Happy Last Year 2009

Not Bad For a 50 Year Old Ass

I dont need no Beast of Burden

I need no fussing

I need no nursing

The 2009 World Tour

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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".

" May the good Lord be with you /Down every road you roam And may sunshine and happiness /surround you when you're far from home And may you grow to be proud /Dignified and true And do unto others /As you'd have done to you Be courageous and be brave /And in my heart you'll always stay Forever Young, Forever Young Forever Young, Forever Young"

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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.".

"For though we are strangers in your silent world/To live on the land we must learn from the sea. To be true as the tide and free as a wind swell/Joyful and loving in letting it be. Aye Calypso, the places you've been to/The things that you've shown us, the stories you tell."

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Sint Maarten All I want for Xmas is a Tan

Keeping in Touch With The Dutch

Alstublieft....



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 I'd appreciate it if he would address me as "Colonel" ; or "Sir"; I believe I've earned it.

Christmas 2007

Happy 2008 Mele Kalikimaka From Ka'a'wa, Hawaii

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Tony Soprano verses Kimberly Soprano

The Actor's Studio is proud to present To New York ToNY Soprano.


...Konstantín Sergéyevich Stanislavski said,
"Love the art in you not you in the art"... but...

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Instant One-Day Tourist

Add water...Mix...Repeat

I was at : Cll Santo Toribio, San Juan 00901,

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San Juan,PR

About to dock in old San Juan.

I was at : Toa Baja,

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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

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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".

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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

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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.

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Going South-Cartagena, Columbia

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Glucose Tolerance on Mykonos Island

Tracking Positive for Sugar



Rhodes Scholars

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Acropolis Now-Athens,Greece

Martin Sheen Passing The Torch to Ed Reif

"I took the mission.What the hell else was I supposed to do?"

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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?

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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..

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Dijon Vu-Martinique-Same Old Mustard

Looks like France here.
I'm having a Biere Lorraine and a croissant for breakfast...but I went to church first.


Tuna Sightings Again Cowboy Sushi


The Crew

A run near Fort de France

Baguette and Reggae

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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?

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Basseterre, Sunset Cafe-Saint Kitts

A GR8 Day in Paradise. Mos def did not miss the boat at Christophe Harbour.

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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.

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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.

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Banana Republic Take Me To The Pilot

Crossed the Panama Canal from Cristabol to Panama City and back by railroad yesterday.

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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...

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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.

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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,

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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,

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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)

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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.

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Hay Hay My My-

Hair Today, Gone to Maui

Rust never sleeps Queensryche's Parker and The Honorable Mr Slash.

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