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All about the Sponges

All about the Sponges

Every other Friday Miss McTastic gets the day off and we’ve decided to use that time to explore one of the more remote areas of Tampa Bay. So this past Friday Miss McTastic and I headed up to Tarpon Springs and found out that in Tarpon Springs its all about the sponges. While we biked [...]

[ More ] September 21st, 2009 | No Comments |
Red Bull Soapbox Race – Atlanta

Red Bull Soapbox Race – Atlanta

A trip to Atlanta this past weekend let me take part in the only Red Bull Soap Box Race this year. I was again working with the OceanWatch Productions crew and like past events had a great time. The plan for the weekend was: drive to Atlanta Thursday Night Prep for the race on Friday [...]

[ More ] August 31st, 2009 | No Comments |
Hoola  Hoop and I-75

Hoola Hoop and I-75

With the exception of several miles of I-75 in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan this weekend’s journey has let me travel along the length of the Interstate from one terminus in Miami to my northern most point in Grayling, Michigan. This weekend I left Saint Petersburg, Florida and headed up to visit my friend Maria [...]

[ More ] August 24th, 2009 | No Comments |
Paris

Paris

My first visit to Paris was an amazing time! For all of you that have been asking for photos you will find many at the end so scroll onward. I was a little nervous about going to Paris, (Language barrier mainly), but he prospect of the food excited me. Shelley had not been to Paris [...]

[ More ] August 12th, 2009 | No Comments |
Learning French

Learning French

Parlez-vous français ? Je ne parle français.  A few nights after I returned from Paris I woke up and remembers how to count to ten in French, except for 5 and 7.   I have hopes of fluency in the language and have trying to find the time to practice… at least now I have some [...]

[ More ] August 11th, 2009 | No Comments |

Irene rains arrive in BronxHe came back!New boat in the making - its the one on the right... 3 weeks till its completed and ready to go sailing.  Still working on a name.Walter Cronkite's house.USS New York arrives for 2011  NYC Fleet WeekStormking sculptures come to Governors Island!!  Art you can climb on!Fields of dandelions on the grounds of the Vanderbilt mansion.Megayacht week continues as EOS worlds largest sailing yacht (305 ft) moors to Chelsea Piers for her NYC stay.Aviva superyacht from Georgetown docked at Chelsea pier. Her 223 feet keeps her in the top 100 largest yachts in the world.Waste your life following the wall
man in a powered parachute flying over palm trees with the sunset in the background