Archive for October, 2007

Galley: Unbranded

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

The research has been done, the decisions have been made and the items have been purchased. I don’t need to be sold to anymore.
I am attempting to cover or remove as many logos and brands from my galley workspace as possible. This includes on appliances as well as food products.
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Zeitgeist

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
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art by Alex Suprin, as found in the galley

I tried to capture the plate in motion …

CHEEKY MONKEY!

Sunday, October 7th, 2007

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Some things to know about Gibraltar:

  • A small British outpost surrounded by Spain
  • Very industrial, a huge port city
  • Lots of litter
  • Lots of dog poop on the sidewalk
  • Very European, very Arabic
  • Large packs of teenage girls dressed alike roam the streets screeching
  • Large packs of teenage boys dressed alike roam the streets
  • Large packs of retired Britons day trip here for the duty free cigarettes and booze
  • Large packs of monkeys (macaques/Barbary Apes) sit atop the rock of Gibraltar screeching and stealing double chocolate ice cream bars.
  • Buy one get one free beers at Burger King all day on Sunday

Africa to Starboard, Europe to Port

Sunday, October 7th, 2007

Hooray from the other side of the Atlantic. It isn’t quite the accomplishment it was 400 years ago, but we have made it successfully across the Atlantic Ocean from FT Lauderdale to Gibraltar. Quite thrilling to emerge from the vast and open ocean into the Straights of Gibraltar, a ten mile stretch of water framed on the south by the Atlas Mountain in Africa and on the North by the Rock of Gibraltar in Europe. (Um, no, it really doesn’t look James Bond-ish at all.)
We mostly had pretty awful weather and very rough seas (imagine the scene in Poltergeist where the beds are lifted and shaking violently and that gives you an idea of the sleeping conditions). Our second to last day was calm and we were visited by dolphins. These are a few of the scores of frolicking visitors and a reflection of us in the immeasurably deep ocean.

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