Thursday, October 24, 2024

The View From Our Parking Spot

A view of where we docked in Sitka, Alaska from the restaurant on the back of our ship.


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2018:  Fried Dough Is Delicious In Any Language
2017:  Ladies Night
2016:  When Your Plane Lands, You're Home
2015:  Lining Up For The Pony Ride
2014:  Keep It Movin' People
2013:  Salt For Miles
2012:  I Attended Without An Entourage
2011:  It’s All Greek To Me
2010:  Italy On A Shoestring
2009:  What The Elle???
2008:  Weird And Random
2007:  California Burning With Need
2006:  Walking Into Another World
2005:  Fall Into Winter

Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Leaving The Emerald City

 

Leaving Seattle, Washington, and heading to Alaska!



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2018:  Shopping With The Locals
2017:  New Jersey On Hudson
2016:  Behold The Beautiful Brisket
2015:  He Really Is A Carpenter
2014:  Constant Surveillance
2013:  Not Even Good Enough To Make My Top 100 Pictures Of Fall List
2012:  Exactly
2011:  A Little Grease More Often Is Better
2010:  Scenes From Florence
2009:  Eddie Palm Sketch Friday
2008:  Moabulous
2007:  Ready To Draw The Future
2006:  Red Fish, Blue Fish, One Fish, Two Fish.
2005:  Beautiful Enough To Lick

Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Welcome Aboard

 

We finally got on the ship.  We chose a boarding time of around noon, in order to be able to have time to check our our room, eat, and relax before the ship left Seattle. 

This is the main atrium on the ship where the guest services desks were located, and where there was a Starbucks cafe available to all the passengers hanging around.



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2018:  Sleep-Inducing Mood Lighting
2017:  The American Southwest
2016:  Roll With Me, Roll With Me
2015:  Fall Into The Holidays
2014:  You've Been Warned
2013:  The Tune Makes The Show
2012:  And Not Just When Halloween Is Near
2011:  Shopping For A Disguise
2010:  The Other Side
2009:  Photos On The Fly
2008:  Apparently, The Only Time I Lean To The Right Is In My Sleep And Unwillingly
2007:  Reflections
2006:  Laundromats And Grocery Stores Aren’t The Only Places To Hunt For Men
2005:  Shaved Aluminum

Monday, October 21, 2024

Mile High Walkway

 

The moving walkway in the Denver International Airport.

I need help understanding people who walk on the moving walkway.  The whole point of a moving walkway, in my opinion, is to give you a break from walking when you're going through an airport as big as Denver.  Or anywhere, really, that there's a moving walkway. 

If you want to walk, step to the side and walk with the other people, but do not huff and act annoyed that I'm standing there enjoying the ride.



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2018:  Baklava And Beyond
2017:  Stand And Face The Sun
2016:  A Manifesto For Meat
2015:  Morning Y'all
2014:  Happy Fall Morning
2013:  Own The Day
2012:  Barrio Viejo
2011:  A Daunting Task
2010:  Salivating Over The Salumeria
2009:  The Cheapest Entertainment Around
2008:  Proud To Be A Liberal American
2007:  I Don’t Think This Is What The Gideons Had In Mind
2006: Ten Reasons Today
2005: The Big Five Oh!

Sunday, October 20, 2024

Rocky Mountain High

 

Flying over the Colorado Rockies on the way to Seattle.  I love the little snow-capped peaks!



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2018:  Flying While Supine
2017:  Living In A Boy's World
2016:  Ten Outstanding Years
2015:  Mangiare All'aperto, Trucker Style
2014:  Released To The Press
2013:  In A Time When Gentlemen And Ladies Actually Existed
2012:  The Great Affair  
2011:  The Gaping Void Says It All
2010:  Under The Tuscan Sun Within 3,000-Year-Old Walls
2009:  Dragged Back, Kicking And Screaming
2008:  Seniors Maintain Law And Order By Way Of A Fluke Discovery
2007:  Lisa Lavie Is The Angel Here
2006:  Fight The Moth
2005:  Abandoned But Not Forgotten

Saturday, October 19, 2024

Leaving On A Jet Plane

 

Leaving Tucson, Arizona, and heading to Seattle, Washington for our Alaskan cruise.  In this photo, you can see the Desert Diamond Casino in the foreground, with the shadow of our plane just in front.


