When it comes to Starbucks, we’re pretty much originals. It seems like longer than 13 years ago when we started enjoying cappuccinos at the now-famous coffee house but it isn’t, because until 13 years ago the only Starbucks in existence was in Seattle, and we weren’t in it. So let’s make it an even dozen… Continue reading Starbucks at Sea Just The Beginning?
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Cruise Line's New Meaning for 'Allure'
It was three years ago, in Las Vegas. We’d bought discount tickets to see George Strait at the MGM Grand, because we’d never seen him before and everybody should. Opening for Straight was Ronnie Milsap, an old country crooner known for overcoming blindness whom we’d also never seen — and were glad that we did.… Continue reading Cruise Line's New Meaning for 'Allure'
Better Chance to Avoid Dying Abroad
The front-page news in yesterday’s edition of USA Today was “Traveling abroad’s top risk: Roads” with a subhead that read “One American dies every 36 hours.” The story is that traffic accidents are the No. 1 killer of healthy Americans traveling abroad…in other words, deaths not attributed to natural causes. There is a (partial) solution.… Continue reading Better Chance to Avoid Dying Abroad
Chasing The Sky's Best Cruise Prices
I’ve spent the last couple of days trying to find the “right deal” on a cruise. I was quite specific about what we were looking for — specific time, specific port, specific ship. Since it’s only a few weeks before that “specific date” it seemed reasonable that I would find a “last-minute deal.” Here were… Continue reading Chasing The Sky's Best Cruise Prices
New Zealand Cruise Economy Benchmark
The first, and biggest, cruise ship to dock in the Port of Lyttelton this season arrived this week. Lyttelton? It’s in New Zealand, in the region known as Canterbury, which means there must be an archbishop there somewhere. It’s just 10 minutes from Christchurch, 35 from Kaiapoi, 44 from Rangiora. It has 3,100 people, a… Continue reading New Zealand Cruise Economy Benchmark