Usually, I do not care what happens in Washington. I think that, other than voting, there is really not much I can do to change the outcome of anything they do, which unfortunately has a huge ripple effect throughout the economy. Now, however, I'm starting to get rather peaved. My stock portfolio from my 403b …
Day: August 8, 2011
My Overall Impressions of NYC
My impressions of NYC: everyone should see it once. That is all. This is the first big city that I have visited that I don't want to visit again anytime soon. I think I place it even below New Orleans, and that's pretty bad. The main reasons: 1. The streets were dirty. 2. The food …
Self-Assist Versus Other Disembarkation Options
This morning, while disembarking from our latest cruise, we chose to use self-assist. Our flight leaves LGA at 1:15pm, so when we received our bag tickets last evening and they were zone 26, we knew that wouldn't work. So, we had three other choices: get Guest Services to give us earlier group tickets, use the …
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A Cacophony of Voices
I have traveled all over the US and have been to eight different countries. In all my travels, I have never been anywhere where the people speak less English than NYC. In most American cities, there are mixtures of people. Even in Chinatown in San Francisco, there were more English- speaking people than in NYC. …
Ground Zero
On Wednesday, August 3, we went to Ground Zero. It was surreal. The workmen are readying the space for the opening of the memorial next month. It is hard to believe that it has already been 10 years. Even with the workmen, the site is somewhat silent. The best place to see the site is …
Back to Reality and the Immense Heat of the South
Well, we are sitting at LaGuardia waiting on our flight, which is 3.5 hours away. We tried to get on an earlier flight, but the somewhat rude gate agent told me that they don't do standyby (not true) and that it would be $50 per person to go earlier. Weird, as there was a standby …
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Chocolate and BonBons
Sunday, August 7, 4:30pm, in the North Atlantic Today, I have been sitting around all day, relaxing. I love sea days almost more than port days, especially if the ports are either somewhere I've been before or somewhere boring. Yes, there are a few ports I find boring. This cruise, we only had one port, …
Times Square, the Place of Information Overload
Times Square is just information overload for me. There is so much going on that it's hard to comprehend everything being thrown at you all at one time. I like it but would hate to deal with it every day. It reminded me of Bourbon Street in New Orleans. I guess every city has it's …
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Sea Bird & Tanquility
Sunday, August 7, noon, in the North Atlantic It is a chilly, overcast day. It's probably about 65 degrees, and I am sitting on our balcony enjoying the last visage of cool weather before we get back to port in NYC and head home to the hottest place in the US. I want to stay …
The Fog Blog
Saturday, August 6, 9:47pm, in the North Atlantic Ever since we left St. John, the ship has been enveloped in a dense fog. Outside our balcony, I can see no more than 5 feet out to see. It's like being wrapped in opaque plastic. It's a bit rainy, I think, but I'm not sure. Since …
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