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2018:  Serving Two Religions
2017:  Beyond Cayo Hueso
2016:  Bathing Beauty
2015:  Win In A Complex World
2014:  Farm To Belly
2013:  It's The Weekend. Kick Back And Relax.
2012:  With Pleasure 
2011:  It’s Exhausting Imagining You In These Pants
2010:  Florentine Youth
2009:  What’s In A Name?
2008:  Farming The Wind
2007:  Eddie In The Big Little City Friday
2006:  Photograph It If You Think You May Never See It Again
2005:  Why???

Friday, October 18, 2024

Leaving For The Last Frontier

Today we leave the unrelenting heat and sunshine to head out to Alaska, The Last Frontier, on a nine-day cruise aboard the Norwegian Jewel.

Years ago we drove to Alaska but this will be our first time in the Southeastern part of the state.  Not only am I looking forward to seeing some new territory, but I'm very excited it'll be happening in cooler weather.

I can't begin to tell you how thrilled I am to leave behind the cactus, heat, and sun!


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2018:  An Evening In The Land Of Angels
2017:  Drawbridge Warning
2016:  Driving Into The Sunset With Voices In My Head
2015:  Look Away, Look Away, Look Away, Dixieland
2014:  Denial For Sale In New Mexico
2013:  Friday Night Fright
2012:  Ten Things For October
2011:  Jane’s Addiction
2010:  Isolated Iesolana
2009:  WWJD?
2008:  Where The Angels Arrive And Depart
2007:  Diamonds In The DeepBlue
2006:  Everyone Is Doing It
2005:  En-Gulfed Coast

Thursday, October 17, 2024

Hot Mountain

 

The evening sun hits the Santa Catalina Mountain before it sets.  



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2018:  Champions On Wheels
2017:  16 Miles Per Hour
2016:  Smoky Slices Of Butt
2015:  Clouds In The State Of The Large Creek
2014:  Yellow Trees, Big Sky
2013:  The Negotiation
2012:  Going Au Naturel 
2011:  A Great Idea
2010:  The Real Deal
2009:  This Should Keep You Buy For A While
2008:  Plenty Of Room For The Ladies
2007:  It All Began With The Cheese
2006:  Zig Zag Wisconsin Color
2005:  Made In China 

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Under Gray Italian Skies

 

There hasn't been a whole lot going on here in Arizona, so there are no new pictures. I've been going through old photos on my computer and have found a bunch from our Italy trip many years ago, so I've been posting a few of those. Here's another one.

This is the Duomo in Florence.  I remember the day was overcast and dreary.  Grey skies, intermittent rain.  I remember I had to buy new shoes because it was too wet (and uncomfortable) to walk around in my cute ballerinas.  

Florence is a beautiful city though, rain or shine.  Visit if you have the chance.


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2018:  Signed, Sealed, And Being Delivered
2017:  Growing Season
2016:  The General Landscape Of Southern Arizona
2015:  A Bright Spot In The District
2014:  The Way The River Went
2013:  If You're Looking To Flip A House For Money....Don't
2012:  A Sad Day For The Piggies
2011:  A Warrior Waging A Noble Fight, Fueled By Chocolate Ice Cream
2010:  Ragazzo dell’Ombrello
2009:  Eddie It’s Not Even Halloween Yet Friday
2008:  Not So Different, Are We?
2007:  Quite Uneducated, If You Ask Me
2006:  Sometimes Identity Theft Can SAVE You Money
2005:  Mina In Fifty Years

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Champion Of The Weak

This sculpture by Baccio Bandinelli is called Hercules and Cacus and it's located in the Piazza della Signoria in Florence, Italy.

