News item: Carnival conducts an experiment to ban smoking in more areas of its ships. This, if you’ll pardon the expression, is a hot one. For people who smoke, being deprived of their right to do so can enrage them. For people who don’t smoke, being subjected to the loss of fresh air (among other… Continue reading Another Battleground for (non) Smokers
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Notes on the Boats
THE RIGHT PRICE…………….$549 Aug.-Sept.-Oct. 2010: Venice return (Croatia, Greece), 7 nights, Norwegian Gem Bonus: up to $250 shipboard credit, 10% discount shore excursions; oceanview $699, balcony $949, suite $1,149; stateroom upgrades Contact: CruisesOnly * * * In anticipation of more cruise ships and passengers going to Alaska, the docks of Juneau will be rebuilt so… Continue reading Notes on the Boats
A Celebrity conceived on Celebrity
I live with a Parrothead. I should say I’m married to a Parrothead…and before everybody gets all over me for spousal insolence, Nancy happily confesses to being a Parrothead, because that’s just what Jimmy Buffett fans do. Today, from an article I read in the Charleston Daily Mail comes a funny tale about a Jimmy… Continue reading A Celebrity conceived on Celebrity
Amos Yakhoob, St. Jude and Carnival
You remember Amos Yakhoob, don’t you? The only and only Amos Alphonsus Muzyad Yakhoob? He had another name, which you may have gathered by now, and which we discovered last year when visiting Memphis. Danny Thomas, of course. Father of Marlo, if you’re too young to remember. Thomas was his older brother, Danny was his… Continue reading Amos Yakhoob, St. Jude and Carnival
Notes on the Boats
THE RIGHT PRICE…………….$1,999 May 2, 2011: Fort Lauderdale to Rome, 14 nights, Celebrity Equinox Bonus: 2-night post-cruise stay in Rome plus air fare back to Fort Lauderdale Contact: Online Vacation Center * * * For people who are not dying to roam around China to see its sights, and I live with one such person,… Continue reading Notes on the Boats