Afternoon Tea, Wartime Crossings & the Soul of Ocean Travel
French Grandeur Fellow guest Russell O. told me: “My family went to Europe in 1960. We sailed over on the French Line,…
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Veendam, QE2, Arcadia & From Southampton Aboard Liners
Anniversary Holland America Line is commemorating 100 years of Caribbean cruising, begun with the Veendam to the Caribbean from New…
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An Inaugural Panama Canal Transit for a Meeting of Queens on the QM2
I spoke with author and lecturer William H. “Bill” Miller shortly after he stepped off Queen Mary 2 in San…
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A New Book, Wartime Voyages, and Cunard Elegance
Printing Presses In early November, Fonthill Media and I began the final proofs for our latest book: On All the Seven…
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First Picture, President Cleveland, Queen Mary, and Other Ocean Liners Remembered
New York: City & Its Ports I have been taking pictures from boyhood, from those long-ago rolls of black &…
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Preserving the Glamour: Asuka II, the Love Boat, and the Queen Mary
Anniversary The late Mary Tyler Moore would be proud: the Asuka II turned 35 in July. The ship, operated by Japan’s…
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Time for Peace, Time for Beer
Northern Waters Two splendidly moodful photos from fellow author & shipboard lecturer David Perry, who was on an Alaska itinerary…
