A few years ago, my mariner husband and I loaded up our boat, a 48’ liveaboard, and headed from Miami, out across the Gulf Stream, to the Bahamas on a fishing and diving-for-dinner adventure with our three sons. We arrived in Bimini, Bahamas at daybreak and my husband took off to clear Customs after we […]
Fish House Encore Recipe & A Mariner’s Song
From the very beginning, my relationship with my husband Walter was all about the ocean. In fact, we met because he had just been shipwrecked while treasure diving, and so was in town for a party I happened to be attending. This mariner drew me into his water world and his way of life when […]
Florida’s Lobster Mini Season: Be Prepared
This week, loads of Floridians are preparing for the popular two-day lobster mini season. Butter and lemon are selling like hot cakes and the dive shops are slammed with customers stocking up on supplies. While you are preparing for the upcoming fun on the water and delicious dinners to follow, remember to keep yourself and […]
Teaching a 9-yr-old to Use a Hawaiian Sling
This year my youngest son Jason turned nine. There is a family tradition associated with a ninth birthday at our house. Back in 1997, when Jason’s oldest brother, Robert, turned nine, I went to Austin’s Dive Center in Miami, Florida, and had them custom make a Hawaiian sling for him. When our middle son David turned […]
Underwater Hunter and Ocean Lover
The sun was setting on another spectacularly salty day as I made my way off the boat. I grabbed my dive bag and slung my Blacktip custom speargun over my shoulder passing a crusty fisherman with a crooked hat and a southern drawl, “Aw, you poor thang; your boyfriend makes you carry his divegear?” “Nah,” […]
Getting Hooked on Gyotaku
Recently I was introduced to the Japanese art of fish rubbing, or Gyotaku (pronounced Ghee-oh-TAH-ku) and became fascinated by this fine art form. I was so entranced by the little I had been told that I spent five hours studying it the next day, and then went out to purchase the needed supplies. My husband […]