12-Jul-2006  (yacht cruise)

• 'Vetiver Head Out on Tour (Pitchfork)
Ready for a fun fact that's too obscure to ever weasel its way into any sort of sober conversation? Good. According to the Vetiverse (Andy Cabic & Co.'s official website), "Vetiver is named for an aromatic East Indian grass that grows in California, and their music delivers on the sunny, hazy sweetness the band's name suggests."
• 'Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club (Boothbay Register)
If you haven't noticed, I'm attempting to build a photo album which will record a little of what we do this season. It is on the coffee table and I will add to it as the summer wears on.
• 'Sensations at Sea (Incentive)
Cruise lines are catering to incentive travelers with an array of new and innovative offerings. Here's a look at this season's nautical scene
• 'Local skipper launches a nautical pooper scooper (Chicago Tribune)
Yacht owners may cruise through life knowing that the boat invests them with a certain cachet, but as the children's book says, "Everyone Poops."
• 'Cruises Call On Autumn's Abundant Beauty (Hartford Courant)
With clockwork precision, every major cruise line dispatches vessels to ports in New England and eastern Canada each fall. These annual pilgrimages let cruisers gawk at landscapes aglow in gold, red and amber. And now is the time to plan your autumn outing.
• 'Howard hosts family honeymoon (WENN via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Newlywed actress Bryce Dallas Howard shared her honeymoon with her whole family, after her director dad Ron Howard rented a yacht for a Mediterranean family tour.
• 'Minders Ready New Album, Tour (Pitchfork)
An album borrowing its name from an Orson Welles film? Sounds like the work of a crafty mind...or the Minders . On July 18, the Portland group will drop its fourth LP, Bright Guilty World , courtesy of Future Farmer Recordings . Robert Schneider of Apples in Stereo, who was a founding Minder, returned to the fold for this album.