When you see this in person, it's difficult to take your eyes off of him.  Hercules is really built. 

Those Italians really know how to sculpt.


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2018:  Drinks With Dillinger
2017:  Crushed And Bundled In Canada
2016:  Is Purse Anxiety In The DSM?
2015:  Apple Crisp And Friends
2014:  Where The Food Is Delicious And The Service Is World Class
2013:  Something To Look Forward To
2012:  Two More For You, Mr. President!
2011:  A Thing About Things
2010:  Americans Among Us
2009:  Next Time I’m Buying Him Carbon Paper And White Out. And A Roll Of Stamps. And Maybe A VHS Player.
2008:  Flash Flood
2007:  Consider The Source When Getting Advice
2006:  Perfectly Apropos For Bush’s Home State
2005:  Soul 2 Soul

Monday, October 14, 2024

Still Sweltering

 

It's October 14th and it's still in the nineties. Hot.  The last week of September was in the mid-hundreds.  What the actual fuck?  The people who don't believe in global warming need to come to Tucson because I've been here for 40 years and it's definitely hotter than when we first moved here.  

I can't stand it anymore.  It's so unpleasant.  I can't be outside without being miserable.  Just going to the store is a hassle.  I come home drenched, hair like a wet rat.  The sun just never stops shining.  And even when it does, it's still hot.

On top of that, our air-conditioner went out and we had to wait TWO weeks for the part.  TWO WEEKS with no air conditioning!!!!  The fans are going all over the house and Ed bought a window AC unit for the bedroom, so at least it's cool enough to sleep, but the first three nights were brutal.  It'll be fixed by the end of the week.

That will provide some relief.  And they claim it's going to get "cooler" next week.  Which means low nineties.  C'mon.  I need winter weather.  And even though winter is still too hot for me here, I wish it would just hurry up and get here.  I can't take it anymore.


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2019:  Edible Jewels
2018:  Run, Roll, And Rain
2017:  Bee Stop
2016:  Prepping The Butt
2015:  Strangled By The Capital Beltway
2014:  Even The Deer Are Bored
2013:  Happy "Columbus" Day!
2012:  Not So Subtle
2011:  Satan Called. He Wants His Weather Back.
2010:  If Only I Looked As Good As He Does
2009:  What Grandmothers Do When Their Grandchildren Grow Up
2008:  The View Of The Valley And Meadow
2007:  A Beautiful Dimple In The Earth
2006:  Dive The Sky
2005:  G-Y-M

Sunday, October 13, 2024

Alternative To Packing

 

This is a brick wall in Siena, Italy.  Not really much to look at, just some old bricks. 

Ed and I are planning another vacation.  This time it's an Alaskan cruise.  I've already started organizing everything and making my lists.  I like to go places, I do.  But I hate to pack.

I'd rather bang my head on that Italian wall.



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2018:  French Inspired
2017:  Millions Of Miles Of Memories
2016:  The Early Bird Gets The Cacti
2015:  Unsteady Affair
2014:  Sailed The Ocean Blue, My Ass
2013:  Blank Mind
2012:  Digging Through The Vault
2011:  Shopping Hysteria
2010:  We Interrupt Our Regularly Scheduled Blogging For A Word From Our Blogger
2009:  Here, Let Me Get You A Tissue For That Eyeball
2008:  The Secret Lies With The Twinkies
2007:  Where In The World Are You Carmen Sandiego?
2006:  Paraskevidekatriaphobia
2005:  Love’s Language

Saturday, October 12, 2024

Missing Them

I've been talking about my grandparents a lot lately and then I came across this photo on my phone of my maternal grandparents sitting on their porch in the Bronx.

