Recent Tweets from Greece
On the tiny Naxos bar stereo, “Love will tear us apart, again.” and I am reminded of a certain sweet courtship with @skitten. 18 minutes ago via web
Meltemi winds, my current nemesis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etesian about 2 hours ago via web
The sailboat I’ll call home for the next 22 days is a beauty. Sadly, grounded here for the next few days while force 8 winds pass. about 2 hours ago via web
This is within view of our mooring: http://www.panoramio.com/photo/5372266 about 2 hours ago via web
After a ferry trip in which the crew politely handed out vomit bags, I am now on Naxos. about 2 hours ago via web
An in-flight magazine for travel to Kabul: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB20001424052748704657504575411183679043588.html about 11 hours ago via web
Favorite blog of the now: http://crapatmyparentshouse.com about 11 hours ago via web
Oh wait, revised: I’m on a boat. about 11 hours ago via web
@skitten is ending his day, just as mine begins. Sitting on Hellenic Seaways Highspeed 4 ferry to Naxos — departing in 30 minutes. about 11 hours ago via web
5am in Greece and I have a ferry to catchos to Naxos. about 13 hours ago via twidroid
The television keeps advertising for a company called Onan. Perhaps the Greek orthodoxy left that story out of their catechism. about 17 hours ago via web
At the restaurant tonight? Old Lady Gaga. 70+ y/o, skin-tight spandex pantsuit, bleeding high yellow heels and white pyramid-shaped hair. about 18 hours ago via web
I’m on the edge of a neighborhood called Hellas. Somewhere, there’s a joke in there to be made by someone from California. about 19 hours ago via web
I once thought that men in southern Europe weren’t “into” buttoning up their shirts. Now I see the shirts, in fact, have no top buttons. about 19 hours ago via web
Walking back to my hotel this evening I noticed that the street smells of pee. Then I became deeply homesick for San Francisco. about 19 hours ago via web
And so it begins, a month-long journey into how many gross generalizations I can make about my time here in Greece. 3, 2, 1… about 19 hours ago via web
Last meal in the US for 33 days… http://twitpic.com/2g8z49 12:28 PM Aug 19th via Twitter for Android
21 August 2010 · Comment
SFO > ATL > ATH
So begins my month in Greece.
I’m currently en route to Atlanta for a connecting flight to Athens, at which point I’ll have one night in the shadow of the Acropolis before starting out for Naxos to meet a sailboat. I’ll be at sea for 22 days, cruising the Cyclades on a 50’ Beneteau Oceanis followed by 6 idle days in the small town of Kastro (pop. 100) on the island of Sifnos.
Things I intend to do while there:
Learn to hunt octopus
Buy a pair of handmade sandals
Improve my navigation skills
Celebrate Ciaran’s birthday
Engage in some broader thinking about my purpose
Eat pastitsada
Try kitron on Naxos
Visit Poseidon’s temple at Sounion
Swim alone at sunset
19 August 2010 · Comment
2009 and the sea
On the San Francisco Bay: 183 nm
On the California Coast: 48 nm
On the N. Atlantic/Caribbean Sea: 149nm
Grand total for 2009: 380 nm
Combined with last year’s total, I’ve earned 2% towards a swallow.
Many thanks to John Yelda of Sailing San Francisco for his advice and guidance along the way. For those interested, John offers sailing charters and
sailing lessons in the San Francisco Bay Area, California.
8 April 2010 · Comment
2009 in places
Appalling year for travel, but exceptional due to the wedding. We’ve more than made up for it with a trip to Japan in January and a planned escapade to the Middle East this May.
*denotes multiple visits.
Lake Tahoe, California and Nevada*
Arcata, California
Mendocino, Calfornia
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Kingstown, Saint Vincent
Balliceaux, the Grenadines
Mustique, the Grenadines
Petit St. Vincent, the Grenadines
Union Island, the Grenadines
Mayreau, the Grenadines
Bequia, the Grenadines
Las Vegas, Nevada
Capay, California
Treasure Island, California*
Washington, DC
8 April 2010 · Comment
the life list v1.0
1. Learn how to crochet
2. Take a year off to go sailing
3. Make a stellar osso bucco
4. Build an ofuro in my bathroom
5. Speak Japanese well
6. Knit a sweater for my husband
7. Attend a birth
8. Invent something
9. Learn some kick ass dance moves
10. Go shooting
11. Write a novella
12. Make a beautiful home office
13. Own a piano again
14. Own a bike again
15. Drive all over France
16. Have a best friend
17. Refinish the coffeetable
18. Go scuba diving
25 March 2010 · Comment