Kevin O'Laughlin

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Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow

Woke up early this morning – 4:30am – in part because we went to bed at 8:30pm last night, in part because today is our departure day. I am not ready to return to Boston! We learned from the weather report on the ABC national news that temperatures are plummeting

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The Best Laid Plans

It is Sunday morning 10:30am and we are sitting by the pool at Tom and Joe’s instead of making our way to St. Bart’s. What happened? We awoke early this morning at 6:00am, put on coffee, then packed camera, lenses, mosquito repellant, sunscreen and passports into my backpack and headed

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Winding Down

Our visit here has been magical. The weather has been gorgeous nearly every day. Gregg and I are tanned a deeper brown after just a week here than we are after an entire summer in Boston. We have relaxed by the pool – often times without benefit (or hindrance?) of

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Cupecoy Beach and Grand Case

Today started grey with lots of clouds and intermittent rain storms. But the skies cleared up through the morning and by noon it was sunny and warm. We headed out to Cupecoy Beach on the western side of the island. We found a secluded spot with absolutely breathtaking views, fine

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2019 on St. Maarten

So I have settled into a little bit of a routine in the mornings here. I’m usually the first awake — this morning at 7:30am — so I open up the house for the day. This amounts to rolling opening the sliders to the lanai, unlocking the exterior doors, unlocking

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New Year’s Eve Day on Sint Maarten

Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. Or so the saying goes. Awoke this morning at 7:10am, put on the coffee, swept the kitchen and patios and skimmed debris off the pool. I love being the only one up at that hour. I can

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Sunday in St. Maarten

Woke up this morning to bright sunshine, blue skies and a warm tropical breeze. Tanning by the poolside seems to be the order for today. Finally! We ventured out yesterday afternoon to pick Gregg’s Mom up at the airport. The internet isn’t working and we have no map – so

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