Could this be any more vintage?  Look at my Poppy's socks.  And his guinea tee  And my Nanny's little housedress.  And her glasses.  With the chain. 

Boy, I miss both of them so much!  


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2018:  My Feet Are Getting Itchy, Too
2017:  Of Course
2016:  This Butt Is No Joke
2015:  A Day Of Amusement On The Lake
2014:  法拉盛華埠
2013:  The Pumpkin Master
2012:  Prime Viewing
2011:  Still Flowering
2010:  Wishing I Could Trade My Feet For Wheels
2009:  And The Winner Is…
2008:  Palm In The Dirty South
2007:  Ed Makes Out With Fair Fluff Friday
2006:  Blue Light Special
2005:  Blue Collar

Friday, October 11, 2024

Remembering Our Time In Siena

 

Ristorante San Desiderio in Siena, Italy.




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2018:  It Is Enough Simply To Look At A Tree
2017:  It Might Take A Minute
2016:  Couple In Selfies
2015:  From The Top
2014:  If Your Name Is Tinsley, You Probably Use A Fountain Pen
2013:  British Invasion
2012:  Splendid Fantasy Road Trip
2011:  Hard To Get Close To 
2010:  Lunch In Fossombrone 
2009:  Taking Carving To A Whole New Level 
2008:  Is There Enough Yellow In THIS One For Ya? 
2007:  I Didn’t Realize Railway Workers Were So Frisky 
2006:  Individuality 
2005:  Text Me

Thursday, October 10, 2024

Wednesday, October 09, 2024

A Corner Of Marche

 

This is a little lane in Fossombrone, Italy. We were here in 2010 to visit members of my step-cousin's side of the family, and I hope to return to this beautiful, unexplored region someday.  


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2018:  When Does The Next Ocean Liner Leave?
2017:  Young And Jazzy
2016:  The Happy Cyclist
2015:  Walkin' In The Rain With The One I Love
2014:  Where The Cranberry Is King
2013:  How To Lower Your Blood Pressure While Raising Another's
2012:  I Made It Because I Like The Word Schnitzel
2011:  I May Be Old, But I’m Not That Old
2010:  Today’s The Day!!
2009:  Ed Getting Jiggy Among The Sunflowers
2008:  The Bridge To Everywhere
2007:  Scared Into Anorexia
2006:  A Good Hot Cup Is Desperately Needed
2005:  Am I The Only One Who Noticed This??

Tuesday, October 08, 2024

A Well Made Torso Contains All Of Life

Torso of a Man by Auguste Rodin, located at the Rodin Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Modeled mid-1880s, cast in plaster c. 1926.



* Title quote attributed to Rodin.


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2018:  I've Got New Rules
2017:  Flashback To A Flashdance Summer
2016:  Make Your Reservation Now
2015:  Every Year Is A Good Year For A Hero
2014:  Peace Through Understanding
2013:  Goodwill Hunting
2012:  Approaching Talladega
2011:  Music Sets The Stage
2010:  Tacky Prevails
2009:  Not As Hot As It Looks
2008:  Burst
2007:  Stockholm Syndrome
2006:  Playing In A Dream Near You
2005:  The Greatest Story Ever Told

Monday, October 07, 2024

Drip

 

A water faucet in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee.  Photo taken by my friend Vicki.



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2018:  Gratuitous Zac
2017:  Tall, Foxy, And Toxic
2016:  Magic Shoes

2015:  Finally Fall
2014:  Fruit On Main
2013:  Circling The Shark
2012:  Unlimited 
2011:  Autumn Leaves Begin To Fall 
2010:  I Wonder What Color The Ancient Estruscans Wore? 
2009:  You Ask, I’ll Answer 
2008:  You Can’t Hide From The Eyes Of A Truck Driver 
2007:  Flurry Of Ruffles 
2006:  A Bag Full Of Dicks 
2005:  Go West Young Man!! Uh, I Mean East. East.