Journal
Notes from the boats.
Not a logbook. The weeks that changed how I work — written the way I would tell a stew over coffee on the quay.
Antibes · June 12
The week the table finally clicked
A charter, a late lunch, and the first time I understood that service is a tempo, not a checklist.
Palma de Mallorca · September 3
A handover in Palma
Leaving a boat is a skill. I used to make it a scene. I don't anymore.
St Barth · December 24
Caribbean Christmas, eighteen guests, one laundry
Humidity, children, gift wrap, and a linen count I still have memorised.
Genoa · April 2
What I packed out after five seasons
Less makeup than I started with. More white shirts. The same notebook.
On the sun deck · May 19
A note to the girl I used to be
You can be blonde and taken seriously. You will have to be better, not louder.