Tavern Girl

It's a subject of some musing, the shore leave of seamen. They drink deep, such a lot and are ravenous, for food and other pleasures. 'T would seem they go off to make their coin just to spend it on trinkets, beauties and spirits.

(Above are images are tavern scenes and other depictions of merriment and consumption. Many are by artist Jan Steen (1626-1679).)

First entry, February 1680

It's still cold in the nor'east yet, but that doesn't keep the men from plotting. They are meticulous in their calculations and figures, they oft'n quarrel over coordinates a ships. One thing is for certain, many raids are sure to take place. They are a strange lot of patriots, they believe themselves noble and their actions just. I call them pirates.

A tentative schedule of raiding parties for 2011:

April the 15th and 16th, Baltimore Maryland Fells Point Privateer day
June the 18th, Marathon New York, Marathon Pirate Festival (not confirmed)
July the 9th and 10th, Havre de Grace, Maryland, Pirate Invasion
August the 19th, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Fort Mifflin Pirate day
August the 26th and 27th, Cape May, New Jersey, Sea Farers weekend at Cold Springs Village