When we first started cruising, debarkation was this big spectacle. Mom would wake everyone up at 5:30 in the morning because we had to get up! We had to get ready! We had to get going! The room steward needed to get in the room! Everything was urgent and frenetic (…well, to her it was!). Read more
Another cruise. We were on another cruise. It felt like I never left the last cruise, but here we were again. Do any of you feel that way on embarkation day? That familiar sense of déjà vu, that no matter how much (or how little) time has passed, it feels like you’ve never left? For Read more
There were sprinkles on Collins Ave. As we crossed at 33rd St and walked towards the white stucco building on 34th, we noticed more of the colorful plastic flakes on the sidewalk, pooling in the dip where the sidewalk meets the street like our very own breadcrumb trail: we were nearing the Museum of Ice Read more
Day two in Florida didn’t start with any more promise than day one did. While we had yet to experience anything like the torrential rains The Weather Channel had been forecasting all week, we also had yet to see any sunlight. 37,000 feet above, Stephanie was on an early flight to meet up with us Read more
Two weeks ago, I was stepping onboard the Breeze. I was in Miami. The sun was beaming brightly in every which way, the air was balmy and calm and even though we were repeating a trip we’d taken a week earlier, we were excited with the adventures to come in the eight days ahead. And Read more
