Posted in sailing/traditional boats on July 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
dianna and i got back from Brest at 3am on wednesday (a week ago) after a little over 24 hours of almost nonstop traditional boat overload. and man do the french know how to throw a party. much of this piece is poached from an email i sent to two good wooden boat friends back [...]
Posted in sailing/traditional boats on July 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
hi all.
on teusday we drove to Brest, for the maritime festival.
it was friggin incredible.
the grey and black pilot cutter rafted up on the outside is Luke Powell’s (of working sail) boat ‘Agnes’ we had a chance to talk to him and check out the boat.
we are now wondering what the heck we are doing on [...]
Posted in 2008 season on July 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
hello friends,
for the past two weeks, we have been ‘camped’ alongside a very interesting spot in Chessy, a small classy suburb close to Lagny-sur-Marne and close enough to EuroDisney to hear the little train toot it’s whistle and the fireworks pop like corn in the night
yes, this is where we have tested our sangria and [...]
Posted in the urban traveller on July 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
back in what seems like ages past, during the shortest night of the year, we took the train from lagny into to paris for the fete de la musique. (which is a free all night live music party all over paris -and music of every single genre, no joke from organ recitals to deep house.)
we forgot [...]
Posted in events/news on July 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
hello everyone,
just to let you know, our esteemed resident photographer and website creator, greg gillespie, has posted some beautiful new photos on our website. you can check them out at:
thanks greg!
