Friday File: Always Five O’clock On Ships

We have no problems with spending time at bars on cruise ships — it’s just something we’ve never done a lot. So today’s glimpse of some of the facades and ways that cruise lines try to encourage passengers to visit their “neighborhood” bar, or one of them, is hardly the work of experts. It’s just… Continue reading Friday File: Always Five O’clock On Ships

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!