This was a good layered cake. I baked two cakes in 8 inch round pans with crushed walnuts and grated orange baked into it. Between these and on top I…
Most people think I live an amazing life all the time down here in paradise, and usually I can’t disagree with them. But putting the boat back in the water…
This photo was used as the opening shot for the article I wrote in the Spring 2014 issue of Cruising Outpost. I love the red in this shot. Especially with…
Another dessert sounds like a winner. This one is a s’mores pizza. I mixed flour, yeast, and graham cracker crumbs to form the dough. On top of this I smeared…
I have decided to continue using photos on the Spanish VI because I am in Puerto Rico getting the boat ready for the new charter season, which starts on Nov….
This is a traditional flat bread served in Italy (I actually made this before my trip there 🙂 ). After it had risen a bit I coated it with olive…
This photo is from the time I took my parents through the Spanish VI and was the wallpaper on my computer for over a year. Every time a guest saw…
While I was in Denver I was asked to go to the Chihuly exhibit at the Denver Botanical Garden and when I told people I was going they either said…
This photo is from my first year of cruising. It was taken by my friend Chase who spent a month sailing around Florida with me. He worked very hard to…
Another experiment during this offseason was chicken mango tacos. They were good, but I think having them as fish tacos would be even better. I took rotisserie chicken, shredded it,…
If you ever get a chance to visit the El Yunque National Rainforest you have to do it. This is one of the waterfall you can hike to. Lots of…
On my last charter of the season we spent one night at Waterlemon Cay, which is a fantastic spot and I take guest there all the time. This time we…
I am proud to present a completely new look for svGuidingLight.com, which was built by Great Circle Studios. I built the old site from a WordPress theme I was able…
Look at all that rum!!!! I think I will need a bigger blender. 🙂
This is a drawing one of my guest made as their way of signing my guest book. 🙂
I had these two guys hanging out and swimming under the boat. I think it is cool how it looks like a boot print on their heads.
When my friend and her family were with me we anchored off the west coast of Vieques for two nights. On the second day a thunderstorm came in and the…
This is fantastic shot of the boat on a mooring off Culebrita. You may notice the clouds are darkening. I love the colors. What do you think?
Want to try something amazing? That is what I was asked the other night after a few 2 for 1 rum punches at Cooper Island resort (where there are…
This shot is from the fort in Christiansted on St Croix. The cannon was used to protect the tricky harbor entrance.
One day this summer I was anchored in the harbor of Charlotte Amalie with the wind blowing a steady 25 knots. I was just hanging out on the boat cleaning…
I love how crisp this turtle is and how the background is slightly blurred with a another turtle and two squid along the bottom of the sea.
When I was growing up I took a typing class in jr high and I was taught to use two spaces after a period. Well I was never great at…
Sometimes you can be taking photos at a spot you always do, when everything just lines up for an over the top one. This photo is one of those cases…
Paris has been written about by people more poetic than I, so instead I figured I would tell you about each site I visited in three full days I…