Cruise ships are big enough that you can get away....from people, at least. In my experience.
Xander: Hey, Red. What you got in the basket, little girl? Buffy: Weapons.
Xander/Buffy ,'Help'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Oct 26, 2012 3:25:37 pm PDT #27191 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Pix - Oct 26, 2012 3:25:54 pm PDT #27192 of 30001
The status is NOT quo.
Alaskan cruises are amazing! I've been on two (one with my mom and gram back in 2001 and one as a tagalong with ND for work a few years ago), and I had a great time. So completely beautiful, and you get to see a lot. I would recommend flying into Anchorage and cruising all the way south to Vancouver rather than doing a loop out of Seattle, fwiw. You see more ports. But honestly, both routes are excellent.
Oh, also, if possible, I'd definitely spring the extra money for an exterior cabin (window or balcony). There are amazing things to see all the time.
ETA: meara, any chance you'd be willing to wait until the last week of March for your Mexican getaway...?
-t - Oct 26, 2012 3:29:20 pm PDT #27193 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Do they still dress for dinner on cruises? It strikes me that that would be more fun with buffistas than just about anyone.
§ ita § - Oct 26, 2012 3:35:14 pm PDT #27194 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I am trying to decide if groceries now and inside all of tomorrow is sensible, or writing off today, because....enh, and try again tomorrow?
At least I get to write a status report that says "You guys are sitting on the next step." Yes, maybe I should have realised the next step would be yours sooner, but...there are only so many ways I can say that the people upgrading to the 2008-compatible version of our software need you to install 2008 on the servers. It's the really obvious part of the project plan. I don't understand why people don't understand this needs to be done.
Okay--I don't watch Scandal so much as I have it on when I'm doing other things, and I AM CONFUSED. Two things--is Olivia in a cabal with the President's wife? Whut??? And Whiskey isn't really whiskey, is it?
Hil R. - Oct 26, 2012 3:36:13 pm PDT #27195 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Do they still dress for dinner on cruises? It strikes me that that would be more fun with buffistas than just about anyone.
When I went on a cruise a few years ago, sit-down dinner was no jeans, no sneakers, I think. Most people wore sundresses or polo shirts with khakis. There were one or two designated formal nights. If you didn't want to dress for dinner, there was also a casual buffet dining room, where the only rule was you had to be wearing shoes, and if you had on a bathing suit, then you had to be wearing something over it.
Jesse - Oct 26, 2012 3:37:00 pm PDT #27196 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
The first cruise I went on (with Buffistas!), there was a couple who put on their fancy denim overalls for dinner.
sarameg - Oct 26, 2012 3:39:10 pm PDT #27197 of 30001
Apparently so and I'm pretty sure Whiskey in that context was killing people.
§ ita § - Oct 26, 2012 3:44:26 pm PDT #27198 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
That's what I thought, sarameg. And I'm not entirely sure whether everyone (or just her) in the room got it too.
msbelle - Oct 26, 2012 3:49:02 pm PDT #27199 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Bailey is like the calmest dog in the world right now. I hope crating for bedtime goes as well.
Jesse - Oct 26, 2012 3:53:41 pm PDT #27200 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Go Bailey, go!