• Vacation Eve

    Christmas is going to be quite a bit different this year. My mom (aka Nana) turned 65 and my dad (aka Papa) turned 75 this year.  I said to them that in lew of gifts all year, I would take them on another cruise if they wanted at Christmas.  They said yes.  Luckily for me,…

  • So close

    Our last day here and we booked a walking tour with Streetwise New York ($200 USD for 3 hours).  Instead of driving into the city, we decided to use public transportation.  We drove to Hoboken, New Jersey and took the PATH train ($2.50 UDS /person one way) to 14th Street in Manhattan.  The trip was only about eleven minutes, much…

  • Feeding the soul

    It was a really late night so our bodies decided that we needed to sleep in.  We wanted to do  some “stalking” today for Jon Bon Jovi.  Actually we wanted to visit his restaurant which is called the  JBJ Soul Kitchen in Red Bank, New Jersey.  It  is part of the Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation…