8/9/12 around 2pm, CDT, Freeport, Bahamas Jorts. If you have (a) lived in the South, (b) visited Disneyworld (Orlando, of course), (c) lived through the 70s or early 80s, or (d) been on a cruise, you have seen jorts. It is inevitable. If you don't know what jorts are, you will now be educated. Jorts …
Month: August 2012
Bahama Mama
8/8/12 around 3:30pm Well today we spent a glorious day in the Bahaman sunshine. We went to Paradise Island, to hang out at the beach near Atlantis, although you can't really go on thre Atlantis beach unless you pay like $200 or something ridiculous. I mean, seriously? Not even Disney costs that much for a …
To Write a Book
8/7/12 about noon Ever since I was a little kid, I've wanted to write a book. I did write two short books once, one on the end of friendship, "Friends No More," and one on the parrot family, zooilogically speaking. I names every member of the Psittasidae family (sp?, I'm on the ocean, no cell …
Sonic Boom
8/7/12 10:09am Somewhere in the Caribbean Sea The absolute coolest thing ever just happened. We had just returned from breakfast, and we had just walked out on our extended balcony. Our neighbors from Toronto were outside eating and such, and we were visiting with them when a fighter jet flew overhead. I felt like I …
Sunset on the Ocean, #48
8/6/12 7:10pm As of tonight, we have spent a number of 48 nights on the ocean, sailing. We have seen many other ocean-driven sunsets, of course, but none are ever as good as the ones you see on the ocean from a ship. There is just something about the sun setting on the ocean that …
Land’s End
8/6/12 10:35am Last night we did something I've wanted to do every time we've ported out of NOLA - we stayed up late enough, outside, to see where the river meets the ocean at land's end. It was cool. We set sail around 4:30 pm from port, and around midnight on the mark, we sailed …
To Port to Port We Are
So this morning we set off on our adventure. Tips for those traveling out of New Orleans on ships: 1. If you're going to go to the French Quarter for breakfast, go around 8 or 8:30am. You can get a parking spot (free on the street on Sundays) and you don't have to wait as …
Command Performance
Tonight we did something I've wanted to do for many years. We ate at Commander's Palace. It is situated in an old mansion, graciously redone to accommodate dinner guests. Once we were seated at our table on the second floor, I wondered what the house must have been like in its pre-restaurant days. It's just …
Lake P and Then the Sea
I am always amazed at how large Lake Ponchartrain is. It is just gigantic. I remember the first time I ever crossed I-10 going into New Orleans, I thought Lake P was the sea. Having been several times since then, I know it when I see it, no pun intended, but it is still just …
The Abduction
So my Sweetie decided to take a backroad to avoid traveling on one freeway that takes folks a bit too far east before hitting I55. We needed to stop to get gas anyway, so we pulled in to a Texaco somewhere around Utica,MS, although the actual town of Utica was like 20 miles from there …
LEGGO MY IGLOO 