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What a Voyage!
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So Much To sea
Suez Canal Crossing
Suez Spelt Backwards IS Zeus
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Forever Young-Montego Bay, Jamacia
Why Zebra's don't get ulcers-The Acclaimed Guide to Stress
I was at : Gloucester Ave, Montego Bay, Dr. Cove's Beach......Time to take my meditation...reflecting less about the fear of dying and more about the joy of living.
2009 has been great! Happy LAST Year! er I mean Happy New Year.
What about Zebras, who tend to live in the moment... They may freak out when lions are running after them, but they don't agonize over things that aren't actually happening. And, as the title says, they don't get ulcers. Makes you think it's all in your head- no such thing as stress-only prolonged stressful thoughts.
If it doesn't kill you it'll make you stronger...After all, Zebra's stress is short term, a matter of minutes. They either escape their predators, or they get eaten.
To Josh, Amber, Baby Parker and Wendy; Sponsored by Pampers: "We're right behind you".
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Holiday-Mexico Trip Report
apoCalypso Now
As I close out this decade:
- Age 40 is the old age of youth--when I ran the Los Angeles Marathon (in Bob Reif's orthotics), had 8% body fat and a six pack, thanks to Layla---an ECA Stack--Effederine, Caffeine, Aspirin, as told to Charlie Gibson on Good Morning America 5/27/99
- Age 50 is the youth of old age---when I traveled 45 countries, by land, sea, air, foot and bicycle. It's like the unplugged version of Eric Clapton's Layla...
"See if you can spot this one..."
3rd and long....Go deep...into the crystal blue waters of Cozumel....Hail Mary...(Joyful and loving in) Let(ting) It Be. I'm 18 again, with 32 years experience...
Now I know why Jacques Cousteau, legendary ocean explorer, called it the "best diving area in the world.".
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Sint Maarten All I want for Xmas is a Tan
Keeping in Touch With The Dutch
Powder white sandy beaches, caribbean blue water, liquid sunshine, pretty standard stuff...Free is expensive. Check please.. . Dank je wel ("dahnk yuh vel") --
The Ed Reif/Hotel @nyware Time Machine:
What was I blogging about around this time in 2008;and 2007?
Christams Day With Snow Patrol 2008 المملكة العربية السعودية
Christmas 2007
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Tony Soprano verses Kimberly Soprano
The Actor's Studio is proud to present To New York ToNY Soprano.
...KonstantÃn Sergéyevich Stanislavski said,
"Love the art in you not you in the art"... but...
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Sailing to San Juan-Caribbean Blue
...if all you told was turned to gold /if all you dreamed were new/ imagine sky high above in Caribbean blue...
Merry Kissmas...This photo is from Panama but I'm in Port Everglades, headed out to sea; chasing Tiger Woods and his possee to Paradise Island, The Bahamas---Selling the photos to TMZ!
Tiger Woods Privacy TMZ
Friday, December 18, 2009
Cozumel, Cold Play
Look at the stars / Look how they shine for you / And everything you do / Yeah, they were all yellow
Got this Real Madrid Jersey in Costa Rica-Ouch! Mellow Yellow---Yellow is commonly known as sunshine, happiness and optimistic- as in Yellow Brick Road. It is, nevertheless, scientifically the most difficult color for the eye to take in.
Think about it...or better yet, "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain".
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
It´s Like A Jungle Sometimes-Costa Rica
The Speed of Trees
Under a tree- top canaopy...Paraiso is Spanish for paradise...but today was Paradise Lost. No worries because this trip has been "Safari as a way of life". That takes you out of your CZ's (comfort zones) and incredible things happen, like an attitude of gratitude
Under a tree- top canaopy...Paraiso is Spanish for paradise...but today was Paradise Lost. No worries because this trip has been "Safari as a way of life". That takes you out of your CZ's (comfort zones) and incredible things happen, like an attitude of gratitude
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Panama Guitar Hero
Like the Edward Van Halen Song...
