I'll try to update now and then, but chess is not exactly tops on my list right now. Here the divine Ms. Tyrious illustrates the attractions of my sister's front yard, more or less. Welcome to the island of Spanish Wells, which is off the beaten track even by Bahamian standards.
Any vacation plans out there? Chess vacations? You can always check out, or add to, our "places to play chess" item.
But does she play chess... :)
Congrats Mig on escaping at just the right time - Brooklyn is freezing this week!
who cares if she does.
Mig,
Don't you just love Redheads.
I played in Merida, Mexico, at the Carlos Torre Memorial. December is very pleasant there. Vacation-wise, there are nature preserves, museums, beaches (Merida is NOT on the coast, so you'd have to travel some miles), the milieu, and of course about a dozen Maya ruin sites (none of whom is named Polgar).
I did check the 'places to play' thread, but didn't see any chess vacation suggestions.
Ms. Tyrious is very attractive.
Have a good time !
Best picture of Mig's cat to date...
Kidding! Gorgeous lady.
I pictured Mig's galfriend with dark glasses AND a red and white cane.
And here I thought you went off to study a new opening. Mig this will never do if you are going to hit top 10 in the world of chess.
Kramnik is sweating over the board and you are off sunning your self.
Mig to tell the truth a guy like you has no chance against a Red Head. Remember I gave you fair warning.
Mig I am expecting a big report on the huge conference today in NYC on Cheating in Chess at the Marshall Chess Club. So get your little buns over there and poke around to get the real deal story.
And to all the Mig fans who are wondering if "the divine Ms. Tyrious" can play chess. I will let you know that Mig does not know the answer to that question yet. It never entered his mind to ask her.
Marriage bells for Mig. ?????????
"I pictured Mig's galfriend with dark glasses AND a red and white cane"
You thought she was a barber's shop?
"Best picture of Mig's cat to date..."
FOFLMAO!!!
While we were -40 C with wind factor here in Calgary during the week! It makes me rethink the whole strategy about relocating to Canada
No comparison!
Girls Chess
Temporary Beauty Eternal Beauty
Cost so much $$$ Free
Whines/Cries/Tantrums Waits quietly in box
Sleeps w someone else Always ready to play with you
Mig don't play 1. g4?!
:-)
tjallen
No comparison!
Girls : Chess
Temporary Beauty : Eternal Beauty
Cost so much $$$ : Free
Whines/Cries/Tantrums : Waits quietly in box
Sleeps w someone else : Always ready to play with you
Mig don't play 1. g4?!
:-)
tjallen
For those of you still interested in chess:
I have made another set of pictures in Bonn today and uploaded the best to Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/schwarti/sets/72157594403819156/
Have fun!
Andreas
Thanks, Andreas
Thank you, Andreas. Excellent photos!
Spanish Wells "off the beaten track"? C'mon, Mig, Eleuthera may be one of the Out Islands, but it's a big-time resort, just a puddle-hop from the Berry Islands or Abaco.
It reminds me of flying in a light plane into Andros one day. Nothing much seemed to be happening, so we parked in front of the "terminal", hardly more than a cottage.
We hired a taxi and went looking around; for lunch we went to a restaurant at a resort hotel. There one of the airport officials tracked us down, and told us to move our plane. He said it was the third-busiest airport in the Bahamas.
Wouldn't that be my sister Zoë? Oh, dear!
Eleuthera might be a resort, Paul, but Spanish Wells certainly isn't. The only people here live here (like my sister and her family) or know someone who does. Still a pretty place, they don't have tourists and don't want them. It's all commercial fishing, mostly lobster. It's an oddly suburban little town.
It's been almost twenty years since my wife and I sailed the Bahamas aboard an old 35ft sailing vessel.
I miss the serenity of a quiet anchorage, the exhilaration of sailing smooth clear waters, free-diving for grouper and lobster, and the lasting frienships.
Now I got a mortgage and spend my days within the confines of a cubicle. Oh well.
Thanks for the picture Mig.
More than 30 years ago (before independence), I used to go to Sandy Point. We dealt for lobster tails under a palm tree while a girl shelled conch nearby, throwing the empties onto a pile taller than a man.
Back then, electric power came from diesel generators – for those who could afford them – and telephone service ceased at 5 pm, when the radio operator went home. And under colonial rule, white men weren't allowed to stay overnight in the "settlements".
The last I heard, though, people in Marsh Harbour were blogging on the Internet during hurricanes. I wonder how much has changed.