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Monday, November 12, 2007
The Tangroni
2 oz. Gin (preferably G-Vine)
1 oz. Aperol
1 oz. tangerine juice
Shake over ice and strain into a large cold martini glass.
I have often thought that the Negroni suffered from a strangely medicinal taste so here I ofter this version. G-Vine is an incredible new grape-based gin offering from France. It has a flowery taste and rolls which lingers on the tongue. It pairs very well with the lighter taste of Aperol. The addition of light and sweet tangerine juice makes this my new favorite drink. Of course, the Tangroni would not suffer from another once of gin. As a matter of fact, pass the bottle, would ya?
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Tuesday, November 06, 2007
A my name is Averna
Hello friends. I do apologize for the hiatus, but life has kept me quite busy as of late. Not too busy to drink, of course, but mayhaps too busy to write about it. I have recently become enamored with 2 Italian liquers: Averna and Aperol.
Averna is a wonderfully complex sicillian bitter (or "amaro" in Italian). The color is as dark as my soul (or at least as dark as the souls of my shoe) but the taste is smooth and well balanced. The bitterness is mellowed out by the sweetness. The fullness of the flavor makes it a great cold weather drink. So far my favorite way to consume Averna (aside from straight) is as follows:
The Rye Humour
2 parts Rye
1 part Averna
pour over ice
Aperol is a light refreshing Italian liquer made by the Compari company. The flavor is bright with strong notes of bitter orange and rhubarb (which may explain the rosey red color). Aperol is delicious in soda (and champagne, I bet). I will have to experiment more to discover my favorite way to drink it. And when I do find it, you better believe I will be posting about it.
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Wednesday, October 10, 2007
How did I go through the first 35 years of my life never having tasted applejack? Well, I don't know that, but I do know this, it is mighty good. "What is applejack", I hear you ask? How kind of you to help my narrative along by asking questions. Applejack is an whiskey made from fermented apple cider and then cold-distilled (or "jacked").
My favorite applejack is made by Laird and Company (pictured above) and it happens to be the oldest native distilled spirit in the United States and is made in New Jersey. Their applejack is a blended whiskey with an apple brandy base and it taste like good whiskey with a lovely apple aroma and taste which lingers on the tongue. I was pleasant surprised that it wasn't sweet. I really look forward to trying their aged apple brandy which doesn't seem to be sold near here. Hmmm.. New Jersey is not far from here, this might be a good time for a road trip! Drink away, friends. Rest assured that I am not far behind you.
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Thursday, October 04, 2007
The Buenos Aires Breeze
Note: This drink requires advance preparation
4 Tablespoons loose leaf Mate tea
1 cup vodka
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup water
the rind from 1 lemon (be careful not to include the pith)
Directions: Mix vodka with the Mate tea in a clean jar and let sit for no more than 4 hours but no less than 2. In the meanwhile, mix the sugar, water, and lemon peel in a small saucepan, bring to a boil, and cook over low heat for 15 minutes. Strain, discarding the lemon peel, and let the syrup cool. Once the Mate mixture has brewed long enough, strain it with a fine strainer and then strain a second time through a coffee filter. Mix the now sediment-free Mate mixture with the sugar syrup. Drink immediately or let mellow overnight. Pour over ice and enjoy.
Thoughts: Mate can be an acquired taste. It is a very strong tea made from yerba mate leaves that you drink from a gourd with a metal spoon called a bombilla. It is available at specialty stores or online. Here are a few places that sell good mate:
I became obsessed with drinking mate after reading Hopscotch by Julio Cortázar which is one of my favorite novels of all time. The characters prepare mate on every other page and by the time I was finished, I had to try some. It can be very bitter but it is quite wonderful. I have been wanting to make a tea liqueur for some time and this came out just as I had hoped. It is a little bitter bit the lemon sugar syrup provides a lovely balance with the intense bitterness of the mate brew. Mate is said to have many health benefits so if anyone asks, you are not drinking a cocktail, but rather a salad.
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Saturday, September 29, 2007
The Scarborough Fair
3 parts cold vodka
1 part Scarborough Fair Syrup (recipe follows)
Scarborough Fair Syrup
2 sprigs of fresh parsely
2 sprigs of fresh sage
2 sprigs of fresh rosemary
2 sprigs of fresh thyme
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
Directions: in a small saucepan, combine the fresh herbs, the sugar, and the water. bring to a full boil, lower the heat, and cook for 15 minutes. Remove from heat, strain, and cool. It will keep several weeks in the refrigerator.
Thoughts: My inspiration for this drink came from a joke about the song. I never understood how the phrase "parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme" was an answer to the question, "are you going to Scarborough Fair?". It seemed to me the perfect cop-out answer. Are you going to study for your Biology test? Parsely, sage, rosemary, and thyme. When are you going to wash the dishes? Parsely, sage, rosemary, and thyme. Well... you get the idea.
My wife and I went to one of Baltimore's excellent Farmer's Market, and we came away with a huge amount of rosemary. I had thyme growing in my garden and my drink idea fell into place. It was delicious in the vodka, but I bet it would work in other neutral spirits like grappa.
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Tuesday, September 25, 2007
The Pink Limey
3 oz Tanqueray Rangpur Gin *
Watermelon Basil Juice
* you can substitute any good quality gin and a 1 tablespoon of lime juice.
Directions: Pour the gin (and lime if substituting) over ice and then fill the glass with the watermelon juice.
Notes: Tanqueray Rangpur is a variety of their delicious gin that has very strong and wonderfully bitter overtones of Indian rangpur lime. It has recieved mixed reviews, but we tend to like bitter flavors so we enjoy it. I am lucky enough to have a wife who is a wonderful food blogger and she made this deliciously sweet watermelon basil juice which paired very well with the strong bitter taste of the gin. Feel free to be generous with the gin; I always am.
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Labels: gin, watermelon
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Slivovitz - Not just for Purim
For the last 10 years or so, I have been obsessed with slivovitz. Not obsessed in a stalker sort of way, but in a healthy admiration sort of way. Recently I discovered that there was a Slivovitz festival in Minnesota with a satellite festival right here in Maryland… and I missed it! Next year I am thinking that we need a Baltimore Slivovitz festival. Who's with me?
For those of you who are not familiar, slivovitz is a very strong plum brandy (sliva means plum in Slavic). Most eastern European countries, particularly the Slavic ones, have a version of this strong delightful creation. It is often a favorite of Ashkenazi Jews because, not being made from grains, it is considered kosher for Passover. We ike to drink it on Purim, the Jewish St. Patrick's Day. One of my favorites, pictured here, is Jelineks from the Czech Republic. I highly recommend the gold variety as it is glass-aged to a smooth perfection.
My own relationship with slivovitz began as part of a re-claiming my heritage kick I went on in the mid 90s. As I passed thirty I began to realize that drinking slivovitz and eating bagels and corned-beef sandwiches, was about as Jewish as I was going to be. Having reached this epiphany, I can just relax and enjoy the booze and so, my friends, should you.
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Kirkintilloch Rob Roy proved too strong for an under-strength Cumbernauld United in their opening Sectional League Cup tie at Guy's Meadow on Saturday.
United had so many regular players unavailable that there were six trialists in the squad, not advisable against a side of Rob Roy's calibre.
Rabs started strongly and forced a number of corners which United did well to defend.
Scott McHaffie had the home team's first effort at goal before Willie Sawyers went close with a shot over the bar for the visitors.
It was United however who took the lead in the 17th minute, Scott Upton seeing Rob Roy goalkeeper Michael McKinven out of position to score from all of 30 yards.
It was a brilliant goal from Upton in his first appearance for Cumbernauld since his comeback to the Cumbernauld set-up from Rob Roy during the summer.
Almost immediately the home team had a great chance to increase their lead when Upton found Steph McDonald in the clear but McKinven was quickly out to block the big striker.
The game then swung to the other end and Rob Roy were awarded a penalty when Kieran Brown brought down Sawyers in the box and Shaun Fraser made no mistake from the spot.
The visitors continued the pressure and United's Ross Foley saved the day when he cleared a goalbound Rob Roy effort off the line.
The Kirkintilloch team were rampant and the United defence had to work hard to prevent any further score before the interval.
Following the break a Kevin Watt cross set Fraser up to score his second with an easy tap-in, time 48 minutes.
In the 77th minute Rabs got a third goal when, from a corner, the dangerous Sawyers headed past Barry Fraser.
Minutes later it was 4-1 due to some great play by Sawyers who initially had his back to goal.
However he managed with sheer persistence to turn the defence, got to the byeline and chipped a perfect ball onto the head of Watt who scored easily.
United never gave up but will need to get some of their regular players back before results improve.
Saturday's match was a poignant affair as the clubs will play for a trophy in memory of Carol Brown.
