Rare Keith1010 Posted September 24, 2023 #4376 Share Posted September 24, 2023 We enjoyed a very nice arrival to Bordeaux in August. Keith 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare rafinmd Posted September 24, 2023 #4377 Share Posted September 24, 2023 Today's sunrise was taken on my morning walk near the middle school about a 10-minute walk from my house 2 years ago today on September 24, 2011. Roy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Keith1010 Posted September 25, 2023 #4378 Share Posted September 25, 2023 I hate to burst your balloon. Oh I meant to say I hate to burst your bubble but I suspect this balloon person might be feeling a bit deflated by now. A welcome from one of the ports in Spain we visited last month on Serenity. Keith 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare rafinmd Posted September 25, 2023 #4379 Share Posted September 25, 2023 Last (at least for now) non travel sunrise. Taken 2 years ago, September 25, 2021 at the parking deck of my local mall. Roy 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BWIVince Posted September 25, 2023 #4380 Share Posted September 25, 2023 Here’s a fun memory… We talked recently in another thread about Piero Selvaggio and his consultancy for Prego where he contributed a select number of dishes to be featured among Crystal's regular dishes there, but we seldom talk about his counterpart that contributed a similar number of dishes for Crystal’s (at the time) Asian Fusion concept, Jade Garden (only on Symphony). Yes, Wolfgang Puck was the Nobu before Nobu in Crystal’s history! I’ve mentioned the many concepts of Jade Garden before, and one of the iterations was a fusion concept bolstered with dishes by Wolfgang Puck inspired by his L.A. restaurant, Chinois on Main. Like Selvaggio’s consultancy, and unlike the licensing deal with Nobu, Crystal just got recipes and training for a set number of dishes, the rest of the menu, venue, service and concept were Crystal’s to manage in both cases. This project started before Crystal’s work with Nobu started, reportedly, but from a passenger perspective we started hearing about both at roughly the same time, and the two projects operated concurrently for a while as they were on different ships. Both the number of Selvaggio and Puck dishes were scaled back over time, and this was one of the final concepts for Jade Garden before the conversion to Silk Road in 2008. I no longer have the full menu, but this section above appeared alongside the regular items developed by Crystal’s chefs, the same way Selvaggio’s dishes had a separate section of the Prego menu around 2003. The fun part is that at least two of these items are still in regular circulation on Crystal — the Chinois Chicken Salad, and the Mongolian Lamb Chops with Cilantro Mint Vinaigrette. I still smile when I see them listed, knowing their long history. Enjoy! Vince 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Keith1010 Posted September 26, 2023 #4381 Share Posted September 26, 2023 Might this work for the White Party? This was from a party on the 2010 World Cruise where we were asked to dress in something we purchased along the way. We had two segments in the Middle East. Keith 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare rafinmd Posted September 26, 2023 #4382 Share Posted September 26, 2023 Today's sunrise is from my 2017 cruise on MS Oosterdam. On September 26 we visited Victoria. Roy 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Keith1010 Posted September 27, 2023 #4383 Share Posted September 27, 2023 For those who enjoy walking on the Promenade Deck and want to know how many time arounds equals a mile or a KM and which direction to walk. If you've never walked the promenade deck the arrow is always in the same position. Just glad it isn't facing in the up or down direction. Houston we have a problem. Keith 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BWIVince Posted September 27, 2023 #4384 Share Posted September 27, 2023 2 hours ago, Keith1010 said: For those who enjoy walking on the Promenade Deck and want to know how many time arounds equals a mile or a KM and which direction to walk. If you've never walked the promenade deck the arrow is always in the same position. Just glad it isn't facing in the up or down direction. Houston we have a problem. Keith Im still waking up, and looked at the photos too quickly and thought that was one picture, not seeing the railings clearly…. My heart literally started racing and I panicked, thinking the arrow was pointing the wrong way! 😆 The top picture is clearly a sign on the superstructure instead of on the bulwark (where the arrows normally are on Seeenity), so it would be opposite…. Anyway, I need some coffee now clearly. lol. And a walk around the deck, if I had one. Vince 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Keith1010 Posted September 28, 2023 #4385 Share Posted September 28, 2023 Two views of the ferris wheel near the Bordeaux pier; one early evening and the other one in the daytime. