On Watch

Here is an update!

Saturday - Tasha, Blake, and I met Tarryn at Bistro 52. Tasha is the chief stew on my boat, Blake is a deckhand, and Tarryn was a stew on my boat about 8 months ago. After Bistro 52, the girls went and drank Sangria at a Sangria bar on the beach. The picture below is at the Sangria bar.

After the Sangria bar, we went to Waxy's and finished the night off. I ran into some of my old roomies from the crewhouse....do you remember Ryan from previous pictures posted? - it was great to seet him again!!

Sunday - I was on watch so I had to stay on the boat all day. It was my first watch. Watch means it was basically my responsibility to make sure no one unauthorized comes onboard and to take care of any alarms that may go off. Basically, I just sat in the crew mess all day and watched movies....pretty boring stuff!

Monday - I worked and ran errands with Tasha - as I've mentioned before, I'm the chauffer! Nothing eventful really happened.

Tuesday - I worked then Tasha, Hannah (the other stew on my boat), Tarryn and I went on a boat tour of Ft. Lauderdale. The pictures below are from the boat tour.

Ft. Lauderdale from the Atlantic at sunset.

I forgot whose house this was, but I do remember the guide saying that taxes on this house cost a half million dollars a year.

The houses here are sick!!! The money is this city is sick!!

The oldest house in Ft. Lauderdale.

Dan Marino owns the top floor penthouse of this building.

After the boat tour, we went and had a couple of drinks at an Irish pub next to the boat tour dock. It was downtown, and this was my first time into downtown Ft. Lauderdale

Wednesday - I worked all day. Last night Hannah, Tarryn, Tasha, and I decided to get dinner at PF Changs, then we went to Blue Martini. I tried my first very dirty martini, but I'm pretty sure it was with shit vodka, so I didn't like it.....couldn't drink it. After Blue Martini, we went to Lu-lu's. The boys (Phil - the chef, Blake - the deckhand, and Mike - Blake's friend) came and met us there. It was a pretty fun night....Lu-lu's was a bit of a disappointment, but it was good to hang out with my new crew.

Tasha, Hannah, Tarryn, and me at Lu-lu's

Hannah, Blake, Phil, Tasha, Tarryn, and Mike making up the second row at Lu-lu's

Today, was a very busy day!! I polished silverware for about two hours, wiped out the tubs and sinks, polished the sink stoppers......and other stuff - point is.....I'm super tired this evening (I'm sure my ramblings from last night didn't do me any favors as well!), and I'm on watch tonight which means I have to stay up until 10:00 in the crew mess.

So, I've been wanting to show photos of the boat's interior and exterior, but they are funny about taking pictures. I was looking at Tarryn's photos from when she worked on the boat and lo and behold she took pictures!! The following pictures are from her facebook page - I figured that since these were already published over the web, then I could borrow them for my blog! :)

The main salon and the dining area.

The Cuban room on the bridge deck.

Breakfast for the guests being served on the main aft deck.

Where I live now!! :-)

Another picture of my new house.

Dinner being served on the main aft deck. Notice the place settings - we use different place settings for every meal!! That's what I've been shopping for the last couple of days......placemats, napkins, and napkin rings!! Lots of fun! ;)

Another dinner table setting on the aft deck. The guests eat most of their meals on the aft deck - they're very laid back and hardly ever use the formal dining room.....which is kind of a relief for a first time stew!