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One of the biggest reasons that I write this blog is to help motivate college students to start their own businesses. When 18 year old kids get to college, oftentimes they really have no idea what they are looking for or what their ultimate goals are – and I can relate. The focus is usually going out and meeting new people, and then all the sudden you wake up and your 6 months from graduation with no real plan or idea what to do next. So, the logical next step, which has been the standard for generations, is to go out and get a job.
I'm a strong believer that this shouldn't be the case. College is a time when kids are around some of the most creative people they will ever be around, willing to take risks. Students need to better understand how much potential and opportunity today's world has created for us – there are so many tools and resources to help people start their own businesses. Too often, creative minds get sucked into the corporate world, and creativity fades quickly. There NEEDS to be more motivation and education in colleges urging kids to get involved in start-ups and use their creativity to build new businesses. Here is a list of some of the most successful businesses that have spawned from college students, right in the dorm room, and grown into massive successful projects.
1. FedEx
While at Yale, Phil Knight put together wrote a paper for an undergraduate course, outlining his idea behind starting a logistics company. His thought process was that as the world changes and became more automated, logistics would have to adapt as well. His teacher gave him a C, and thought the idea was outlandish. FedEx profits nearly two billion dollars annually.
2. Napster
Shawn Fanning really made a name for himself when he started the first peer-to-peer media sharing company while he was an undergraduate student at Northeastern in 1999. He transformed the music industry indefinitely, temporarily bringing nearly every record label to their knees. When business was good for Napster, they had over 80 million users. Countless businesses were pioneered on the basis that Napster first displayed.
3. Wordpress
Two freshmen students, Mike Little and Matt Mullenweg, decided to build an opensource web interface that would allow people with minimal technical skills to easily build websites. Wordpress was started in a University of Houston dorm room, and now millions and millions and millions of websites are built on this platform (including this one!).
4. College Hunks Hauling Junk
The business idea was simple – college kids have tons of junk that they need to get rid of at the end of every semester, so lets get some big trucks and haul it out for them. Omar Soliman submitted the businesses plan into a contest and won $10,000. They have expanded the business and now make the bulk of their cash from franchising nationwide.
5. Insomnia Cookies
At University of Pennsylvania, Seth Berkowitz knew people late at night craved cookies. He started baking them and sold them around campus late at night. Perfect idea for students studying after hours and in need of a snack. He opened a retail store in New York in 2004. and now has 40 bakeries nationwide.
6. Reddit
The Reddit story is complicated and full of big time acquisitions and mergers. The site, which as of June 2014
has about 113.5 million monthly unique visitors, was first started by two University of Virginia students in 2005 (Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohania). The website has become one the major internet hubs for content sharing and interaction. But the simple of idea of bringing together a Yahoo Discussion board type forum into one site spawned right out of college.
7. Facebook
I can't write a blog post about this topic without including Zuckerberg. The social media giant was born in a Harvard dorm so that Mark Zuckerberg could meet girls, and now worth over 65 billion dollars.
8. Nike
All college football fans know that University of Oregon has the coolest uniforms, week after week, because Nike's Founder Phil Knight
is an alumni and massive donor to the football program. While in school, Phil Knight decided there had to be a way to utilize outsourcing to build a shoe company that produced more affordable shoes than what was available at the time. In 1965, he started Blue Ribbon Sports with his trac
k coach, and the company later developed into Nike.
9. Tripod
Tripod was started in 1992 by two Williams College students, headed by Bo Peabody. It started as a website providing practical advice to first time college students, and then developed into a site allowing people to easily make websites. In 1998, before the dot com bubble burst, the company sold to Lycos for 58 million in stock, which Peabody cashed out after the company's value went up tenfold. A year after he cashed out, the bubble burst and many dot com companies lost about 99 percent of their value.
My point for writing this post is to point out that college should be a time when kids should take advantage of their creativity and freedom. Once people get into the corporate world and start getting accustomed to their 9-5 schedule, they quickly fall into a routine and lose sight of their potential. And it's really pathetic. What business schools need to preach to their students is innovation and entrepreneurship. There are so many tools available to get started making money online and it is easier to spend money today than every before – you just need to start building up your idea, and the sooner the better.


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Juventus talisman Paulo Dybala is once again being liked with a move away from Turin, something which has caught the attention of Manchester United, Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain.
