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Timing is everything at Schooners in Hull

TASTE & TELL Over the past months, I've made several visits to Schooners in Hull. This tucked-away seafood and sandwich establishment has been in business for 17 years. Their menu is standard New England fare, leaning toward the fried-seafood-and-cocktails crowd. The typically nautical decor of

Publication: The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA

Many Hearts Sank Along With Storied Schooner

For those who treasure great sailing ships, the sinking of the schooner Alexandria in a storm off Cape Hatteras last week was as wrenching as the death of an aging but defiantly elegant old love. The handsome three-master had graced her special wharf in Old Town for most of the past 13 years, and

Publication: The Washington Post

Cocktail Glasses.(Poem)

Cocktail Glasses Even as a nine-months baby the tulip shapes of thin, enticing glasses on end tables beckoned me. I'd drop my rattle and crawl across the carpet reaching for the stemmed crystal glittering with something clear like water, but much shinier. The fat, magnified olive pierced by a

Publication: Prairie Schooner

Setting sail in Boston Harbor ; 125-foot Liberty Clipper heads 'wherever the wind takes us'

Of all the history-based activities in Boston, perhaps the most enchanting is to sail the harbor on a 125-foot schooner. Picture the gleaming wooden deck, the feel of thick rope in your hands as you hoist the sails, the sound of wind meeting canvas, and the power of steering the ship with the turn

Publication: Concord Monitor

FOOD NOTES.(Lifestyle)

Hale's Brewery introduces Double Decker Winter Ale, its new seasonal beer, and revives the strong ale Wee Heavy, at a holiday tasting event today, 4-7 p.m., 4301 Leary Way N.W. 206-706-1544 or 206-782-0737. Halloween pumpkin-carving contest is today, 8-10 p.m., Broadway New American Grill, 314

Publication: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)

Wind Surf.(Windstar Cruises wind-cruiser ship)

Unique Sailing On The World's Largest Wind-Cruiser One should take Windstar Cruises' slogan. 180 degrees from the ordinary, at face value: The cruise experience, typified by life aboard the Wind Surf, is truly different. Resolved not to wear a cocktail dress or jacket and tie, even to the captain's

Publication: Cruise Travel

Pousada Picinguaba Ubatuba, Brazil

24-HOUR ROOM SERVICE How to make the perfect caipirinha: top and tail a lime, quarter it, cut each quarter in two, throw into a cocktail shaker with a heaped dessertspoon of sugar, crush with a wooden spoon, add eight ice cubes, a measure of cachaa (or white rum), shake well, pour and drink. It

Publication: The Independent - London

city slicker; Bristol

On Saturday, a recreation of the Matthew Ball ship, in which John Cabot first discovered North America in 1497, will be lifted into the water at Bristol's Redcliffe Quay. But there are other reasons for dropping anchor here: Etymology: The city's name is believed to have transmuted from its

Publication: The Independent - London