Hello Beach Kitten; We have been at LaTerrasse for 2 weeks and it is our 11th year renting in this building. We are from upstate NY and have become friends with many Canadians that also rent in the building for 2-3 months. This year we are doing 5 weeks and we spend most days at Karakters, ElZafiro or Mullet beach. During the 2 weeks we have been here we have eaten out most nights at; Bavaria for great German food, the Greenhouse, Winnies Chinese, 3 Amigos Le Moulin Fou and Rendezvous. Today our group of 8 chipped in and we rented a taxi from Mr Jones in front of LaPlage and spent the day at Pinel. Pinel is an enjoyable day but with taxi, ferry fare, lounger rental food and cocktails it was a $125 day at the beach. Most evenings we start with happy hour at Taco Macho or 3 Amigos and move on from there for dinner out. Then it is on to Casino Royale where we enjoy several hours of gambling and then up the street to The Hole in the Wall. We have enjoyed Hole in the Wall entertainment with Ronnie Santana, Bob from the old Cover to Cover and other performers that we have enjoyed 5 nights a week.
We prefer the Maho area where we don't have to drive the rental car and we can walk to evening dinners and entertainment. I have shot a number of photos with my cell phone but have not figured out how to email them and then post on TTOL.
The pace of the hurricane repairs in Maho is incredible. We see hundreds of Chinese workers working 12+ hours daily and admire their work ethic. We see these guys leaving Sonesta at 8 pm and they walk up the hill beyond the casino and stay in a large building that has been divided into sleeping and living quarters.
We have friends staying at LaPlage and have spent several afternoons with them. I find it incredible that LaPlage is up and running and better than ever. We were on the island during January 2018 and toured many of the damaged sites-now we are in awe that Royal Islander is up and running better than ever. I am disappointed that many resorts are still surrounded by plywood and chain link fencing and not progressing with recovery. Hats off to the Royal Islander for getting it done.

Staying 5 weeks we have shopped at Super U last week when the Super U was doing 1 for one on the exchange rate. Great place but we still prefer Cost U less where we shopped this weekend. We probably prefer Cost U Less as we are able to read the labels and they stock many goods from the US that we are familiar with
Sorry we missed Norm's get together of TTOL - as I was not aware of the gathering until I saw his post. Take care-