We are on Salaway, a Beneteau 494. There are four of us, Anne-Marie, our instructor, and Larry and Jeanne, my fellow students. We sailed from the Moorings in road town to Marina Cay where we anchored for the night. According to Anne-Marie, the Last Resort in Trellis Bay has a comedy show on Thursday, Friday, […]
I’m sitting here on Cane Garden beach on Tortola staring across the cove at blue and turquoise water with islands in the background and puffy white clouds in the sky and wondering what makes it beautiful. I could sit and watch forever. On my way over the taxi driver, a West Indian, said "There’s Skyview."
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Mariner Inn is nice. I was a little worried because the reviews on TripAdvisor were pretty iffy. But it’s been remodeled recently and my room has tile floors, tall ceilings, balcony and king size bed. Fridge, coffee maker and hair drier. The bathroom wasn’t remodeled with the rest. My sink squirts water sideways. They kept
I’m on my way to the BVI! I’m on the Denver-Newark part of my DEN-EWR-SJU-EIS trip. As luck would have it I am sitting next to a woman from Colorado who is reading a Sailing for Kids book so I pulled out my Basic Cruising book and we had quite the conversation. They just bought
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The things you can see from an airplane window … shots of Mesa Verde and the Grand Canyon by Doc Searles: Dulles to LAX, 13 April 2004 – a photoset on Flickr.
I travel over a 100,000 miles a year so I have lots of miles and lots of experience with the airlines’ frequent flier mile programs. I’m usually pretty loyal to United because they have a hub near me and I have 100K status with them, but when it comes to using miles, I’m partial to
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Uglesich’s (pronounced YOU-gull-sitch’s), one of the best places to eat in New Orleans, is closing! It’s more than a whole in the wall but nothing fancy and a little difficult to get to but the food is fantastic. The New York Times article tells about the restaurant’s history and its owners. The New York Times
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I really liked India, but I could still relate to what this author was describing. Maybe you have to have been there, but I was laughing pretty hard by the time I finished reading his weeklong journal, Trying Really Hard to Like India. I recommend the slide show.
Hear, hear! Yet another article trying to convince people that business travel is stressful. Not only stressful, but bad for your health. Yet we only worry about the dollar costs …
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We just got back from the French Quarter Festival in New Orleans. Although there were way too many people this year, we had a great time. Good music, good food and good company. We stayed at the Sheraton were we got a great deal from Hotwire. We ate lots and lots of yummy food. (Just
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