Friday, June 30, 2017

Miami's Best Home-Style Restaurants Range from Southern Soul to Cuban Comfort


Miami’s Best Home-Style Restaurants Range from Southern Soul to Cuban Comfort

What do you think of when you hear the words “homestyle cooking”? Is it a large plate of collard greens, ribs, and corn on the cob? Do images of your grandmother’s matzoh ball soup come to mind? Or do you envision…

Priscilla Blossom
Friday, June 30th, 2017

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Jump Start Your Day At Miami's 10 Best Breakfast Joints


Jump Start Your Day At Miami’s 10 Best Breakfast Joints

Getting breakfast in Miami can mean anything from hitting up a fast-food drive-thru window, picking up a colada and tostada at your local Cuban cafeteria, or going for an epic 4-hour brunch with your BFFs. In…

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Olympia’s Swantown Marina set to open new fuel dock

Swantown Marina’s new fuel dock under construction.

It’s been a long time since Olympia residents and visiting boaters have had a fuel dock in downtown — 1999 to be exact. But that’s all about to change when the new fuel dock opens at Swantown Marina in late July.

When Swantown Marina was permitted and built in 1983, the Port of Olympia anticipated the need for a marine fueling facility and infrastructure was included in the construction for the eventual addition of a fuel dock at the end of the public accessible A-dock. They chose the Swantown site in order to provide convenient, deep water, all weather location from which to fuel vessels up to 100 feet in length. To facilitate construction of a fuel dock in the future, the fuel float portion of the dock was widened and strengthened for fueling operations. Additionally, extra pilings were installed and fuel line raceways were constructed.

The fuel arrived on June 27! Courtesy of Port of Olympia Facebook page.

According to the port, there will be a “soft opening” of the fuel dock in late July to test everything and work out any issues. From there, they’ll have a grand opening in August to celebrate the completion of the new fueling station.

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Sainte Anne De Bellevue Quebec to Ottawa Ontario – June 30, 2017

Jun 28th – It was a warm/cool day with a mix of sun and clouds with intermittent thunderstorms and moderate to high winds.  We left the Sainte Anne De Bellevue lock wall and went through the lock and travelled 26 miles to stay at the next lock in Carillon Quebec.  On the way Hull Marina (across the river from Ottawa) called and told us they had a slip for us for the July 1st weekend … Exxxcellent!  Maria has been trying to get a slip for days and we finally have a place close to Ottawa to stay while we celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday.  In between the showers & thunderstorms we went for a walk to check out the area and visited the old lock and lock keepers house as well as a museum that was housed in the barracks where soldiers lived.  We got back to the boat just in time for another thunderstorm to hit … so we decided to enjoy the light show with a cold beer.  Unfortunately our plan to BBQ dinner didn’t work out so well thus we had to cook it on the stove instead … Oh well, everything tastes great on the boat after a day of fresh air and activities!

Jun 29th – It was a cool rainy day with light winds.  We left the Carillon lock wall, headed through the lock and then travelled 12 miles north to Hawkesbury Ontario where we pulled onto the free town dock.  They have 15 amp power on a hydro pole across from the dock however they are having power issues since only 1 of the 6 receptacles had power.  We’d like to walk into town however we’re waiting for the rain to stop … it doesn’t look like we’ll see any dry weather today.  The weather forecast looks lousy for the next week or so thus we’re hoping the weather man is wrong and we see some half decent weather in Ottawa for the upcoming celebration of Canada’s birthday.

Jun 30th – It was a warm rainy foggy day with light winds, however the sun did decide to make an appearance at the end of the day.  We left the town dock in Hawkesbury and headed 60 miles to Ottawa Ontario and parked on the blue line of Lock 1 on the Rideau canal.  During our travels we had Quebec on our starboard side and Ontario on our Port.  We wandered in and out of each province multiple times during the day.  The sun made an appearance shortly after we arrived in Ottawa thus we went for a walk and there are already hundreds and perhaps thousands of people walking around getting ready for Canada’s 150th birthday celebrations.  Tomorrow morning we’ll pull off the blue line and head over to a marina in Hull Quebec where we will stay for 2 nights.  We’ll be able to walk to the Ottawa festivities from there.


Old Lock and Lock Keepers house in Carillon Quebec
The existing Carillon Lock
Arriving in Ottawa Ontario
Wall to Wall boats parked at the top of the 1st 8 locks
Maria likes big guns
Here are the 1st 8 locks of the Rideau Canal system in Ottawa
Ottawa ON
Happy Birthday Canada!
Can you see Aqua-Fennatic?

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A Minorca Yacht You'll Want to Meet

Meet the Islander 42. A yacht inspired by a classic Spanish fishing boat.

Meet the Islander 42. A yacht inspired by a classic Spanish fishing boat.

