Where Globe-Trotting meets Beach-Combing
An overview of the Seashelf from the bottom up: The closed cupboard (not in the picture) hides reporting notebooks and hard copies of my favorite articles, like my all time best on human trafficking and my silliest on stalking celebrities.The partially-visible bottom shelf holds Jacksonville Public Library books.Cubbies, left to right: travel wallet and seashell…
It was foggy and half-light when Chris and I left Jacksonville Saturday morning. We looped around 9A to I-95 north up to Georgia, our favorite haunt of recent weekends. We arrived in historic St. Mary just in time to catch the Cumberland Lady, the 45-minute ferry ride to Cumberland Island. The boat was full, mostly…
Come and get it! The Jacksonville Farmers Market (1780 W Beaver St., Jacksonville, FL 32209, 904.354.2821) says it’s Florida’s oldest farmers market. Wendy and I were a little skeptical of its authenticity considering it’s open every day, but it turns out the vendors rotate out, so really the market varies from day to day. We…
Monday was just one of those days…my computer crashed, the computer guy was incompetent and freaked me out with info that ended up not even being true (thankfully). Chris had to work until after midnight. I had to make another trip to stupid Best Buy in the pouring rain to bring them accessories for the…
Or, A Saturday Excursion: 1. Callahan, Florida—this sleepy, quiet town just south of the Georgia border is the closest ham radio license testing site. Why Chris wants a ham radio license is another question, but it was green and breezy and silent. 2. Kings Bay Naval Base—we crossed the border to check out this base,…
I knew it would be love at first bite when I saw this three-pound snapper. Its frozen body flopped up on the wharf and I said, ‘Let’s have dinner tonight, you and me.’ Actually, I’ve never cooked snapper before, but it turns out it was easy. I even made up my own recipe for: Orange-Chipotle…
I regret that I am too lazy to get up and watch the sunrise. So today I did. Unable to overcome complete laziness, I combined my sunrise outing with going on a local seafood adventure. How cool would it be, I schemed, to watch fishermen unload their catch, then buy it and eat it fresh…