Uh!Oh yeah! Ah-huh!. Jump back, what's that sound? Here she comes, full blast and top down. Hot shoe, burnin' down the avenue.Model citizen, zero discipline...Panama. Panama.
Uh!Oh yeah! Ah-huh!. Jump back, what's that sound? Here she comes, full blast and top down. Hot shoe, burnin' down the avenue.Model citizen, zero discipline...Panama. Panama.
Monday, December 14, 2009
Friday, December 11, 2009
Acropolis Now-Athens,Greece
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Cheeseburgers in Paradise Island, Bahamas
Oprah's Place
Gimme Shelter-Mick Jagger's lair
Tiger Woods, Michael Jordon. These homes are huge.
Jimmy Cliff's Guitar at The Hard Rock Cafe. Chesseburger is Parisdise here, but I opted for a Greek resturant. Why pay less?
Monday, December 7, 2009
The Statue's not the Sint
Saint Maarten One Day Instant Tourist
I am about to go to the zoo, and see all the stuffed animals in their cages. What I mean is the Disneyland effect--bring in tons of white sand, add a backdrop of palm trees and colonial shops, and the copy is better than the orginal- It's beautiful and predicatble, like plastic surgery. The statue's not the saint, but the menu is the meal. Yet, Sint Maarten has a retro Carib-vibe going on in that magical strip of land called Phillipsburg beach.
I wrote about this before , The Merchants of Venice, and can say the same for The Caribbean: It's not just visited by tourists, but inhabited by them. Even though I am hitting it and quitting it, it seems in the gaze of locals that "we" are just one critical mass, and more than that, from their POV, "always here" and "Here comes everybody!". ( Next Wednesday, The Oasis of the Seas, the largest cruiseship in the world hits the beaches here).
I took these videos before The Herd came in to stampede the shops and restaurants. There was a guy who called himself the CandyMan, a kind of quasi Peter Max merchant: the Lovebeads puka shells , tie-dyed red dirt t-shirts,pineapple incense, psychedelic ,black-light posters and the fabulous '60s. I think he sprinkled some crack on his corn flakes as my three espressos couldn't keep up with his banter. He wanted to friend me on Facebook, but I just couldn't see us being buddies! Somehow a restraining order would come into the equation..
I am about to go to the zoo, and see all the stuffed animals in their cages. What I mean is the Disneyland effect--bring in tons of white sand, add a backdrop of palm trees and colonial shops, and the copy is better than the orginal- It's beautiful and predicatble, like plastic surgery. The statue's not the saint, but the menu is the meal. Yet, Sint Maarten has a retro Carib-vibe going on in that magical strip of land called Phillipsburg beach.
I wrote about this before , The Merchants of Venice, and can say the same for The Caribbean: It's not just visited by tourists, but inhabited by them. Even though I am hitting it and quitting it, it seems in the gaze of locals that "we" are just one critical mass, and more than that, from their POV, "always here" and "Here comes everybody!". ( Next Wednesday, The Oasis of the Seas, the largest cruiseship in the world hits the beaches here).
I took these videos before The Herd came in to stampede the shops and restaurants. There was a guy who called himself the CandyMan, a kind of quasi Peter Max merchant: the Lovebeads puka shells , tie-dyed red dirt t-shirts,pineapple incense, psychedelic ,black-light posters and the fabulous '60s. I think he sprinkled some crack on his corn flakes as my three espressos couldn't keep up with his banter. He wanted to friend me on Facebook, but I just couldn't see us being buddies! Somehow a restraining order would come into the equation..
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Dijon Vu-Martinique-Same Old Mustard
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Got Rum? Totally Barbados
Doing Fine and Thensome in Barbados;Affectionately known as 'Little England', a certain British-ness pervades daily life, from place names (Clapham, Dover and Lancaster) yet Little Saigon might be a better description with all this frenetic energy.
