There’s really only one word for what’s going on in Galveston these days. Magic. Five months ago, when we sailed on the Carnival Ecstasy from the south Texas port, there were three cruise ships that called Galveston home, with combined space for 8,722 passengers. By next year, there will be five ships. Passenger total: 14,998.… Continue reading Magical Times for Gulf of Mexico Port
Month: April 2011
Lobster Balls for Waters of the Ocean
The avid golfer in our family has a favorite kind of golf ball. It has to be white. The best games he has ever played were not with Pro V1s from Titleist, nor popular upscale brands made by Callaway, Bridgestone or Pinnacle. They were just white. His argument is the kind of ball really doesn’t… Continue reading Lobster Balls for Waters of the Ocean
The Latest in Cruise Voluntourism
This weekend was a double whammy, of sorts. While catching up on some PVR-ed TV shows, we watched Sixty Minutes, a show we have not watched enough. One of the stories was about Elissa Montanti, a 57-year-old Staten Island woman who almost single handedly is trying to help kids who are physical victims of war… Continue reading The Latest in Cruise Voluntourism
Stop the presses, stop the presses…
Five news bulletins from the cruise world… Charlie Sheen is offering to take all those who applied for a job as his intern on a one-week Royal Caribbean cruise as long as they are under the age of 30, wear bikinis well and are open-minded about open relationships. Moammar Gadhafi has dipped into his loose… Continue reading Stop the presses, stop the presses…