re: St Barths

Fly both ways. It’s a lot easier especially if you have any sort of tight connection.

St. Barths is one of the more interesting and special places in the world, for my money at least. April probably a good time to visit as it switches to low season around then but most places probably still open.

Think the best advice is this. Wake up. Head to the boulangerie. Grab some breakfast, maybe a sandwich for beach, pack a cooler, drive to a different beach everyday. Spend a few hours on the beach. Have a glass of rosé or a Carib. Maybe grab lunch. Head back to villa, nap, lounge by pool. Either cook or go out to dinner. Maybe one or two nights head to one of the festive bars. Smoke cigarettes. Drink lots of wine. Speak in awful French. Get a sunburn.

Avoid Le Select their burgers suck. Black Ginger is really good. Maya’s to Go also good. L’Isola good pizza. For me Gouverneur perhaps my favorite beach in world. Could spend a lifetime there.

Enjoy