From the monthly archives:

November 2009

Everything is Better at Sandy Lane

November 20, 2009

Today we ventured away from our hotel and lunched at Sandy Lane, the luxury Barbados resort where Tiger Woods was married in 2004.  The entire resort is huge, composed of three golf courses, the hotel, residences, a spa and a bunch of restaurants.  The Country Club, where we dropped $100 on lunch enjoyed a delicious [...]

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Until the Very Last Drop

November 19, 2009

I’ve always been an obsessive beach person.  As a teenager (once I was old enough to drive), I’d stay on the beach in Cape May reading until the sun had gone down, wearing a sweatshirt and struggling to see the words on the page.  Fortunately, Joe shares my love for languorous, ultra long beach days.
Some [...]

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Sarah’s Key

November 19, 2009

November’s book club choice was intense.  It was Meg’s turn to host, and she selected Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay.  A synopsis from GoodReads:
Paris, July 1942: Sarah, a ten year-old girl, is brutally arrested with her family by the French police in the Vel’ d’Hiv’ roundup, but not before she locks her younger brother [...]

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Buck Up

November 18, 2009

This one was pure luck of the draw.  I was keeping my eye out for some motorcycle-esque boots to give my flat boot selection some variety from the traditional riding boot.  I saw these Steve Madden boots online a while back and, at the time, they were priced at $160 (no thank you).  I kept [...]

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Bajan Delight

November 18, 2009

A little lesson in Barbados culture: “Bajan” and “Barbadian” are both adjectives for people or things from Barbados.  If you’re pronouncing “Bajan” like “Ba-han”, don’t worry – I made the same mistake.  Turns out it’s pronounced “Bay-shan” (or like “Bay-sian”).  Who knew?  Anyway, we are getting pretty used to the Bajan way of life (which, [...]

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Bienvenidos a Barbados!

November 17, 2009

Greetings from Barbados HCG readers!  Our travels weren’t as strenuous as we feared (we flew out of JFK and drove there from Philly at 3:30 in the morning; it was the cheapest/most sane option).  We arrived at the airport in plenty of time (a rare feat for me), and the 4 1/2 hour flight to [...]

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