Originally published in the St. John Sun Times In the December issue of Caribbean Travel & Life there is an ad for the magazine depicting a barefoot Santa Claus in shades, sack full of gifts on his back, stepping off a …
Originally published in the Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta program book “When does a man quit the sea?” asked E.B. White in his essay “The Sea and the Wind that Blows.” For the answer, consider the captain and crew of Ruffian, …
Just in time for Easter, we had the privilege of hearing—and seeing—the Philadelphia Orchestra’s powerful and moving version of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion. The semi-staged work for double orchestra and choir was conducted by Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin with stage …
One of our specialties here at re:Write is writing for and about performing arts organizations. That means autumn is always an exciting and busy time of year as the new seasons get underway. For the 2014-15 season, we have already …
“So… how often do you get it?” asked a friend in an e-mail. “More often than sex? You better not have to get chemo more often than sex.” I received that e-mail six years ago this week, while sitting in …
It was a sultry night in Cartagena de Indias. The prostitutes were lazing on benches and pretending to talk on their cell phones in the shadow of the Puerta del Reloj, where the three wide arches of the main …
Originally published in the St. John Sun Times In typical island fashion, it was hard to tell when the old year ended and the new one began. The party was at Skinny Legs in Coral Bay where the unadvertised festivities (New …
Originally published in the St. John Sun Times We are now hoping to arrive by Thanksgiving. The boat is ready. After spending two months in the yard in Maine, the 70-foot Sonny is docked in Newport, Rhode Island, freshly painted and …
A Tribute to St. John Icon Pirate Bill CORAL BAY, U.S. Virgin Islands — Pirates, I have learned since moving to St. John, have discriminating taste in beer. Grog, the watered-down rum that was the aqua vitae of all the seventeenth century …
“Live in the sunshine, swim in the sea, drink the wild air’s salubrity.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson