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I did not do this, but it is not beyond me. :) "A U.S. Coast Guard boat passes near a grand piano on a sandbar in Biscayne Bay, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011 in Miami. The piano recently showed up on the sandbar, about 200 yards from condominiums on the shore. The piano, which weighs at least 650...

The vacuum cleaner choices thread got me thinking.... We are going to be removing all of our carpet and installing hardwood floors. So, I won't be needing the vacuum cleaner nor the carpet steam cleaner anymore which means I won't have to store those beasts anymore - storage space for us is...

....because I am going to kill him. He is replacing his "roof" in the slip next to me which means he is grinding fiberglass down to the core and epoxying new glass over it. What he FORGOT to tell me is that yesterday they were going to be grinding glass ALL DAY and ALL of my windows and doors...

I'm still on Cloud 9!!!!!!! Got the new insurance quote today, just days before the official announcement that we are expected to have a heavy hurricane season, thanks to the end of El Nino and the beginning of La Nina. (Sorry New England friends, but I LOVE EL NINO!) ...and I just can't get...

I've read how many of you have done weddings and won't do them again. Despite all that good advice, I've accepted a wedding charter and it's off to the races! Wish me luck. It's next Saturday. It's a 4-hour cruise, with the ceremony occurring onboard in the bay, followed by a sit-down dinner...

I had a great charter today. On Thursday afternoon, the broker called to tell me we were booked for a day charter on Saturday. OK....I email back to him a proposed menu in the absence of the preference sheet of the guests' likes and dislikes - we take great pride in serving precisely what the...

I’m going to make someone very happy. I have a vast assortment of coffee/tea packets, perhaps as many as 1,000 packets, for the Flavia machine. It’s a box the size of a case of copy paper. We got rid of the Flavia machine when we switched to the Keurig. Who wants all of these goodies for the...

In anticipation of my first (not this yacht’s first) crossing of the Gulf Stream to the Bahamas in July, I wanted to give her a “shake down” of what still needs some attention in term of what’s still loose and can go flying in not-so-friendly seas. I had planned to do this last Sunday, but the...

I had mentioned on another thread somewhere about how when it gets cold here, we have "iguana showers." Iguanas fall out of the trees and lie "dead" on the ground when it gets cold here. It's a natural thing - their bodies go dormant and will come back to life when they warm up. When the sun...

Do any of you use one of those single serving coffee makers? I just bought a Keurig, at my mother's suggestion, and have to say that I just love it. No more trying to keep up with who like what kind of roast and strength of coffee. Living in Miami, I am used to very strong coffee - pretty much...

The thread about mottos and logos innspired me to get that logo done. Here is a rough draft - what do you think? I'm concerned that the script "S" doesn't really look like a "S", but maybe it's just me. When you see this to do easily and instantly read "Sanctuary"? Once finalized, I want to...

We're finally "home" and will reopen December 1. It was a very frustrating 11 days at the boatyard for a couple of reasons. First, I hate being without Sanctuary which is why I never go away anywhere unless it involves the yacht and I just take her with me. Second, I went in expecting a quick...

Holy Crapoli!!! I turn off the PC at noon to go do some work, and when I return at 5PM, I'm in the Cone of Death! Not one but three potential slayings coming my way. Ana, Bill, and soon-to-be named Claudette. Ana doesn't scare me...the other two do. This wasn't supposed to happen this...

What is it about people who go on cruises that they want everything free...just "gimme, gimme, gimme, and I want it all for free." Sure, they’re not all like that, but the grand majority of them seem to be. They want the moon and the stars, but they don’t want to pay for any of that service...

Have to vent.... As I sit here steaming/stewing, and ready to KILL someone, I'm analyzing what doing B&B means to me, and perhaps this will pass, but right now, I am seriously rethinking whether it's worth it. I LOVE the hospitality aspect of it, and the cooking, pleasing, etc. and that's...

Some of my friends tell me that with the B&B experience, they always expect a muffin of some sort in the morning, something they say B&B's are known for, or at least that's their impression. My question is - do you serve fresh muffins EVERY morning, even when the main entree is going to be some...

This Saturday evening (Dec. 20), we will be out on Sanctuary with the web cam running for the Annual Miami Holiday Boat Parade that takes place against the picturesque backdrop of downtown Miami at night. I'm not sure how well the view will be captured on the web cam, but it's breathtaking...

Finally...hurricane season is OVER and we survived another year! The first B&B guests of the season are arriving in a couple of hours. I've worked hard for a few months now doing some big projects such a building a new wet bar, moving the crane on the roof, sewing new curtains for the salon...

As much as I complain about the price of insurance (into the 5-figure number annually - that really hurts!), food (green beans, for example are $4.99/pound here), toll roads, and how, generally, EVERYTHING here in Miami costs more than anywhere I've ever been, sometimes it's the little pieces of...

Finally, my one and only real weekend "off." We're headed down to Elliott Key for Columbus Day Regatta. We've got the webcam running for as long as we have cell phone service. Virtual boat ride down the Florida coast: www.sandbarhopper.com then click on "helm cam."