Incensed Professor at Sea 5: On dry land
The Queen Mary II docked at Southampton, and I took the transfer to St. Pancras which is near where I was staying in Bloomsbury. The trip was long because London traffic is [Read More]
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Tybee Island trip on top
SAINT AUGUSTINE – The St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum will conduct a one-day trip to historic Tybee Island Lighthouse and downtown Savannah, Ga. Once we [Read More]
Lightner offering behind scenes tours
SAINT AUGUSTINE – Lightner Museum is set to unveil new, intimate, behind-the-scenes tours Upstairs/Downstairs at the Alcazar, beginning Oct. 4. The in-depth tours [Read More]
Here’s the scoop on daylilies
Q: I want to plant daylilies in the front of my home. Are there some varieties that are better than others? A: You will want an evergreen variety of daylily. Other [Read More]
The Incensed Professor at Sea 4: Grog and Other Rations
Aside from the Captain’s Cocktail Party, booze for most of us punters onboard ship is not free. This is a bit vexing, to say the least; I should at least have expected a [Read More]
Michael Arenella and Dreamland Orchestra in spotlight at Downton event
SAINT AUGUSTINE – The Lightner Museum welcomes Michael Arenella and His Dreamland Orchestra, the world’s premier Jazz-Age dance orchestra, to the Dressing [Read More]
Incensed Professor at Sea 3: “They that Go Down to the Sea in Ships.”
Or in the case of the Queen Mary II, “they that go down to the sea in a really big ship.” Hundreds and hundreds of us! Taking a car service from Manhattan, I could [Read More]
A look at Florida’s spiny lobster
By SAMANTHA GRENROCK GAINESVILLE — As dawn approaches, spiny lobsters in the Florida Keys are in search of shelter — a hole, a crevice, any place where they can [Read More]
Incensed Professor at Sea 2: New York
I left my car, “Incitatus,” with a friendly cousin in Atlanta, where I took the train to New York to board the Queen Mary II. I had a roomette on the train, which had [Read More]
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