Catch a Buoyant Buzz at “Pilot” Brooklyn’s Best Floating Boat Bar
Built in 1924, the century-old wooden schooner Pilot floating alongside Pier 6 from April to October, delivers daytime libation lovers and delicate oyster-slurping aficionados in New York's hippest zip code and hottest borough, the chance to catch a buoyant buzz while overlooking...
Work and Perks for the Turks: Running the Best Bar and Baddest Schiada in Cocoa Beach
Officially opening three years back on May 16th during the weekend festivities of the 2019 Thunder on Cocoa Beach Powerboat Race – JT’s Social Bar on the second floor above the La Quinta Inn takes first place honors as the coolest sports-slash-social...Continue reading
Sipping and Dipping Osage Beach Style
The last time I hit the LOTO Shootout was in the early 2000s doing PR for AMF Offshore Racing, prior to the Day-Glo yellow turbine team securing its hefty “Day-Glo green” Geico-bankrolled sponsorship. Back then, when Shooters was home base for the...Continue reading
Deck, Dock & Dine – Key Largo’s Top Two to Tie-Up At
Key Largo is a world apart in form and fashion from its part-maddening, part-mystifying big brother, Miami; one radiates vivaciousness and the other vacation-ness. The good news is travelwise the two are a mere 45 minutes apart and any boaters center consoling...Continue reading
48 Hours on the Canals of Amsterdam
Liberal, lenient, and laissez-faire -- only in Amsterdam can you sign-up for a "cultural" weed walking tour, before leaping through the door of a big-boy brothel to explore those temptations flaunting themselves in the window panes of the illustrious Red Light District...Continue reading
Part One: IBIZA – Before the Bling and Boats
En español Story by DinaRella / Photos by DinaRella, Amnesia and Priviledge Ibiza is the Spanish island sanctuary known for music and Mediterranean mayhem, but these days the Balearic jewel has expanded its base playing host to the finest performance boats and...Continue reading
Part Two: IBIZA – Boats and Bays of the Balearic Hot-Spot
En español Story by DinaRella / Photos by DinaRella, Wajer, SACS & Hierbas Celebrating the end of summer season in Ibiza has always been sort of special. Smiles spiral up, temps and traffic spiral down; and the cool cats come out to...Continue reading
From Blue Crabs to Orange Crushes… Where to Chill on Chesapeake Bay
The Chesapeake Bay has more waterfront watering holes than there are days of summer! The current count stands near 92. Little did I know before arriving to Baltimore to cover the Rockin' The Harbor Poker Run, I would hit-up four of the...Continue reading
Haul Me Over to Haulover… The Sandbar that Dreams Are Made of
Dolphins gracefully glide through the rippling waters. Kayakers deliver steamy and sizzling hot dogs to your boat. Beer pong and domino tables are erected for in-water liquid competition. Enhanced ta-tas are often seen "accidentally" overflowing from teeny-bikini tops. Unlimited engines galore to...Continue reading
Deck, Dock & Dine – Casual to Classy Jupiter Style
What town often recognized for its picturesque red lighthouse, sits 90 miles north of Miami, Florida, and is still un-chartered territory (or waters) for scores of powerboaters? Hint... it's also the fifth largest planet. Welcome to Jupiter! (Perhaps the title to the...Continue reading