It is claimed that the strong animosity between Dybala's brother and agent, Gustavo, and the Bianconeri is the cause of the constant flurry of transfer rumours, according to Rai Sport (via Calciomercato).
Although the 24-year-old has been suffering with injury problems since leaving Palermo in 2015, Dybala is frequently linked with a move away from Italy due to issues off the pitch – most notably with his sponsors and representatives of Juventus.
Last summer, the Argentina international was rumoured to be a target of Barcelona. The Catalan giants had a hole burning in their pocket after selling Neymar to PSG but a deal for Dybala never materialised.
It has been suggested in recent weeks that a move to the French capital would be the most likely for Dybala, especially given the rumours liking Neymar with a move to the Santiago Bernabéu.
Despite an outstanding start to the campaign – scoring eight Serie A goals in just four games – Dybala has often found himself starting games from the bench under Massimiliano Allegri this season.
Most recently, Dybala found his name up in lights for the 15th time in the league this year with a dramatic last-minute winner over Lazio to put Juventus within one point of Napoli at the top of the Serie A table.


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This Week in Women: Goodbye to The Greats
Our hearts are heavy this week as we say goodbye to the unforgettable Franca Sozzani, 1980's pop icon George Michael, and the actress and activist mother-daughter duo Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher. We raise a glass to celebrate their lives and contributions, as we also say farewell to a veritable rollercoaster of a year. Cheers to solidarity and finding hope in 2017. It's time for This Week in Women!
Rockettes Drama Over Performing at Trump's Inauguration
Iconic kick line and dance ensemble, The Rockettes, announced on December 22 that they would be performing at Trump's inauguration, and all full-time dancers were "obligated" to perform. In a revealing interview with Marie Claire, one dancer spoke out anonymously (under the alias, "Mary"): "If I had to lose my job over this, I would. It's too important. And I think the rest of the performing arts community would happily stand behind me."
Controversy struck immediately as dancers were notified about the performance, many finding out from friends and loved ones via text message. "It's almost worse to have 18 pretty white girls behind this man who supports so many hate groups. They're going to be branded in history as one of those women," Mary said. "How's it going to look?"
"I usually don't use social media to make a political stand but I feel overwhelmed with emotion," posted one of the other dancers, Phoebe Pearl, in a now-deleted comment to her Instagram. "Finding out that it has been decided for us that Rockettes will be performing at the Presidential inauguration makes me feel embarrassed and disappointed. We will not be forced! #notmypresident."
Gloria Steinem and Planned Parenthood Join The Women's March
Feminist author and activist, Gloria Steinem, has joined the list of participants as an honorary co-chair for The Women's March in Washington D.C. on January 21, one day after Trump's inauguration.
Planned Parenthood has also decided to join the protest, according to BuzzFeed. "We will send a strong message to the incoming administration that millions of people across this country are prepared to fight attacks on reproductive health care, abortion services, and access to Planned Parenthood, as they intersect with the rights of young people, people of color, immigrants, and people of all faiths, backgrounds, and incomes," Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood, said in a statement.
Mike Pence Gets a Special Welcome
Vice President-Elect Mike Pence received a meaningful welcome-to-the-neighborhood message from area residents. Signs provided by NARAL—a top women's reproductive rights advocacy group—were plastered around Pence's temporary neighborhood (as he rents a five bedroom house in the days before the election) in Chevy Chase, Virginia. "Part of our charge following the election is making sure that Mike Pence knew just how off base he was with the majority of Americans when it comes to abortion access," said NARAL's communications director Kaylie Hanson Long to DCist. "The best way to let him know that is to go literally right to his door step and tell him."
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*People with claustrophobia should avoid watching this.
Buried (a.k.a Ryan Reynolds in a coffin the full length of the movie) is way better than I imagined. Heard my sister and BIL (Brother-in-law) talk about it last weekend and decided to check it out. I was not disappointed, albeit feeling really traumatized in the end. I had to watch stand up comedy to counter that feeling.
The entire movie is literally Ryan Reynolds in a coffin. Starring about 6 other voices, a phone, a torchlight, a lighter, some lighter fuel, a glowstick and a snake that looks like a black mamba. (If you watched Kill Bill before, you'll know how deadly that is.)
Paul (Ryan Reynold, duh) wakes up in a coffin with no memory of how he got there. He has a phone with him with the language in Arabic. He tries to get help from as many agencies and departments as he can and faces a great deal of questioning and the frustration which comes with it.
