The Bahamas-"Let's talk about something important!"

Blake flies in from "on high" to  Paradise Island for some Seagull Management; makes a lot of noise, 5h1ts all over everything then flies away again.

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Ed Reif, former NYU classmate of Alec, and Starter for Team Baldwin, votes for Starbucks today, where life changes instantly, as he drinks from a paper cup.

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I Am St. Maarteen And So Can You

From Monk To Millionaire

The Dutch Side-Sint Maarten

Bring More Wear Less!

The French Side-SaintMartin

Why pay Less?

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San Juan---Moondance

Rain Maker

Mapquest is out. Cosmic Cartography is in.

The Raindance worked because the Indians never stopped dancin

Know your you Snaptic Self- Top Video The  ADD version 31 sec,
Bottom  The OCD (long) version 1:38 sec

Yankee Dollar Update: Brain from St Kitts mos def did not miss the boat

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Embracing The Life Forced Upon Me - Sails Report

"Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you." Jean-Paul Sartre

OMG! WTF? I have nothing in common with myself anymore.  L8R  Roll Video

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Indian Sunset-Eastern Caribbean

Black Elk Speaks
"And the red sun sinks at last into the hills of gold
And peace to this young warrior comes with a bullet hole"
Madman Across The Water, Indian Sunset

The future is full of possibilities that I must shoot in the head, because if you want something great, you must be able to limit yourself.

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Jamaica-What about Bob?

The life aquatic is tanfastic.

 Sure they have the Patron Saint of Reggae, Bob Marley, but

"What about Bob Reif? Jamaican a birthday wish to you Bob...Eminem has 8 Mile, Bob Marley, born in the small village of 9 mile. Bob, when I think of you, I just sMILE.."

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SMB-Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman Quake

Earthqauke Survivor Ed Reif  "Proof of Life" as the epicenter of offshore tax evasion gets pounded. 
Reif  says

"I'm ok, you're ok"

after  a 5.8 magnitude Act of God rattled the Caribbean hedge fund center of Georgetown. No one was hurt. Chalk this one up as a win by deFAULT.

Ed was busy living happily ever after ,but was  mindful of the 7.0 seismic monster  that devastated much of the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince a week ago..

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The Aquatic Life- Cozumel

I used to be a MexiCAN't; now I'm a MexiCAN.

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The Importance Of Being Ernest Without Having Ever Read Him

"Never go on trips with anyone you do not love"

"That is what we are supposed to do when we are at our best – make it all up – but make it up so truly that later it will happen"

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Key West-Hemingway's House and The Truman Show- Little Wht Hs

The Sun Also Rises

 Dear, Hotel @nyware,
I soon discovered that life in remote Key West was like living in a foreign country while still perched on the southernmost tip of America. Have fun up North doing battle with The Snows of Kilimanjaro, Ed Reif

Tight Is Right

Ernest Hemingway loved it. "It’s the best place I’ve ever been anytime, anywhere, flowers, tamarind trees, guava trees, coconut palms...Got tight last night on absinthe and did knife tricks." 

Key West Accords

Truman spent 175 days of his presidency at the Little White House in Key West. Took a walking tour of the grounds.
I was at : Wickhams Cay 1, Road Town,

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Worth Sea-ing-The World's Largest Cruise Ship

Ripple Effect of the Earthquake felt in The Bahamas.

You see, Haiti was months away from being a major port-of-call for US travelers, hosting the biggest cruise ship on the planet, The Oasis of the Seas.

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Let The Orinoco Flow-Eastern Caribbean Voyage Manna

Turn it up...Adieu, ooh." Enya

Seven Daze can make one weak/week: San Juan, Puerto Rico today, Philipsburg, St. Maarten tomorrow; Tortola, British Virgin Islands the day after tomorrow;  and then, Nassau, Bahamas.

Why is the  The Caribbean (so) Blue?

 Mr Science says, "not only does the ocean  cut straight through underwater salt mines making it salty but also it cuts right into to the largest underwater chlorine mines in the world."

Jessup: Are we clear? Kaffee: Crystal.

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Yacht Rock

The Sweet/Suite Life on deck with Captain Sky.

Ship Rocked with Former Alter Boys

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Generation Rx

Plant Manager Ed Reif kicks a few tires at Jamfest, an eclectic celebration of life...and  electronica, funk, gospel and -(Grateful) Dead inspired psychedelic-rock.

Part 1: The floating festival where everyone on board has a “back stage pass” – made yet another epic voyage this JaMuary...

Part 2: The Speed of Trees:

The non-profit organization, Trees, Water & People, Cloud 9 Adventures, leaves no carbon footprints...

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Schedule C Write Off

Business Expenses

--Doing continuing education courses at an off-shore caribbean  medical school. Tuition is free.

Maintaining a perfect 4.0 blood-alcohol level in all my classes.

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Cruise Control-Hundreds of Tropical Caribbean Islands

Sayin' One Love, One Heart.

Let's get together and feel all right

Why wait until the year 2020 for perfect vision? Zencrafters-Instant enlightenment in about 20 minutes....Movie-set beauty, coconut-tree-laced mountains, fields  of sugar cane and bananas, shorelines and seashores...the Not-To Do List...

The Audacity of hYpe-Jamuary

Jam Cruise  is a musical adventure of a lifetime. Join your favorite bands on a cruise ship in the middle of the ocean. Music Lovers from all over the world - Musicians from the top of the scene...see MW's Site

No other music festival comes close to the absolutely unique Jam Cruise music adventure 5 sun drenched days and cool starry nights filled melodic fantasies coming true. While traveling to exotic ports on a luxury cruise liner, you and 2,000 of your new best friends will share unforgettable shows from 20 of the top bands in the live music scene.  Nothing compares to the freedom and exhilaration you feel on Jam Cruise.

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Many Are Cold But Few Are Frozen-Nassau

Tommy Bahama Wind Chill Factor  Tracking Positive.

I'm gonna make this year different by making it all the same.

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It's In the Way That You Use It

I've seen dark skies, never like this.

Walked on some thin ice, never like this

Originally titled, The Gift, this EC song is the theme song for 2010

It's in the way that you use it...

"It comes and it goes. It's in the way that you use it, Boy don't you know. And if you lie you will lose it, Feelings will show. So don't you ever abuse it, Don't let it go Nobody's right till somebody's wrong. Nobody's weak till somebody's strong. No one gets lucky till luck comes along. Nobody's lonely till somebody's gone."

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