I didn’t skate — though I grew up skating everyday all winter on the pond in the woods down the street in New London CT — I couldn’t imagine being on a boat with a broken arm or leg. But Kir and the kids had a great time (SF floods a rink in the Em…
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Baking in California
My visits to Kir, Rob and my three grandchildren, ages 10, 8, and 6 are mostly about baking, cooking and sports. The kids come up with ideas of what they want to cook before I arrive. Chocolate donuts. Lasagna. Challah aka braided bread. Gatteau St…
HO HO HOLIDAYS!!!
During this special season we welcome the opportunity to wish everyone the happiest of holidays and peace in the coming year! We hope you enjoy this slide show illustrating the many different expressions of holiday spirit we’ve experienced during our 2011 Keys cruise and stay in Key West!
Key West Moment: Pre wash, Panini and Poultry
Bet you never did your laundry in this type of establishment. The front is a Cuban restaurant, and the back is an open-air laundromat. We sat in wicker chairs watching the world go by, eating an incredibly delicious pork panini, reading the NY Times, and shooing away the chickens as the washing machines did their […]
The Ancient City of St. Augustine
The City of St Augustine is the oldest continuouslyinhabited European settlement in the United States; older than the settlementsin either Jamestown or Plymouth Rock and is known as the “Ancient City” or “OldTown”. Historic St. Augustine …
Cheeseburger Boat Projects in Paradise
In the final analysis, I’d have to say that the cruising life is MOST of what it’s cracked up to be. We stay in beautiful places. We always have an ocean view. We hang around as long as we like, and then when we get curious about what’s around th…
Cruising Down the Keys
Well, we made it! After three years of talking about “wintering in the Keys,” we finally reached Key West. This is what sunset looked like last night at Mallory Square. That’s where everyone (and we mean everyone) goes each night to watch the sun go down. There are street performers and street merchants and lots […]
Jacksonville Sabbatical
After arriving in Florida sooner than expected and with noplans to go to the Bahamas this winter, we decided to head to Jacksonville fora while. We last cruised this area andthe St. John’s River several years ago and thought it would be a great…
South Beach Interlude
We remained in Key Largo only about 24 hours after our initial arrival before engaging a one-way rental car to Orlando so we could retrieve our own that had been waiting patiently since a couple of days before our departure from St. Augustine. Having a vehicle makes cruising so much easier: no worries about provisioning, […]
From St. Augustine to the Keys
Moonset at Stuart What a joyous occasion to re-board Sojourner and head out on new adventures!! It had been longer than we had planned, and the excitement –and, quite candidly, the trepidation– were all the greater for that reality! Beginning in familiar territory, we decided to start the journey southward slowly and easily: limit […]
