On Sunday night, we'll be watching one of our can't-miss shows on TV: the Academy of Country Music awards show…CBS, if you need to know. Maybe it's our demographics…maybe we're returning to some form of roots when we listed to what was called "cowboy music"…maybe we just like the sound. But we'll be there. We'd… Continue reading Yee-haw! Cruisin' With Country Music
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Signs Of The Apocalypse…They're Everywhere!
Every week, the nation's best sports magazine, Sports Illustrated, prints what it calls "A Sign of the Apocalypse." Here's a couple of recent ones… Team Canada had a Molson beer refrigerator at its Olympic House that could only be opened by scanning a Canadian passport. In a promotional deal, Tonga's first Winter Olympian, luger Fuahea… Continue reading Signs Of The Apocalypse…They're Everywhere!
Barcelona And The Woman Who Knows It Best
Of all the tour guides we have encountered over years of cruising — and all have been varying degrees of good at their craft — no one was better than Maria Nadina. For us, she is the First Lady of Barcelona. It's not just because she speaks six languages, all of them (as near as… Continue reading Barcelona And The Woman Who Knows It Best
The Message In A Cruise Ship Rescue
Sometimes, you know, it only matters that somebody needs help. It doesn't matter that they are Cubans, desperately trying to escape and to enter the U.S. illegally. They are, first and foremost, human beings. This is what happened last week. The Carnival Paradise was in the Caribbean Sea. So was a boatload of Cubans…24 of… Continue reading The Message In A Cruise Ship Rescue
As Time Goes By, More Beatles Than Ever
By now, The Beatles must have almost as many impersonators (okay, tribute acts) as Elvis. This, despite the fact half of The Beatles are still performing, proving that you don't have to die to have lesser talents play you. At one time or another every city in the nation must have been host to a… Continue reading As Time Goes By, More Beatles Than Ever