Since Ryan Reynolds is the only focus in the movie, his acting is the only tool to convince the audience that this is a good movie. He nailed it. Even while watching it on my comfortable bed with 4 pillows, the movie made me sit up, because of the intensity and emotions. He was able to draw me in and join him in the struggle to escape from the coffin. I could definitely imagine the resentment of being helpless if I were to be stuck somewhere so tight. Hopefully it never happens.
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John Foxx and Louis Gordon, Pressure point Brighton. July 31st 2006
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I could tell it was going to be a great night in Brighton when the first record played once the doors had opened and the 200 of us had wound our way up the rickety staircase to The Room Upstairs was Soft Cell's inaugaral classic "The Girl With The Patent Leather Face". Memories of similar 'compact' venues in Oxford pubs (The Weddoes, An Emotional Fish) caming flooding right on it.
Hand written publicity is always a good sign, and tonight was no exception:
"There it is look, right at the bottom. July 31st."
John Foxx (oh, yeah and that other bloke) on the 'Absolutely no t-shirts or posters' tour'… followed by a list of CDs on sale, with several scribblings out through the prices.
This is how I like it, and the DJ set just got better through the half hour until the support band emerged from the crowd onto the stage. Little people. I thought at first that Mark and Vanessa from The Rubicks were real pixies. Great set of tracks from the aptly named 'In Miniature' album, clearly enjoying their return to the kingdom of Foxx after two night's headlining for the first time at a festival in Fairyland. Sorry, Basel.
The Rubicks have presence and talent in abundance.
But there is no bland. How can they possibly succeed?
Actress/Model. Popmobility. How can they NOT?
Though the PA was good (and I suspect better than at those Other Places), it didn't help get the best from the HeathRobinson effects boxes and drum machines, but the songs are undoubtedly clever, superbly structured and performed with a passion I haven't seen in a new band for some years.
Vanessa looks amazing – a kind of sixties chic with a fringe longer than her skirt, and a voice that conjures up echoes of early Deborah Harry tinged with some Siouxsie, a hint of Lene Lovich. A dash of Danielle Dax but heaps of individuality, and just exactly the right amount of trash.
Are Rubicks the next Goldfrapp?.
Just as clever but a little more straightforward. Loved it. Screamed for more. Had a chat for an hour afterwards and went away with a signing, a hug, some little bits of paper and a Big Hunch.
But I'm forgetting something.
Like everyone else in the crowd (is 200 a crowd?) I was here for the main event. That bloke out of Ultravox. The last night of the mini tour of the UK's titchiest venues.
No back projections, no Tiny Colour Movies. A new song to introduce the set, presumably called 'Sideways' given that in true Kraftwerk style there's only one line repeated throughout, and then a radiant beaming Foxx calls "Hello Brighton!!" from behind his Lexicon.
He speaks! Told you it was going to be good.
Just like the very old days. But not Brighton of course. Then it was "L.A." or "Berlin". But you get the point.
Straight into a new version of 'Walk Away' from The Garden and already I note that I have never (OK, so I've only been to six previous gigs) seen John so animated. He leapt around all night, striking the coolest poses. Playing the synth at arms length, flambouyantly striking those crucial notes that we all came to hear, grinning broadly all the time. Dancing.
And dancing more than, at times I thought, a rather tired and bombed out looking Louis Gordon, doing his best to recreate Robin Simon's guitar breaks or Currie's violin dervishes. Succeeding mostly too. Well played that man.
"Warm your back on Friendly Fire."
"Rock and Ro-oll – hey! Rock an roll, rock an roll, rock…"Nearly. ish?
A blistering early Human League song?
The best of the new material by a long way. Except A Million Cars, which is already so much part of the repetoire now that it sounds like an old friend.
The sweetest Thing
The smell of corrosion
Still buying used cars from Ballards.
Plaza, No-one Driving and, at last, after a long, looping, shouting and stomping version of Nightlife to emphasise the pleasure of electricity, the Underpass that all the people-who-have-come-to-see-John-Foxx were waiting for. Good to see it back in the set as 'UNDERpass' too. Its been Overpass since 97. Smart move I think, bring back the darkness.
'Tonight John Foxx will be playing songs from throughout his career from Ultravox to now'.
Someone had tried to peel the bill off the wall. A nice touch of Englishness. Very apt. None of the other bands I'd even heard of.
Thirty years between some of the material but I couldn't see the join.
Triumphant, we shook the floor with The Man Who Dies Every Day.
No John, You're The Man. You really are The Man.
He rocked with Louis. In time. Together. Nodding and weaving. Something akin to a sensual celebration of a sound that its creator knows is good. A man re-assembling at the peak of a new kind of form.
'Just warming up now' he said later, winking. The twinkle still in his eye. 'Bloody knackered' said Louis. 'Its been great but I'm glad we finished.'
But a live set from Foxx these days isn't complete without the endless coda that is the magnificent Shifting City. Side by side with the Ultravox standard 'Slow Motion', sounding fresh from its recent airing on the BBC. 'This one's for ****' called Louis, over John, as the fragmented intro kicked in. The main man smiled and nodded, leaving his manic partner to take most of the lead vocal.
And it went on. And on.
But its meant to. That's the point.
In a world of downloads and shuffle selections, there is a place for doing it live. Getting up there and belting it out for the people that travel.
The people that care.
Rubicks, new and original. Tiny. John Foxx – massive.
Back in the old familiar glow again.
Small is the new Big.
Welcome to the retro-future.


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June 9, 2005
Pirates of the Caribbean
We went to Dominca looking for the Black Pearl, the ship used in the recent filming of "Pirates of the Caribbean II", but unfortunately we found quite a different kind of pirate! After a hard sail across from Guadeloupe in 20 knots and 8 foot seas, we arrived at Portsmouth, Dominica. We'd been told that the Black Pearl, and some of the movie sets, were still around, although they'd wrapped up filming the week before. But the Pearl wasn't there; she'd already gone back to the Bahamas. We had been warned that security was an issue in Dominica, so we weren't planning to stay and explore the beautiful island, just fly our "Q" flag for one night's stay. Since the Pearl wasn't around and we still had a few hours of daylight left, we set out down the coast to an anchorage recommended in the cruising guide.
At dusk, hot and tired, we arrived at the anchorage. It was deserted: the hotel on the beach appeared closed, and there were no other yachts. It made me a little nervous, especially when we saw that a man was apparently living in a cave on the shore, but we didn't really have another option. We decided to play it safe, though, and brought our valuables inside and locked ourselves into the boat when we went to sleep. We even dug out our little cans of pepper spray and put them next to our beds.
A little past midnight, I woke up to hear Neil say, rather cryptically, "He's here!" and suddenly turn on the lights in our cabin and yell, "HEY!" out the back window. He'd been awakened by a weird bonking noise coming from the wind vane on the transom (right over our heads) that was different from the bonking noise made from simply rolling in the swell. A man was climbing up the windvane and trying to board the boat. There was a big splash when Neil yelled, as he jumped back into the water. He never got aboard.
By the time we got the companionways unlocked and the flashlights gathered, the man was long gone. Needless to say, we did not get any more sleep that night, and at dawn all we wanted was to get away from Dominica as fast as possible. It's really a shame, because it is a gorgeous island and we'd have loved to explore it. I called the Coast Guard when we went past the capitol of Roseau (I'd called the night before but gotten no answer) and the officer was very nice and apologetic and asked that we not judge the island by these isolated incidents. We know, though, that they're not that isolated; since we left there have been two more boardings that we know of. It's fairly mild piracy, they're just looking for cash, but still, it's scary. I am sure that, as has happened in other places in the Caribbean, the authorities will soon realize how bad for the economy these incidents are, and start really cracking down on the crooks.
So, after a hard days sail and no sleep, we set out across another rough channel between Dominica and Martinique. It was a long, seasicky day, and we were very relieved to arrive in the harbor of Forte-de-France, Martinique. We enjoyed Martinique, despite the high prices and endless rain squalls, and stayed for five days before heading south again. Here some cruisers in Anse Matin go up their mast to retrieve a halyard:
We decided to bite off a big chunk and take a 24-hour passage past St. Lucia and St. Vincent all the way to Carriacou. It was a spectacular sail, 22 hours of mostly broad reaching in flat seas in the lee of the islands, with slightly more exhilarating bits between the islands. Unfortunately, we did not catch any fish. Fortunately, when we arrived in Carriacou we met up with our friends on Galadriel again, whom we haven't seen since late April. Everybody's happy! Plus, we're "legal" for hurricane season, since we're below 12°40' N, required for coverage by our insurance company. Here's Sandy Island at Carriacou, where we snorkeled with Galadriel, with one of the numerous rain squalls in the distance... it's nice to have the decks always clean!