anything. The Strip is lined with beach bars, some with live entertainment, all owned and operated by local folks, and most made … Continue reading Boozie’s at the Beach, Frigate Bay, St. Kitts
This man is a magician. Verral Marshall came to St. Kitts, got a job as a personal chef, and started a poolside cafe that morphed, as below, and expanded it into the Marshall’s of today. Well may you ask, just what is that? I’ll tell you. Sit back. Relax. Grab a beverage. Put your feet up. Imagine that you are high on a hill, in … Continue reading Marshall’s Restaurant, Frigate Bay, St Kitts
I was eager to try The Hunter’s Hound as soon as I walked by and saw they were hiring in anticipation of opening. I finally made it there with my friend, Frank McAuliffe, a stalwart of our monthly lunch group. Frank is, like the rest of us, of a certain age, and a determined athlete. That means he messed up his knee, and he was … Continue reading The Hunter’s Hound, Friendship Heights, Maryland
This is the place for limin’. I first learned of the Reggae Beach Bar on an earlier visit to St. Kitts, when Nancy and I were hosting Debbie and Jeremy McMullen. Jeremy suggested a trip to Reggae, so we all hopped into a cab and off we went. After a mile or two we stopped at a mountaintop overlook where a Kittitian entrepreneur was selling … Continue reading Reggae Beach Bar, Turtle Beach, St. Kitts
On night three of our trip to St. Kitts, we strolled (and Ella and Lily scooted) down from the Marriott Beach Club to Rock Lobster, a fine-dining restaurant by the St. Christopher’s Club condo/apartment complex. There is ample seating both inside and out. We were greeted warmly, but with the caution that marked St. Kitts: mandatory masks and gel for the hands before we were … Continue reading Rock Lobster, Kittian Village, St. Kitts
Where do you go for dinner when you have two small children who are reluctant to eat anything but chicken nuggets (dinosaur shape please) and macaroni and cheese in a country where no one serves chicken nuggets or macaroni and cheese or even has a children’s menu? Why, to an Indian restaurant, of course. Tiranga is situated across the street from the Marriott Beach Club, … Continue reading Tiranga, Kittian Village, St. Kitts
IMPORTANT UPDATE: As if one were needed, here’s yet another reason to go to the Steak N Egg Diner. Nancy, Liza, and I went there for breakfast this morning. We ordered, and our food was brought to the table by a robot! Remember those little carts that I’m Eddie Cano and the Broad Branch Market used to deliver food to homes in the early days of covid? … Continue reading Still More from the Steak N Egg Diner, Tenleytown, Washington, DC
After her report on a memorable dinner at Atrio, our new Senior Mexico Correspondent Lyn Ingersoll is back with another treat from San Miguel de Allende, this time with a delicious brunch. The next day, we went to AMAPOLA (Poppy in English) for brunch as Marc was craving “real Mexican” food. It was in a pretty interior courtyard a couple of blocks from the plaza. … Continue reading Amapola, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
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