Double Your Fun!
Three weeks and two days after landing in the States we are officially Pfizered up. DoubleVaxxed! Ready for anything. And as is the story of the rest of my life, our timing was just a little bit off. Let me …
Oregon’s Coast
Position: 46°10’41″N 123°58’51″W What Oregon’s coast lacks in hospitality it makes up for in beauty. Its bluff, jagged shoreline offers sailors little respite from the wide expanse of the north Pacific Ocean. Deep canyons lie mere miles offshore and cold …
I Think We’re All Bozos on this Boat
Back in September 2008 I organized a charter around the San Juan Islands crewed by my best mates, Hugh, Tom and Bill. Sadly, Bill passed away last week after a years-long struggle with early onset Parkinson’s. Bill, Tom and I …
Shorts: Market Day
Position: 41°12’54″N 13°33’54″E Each Wednesday Gaeta hosts a traditional open-air market, a hangover from the days when staple goods weren’t available locally. Like farmer’s markets in America there is plenty of fresh, seasonal fruit and veggies on hand. Unlike America, …
From our Kentucky Bourbon Correspondent
Aleta.life is pleased as punch to welcome our own inveterate booze hound Tipple Timmy, who this week offers his deeply informed perspective on Kentucky bourbon and how to enjoy it. Take it away, Tim! Tipple Timmy’s Rules of Bourbon are… …
Gaeta: Beach Walk
Take a break and spend a couple of minutes with us as we walk Marlon along Gaeta’s beachfront. It’s empty now, but you see that bulldozer? It’s preparing the sand for a few thousand sun loungers. Shortly, those loungers will …
YOLO
You Only Live Once The New York Times ran an article about the YOLO economy recently. America’s Millennials burned out by a year of working via Zoom are waking up to the idea that there may be other things in …
The Lulworth – An Update
A couple of weeks ago I promised an update if I learned more about the fate of the Lulworth. Today I got a bunch of information. My Italian sailing friend Nico sent me a link to an article about the …
Awww, Futtocks!
We are in Italy. We should learn Italian, no? Instead, my friend Tim called me the other morning in the wee hours his time and asked me, ‘How are your futtocks, old man?’ Bemused and caught a little off guard …