You forgot the better beaches part. LMAO. Some people take you too seriously.
That's rich coming from you Andy. Both on the "too seriously" part and the amnesia about the beaches. You have the best memory in the world when it's time to correct someone on some trivial point they got wrong, but suddenly you forget 12 years of history on this site
I have no clue what he meant by that....I go to all the beaches....
I won't use quotes since it seems to struck a nerve, but like I did above, I'll paraphrase your postings on beaches.
On many occasions you'll wax poetic about how great Colombier is (no people, no noise, no this, no that) while trashing other beaches like St. Jean. Or maybe it's just Nikki Beach that you trash. Either way, you've been quite vocal on acceptable and unacceptable beaches. And food. And boating. And the Cowboys:tongue:
I don't know if you ever
read your posts, but many of them have an air of "I'm doing it right and if you're not doing it my way, you're doing it wrong". If you'd like me to post examples, I will (actually, I probably won't) but that's the way they come off. There's nothing wrong with preferring local, organic, freshly prepared, but that's quite different from raining on someone's parade for posting they "loved the Dover Sole"
And I'm sure you're a wonderful cook. Hell, I've used some of your recipes. But again, having a great meal in the villa and deriding (perhaps gently, but still deriding) someone's expensive meal somewhere (God forbid it's Maya's) are two completely different things.
To summarize for you and Andy since he seems to be missing a lot in this thread: Someone commented on the superior midwestern beef not holding up to whatever they serve on St. Barts. That reminded me of many of your comments about the superior seafood you eat at home (and trade for ski passes). I noticed the similarities and commented on it. Apologies for not using your actual words in quotes, but I'm sure all other loyal readers of the site knew what was happening there (paraphrasing your rallying cries).
Now, changing gears, coincidentally, I cooked some shrimp at home last night from our local Safeway. It was from somewhere in Asia (maybe Cambodia, not 100% sure). As I was pealing them, I made a mental note to ask you about this (true story….last night!). What kind of shrimp is the right kind to eat? Is it only Gulf shrimp? And to they sell it in regular grocery stores? Obviously you can't answer for VA stores, but where do you get the good stuff?
And I do honestly thank you for bringing that issue (and many others) up on this site. I wouldn't have known about the "cesspool shrimp" without your rants and ravings.