Rented a jet ski ocean style BUI's Boating under the influence of Rum and Coke in a Rice Rocket. Below, a typical Saturday afternoon in Bridgetown.
Got Dolphin?
Rented a jet ski ocean style BUI's Boating under the influence of Rum and Coke in a Rice Rocket. Below, a typical Saturday afternoon in Bridgetown.
Got Dolphin?
Friday, December 4, 2009
Thursday, December 3, 2009
San Juan-The Grass Is Greener
Where you water it or on the other side...Make the call:
The Teaches of Beaches
The palm tree is a sacred symbol in Greece because Apollo was born under it. The Egyptians called it the tree of life.
In ancient times they were the personification of victory, peace and fertility; in Biblical times, it has been considered a princely tree....and for this virtual Beachcomber Jesus, they have come to mean island-tropical-red-carpet welcomings to paradises found.
The Teaches of Beaches
The palm tree is a sacred symbol in Greece because Apollo was born under it. The Egyptians called it the tree of life.
In ancient times they were the personification of victory, peace and fertility; in Biblical times, it has been considered a princely tree....and for this virtual Beachcomber Jesus, they have come to mean island-tropical-red-carpet welcomings to paradises found.
Saturday, November 28, 2009
JT's Mexico.Sounds So Easy I Just Had To Go
I hung out with Sarah Super Diver; She does deep sea fishing, snorkeling and diving.
I was at : Rafael E. Melgar LB, Centro, San Miguel de Cozumel, Qr, at none other than Starbucks. A lot of tri-athletes are here for the Iron Man/ It's cool because PPL think I am here to compete.
Banana Republic Take Me To The Pilot
Crossed the Panama Canal from Cristabol to Panama City and back by railroad yesterday.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Columbia-Brandy You`re A Fine Girl
From Shakira whose hips don`t lie to the Calli Cartel, who make heads roll, wherever I go here I am... in Cartagena now...
I go for my first cup of JOEse and Juan Valdez rewards me with (3) $20 bills on the street, probably counterfeit!
That`s right. I found sixty bucks. It looks like I am on The Divine Payroll again...
Then I took a tour of the old city, and the castle and church standard stuff...
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
ABC-A is for Aruba
ABC-Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao: You can bet on it.
As good as it gets, all of these Caribbean islands have white sandy shorelines with the same New Yorkers you might be fighting with for parking spaces back home only this time it's beach chairs. They speak a lot more Dutch here (in Aruba) than I expected. There's a lot of casinos, and a lot of the online poker/sportsbook sites who set up -offshore-shops. Maybe more will be here after the Dec 1 deadline for online gaming, when mostly all banks won't take deposits from American players . (December 1st, the date by which the financial services industry in the United States must fall into line with the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA).
B is for Bonaire, and I won't be headed there this time around.
Then there is "C" , Curacao, pronounced Curaçao. It is a quintessential port town with lots of activity and a quasi European feel, If you ever wished palm trees in Holland and 80 degree Januaries; complete with Amsterdam-like canals.
As good as it gets, all of these Caribbean islands have white sandy shorelines with the same New Yorkers you might be fighting with for parking spaces back home only this time it's beach chairs. They speak a lot more Dutch here (in Aruba) than I expected. There's a lot of casinos, and a lot of the online poker/sportsbook sites who set up -offshore-shops. Maybe more will be here after the Dec 1 deadline for online gaming, when mostly all banks won't take deposits from American players . (December 1st, the date by which the financial services industry in the United States must fall into line with the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA).
B is for Bonaire, and I won't be headed there this time around.
Then there is "C" , Curacao, pronounced Curaçao. It is a quintessential port town with lots of activity and a quasi European feel, If you ever wished palm trees in Holland and 80 degree Januaries; complete with Amsterdam-like canals.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Curacao-The Dutch West Indies
It ain't much if it ain't Dutch
Ten Years ago I came here with fifty dollars and left with $300. Now that's how they vacation in The Netherlands or is this Venezuela? They sell the paradise experience real well here.
