SHOPPING
"Here's what I bring back from the islands: King, the great grapefruit drink that you can't get in America. I will shop for wine in St. Barts. I love blush wines. Everything is exorbitantly priced in St. Barts, but one of the great bargains is the rose wines. The other thing is this great coconut oil from Nevis that they press down there. Of course, there's no sunscreen in it whatsoever, but it's the best coconut oil around. I collect hot sauces from all the islands. Naturally, each island thinks it has the best peppers. My favorites are Matouk's from Trinidad and Pickapeppa from Jamaica."

DINNER
"First, I'd go to Le Select in St. Barts and have a Ti Punch. If I could pick anywhere for dinner in the Caribbean, it would be Maya's on St. Barts. Maya's is right on the water and they have great French-Creole cuisine. After that, I'd go to Bete A Z'ailes, a great place for music on the harbor. I'd finish my night at Le Ti-St. Barths, which is as close to the misbehaving that I remember when I owned my hotel on St. Barts."

SUNDAY

HIKING
"There's this incredible hike from Cap-Haïtien, a city down on the water in Haiti, up into the old fortress of Henri Christophe, who was the first king of Haiti. He built these palaces that were based on Versailles and San Souci right there in the jungles of Haiti. They're all ruins now, but it's amazing to take the walk up the road they built to this fortress. Last week, I took my son over to Brimstone Hill in St. Kitts, which is the fortress that's called the Gibraltar of the Indies. It has an incredible history of the Amerindians that the French were fighting. The fort has monkeys climbing all over it. You can take a cab ride from the airport in St. Kitts. It's worth a day trip."

ONE HUNGRY DAY IN THE CARIBBEAN