Sea stuff:

We went to a Sea Chantey Sing-along tonight - what a neat thing! And it's free! You just need to rsvp first, so they know how many are going to show up. Also, it seems Chinese New Year's, while tying up traffic something awful in the downtown area, left the wharf area relatively free, so parking was easy and dinner at the Buena Vista entirely uncomplicated.

Photos are over here.

Also, someone from some dating site pointed out that my online name was also the name of both a famous naval war hero and an aged courtesan!

Says this site of the naval heroine:

Laskarina Bouboulina was a naval hero in the war for Greek independence (1821-1828). She is one of the great female businesswomen, leaders and warriors in history.

This other site has a bit more about Laskarina Bouboulina.

And the madame ...

These are the same forces whose admirals are so poignantly remembered by Madame Hortense, the aged courtesan in Nikos Kazantzakis' book Zorba the Greek. Because of her relationship with warships and admirals, Zorba called her "Bouboulina."