It’s not a cure for cancer or heart disease or Lou Gehrig’s Disease, but for people who have suffered from norovirus, there is now a step in the right direction. A vaccine for the sometimes-deadly disease — it’s always associated with but not restricted to cruise ships — has passed experimental tests at Baylor College… Continue reading The Latest on Norovirus Vaccine
Category: People
Posing, posing, posing…on high seas
Vanity, thy name is photography. Let us begin by pointing out that we take hundreds — no, thousands — of pictures. We’re not even in all of them! But the idea of getting our pictures…oops, portraits…done after private consultation, unlimited shoot time, unlimited pictures (portraits) and a photo review is… Maybe we’re just not sophisticated… Continue reading Posing, posing, posing…on high seas
Curious Host for Carnival Cruise
We try to be tolerant when it comes to giving people who go wrong another chance. We understand that cruise lines are looking to reduce the age level of their demographic. We believe that somebody is guilty of nothing until proven so, and we know that you have to take what’s on Wikipedia with a… Continue reading Curious Host for Carnival Cruise
When There's Shore Time in L.A.
This isn’t exactly a blog about cruising, but it is about a “shore excursion” that you could take when in Los Angeles, as we did this week. The Grammy Museum. Okay, first you have to be interested in music, of course. Right now, it also helps if you’re interested in The Beatles…or at least in… Continue reading When There's Shore Time in L.A.
Chipwrecked in the Caribbean
If you’ve been on a Western Caribbean cruise and made port stops at Cozumel, Roatan, Belize and Costa Maya, you now having something in common with the chipmunks. Or with The Chipmunks. Their new movie is in the theaters on Friday. It’s called Chipwrecked and one of the differences between them and you (and other… Continue reading Chipwrecked in the Caribbean