Cops, Airline Aid Missing Passenger

Sometimes, it’s just nice to be able to tell a nice story. Like the one that appeared this week in The Province, one of Vancouver’s two daily newspapers, about a passenger who went missing from Jewel of the Seas. The 65-year-old woman disembarked in Victoria, on Vancouver Island, in mid-morning earlier this month. When the… Continue reading Cops, Airline Aid Missing Passenger

What ‘V’ Word Means For Mexico

  At the risk of sounding like apologists for Mexico, a country we have visited many times and hopefully will visit many more, our observations on the latest reports of cruising-vs-violence in Puerto Vallarta are based on these facts: • Attacks from Mexican drug cartels on the government in the state of Jalisco on May… Continue reading What ‘V’ Word Means For Mexico

Oceania’s Last-Minute Cruise Deal

  Oceania Cruises, an upscale line with five ships, is touting a deal that includes… • 2-for-1 cruise fares and free airfare • Free pre-paid gratuities • Free unlimited Internet • Shipboard credit worth up to $1,000 • 50 per cent off deposits • Pre- and post-cruise hotels for $99 a night If all this… Continue reading Oceania’s Last-Minute Cruise Deal

Reality Cruise For Fans Of The New Kids

The show is called Blue Bloods, in case you haven't heard, and it tops the Friday night TV ratings. Nowhere is that more true than in our house. Thankfully, there are PVRs to make sure we don't miss an episode; otherwise we'd be house-bound on Friday nights. Part of the reason is Donnie Wahlberg. It… Continue reading Reality Cruise For Fans Of The New Kids

Yee-haw! Cruisin' With Country Music

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