cocktails, island style, stories & beautiful blue water
Usually when you leave a restaurant, you might see mints or matchbooks to pick up on your way out. We were leaving Lazy Days Restaurant after lunch one day in Islamorada (79867 Overseas Highway, Oceanside), when I saw these happy fish. They were on display in a big empty aquarium, perched in coral and placed around on the sandy bottom. … Read More
Birthday evening. A margaritavillesque birthday evening. Last year Bluwatermom & I celebrated my birthday at the real Margaritaville. This year is our at home version….Buffett and beach music, coconut shrimp, margaritas and key lime pie with Bluwatermom and Bluwaterguy. A couple of days off from work and a long weekend. It was also fun to get “bluwater birthday” wishes from… Read More
Finding a new writer to read – and better yet, a whole series of books – is like finding a great sale on the very thing you needed and didn’t even know it, a chance to make new friends and go to new places, and a treasure hunt – all rolled into one. My personal high water mark for this… Read More
Something fabulously important happens today just around lunch time. The Vernal Equinox is today @ 1:32PM EDT….meaning it’s OFFICIALLY SPRING!! It’s Spring, it’s Spring, it’s Spring! Spring, Spring, Spring, Spring, Spring! Today we have equal amounts of daylight and darkness, followed by 3 months of ever increasing daylight. We’ve had a few Spring teaser days already this year, but now it’s official. … Read More
The weather this weekend was beautiful…a taste of Spring, still 29 days way. February has been mostly bitter cold. I had my 2nd (and final!) orthopedic surgery earlier this month for my (mostly recovered) broken leg, and then started physical therapy. With painful surgery, physical therapy and freezing weather, I was in desperate need of a sunny weekend. We sat… Read More
Sunset and moored in the North Sound of Virgin Gorda between the Bitter End Yacht Club & Saba Rock (latitude 18N 30′ 6.35″ longitude -64W 21′ 35.02″). This is one of the ultimate “5:00 somewhere” moments. We spent an unforgettable week sightseeing, sailing and diving in the British Virgin Islands on a Moorings crewed sailing charter. Our sailboat was a… Read More
In the inaugural www.bluwaterlife.com poll, the first question was “Where is your favorite blue water?” The majority response was “Any water viewed from a white sand beach under an umbrella with a drink in my hand.” OK….on a cold rainy day in January, I can go for that. Right now a trip to blue water is a long way off… Read More
From the Mark Twain short story The Stolen White Elephant – He took a pen and some paper, “Now – name of the elephant?” “Hassan Ben Ali Ben Selim Abdallah Mohammed Moise Alhammal Jamsetjejeebhoy Dhuleep Sultan Ebu Bhudpoor.” “Very well. Given name?” “Jumbo.” At this point I laughed out loud. As I was in the waiting area of a doctor’s… Read More
The tiki bar is open! It’s a very rare blue moon full moon New Year’s Eve. This is a night calling for tiki style if there ever was one. I’m still hobbling around, so things take more effort and time – and patience has never been one of my virtues. Last bluwaterlife posting was a bit of tiki history. With… Read More