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Just Splashed: The Ferretti Yachts 780

Video shows the Ferretti Yachts 780 has hit the water.

Video shows the Ferretti Yachts 780 has hit the water.

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Inside Canada's obsession with maple syrup


Inside Canada’s obsession with maple syrup

If Canada has one export for which it’s famous, it’s maple syrup. And while we all love to sweeten up our pancakes and waffles with a bottle of Canada’s finest, the country has a long and winding history of being…

Brad Cohen
Friday, June 30th, 2017

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Getting There: The Cyclades

Choose from one of these 5 charter options and start cruising the Greek Isles.

Choose from one of these 5 charter options and start cruising the Greek Isles.

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Where All  The Rest is History

The Cyclades have been an attraction since time immemorial.

The Cyclades have been an attraction since time immemorial.

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Feadship Launches Hasna

The 240-foot yacht will be delivered to an Australian owner.

The 240-foot yacht will be delivered to an Australian owner.

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VIDEO: Coastguard medivacs crew from yacht 200 miles off Scilly

A First Look at the Princess 62’s Interior

Princess 62, Princess Yachts

Princess releases an interior view of its new 62 — set to debut this September.

Princess releases an interior view of its new 62 — set to debut this September.

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Statue of Liberty, Half Moon Marina and NYC day 3

Leaving Great Kills Marina , are destination is Croton On Hudson.  Lots of discussion on pros and cons of stopping for a night at anchor behind the Statue of Liberty.  As good as it sounded in theory, the higher winds and waves predicted made our choice to move on to the next marina.

With four boats traveling together we planned to get plenty of photos of each other in front of the Statue of Liberty!    Mission accomplished.

NYC statue of Liberty

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THE LOWER PLACE
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Next up, lets take each others picture in front of the NYC skyline!    (thanks to Steve Lasher on Sanctuary for photo of Moon Shadow)

NYC statue of Liberty

It was starting to get more turbulent with the increased winds, so timing was perfect as we headed up the Hudson.  The boat traffic wasn’t too bad- a few tourist boats or ferry boats to watch for; and of course the large Staten Island Ferry, but she has a set route and is easy to avoid.

NYC statue of Liberty

CROTON ON HUDSON- HALF MOON MARINA

Located about 50 miles north of NYC on the Hudson river, this marina is still considered “convenient” to getting downtown by train.   There were a few more sights we wanted to see, so on Saturday we hopped on the commuter train with the Lashers and headed to Manhattan.

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GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL

The train stopped at Grand Central Station ( go figure) and we had a chance to see the refurbished terminal.  It was almost slated for destruction in the 1960s. Jackie Kennedy was instrumental in raising awareness to preserve it, finally it was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976.   The terminal was run down , bankrupt and had a high rate of crime  –  by the 90’s it was in the process of restoration.  in addition to renovation, the area was cleaned up to reduce crime so it is a safe tourist destination as well as a busy train station.  Part of the restoration was to restore light by unblocking the high windows.  they had been covered over with billboards!.   The  mural on the ceiling was hidden under a layer of black grime- thought to be from diesel smoke;  later inspection revealed it to be from tar and nicotine from tobacco. A single dark patch was left untouched to show the contrast.       .   By 2000 it was once again in its glory.   The clock over the intormation desk is iconic .   This terminal has been the backdrop for numerous  Hollywood films. grand central

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THE  WHISPERING ROOM

Low ceramic arches create acoustic that can make a quiet noise sound much louder. speaking into the corner so your partner hears you across the room!  We though we had a discovered a secret room- yet found a line of couples waiting to whisper into the corner!

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CENTRAL PARK

We took the subway to Central Park and entered near the John Lennon Memorial of   Strawberry Fields.  Since we had limited time, we took a bike carriage guided tour and it was an awesome choice.   In a couple hours we had seen so many highlights! Here are a few:

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FRIENDS FOUNTAIN (featured in the opening scene of Friends )

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MUSICIANS IN THE PARK

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PERFORMERS

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BIKE TOUR GUIDE stopped to  take our pictures too.

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Once we figured out the correct stop on the subway we were back at Times Square to met Steve and Teresa.  They had chosen to go see Phantom of the Opera and would meet us at Times Square after the show.

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THE HIGHLINE PARK

This is a fairly recent addition to the park system.  It is a converted El station (train in the air).  you go up the steps and walk along the paths created and landscaped over the railroads !

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Later I tried to capture the day in my journal:

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So Impressed with the green spaces of NYC
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and they have creative parking:
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We can see why the public transportion is used by everyone.  I would not want to drive in the city; we had good luck and a quick learing curve with taxi, subway, and train stations.

Thanks for reading; one more day to report on before we head up the Hudson.

 

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