The Leisure Letter

LEISURE LETTER 037: Visions of Rio De Janeiro Via Tecate Jack

From time to time I will wake up from my dreams and I will yawn, already tired of being awake. At such a moment I received a frantic dispatch from Tecate Jack, in Brazil. The message he passed along was nothing more than a rough draft, without plot or resolution. And yet it was all I needed to plunge back into my daydream.

. . . It went something like this:

LEISURE LETTER 036: Kona - A Fishing Story Part II

Having slipped so far into reveries of Cook’s landing, perhaps too far, allow me to retrace my steps and divulge in finer detail the patient, persistent motions of fishing the beautiful waters of Kona. There was the slow and steady...

LEISURE LETTER 035: Kona - A Fising Story - Part I

I’ve heard it more than once . . . Vividly conveyed along the wharf at Dana Point, among the looming Hatteras Yachts of Rudee Inlet in VB, even whispered on the docks of Palm Beach and Key West, that Kona,...

LEISURE LETTER 034: Island Fever - Five Ways to Keep Your Cool

Ah, the sweet serenity of island life. That salty breeze and lulling song and splash of waves. Perpetual vistas of sand and sea. Oh – the pineapples! Oh – the coconuts! Take what will of these bountiful waters. Pluck what...

LEISURE LETTER 033: Finding La Paz By The Sea - Part III

For a few thousand pesos you can charter one of the small boats that anchor off the tourist beach just outside the town of La Paz. It comes equipped with a cooler, a sturdy shade structure, and a sun-brutalized captain...

LEISURE LETTER 032: West-Northwest - Part II

There we were in the middle of the straits at high noon, Santo and I, not quite shipwrecked but floating without wind, the engine seized up and the schools of scaly fish swimming all around us. Lurking in the depths...

LEISURE LETTER 031: Under The Oaxacan Sun

Finding a dose of simplicity in the jungle by the sea.

LEISURE LETTER 030: Finding La Paz By The Sea - Part II

The five us piled into one of the modest airport rentals on the outskirts of La Paz, a kind of tuna can on wheels in which we loaded our share of luggage and film equipment for the shoot. By then...

LEISURE LETTER 029: West-Northwest - Part I

A SAILING ADVENTURE TO AVALON, CATALINA WITH SANTO AND JOHNNY

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