FORT LAUDERDALE — This part of Florida is often referred to as New York South, but there is one place you dare not enter wearing a Yankees’ cap…Kelly’s Landing. On the prowl for stone crab, because we’d never had them, we tracked down this New England-based eatery not far from Port Everglades, the cruise-ship terminal… Continue reading Kelly's Landing a House with Ruth in it
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Reflections on an Epic Journey
Here’s what we like about spending time on the third-biggest cruise ship in the world, the one-of-a-kind Epic… It starts with the entertainment, which came as no surprise. Whether you think Norwegian is leading the way in cruise-ship entertainment or not, NCL has much to do with raising the bar. At times, it felt like… Continue reading Reflections on an Epic Journey
Cruising Notes from the Norwegian Epic
The right price…………………………………………………………$499 May 7, 2011: 11 nights Ship: Norwegian Epic Departure: Miami to Barcelona (re-positioning cruise) Bonus: A real chance to see the ship bow to stern with only one stop in 11 days Contact: Norwegian Cruise Lines 1-866-234-7350 * * * The thought of getting “slimed” — or even seeing somebody getting slimed… Continue reading Cruising Notes from the Norwegian Epic
Epic Entertainment Out of the Blue
Why is it that something called Blue Man Group is such a phenomenon, in New York, Boston, Vegas, Stuttgart, Amsterdam and now the Norwegian Epic? One of the group’s three founders puts it like this: “To capture the audience, you have to do something no one in the audience can do,” says Matt Goldman, in… Continue reading Epic Entertainment Out of the Blue
Norwegian Epic Ice Bar Ve-r-r-y Cool!
Anybody who knows me is well aware that I’ve spent most of the last few decades in pursuit of somewhere warm. When Jimmy Buffett sang about being “umbilically connected to the temperate zone” I could identify. When I chose to spend the last two Christmases with grandchildren near International Falls, MN., the renowned coldest place… Continue reading Norwegian Epic Ice Bar Ve-r-r-y Cool!