Continued from British Isles Cruise on Royal Princess (Part 1: Planning and Pre-cruise) Day 1: Embark Royal Princess, Southampton, England What a ridiculously efficient embarkation! Rather than a cattle call line that I’ve experienced on other cruise lines, we were able to just walk up to the check-in counter. We were then given a number […]
British Isles Cruise on Royal Princess (Part 1: Planning and Pre-cruise)
I invited myself on someone else’s vacation. Oh, they didn’t mind, they even let me plan everything. My running partner mentioned that she and her mother wanted to travel through Great Britain, and I casually mentioned wanting to come along and bring my mother. Since I got no objections, I ran with it. Being the […]
Costuming Missy from Doctor Who: Series 8
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Afternoon Tea Society, Houston Edition
A little background on how the Afternoon Tea Society in Houston came to be: This May a friend and I took our mothers to Great Britain for a British Isles cruise out of Southampton. We would be in London for less than 24 hours before the cruise. The flight on coach from Houston to London was […]
Jack of All Trades, Master of None
I cannot sit still. I seriously can’t function unless I have multiple things clouding my brain. Some people might call me a busybody, an overachiever, or someone with a short attention span. I may not necessarily disagree with those people. While I tend to stay away from any one label, I will admit to having […]