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare rafinmd Posted September 28, 2023 #4386 Share Posted September 28, 2023 I don't have a sunrise for September 28 so this is close. It's a sunset from September 27, 2917, from MS Oosterdam leaving Astoria, Oregon. Roy 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shorex Posted September 28, 2023 #4387 Share Posted September 28, 2023 Everyone on this board should get this trivia question right. It came up on a trivia app for my Ipad. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Keith1010 Posted September 28, 2023 #4388 Share Posted September 28, 2023 And we were there. 37 minutes ago, Shorex said: Everyone on this board should get this trivia question right. It came up on a trivia app for my Ipad. Now if I don't get it "Houston there is a problem" since we were on board for that epic cruise. Keith 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare rafinmd Posted September 28, 2023 #4389 Share Posted September 28, 2023 2 hours ago, Keith1010 said: And we were there. Now if I don't get it "Houston there is a problem" since we were on board for that epic cruise. Keith Same for me. Roy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAV Posted September 28, 2023 #4390 Share Posted September 28, 2023 I’ll join my amigo Chef @KenzSailing and do my part to get this off-topic thread that has strayed on topic back off-topic again. Hey, I’m a team player… Beautiful autumn day in the lovely SF Bay Area today. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Keith1010 Posted September 29, 2023 #4391 Share Posted September 29, 2023 Docked in Bordeaux. Keith 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare rafinmd Posted September 29, 2023 #4392 Share Posted September 29, 2023 Today's sunrise is from my 2017 Oosterdam cruise from Vancouver to San Diego. September 29 was a sea day from Astoria to San Diego,'' Roy 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenzSailing Posted September 29, 2023 #4393 Share Posted September 29, 2023 On 9/20/2023 at 6:48 PM, KenzSailing said: The Chez takes a Night Off, Part 2: Or: Adventures in dining here in the DMV(District, Maryland, Virginia) There's this Table 22 outfit that is basically offering a one-stop-shopping service to restaurants for take-out/delivery orders. Essentially, what restaurants were doing to survive during the pandemic, but with a "you cook it, we'll take care of the rest" model. They handle the on-line ordering front end, delivery(inside the beltway), probably provide ancillary services like packaging recommendations, etc. They appear to be continental US wide, but they are really big in DC. You sign up for a restaurant and it's one meal a month, cancel anytime(I really like that no subscription is required.) It's a way to get high end meals delivered to our home, with just a bit of reheating involved. We're signed up for L'Ardente and The Dabney w/Petite Cerise. To give you an idea what I'm talking about, here's our last menu from The Dabney/Petite Cerise: Chilled summer corn soup, shrimp, poblano and vadouvan Heirloom tomato panzanella salad, ricotta salata, red onion and basil Duck leg confit, ragout of white beans, herbs and peppers served with peach gastrique Nectarine rice pudding, orange lavender honey, tangerine lace, white chocolate Some assembly required(this meal came in 16(!) containers of various size.) Now that's eatin' good in the neighborhood. We got the September offering a couple of night ago. It came in 33 containers. I swear, I'm working as hard putting these pre-made meals together as I would whipping up a simple at home. Might be verging on overkill. To put it in this board's terms: some nights you're ready for the Osteria, some nights you just want Prego. (That's a semi-wry comment, so let's pass on the what-do-you-mean "just" want Prego replies.) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Keith1010 Posted September 30, 2023 #4394 Share Posted September 30, 2023 Another view of Serenity in Bordeaux. This time from the starboard side. Keith 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare rafinmd Posted September 30, 2023 #4395 Share Posted September 30, 2023 I do not have a sunrise for September 30 and haven't actually seen the sun but this is the best I can do from this morning: Roy 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Keith1010 Posted October 1, 2023 #4396 Share Posted October 1, 2023 Another view of Crystal Serenity. Keith 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare rafinmd Posted October 1, 2023 #4397 Share Posted October 1, 2023 Serenity today in foggy Halifax. Roy 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare rafinmd Posted October 2, 2023 #4398 Share Posted October 2, 2023 I have sort of a sunset as the sun drops below QM2's aft superstructure. Roy 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Keith1010 Posted October 2, 2023 #4399 Share Posted October 2, 2023 Two years ago today. A view of Serenity in the Middle East. NOT. A view in Nassau. Keith 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Keith1010 Posted October 3, 2023 #4400 Share Posted October 3, 2023 Another view of Serenity. This time from August of 2023 in Cartagena, Spain. Keith 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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