We have been coming to St. Barts for over 20 years and have seen lots of changes along the way. Some things on St. Barts, however, are constants. The ocean at Saline after a run in the morning is my happy place. I really do not need much more on St. Barts than a good…
Champagne
NYC: ZZ’s Clam Bar
Poor planning and crazy expensive airfare out of Boston led us to re-route through New York City on way to St. Barts. A night in New York is always time well spent and a visit to the Michelin-starred “tiki bar meets Hemingway’s Cuba” little gem of a place known as ZZ’s Clam Bar was just plain inspired….
NYC: Gabriel Kruether
The only bad thing I can say about lunch at Gabriel Kreuther is that has to come to an end. On a short trip to New York where we ate our way through thirteen New York Times stars in two and a half days, Gabriel Kreuther’s stars shone the brightest. The restaurant is named after the…
NYC: Bouley
The first time we dined at Bouley was almost 20 years ago on Saturday May 11, 1996. No – it was not so wonderful that the date is seared in my mind forever. Rather, we saw Rent on Broadway that night (it had not even been open for two weeks at this point.) Jonathan Larson’s…
Saint Barthélemy: Sand Bar with Jean-Georges
The last lunch of the trip. While walking on Saline that morning we made a command decision that were we going to give The Hideaway the honors. In fairness, we were never a big fan of the Hideaway for lunch back when it was possibly our favorite place on the island and we just called…