Francesca 7667

On 5/19/2024 at 1:00 PM, Lastdance said:

How do you get your painting home?  We are on a spring TA next year and I would like to take a painting class, but we are also spending time in Portugal too.  Anyway, thanks for your response in advance!

Darn. Look above for the email. 

On 5/19/2024 at 1:00 PM, Lastdance said:

How do you get your painting home?  We are on a spring TA next year and I would like to take a painting class, but we are also spending time in Portugal too.  Anyway, thanks for your response in advance!

Please look further down. I’m also in Seminole and I gave you my email 

Just now, Francesca 7667 said:

It’s rather small, say, size of notebook paper? Maybe a bit larger. On easel board. Very easy to transport. I brought 3 out of 4 home. The one I left in the trash can when my husband asked if it was a butt-it was supposed to be an orchid 😫. The other 3 turned out quite nice. 

BTW, I also live in Seminole!  Email me if you have questions about the TA. Ours was on Marina Miami-Barcelona last month. Please put an identifier in the Subject area though. I get lots of spam that I just ignore and delete. Fkt7667@aol.com. 

On 5/19/2024 at 1:00 PM, Lastdance said:

How do you get your painting home?  We are on a spring TA next year and I would like to take a painting class, but we are also spending time in Portugal too.  Anyway, thanks for your response in advance!

It’s rather small, say, size of notebook paper? Maybe a bit larger. On easel board. Very easy to transport. I brought 3 out of 4 home. The one I left in the trash can when my husband asked if it was a butt-it was supposed to be an orchid 😫. The other 3 turned out quite nice. 

On 5/18/2024 at 12:10 PM, jazznruby said:

Definitely +1! The CC search function is not user friendly at all. Google, however, is. And to simplify, I would just search 'Oceania Vista penthouse' , and one or more of the results will almost always be from a CC thread.

Absolutely!  Their search function is awful. I find it extremely difficult to use. 

On 5/12/2024 at 10:28 AM, Woofa said:

I believe that the individual cruise can make a difference.  On our 10 night Riviera Caribbean last year I spoke to someone on the day before disembarkation who had eaten in specialties 9 nights.  Now, I do not know what level of cabin they had or how many nights they ate in shared tables or at what times.  Certainly, it seems that on many cruises you can get extra reservations if you are open and diligent.  For our upcoming cruise I will shoot for an extra night or two in a specialty but continue to want to eat at least one night each in the MDR, Terrace and Waves pizza.  maybe twice in Terrace if the weather lets us sit outside, we really enjoyed the grill station.

Our butler was useless when it came to reserving specialty restaurants. We asked him several days in advance, and he replied that he had to wait until the same day. When the day came, he said he could only place us on a waiting list for 8:30!  By 8:30, if we never got in, all restaurants were closed, and we would have missed dinner completely. We told him to forget it. He wasn’t very swift in other regards as well. 
We are booked for a PH for our 2025 cruise. Hopefully we’ll get a butler who is useful and/or not doing his apprenticeship. 

2 minutes ago, 1985rz1 said:

I also hate to be wasteful ( my upbringing, too), but one can always order half portions to help reduce it and only order one or two courses that meet your appetite.

I think I will order half portions. I love tapas, where I can try many things in small portions. 

On 3/19/2024 at 3:59 PM, clo said:

But if you carry some ziplocs and a bigger bag and are discreet about it, sure.  A few years ago on a Hurtigruten cruise there lunches were the equivalent of dinners. Their breakfasts were a buffet with a few cooked to order things. A couple of times I took a couple of slices of bread, some ham and cheese and later made myself a sandwich for lunch. I mean really, who loses?

 

I’ll try that, because I really don’t see the reason why not to,  I get “doggie bags” all of the time in restaurants because I can’t eat a lot at one time. I once had someone ask if I’d had gastric bypass. No, I haven’t.  I’d be a lot thinner if I’d had! But that is just the way I eat. Not on purpose; it’s just the way my body works. 

On 3/19/2024 at 5:18 PM, 1985rz1 said:

 

Mine, too.

That just seems so wasteful not to finish my plate, leaving perfectly good food which I could gladly eat later on only to then order from room service.  I guess I’m just a product of being raised by a depression-era mother, but I hate to be wasteful.

On 3/19/2024 at 3:25 PM, KS&JW said:

Yes, that is a no no. 

I would Never think of doing a leftover baggie at a buffet. But, I was thinking that the restaurants would be like the restaurants at home where I always request a “doggie bag” 

On 3/19/2024 at 5:09 PM, ORV said:

We were dining with a group at Jacques and someone asked if we could have our dessert delivered to the room. They took everyone's room number and delivered it around the requested time. We all wanted to hit the evening trivia and didn't have time to wait for dessert. First time I've ever done something like that. They came about 20 minutes later than requested. No big deal. Only thing I didn't like is there was no ice cream with my Jacques Favorite Apple Tart. Blasphemy. 

That sounds like a wonderful idea

On 2/1/2024 at 3:57 PM, SATaxman said:

At Toscana you can ask for a half size portion of any of the pastas.

On 2/1/2024 at 3:57 PM, SATaxman said:

At Toscana you can ask for a half size portion of any of the pastas.

I fully intend to take leftovers back to my cabin in a baggie. Is it really a “ no no”?  I’m a grazer I can’t eat a lot at once, but after an hour or two, I want to eat again

On 2/20/2024 at 3:09 AM, shepherd really said:

Last night's dinner in Polo was good, although my wife's steak came to the table rare, she ordered medium.  Mine was just past medium, but close enough.  We exited the Fjords and went into the Pacific during dinner.  It got a bit bumpy for those with balance issues.  

 

Back into the Fjords at 2:30 am this morning.  Scenic cruising today if the fog lifts, Red Ginger again tonight and Punta Arenas tomorrow. Some coughing has been heard around the ship, but not worrisome, yet. 

 

 

I cough a lot  I have a paralyzed vocal cord and significant allergies  Not all coughing indicates a contagious disease  

On 1/22/2024 at 4:49 PM, LuAnn said:

Great..I thought that would be the case..doing the spring T/A Enjoy!! 

We willbe on the Marina TA in April. Just weeks away!