Category Archives: Non-musical activities!!!

February 12

Sign on madness!

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I suppose I’ve never been the kind of guy to show up to work early. That all changed a few days ago. I was supposed to sign on the Celebrity Century for a 6-month orchestra contract February 10th but got an early start.   I arrived in Freeport, Bahamas February 9th on a tiny plane […]

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February 05

Improvised snowboards!

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So today my buddy David and I made a little ski jump and improvised some snowboards. It almost always ended in crashing! Lot’s of engineering went into all of these activities. Here are some of the highlights. I have a really awesome old school toboggan that is great for tobogganing, but even better for making […]

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February 02

Chinese New Year

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Yesterday I celebrated the Chinese New Year with dim sum and a lion dance show at Li Wah restaurant in Cleveland’s Chinatown. That’s right, Cleveland has a Chinatown. Actually, it’s technically called Asiatown but everything in the Asia plaza, where I was, seems to be Chinese. I was surprised to find that there were so […]

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January 29

Snow Rollers!

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There is a weird weather phenomenon that has been going on in NE Ohio that has left yards, fields, and even roofs littered with swiss roll looking snow balls called snow rollers. These oddly shaped snowballs  occur naturally when the conditions are just right. There has to be a layer of ice with a layer […]

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January 17

High Line

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The High Line is an elevated park on the west side of Manhattan that has been built from a repurposed rail line. This section of track was built in the 1930’s to lift trains up from the street level to avoid creating dangerous intersections with high-speed trains in what was then the city’s largest industrial […]

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January 17

Aruba recommendations.

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I’ve had the good fortune to have been to Aruba a dozen times or so as a port of call while working on the ships but i’ve only now spent a longer time there. I’ve just come back from a week long stay on the island and have some recommendations for anyone who might be […]

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January 04

Interior Decorating from the Homeless Man

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So i’ve recently picked up a new writing job. I’m writing stuff for the internet and i’m not really sure where it get’s published. I assume it’s basically filling space between advertising. The funniest part is that I am far from an expert on the topics that I write about. Mostly I write about interior […]

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December 08

Constellation wrap up.

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Tomorrow I will be signing off the Celebrity Constellation after finishing a 4-month contract in the Celebrity Orchestra. This is the 4th ship I’ve been on and it has one of the best itineraries. I joined the ship in Amsterdam on the 1st of August and from there we did Baltic cruises stopping in Germany, […]

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December 02

Africa

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I went to Africa two days ago for the first time. I’ve seen Africa a bunch of times while going through the straits of Gibraltar but never been there before. We went to the Moroccan town of Agadir, which is on the Atlantic coast. The town has a huge beach with nice fine sand. The […]

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December 01

Mykonos and Santorini

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Lately I’ve had the good fortune to visit two really beautiful Greek islands, Mykonos and Santorini. I’ve been to each of them a couple of times and always had a great time. Both islands are very dry and rocky and all of the buildings are painted white and blue. I think if you went into […]

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