I was at : De Rouvilleweg, Willemstad,
Friday, November 20, 2009
I'd like to teach the world to iPod
Got Coke?
I am on my way to Cartagena Columbia via Willemstad Curacao, Orjanstad Aruba; then on to Cristobal Panama and Play Del Carmen Mexico.
Ten days ago I lost my iPod. I said to myself, "It's not lost, you are" Today I was in Florida, walked right into Sandlewoods Yachtwear and Ashley,who works there just handed it over matter of factly
I was at : 1600 SE 15th Ave, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316,
Gods Behaving Badly
It's not where you go, it's who you meet along the way...Jeff Keith from Tesla with Edward Anthony from TONY (To New York)
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Grand Cayman Banksters
Where Wall Street Meets Main Street
Overworked, Overpaid, Over here
The Cayman Islands, the world’s biggest hedge-fund venue and fifth-biggest bank center offer a " full range" of offshore financial services and products. No need to hide your money under the matress here- It's wash and go!
Yet, it seems like this place needs a US bailoutand some bonus money too. I'm not feeling the "tax me if you can" neuroeconomics vibe here.
How cool I get to witness the demise of the offshore Tax Haven Industry. I thought places like Grand Cayman would leave a mark in "Wealth Preservation". They will be lucky to make a stain.
PPL people are pissed off, mad, and bent out of shape at investment bankers. The traders, "strats" and "quants", the mathematical reptilian brains who came up with cryptic trading formulas, shot "interest rate swaps", "no credit defaults", "regular vanilla and extra crispy options; and their counterparts, the Math Atheists, the AmeriCon Sales-men with their bid-ask spreads", "bunds", and "bobls". What ever happened to "I bet On Jerome (Kerviel, the rogue trader at Société Générale)" and craving the high risky trading can bring?
There's a whole lot of nothing on Grand Cayman, Seems the Hedge Fund Banksters who took advantage of its tax laws, did a few loads of laundry, hid their fiduciary ASSets and disapeared have joined the w2 world of work again; going from stock investors, they've all become currency traders.
There in their J Crew at Barnie's Coffee Shop talking about The "Don't Worry Be Happy" post Ronald Reagan-omic years, as Neil Diamond's Forever In Blue Jeans is the musak.
Overworked, Overpaid, Over here
The Cayman Islands, the world’s biggest hedge-fund venue and fifth-biggest bank center offer a " full range" of offshore financial services and products. No need to hide your money under the matress here- It's wash and go!
Yet, it seems like this place needs a US bailoutand some bonus money too. I'm not feeling the "tax me if you can" neuroeconomics vibe here.
How cool I get to witness the demise of the offshore Tax Haven Industry. I thought places like Grand Cayman would leave a mark in "Wealth Preservation". They will be lucky to make a stain.
PPL people are pissed off, mad, and bent out of shape at investment bankers. The traders, "strats" and "quants", the mathematical reptilian brains who came up with cryptic trading formulas, shot "interest rate swaps", "no credit defaults", "regular vanilla and extra crispy options; and their counterparts, the Math Atheists, the AmeriCon Sales-men with their bid-ask spreads", "bunds", and "bobls". What ever happened to "I bet On Jerome (Kerviel, the rogue trader at Société Générale)" and craving the high risky trading can bring?
There's a whole lot of nothing on Grand Cayman, Seems the Hedge Fund Banksters who took advantage of its tax laws, did a few loads of laundry, hid their fiduciary ASSets and disapeared have joined the w2 world of work again; going from stock investors, they've all become currency traders.
There in their J Crew at Barnie's Coffee Shop talking about The "Don't Worry Be Happy" post Ronald Reagan-omic years, as Neil Diamond's Forever In Blue Jeans is the musak.