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Contributors
Patricia Honeycutt Cantor is a native North Carolinian who currently resides in New York City. She and her husband first fell in love with St. Maarten/St. Martin more than 25 years ago while on vacation. After decades of annual visits, they bought a home in the French Lowlands six years ago and now divide their time between New York; Pike County, PA; and the island. Cantor is a marketing/public relations consultant with clients in fashion, home furnishing, travel and financial services. She also loves travel, cooking, gardening, interior design and writing.
Dana Cohen Sprott, a native New Yorker, spent six years working in Jamaica for the Jamaica Information Service before joining the publishing industry. She is married to St. Maarten international tennis pro Michael Sprott and they have two curly haired daughters, Samantha and Sabrina. Cohen-Sprott is the account executive for Experience St. Maarten/St. Martin and Latitudes, the inflight magazine for American Eagle.
J. Kevin Foltz is the staff photographer for HCP/Aboard Publishing. An artist-in-residence at ArtCenter/South Florida on Miami Beach, Foltz travels extensively throughout the Caribbean, shooting photography for American Eagle Latitudes, Experience St. Maarten/St. Martin, Experience St. Thomas, St. John, St. Croix, Experience Puerto Rico and Experience the British Virgin Islands, among other publications. An award-winning photographer, his culinary, lifestyle and destination images capture the unique beauty of this island paradise.
Dr. Judy H. Fitzpatrick is a Guyana-born journalist who writes for The Daily Herald in St. Maarten. She is also a stringer for the Associated Press and writes regularly for Caribbean Beat, SheCaribbean and several other regional publications. A 2008 Caribbean Media Exchange (CMEx) and Kaiser fellow, the mother of an eight-year-old, has picked up nine awards—seven from the UN—in her career which began in her native Guyana.
Debby Lind is South African and arrived in St. Maarten 17 years ago. As manager at Aqua Mania Adventures, she has access to all the fun things to do on St. Maarten, along with operations manager and husband Garth Steyn. Two vibrant young children, Christy and Luke, make daily life on St. Maarten an endless activity.
Melanie Reffes is a Montreal-based travel writer and broadcaster. Her work has appeared in many publications such as The Globe and Mail, Nights Out St. Maarten, Travel Weekly, Canadian Traveller, Montreal Gazette and The Miami Herald. She is the recipient of the 2007 Caribbean Tourism Organization's Baxter Award for Top Caribbean Writer based in Canada. She specializes in the Caribbean and has journeyed to many of the islands, but St. Maarten/St. Martin remains her personal paradise.
A freelance writer based in Port St. Lucie, Fla., Donald Rodrigue regularly writes about his travels throughout Latin America and the Caribbean for several award-winning travel publications.
Guyana-born Alita Singh, a journalist with The Daily Herald, collected several awards during 2005/2006 in the areas of tourism and environment. Most notably, Singh was named environmentalist of the year in 2005, collected the SHTA Crystal Pineapple Award for Excellence in Tourism Reporting, and received the first ever honorable mention in the American Express/Caribbean Hotel Association tourism reporting award.
* Special thanks to Anne Marie Scot for her valuable assistance and to Stephen Thompson of Guavaberry for his artistic contribution., Dr. Jean C. Hager-Rich for her help with the musicians' photo shoot and Paul Boetekees for his beautiful photography.
Have you visited St. Maarten by cruise ship recently? Then you know one day is just not enough for St. Maarten's 37 breathtaking beaches, the shopper's paradise of Duty Free bling and luxury goods, exciting casinos, entertainment and nightlife -- not to mention the glorious food in this culinary heaven. 
Patricia Honeycutt Cantor is a native North Carolinian who currently resides in New York City. She and her husband first fell in love with St. Maarten/St. Martin more than 25 years ago while on vacation. After decades of annual visits, they bought a home in the French Lowlands six years ago and now divide their time between New York; Pike County, PA; and the island. Cantor is a marketing/public relations consultant with clients in fashion, home furnishing, travel and financial services. She also loves travel, cooking, gardening, interior design and writing. 
Dana Cohen Sprott, a native New Yorker, spent six years working in Jamaica for the Jamaica Information Service before joining the publishing industry. She is married to St. Maarten international tennis pro Michael Sprott and they have two curly haired daughters, Samantha and Sabrina. Cohen-Sprott is the account executive for Experience St. Maarten/St. Martin and Latitudes, the inflight magazine for American Eagle.
J. Kevin Foltz is the staff photographer for HCP/Aboard Publishing. An artist-in-residence at ArtCenter/South Florida on Miami Beach, Foltz travels extensively throughout the Caribbean, shooting photography for American Eagle Latitudes, Experience St. Maarten/St. Martin, Experience St. Thomas, St. John, St. Croix, Experience Puerto Rico and Experience the British Virgin Islands, among other publications. An award-winning photographer, his culinary, lifestyle and destination images capture the unique beauty of this island paradise.
Dr. Judy H. Fitzpatrick is a Guyana-born journalist who writes for The Daily Herald in St. Maarten. She is also a stringer for the Associated Press and writes regularly for Caribbean Beat, SheCaribbean and several other regional publications. A 2008 Caribbean Media Exchange (CMEx) and Kaiser fellow, the mother of an eight-year-old, has picked up nine awards—seven from the UN—in her career which began in her native Guyana.
Debby Lind is South African and arrived in St. Maarten 17 years ago. As manager at Aqua Mania Adventures, she has access to all the fun things to do on St. Maarten, along with operations manager and husband Garth Steyn. Two vibrant young children, Christy and Luke, make daily life on St. Maarten an endless activity.
Melanie Reffes is a Montreal-based travel writer and broadcaster. Her work has appeared in many publications such as The Globe and Mail, Nights Out St. Maarten, Travel Weekly, Canadian Traveller, Montreal Gazette and The Miami Herald. She is the recipient of the 2007 Caribbean Tourism Organization's Baxter Award for Top Caribbean Writer based in Canada. She specializes in the Caribbean and has journeyed to many of the islands, but St. Maarten/St. Martin remains her personal paradise. 
A freelance writer based in Port St. Lucie, Fla., Donald Rodrigue regularly writes about his travels throughout Latin America and the Caribbean for several award-winning travel publications.
Guyana-born Alita Singh, a journalist with The Daily Herald, collected several awards during 2005/2006 in the areas of tourism and environment. Most notably, Singh was named environmentalist of the year in 2005, collected the SHTA Crystal Pineapple Award for Excellence in Tourism Reporting, and received the first ever honorable mention in the American Express/Caribbean Hotel Association tourism reporting award. 