Barefoot travel isn’t about the dress code. It’s a state of mind, and you usually feel it before you see it. It arrives in small, telling moments: the decision not to unpack fully because you won’t need much, the realization that your shoes are still by the door two days in, the way your schedule […]
There’s a very effective way to test the quality of a Caribbean beach bar: whether you can spend the entire day there. Because best Caribbean beach bars are more than bars — they’re destinations, the sorts of places where you can arrive early in the day and leave your watch behind. They’re places that can turn […]
By Alexander Britell One of the most beautiful — and perhaps most understated — things about rum is its power to transport. The romantic energy of rum can take you from wherever you’re indulging to a far-off Caribbean island somewhere, to the waving palms of a sugar cane field, to an idyllic beach bar. It’s something […]
By Alexander Britell and Guy Britton JOST VAN DYKE — A little more than a year ago, the leisure boats and charter yachts pulled away from Jost Van Dyke on an afternoon not unlike this one, sipping their last painkillers, their last Firewater, savoring their last conch fritters for what would be a very long goodbye. […]
