Windstar announced this week the name of its fourth ship, the first of three the luxury line purchased from Seabourn and scheduled to begin its new life one year from now. It currently sails as Seabourn Pride (right) and next year will become Star Pride (below). Now this is just a wild guess…but when the… Continue reading And The Ships' Names Will Be…
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Finding Photos with Face Recognition
One of the staples that comes with cruising is having your picture taken, and having your picture taken, and having your…a photographic Ground Hog Day. Then you go to the photo gallery to see if any of them make you look better than you think you look and, if any do, there's an addition to… Continue reading Finding Photos with Face Recognition
Batter Up for the Celebrity Sox
I love cruising. I love baseball. When Celebrity announced yesterday that it's now the "official cruise line of the Boston Red Sox", for me there was only one thing I didn't like about it. Wrong Sox. When I was a still a second-grader, my parents took me to Chicago (Palatine, Ill. actually) and introduced me… Continue reading Batter Up for the Celebrity Sox
Cruise Joke — Time for a Laugh
Today, a little levity. Everybody gets jokes by email, and this is one directed at us because we write about cruising. It's six excerpts from the daily diary of a cruiser… DAY 1: All packed for the cruise ship — all my nicest dresses, swimsuits, short sets. Really, really exciting. Our local Red Hat chapter… Continue reading Cruise Joke — Time for a Laugh
The Waterpath from New York Harbor
One of the places we have yet to visit in New York is the Statue of Liberty. It sits, as the ultimate symbol of freedom, on an island called Ellis, from which she watches over the harbor between New York and New Jersey. She has seen the Manhattan seared and changed, and has welcomed… Continue reading The Waterpath from New York Harbor