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@Sea Dog Greg , I hope you heal quickly . Take care of yourself. @FromSea2ShiningSea Beautiful photos . You certainly get around . That midnight sun is hard to get used to. We spent a week in Kiruna Sweden and it never got dark. Reindeer was on the menu every single day at that meeting. Didn’t appreciate it.

I totally agree with you . There was too much going on and the split screen for commercials didn’t help. Sometimes brevity is better. I guess , I’m more of a traditionalist . Some of it didn’t appeal to me at all.

It was worth sticking around to hear Céline Dion sing . Too long for me but they don’t get to do this often so making the most of it .

Point taken . You have a trip planned to Paris ? Oui ?

Back in the day when we made our annual visit to Manhattan , we took a cab for the astounding amount of ~$35 . It was amazing driving by Flushing Meadows ( big tennis fan ) , driving on the Van Wyck and across the Queensboro bridge to our go to hotel in midtown, the Sheraton at 51st & 7th. One of the payoffs of travel is being able to say I’ve been there. Van Wyck was mentioned numerous times on Seinfeld . I expect to see some familiar sights in Paris.

It was taken quite a few years ago . Yes , so crowded that I once just stood there looking at the crowds and the tall buildings and someone came up to me to ask if I needed help. You are too modest about your photos . The composition is outstanding. Sometimes people don’t think of the clutter in their pics.

Not so crowded when my husband made an appearance. I don’t know why he visited the NASDAQ offices.

I can vouch for that . We were there .

I’m reading along . Your photos are absolutely great . How much time did you devote to planning your 10 days in NYC ? It’s almost like being there and it’s free for us .

@dani negreanu Nice photo of your night out with your friends. Back to reality, unfortunately, I hope you are emotionally okay after the drone attack on Tel Aviv.

You’ll be fine . They put you out so you don’t feel anything. And , before OB corrects me it was a calcium oxalate stone . It was painless passing the tiny blasted fragments. I’ve been drinking “ lemonade “ daily since and no recurrence.

Thank you so much ! Always a pleasure reading your posts and your photos are outstanding.

I’ve had this procedure done , also. I was one of the lucky ones who didn’t experience any pain except the stone was getting larger. I had to recover some fragments to be analyzed and it was a sodium oxalate stone . I was told to stay away from oxalate rich foods. The very worst part was the stent . I had had 6 stents previously for another problem. So uncomfortable until I begged for relief. In Boston , we visited the Kennedy presidential library. We’ve visited 5 presidential libraries so far. I don’t think it is far from the port but not walkable.

Google : Priscilla, Queen of the Rideshare Mafia.

@Coralc So sorry about your fall and how it will affect your moving plans . Take care .

You might want to look at travelmath . com or google maps app has a feature measure miles.

Discreet is right . How did that happen ? Rolex is probably the only product on display and that is the clock . The Joker won at 37 yrs . Who will be in the Royal box for the finals?

I wish I were there . The closest I’ve gotten is a tee shirt a friend gifted to me when she visited. I do have the tradition of serving strawberries and cream on the finals weekend.

There are others on this thread like Dave who can give you a better assessment. We cruised on Navigator last year and liked the ship . Firstly, we stayed at the DoubleTree which is mediocre. It’s not bad but just okay . Make your shuttle reservation the night before. Unless, they’ve remodeled the bar will not wow you and the restaurant is tables set around the bar . The burgers and soda were overpriced because well cruisers are in town . I liked Hooked a lot , Taste of Royal and Playmakers . Sorry , I didn’t notice your Tiki bar . I’ll make a point of dropping in to the Bamboo bar this time. We’ve stayed in Cabo on a land vacation and drove to Todos Santos . I’m not remembering much except 3/4 of us got sick out of two Drs , one nurse and me . Highly recommend staying in Laguna Beach unless it is going to make you anxious about traffic.

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@DaniDanielle very cute puppy . Your granddaughter probably knows she named him street in French. @firefly333 Dani probably still feels like she is on lockdown. @Sea Dog I made my final payment for Mexico cruise . Yours must be coming up very soon.

It’s raining at Wimbledon !

Some doctors may know their craft but have no social skills . My dentist for instance ran his office like a factory assembly line . That relationship didn’t last long . At my last visit with my physician , he not only spent a long time with me but also called me on my cell to inquire if I was still in the building because he wanted to run one more test . Him , I’ll keep.

@George C Happy birthday to Shelagh ! Have a fun time at your BBQ .

Happy anniversary weekend , George !