Category Archives: Beautiful Beaches

An Island Tour – St. John

Sometimes you have all the time needed to take life at a most leisurely pace, and sometimes you have just enough time to snap the obligatory Kodak moments before the taxi departs.  Such was the two-week, six-city tour of Europe a couple years prior, but that’s a story for another day. Recently we had the […]

A Day in St. Kitts, Our Top 5 Stops

The boat has docked, and the backpack is ready for a day ashore.  Now you and your significant other glance at each other, both wishing you had spent a little more time reviewing the possible excursion options.  Hey it’s a cruise vacation, who wants to read pamphlets? Well don’t stress and let it spoil a […]

Photo Essay -Vintage Antigua

As the cold weather settles in on the Midwest, our minds are focusing on warmer days and places.  This week we found ourselves thinking about our first ever Caribbean excursion, and decided to share a few of our memories. Today we’re going back to 1999, and Sailing Week as it is celebrated in beautiful Antigua.  […]

Slow Down and Smell The Sea

In this season of hectic rushing to grab that perfect tie for uncle Ned, and a charming knitted hot pad for Nanna, we offer this Public Service Announcement: Slow Down and Smell the Sea Air. Fighting traffic in and out of the malls takes it out of all of us.  This little video snippet shows […]

Photo Contest Finalists

We have our Finalists in the Warm Faces, Warm Places Photo Contest! We have taken on some tough challenges in our day, but this had to be one of the most difficult.  We received a grand total of exactly 100 entries in the contest, and trying to boil that down to the list of 5 […]

Warm Faces, Warm Places Contest

I suppose it should come as no surprise that we love beaches, and we love seeing photographs of beautiful warm places.  It helps us to dream a bit, and we love to plan for future trips.  As the weather in our home port turns colder, we’re ready for a little something to help warm our […]

St. Martin -Our Top 5 Beaches

With a top spot on the itineraries of all major cruise lines, one would suspect St. Martin must have something going for it.  And it certainly does, unforgettable dining, top flight resorts, modern casinos,  and not the least of which is its spectacular beaches. Trying to narrow down and sort a list of the Top 5 Beaches of St. Martin however is a […]