Edgar Allen Poe:  “There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm.”

Edgar Allen Poe:  “Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who are least able to utter them.”

“Who’s that tapping at our door?
“Who’s that rapping at our door
“Tap and rap, please, nevermore!”
Said the Malden Yacht Club Continue reading ‘Malden Yacht Club’s Pumpkin Paddle …’ »

John Barrymore:  “I would like to find a stew that will give me heartburn immediately, instead of at three o clock in the morning.”

Dave Barry:  “The only kind of seafood I trust is the fish stick, a totally featureless fish that doesn’t have eyeballs or fins.”

There is no denying it. October is here, and that means that the four dark and cold months are right around the corner. Individually, we refer to them as November, December, January and February, but a group this daunting ought to have a name that invokes fear and trepidation … maybe something like the Four Norse-Months of the Apocalander. Or, maybe not. Anyway, I am not going to fret away a potentially glorious October by concentrating on the bleak things that arrive after the leaves have fallen. Instead, I will buck up my spirits by thinking about some of the appetizing treats we can look forward to, like hot, bubbling bowls of hearty, healthy stew. I hope that sounds great to you, because you are about to get a steady diet of it here on the Malden Yacht Club Blog … minus the “hearty, healthy” part … and maybe minus the “steady” part also. Continue reading ‘Blog Stew’ »