Ships Log, New Name N' Location, 3-1-10

Ahoy Matie,

I will be moving from my tiny 300 sq ft store on 100 St George Street to a 1200 sq ft store on 26 Cuna Street on April 1, 2010. I will also be changing the name of the store from Pirate Portraits N Treasures to Pirate Fashions n Fotos. Here be me new business card n' logo.

Ships Log: Folio Weekly Pirate Article , 6-2-09

The blood rags,

That would be my artwork on the cover maties. They got more right than wrong about me. They did get my name, address, calendar, pub crawl, Molly Roger n' writing fer Pirate Magazine right. But I don't have a Fu Manchu mustache o' blouse that sell for $100. I do have blouses that sell for $39 and bodices from run from $30 to $139. Even bad press can be good if it get people to come in to Pirate Portraits N Treasures, arrrrgh!

Overall they wrote an article to stir up controversy between who the City of St Augustine is at odd with Pirates. The city claims there have never been any pirates in the oldest city in the new world. Plus they only tell of how the evil English privateers attacked the city many times, but say nothing of Spanish privateers taking English prizes. Initially the Spanish crown did not recognize privateer's letter of mark and hung them just like any other pirate. One countries privateer is another counties pirate, for the results are them taking of merchant ships and sacking of coastal cities. When Spanish n' England were at war, the city of St Augustine almost starved if it were not for Spanish privateers who took English merchantmen filled with supplies. They should be celebrated like Robin Hood.

I agree with the Destination Master Plan report which states focusing all arrr tourism around the Spanish Colonial history alone is like forcing feeding yar kid's veggies. I would rather have the City of St Augustine embrace a wider range of historical endeavors rather than build a plastic water park. People come here for history, let give it to them in buckle loads instead of a very narrow city approved one. If the City is starving for income, it will have to attract more tourist. If the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean movie is film here, we should board the treasure galleon n' claim arrr share of the gold, instead of focusing on how is not historically correct. Alternative history can be as powerful as real history, since history is always told by the winner. Most of arrr pirate history come from the English, it might look different from the Spanish, French or Dutch perspective. St Augustine was only second to Havana as a Spanish privateer port, who also supplied many French privateers who were at war with England.

Ships Log: Pirate Portraits N Treasures, 3-1-09

Love me eyes,


I just finished my first full month at my new store, Pirate Portraits N Treasures , in St Augustine. We just pasted the slow period n' be enterin' into dar busy season. Here be some photos of me store. This be dar front of my shop on the inside a the Spanish Plaza mall of 5 stores.


Our shop be long n' narrow like a tallship. Cramp full of wonder booty like a pirate ship should be, arrrgh! We are located on 100 St George Street, Suite I, St Augustine, FL 32084. So don't be afraid to step aboard if yar in town maties.




I dare say we carry reproduction flinklocks n' fight quality cutlasses as well as custom made to order tricorns.


Here ye see hat pins, gems, dubloon on the top shelf, sash o' plenty on the mid shelf, n' books on dar bottom shelf.

We carry both women n' men's pirate garb as well as a full range of accessories. However we don't carry any plastic o' polyester products, as all the other tourist shops carry them. We focus on what true pirate lovers n' re-enactor want.

Ships Log: Tiger Opens Shop in St Augustine, 1-17-09

Avast all ye bucanners,

Well maties, after a long and trying search, I have finally opened up shop. Me new place be called "Pirate Portraits n' Treasures" it be located on 100 St George Street, Spanish Plaza, Suite I, St Augustine, FL. Here be a quick photo of the place. I still have a floor to fix, lights to set up, products to get in, signage to put up. It be a small 300 sq foot photo studio and pirate store in the heart of the historical district. I plan to carry re-enactor quality pirate garb, some weapons, Molly Roger products, Pirate Magazines n' books.

Ship's Log: Sea Wolf Trading, 3-22-08

Welcome Aboard,

After a night of partying, I visited dar Sea Wolf Trading Company in Fremont, CA. I love boarding Pirate Stores n' looking fer all the treasures they keep in the hull. This be one of dar best pirate stores I have visited, they have a good balance of authentic pirate gear (quality swords and garb) along with the traditional swag (cheap souvenirs fer the tourist folks). Pay them a visit if ye be in the bay area, tell them Tiger Lee send ye.