Cruise Invitation/quote-of-the-day/2022/01/01
"It may not seem like it sometimes, but nothing has the power to Huff & Puff your tiara off!" --Jane Lee Logan and photo of Queen Mary 2
"It may not seem like it sometimes, but nothing has the power to Huff & Puff your tiara off!" --Jane Lee Logan and photo of Queen Mary 2
"Noi non potemo avere perfetta vita senza amici." [We cannot have a perfect life without friends] -- Dante Alighieri
"The journey isn't always pretty. It isn't always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that's okay. The journey changes you - and it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consiousness, on your soul, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you... And hopefully, you leave something good behind. This is all just part of the journey, your journey." Anthony Bourdain and photo of graves of Romanov family members in the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in St. Petersburg, Russia
"Rail travel for me is the most relaxing, most scenic way to see the country." --John Paul DeJoria and photo of Rocky Mountaineer Railway in Canada, linking British Columbia with Alberta
"A cup of coffee and an ocean view = Morning Perfection. Similarly, a glass of wine and river view = Late Afternoon Perfection." --by unknown and photo of mobile wine seller on the banks of the Tagus River in Lisbon, Portugal
"I like my coffee black, my beer from Germany, wine from Burgundy, the darker, the better. I like my heroes complicated and brooding, James Dean in oiled leather, leaning on a motorcycle. You know the color." --Barbara Crooker, More "Ode to a Chocolate" and photo of coffee from Santa Marta, Columbia
"I like to browse and just hang in bookstores." --Pharrell Williams and photo of Livraria Lello, inspiring bookstore in Porto, Portugal
"Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas." --Calvin Coolidge
"Pearls are always appropriate." --Jackie Kennedy and photo of pearl tassel necklace seen window shopping in Capri, Italy
“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!” ― Hunter S. Thompson, The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman and photos of giraffe on jeep safari in Africa