Remineralizing toothpaste is toothpaste that is supposed to help your teeth get healthier and whiter by adding more minerals. Not all dentists think this is possible, but this is a great toothpaste either way. The clay in this recipe cleans your teeth, the cocoa and xylitol reduce cavities, cinnamon and ginger reduce inflammation, and the […]
Warm Weather Deodorant
Baking soda and coconut oil make a good deoderant, but it turns liquid over 80 degrees. This recipe adds beeswax to keep it solid at warmer temperatures. I also replace the baking soda with arrowroot because sometimes it can irritate skin. If you don’t have an issue with baking soda you can replace some or […]
Lip Balm
This lip balm mixes up easily and you can add the sun protection if you want it. You can pour it into a plastic, glass, or metal container, or even a conventional lip balm push-up tube.
This is Cruising: The Good the Bad and the Ugly
We are living in a marina in San Francisco this winter as we prepare our new boat for cruising and our old boat for sale. We thought we’d be in Mexico living on the hook by now so things are not what we had planned. But as usual reality is both better and worse than […]
Surprise! A New Boat
Cruising is the fine art of balancing the execution of a well-researched Plan with the willingness to depart from The Plan. Good reasons to depart from The Plan might be bad weather or a fabulous cultural opportunity. Unexpected opportunities come along and dang it, that’s what cruising should be about.
Arrived at Pillar Point Marina Anchorage
Getting a little closer to family and friends by moving closer to the city. Pillar Point has a great marina with a very safe (and large!) anchorage. We will be here at least a week. For those that might want to try this anchorage, it is very secure behind a breakwater. It is free for […]
