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What's new at Beachside Villas???
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06/17/2018 02:45 PM
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Thank god, not much!!!  BSV looks just as beautiful as before that b*tch Irma came to visit!!  The ocean is stunning, SABA comes and goes whenever she pleases and she gets permission from Pat!  ![[Linked Image]](http://www.info-res.com/ehill/pixs/bsv2018/0931.JPG) The pool is just as lovely. ![[Linked Image]](http://www.info-res.com/ehill/pixs/bsv2018/1092.JPG) The gazebo gives a lovely view out down the beach and provides much needed shade for whimps like me.. ![[Linked Image]](http://www.info-res.com/ehill/pixs/bsv2018/1098.JPG) "MY" chair looks out over the best view on earth.. ![[Linked Image]](http://www.info-res.com/ehill/pixs/bsv2018/0968.JPG) The kitchen has everything you need to be able to cook meals if you like ![[Linked Image]](http://www.info-res.com/ehill/pixs/bsv2018/0957.JPG) The atrium--since they enclosed all of them last year and put a/c in the main room--has a dining table inside in the a/c if you choose ![[Linked Image]](http://www.info-res.com/ehill/pixs/bsv2018/0956.JPG) The living room is comfy as ever ![[Linked Image]](http://www.info-res.com/ehill/pixs/bsv2018/0970.JPG) as is the bedroom ![[Linked Image]](http://www.info-res.com/ehill/pixs/bsv2018/1109.JPG) and the deck ![[Linked Image]](http://www.info-res.com/ehill/pixs/bsv2018/1108.JPG) For long term visitors, you will notice that the vegetation took a big hit, but it is coming back ![[Linked Image]](http://www.info-res.com/ehill/pixs/bsv2018/1087.JPG) ![[Linked Image]](http://www.info-res.com/ehill/pixs/bsv2018/1086.JPG) As always, Beachside is therapy for everything that ails you. ![[Linked Image]](http://www.info-res.com/ehill/pixs/bsv2018/0953.JPG) Life doesn't get better than this.. ![[Linked Image]](http://www.info-res.com/ehill/pixs/bsv2018/0935.JPG) Oh, cr*p! I actually did intend to post the couple of small things that are different... Sorry. Edited to add this... Marvlyn is gone, Michelle is here now, but all the rest of the staff are here. Tiny thing, but I personally appreciate it, there is an alarm clock in the bedroom now. Small thing, but I like it, there are now plastic wine glasses (although again, we bought our own glasses at Super U this time, and will leave them here) ![[Linked Image]](http://www.info-res.com/ehill/pixs/bsv2018/1112.JPG) The TV now has the FOOD NETWORK and Cooking Channel  Sorry, I know that makes me a geek, but I love it!!! There's HDTV, ESPN, History Channel, TBS, TNT, AMC, Travel Channel, lots of stuff, plus local channels for CBS, etc., which appeared to be out of NY, for the most part. We couldn't find the networks to begin with, I think perhaps because the remote was set to display only HD channels. . And, as has been posted several times, there is now a real viewing stand for the airport, with nice stairs, seats, and cupholders!!!  ![[Linked Image]](http://www.info-res.com/ehill/pixs/bsv2018/0946.JPG)
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Re: What's new at Beachside Villas???
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06/17/2018 06:14 PM
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Tell Eric he is wrong! ๐๐ itโs definitely Saba. Looking at it, St. Baths would be to the left if itโs visible at all. Has to be a really clear day to see all of them....... Statia, StB. and St. Kitts, that is, but you do occasionally see all of them. We were on St. Kitts one year - at the Fort at Brimstone Hill and we were able to see SXM as clear as a bell and that was the only time we ever saw it over two or three trips total
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Re: What's new at Beachside Villas???
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06/17/2018 07:40 PM
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Saba is the island in the distance St. Barths is south of St. Maarten. Saba is south of St. Maarten. Barts is east.
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Re: What's new at Beachside Villas???
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06/18/2018 11:05 AM
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As far as TV stations, we scanned through all of them, no networks.. Very strange they were all there in April---must have made a change. The TV was great--the picture was so much better than any of ours.
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Re: What's new at Beachside Villas???
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06/18/2018 11:10 AM
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As far as TV stations, we scanned through all of them, no networks.. We had the same experience and just gave up. We didn't go to watch TV anyway! Read books on the deck instead.
"It is good to do nothing all day, and then to rest"
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Re: What's new at Beachside Villas???
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06/18/2018 04:07 PM
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There are news channels, like CNN, FoxNews, CNBC, C-Span, Headline News, just not regular network news..
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Re: What's new at Beachside Villas???
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06/19/2018 09:24 AM
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Carol, The pictures of BSV look wonderful. However, I have a question. Is there any furniture on the porch? ie: table and chairs or or loungers? Have a wonderful time. Barbara Barbara, the porches have two loungers in the large open area and then a table and two chairs to sit in on the deck as well. There are also loungers down on the sand in front of each unit.
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Re: What's new at Beachside Villas???
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06/19/2018 09:33 AM
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Carol, The pictures of BSV look wonderful. However, I have a question. Is there any furniture on the porch? ie: table and chairs or or loungers? Have a wonderful time. Barbara Not Carol...but here are my pictures... You can see the loungers on the deck outside of the bedroom ![[Linked Image]](http://www.traveltalkonline.com/gallery/40/medium/1291.jpg) The little table and chairs off the living room ![[Linked Image]](http://www.traveltalkonline.com/gallery/40/medium/1292.jpg) And then the loungers in the sand ![[Linked Image]](http://www.traveltalkonline.com/gallery/40/medium/1290.jpg)
"It is good to do nothing all day, and then to rest"
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Re: What's new at Beachside Villas???
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06/20/2018 05:48 AM
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Carol, thanks for posting these lovely photo's!! Just when I had all the TV channels memorized! LOL!! But No CBS,NBC, or Fox??? Thank God the plants are coming back! The staff does a great job of keeping them up! Love the new cushions on the pool deck chairs!! Over all the staff did an AMAZING job cleaning up after that wicked witch IRMA!
Sand Gravity, got to love it!
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Re: What's new at Beachside Villas???
[Re: Colour1]
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06/20/2018 07:12 AM
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Actually, David, Eric posted in another thread that we found the networks after all! Possibly the problem was that the remote was set to view ONLY HD channels?? Guess I will go back and edit this post.
Regarding the cleanup after Irma, I talked to one of the maids about that, and she was very proud of the way that EVERYONE here just pitched in and cleaned and cleaned and cleaned after the storm!
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Re: What's new at Beachside Villas???
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06/20/2018 07:58 AM
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BSV is perfect, to me!  Regarding the beach here, sometimes there are some decent waves, like there have been the past two days. Before that, it was pretty calm. It just depends on that. Yesterday at Mullet there was a HUGE cliff into the water, and it was very difficult for me to get out of the water, and I had to have help. Here there is never a big cliff like that, but sometimes a little shelf from time to time, where the bottom goes down rapidly. I'm sure the past two days the water has not been particularly clear, because the seas have been rough. So, it just depends on the seas. Mullet is a quick jog around the corner if you want to go there though, and you don't have to go through the traffic in Simpson Bay to get there, like you do at Royal Palm!
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Re: What's new at Beachside Villas???
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06/20/2018 08:06 AM
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Just did a couple of edits, to fix some errors, and to add a couple more pictures. Enjoy!
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Re: What's new at Beachside Villas???
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06/20/2018 02:27 PM
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I'm convinced! Flamingo won't be open I'm pretty sure till 2020 and I've been looking for someplace else on a beach. We'll probably have to go sometime other than the Regatta, but that's OK. I'll start doing my homework.
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Re: What's new at Beachside Villas???
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06/20/2018 03:51 PM
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Marybeth and Renee--please let me know if you have any questions.
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