I planned my trip to Sarasota, FL, several weeks before the BP oil spill in the Gulf on Mexico. Every time I'd been to Sarasota, it was too cold to enjoy the beach but I figured that it should finally be warm enough on Memorial Day Weekend. Well, now I wasn't worried about the weather […]

Is bigger always better? I’m talking about beaches here… When I arrived in Grenada, I was immediately smitten with Grand Anse Beach, which was right by my hotel. I’m hardly the first person to love Grand Anse — it’s widely regarded as the island’s best beach and one of the best beaches in the Caribbean. […]

I’m leaving for Grenanda tonight, and I can’t wait to see The Spice of the Caribbean. It earned its nickname for nutmeg production and, well, its location in the Caribbean Sea. I’ve been to Caribbean islands before but never to one this far south — Grenada is about 200 miles northeast of Venezuela. My last […]