Like most women in America, I was in Macy’s on Memorial Day Weekend, shopping for specials. While I’d rather have been cruising, shopping for cruising isn’t a bad alternative. Just before leaving, I overheard another cruise shopper’s exchange with the checkout clerk. It seems she’d bought something special to wear on a cruise. When she… Continue reading A Tip for Cruise Shoppers
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Costa Calls 'Fore' More Golf
It’s getting so you can do virtually everything on a cruise ship, and some of it virtually. Take golf, which this couple has been studying for more years than you want to know. Take Costa Cruises, the company that’s mixing golf and cruising in a big way. On two ships, the Costa Deliziosa and the… Continue reading Costa Calls 'Fore' More Golf
Living the Disney Dream
Anybody who knows our family will assume that the author of this blog is our second-eldest son, Lerrin. For most of his life, Lerrin has been a Disney aficionado, to the point where he spent a year working at the Epcot Center in Orlando. He came home with a wife-to-be, Kim, and an archive of… Continue reading Living the Disney Dream
Walking on Water — Fitness at Sea
My husband has been telling me for years that I can “walk on water.” Not sure what he means by that. Maybe just that I can walk a cruise ship’s promenade deck, or spend 30 minutes on its treadmill. That I have done. A couple of cruises ago, I decided it was time to get… Continue reading Walking on Water — Fitness at Sea
Cruising Cousins on the Caribbean
Earlier this week, we received a most-welcome letter (yes, people still write letters) from long-lost cousins who live in Wisconsin. Marilyn and Lyle were on their way to Fort Lauderdale for a 10-night southern Caribbean cruise aboard the Holland America Noordam, currently sailing to the Mediterranean. Their lives have changed in those long-lost years. “We… Continue reading Cruising Cousins on the Caribbean