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Just got on the boat, and they're already serving lunch! |
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Amused by my never having cruised before... |
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Looking back at NYC from the ship. |
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The cruise ships next to us on the West Side of NYC. |
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Mrs. Levine spots a Hustler store in NYC. Forgot to stop there before leaving. |
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Happiness is a beautiful wife and a beautiful day! |
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The safety drill... "One size fits MOST." |
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Married one week -- happy as ever! |
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The Empire State Building seen from the ship. |
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The Lido Deck (Deck 9) of the ship. Pretty big! |
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Coming up on the Verrazano Narrows Bridge |
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The Staten Island Ferry PALES in comparison to what we were on... |
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Okay... Starting to wonder if we're going to make it under this thing. |
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...and so are a lot of other people. |
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Can you hear the "Limbo" music playing? |
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WHOOOOOOOOOOOAA!!!!!!!!!!! |
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The underside of the Verrazano Bridge |
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So that's what it looks like from underneath! |
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Many people applauded after we got under the bridge! |
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Inside the ship (er, I mean, "floating hotel") |
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Me and the karaoke hostess, Marcie, doing "The Phantom of the Opera." |
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Gearing up to go out to Boston, MA. |
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Space-age elevator shafts! |
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Faneuil Hall/Quincy Market, Boston. |
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Near the Boston Arts festival |
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Kids painting a mural for the festival |
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Harvard University (you should have heard me, calling everyone there "morons!" LOL) |
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God, she makes me look good! |
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Evette, me, and Leslie (my friend from high school). |
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Our first Carnival towel animal (an elephant) |
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After a hard night of drinking (hey, who said there wouldn't be alcohol involved?) |
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Of course, I WASN'T drinking (yeah, right)... |
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The water slide on the ship... |
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When in doubt, take a picture of something stunning!!!!! |
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That's one honkin-ass huge ship! |
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Notice the lobster at the base of the sculpture... |
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...and Evette wanting to chomp on it. |
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The L.L. Bean outlet (the actual main facility is in Freeport, ME). |
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...Cheeseburger in Portland, if not Paradise... |
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"Cool as a Moose" - what a cool store! |
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Lobsters just want to be your friend. Please don't boil them. |
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The swan (our next towel animal) |
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Flying the canuck flag (we must be pulling into St. John) |
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Does anyone know where I can get some french fries? |
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What a pretty puppy! I think it's a Newfoundland. |
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Evette being blatantly unfaithful... |
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University of New Brunswick ... it ain't no Harvard! |
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Okay... "St. John" and "Jewish" don't mix. What's up here? |
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Busy little (bronzed) beavers. |
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Evette wanted a picture among the dead (the things you learn AFTER the wedding...) |
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She also wanted a picture of me licking... Well, I won't say it. |
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Mrs. Levine wanted to see how wavy her hair got in the sea air. |
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After, perhaps, the WORST pizza either of us ever ingested (Evette swears there was donkey meat on it). |
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You're not seeing things. They had INSTRUCTIONS to CROSS THE STREET tattooed on the corner. |
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A successful bathroom visit! Water works are functional! |
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What'choo talkin' 'bout, Willis? |
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Goofy, but still gorgeous! |
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Some of my favorite moments! |
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Okay, now... That's just public indecency! |
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Is he really...uh, you know...like a moose? |
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I guess so!!!! That's love! |
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What a pair of photographers. We do weddings and bar mitzvahs! |
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Goofing around back in the cabin after St. John |
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Must have been all that sea air (and the donkey meat on the pizza). |
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Quick!!! Someone call a doctor!!!!! |
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Actually, make that a psychiatrist! |
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Oh, Lord!!!!!!!!!! (hey, she married me!) |
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Not feeling so hot, the next day (must have been the donkey meat) |
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My sweetness playing with the B&W on my camera |
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Donkey meat, again. This was a recurring thing after the pizza in St. John |
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Even when she feels awful, she's exquisite! |
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The Pacific Dining Room aboard the Victory. |
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Canuck flag still flying... |
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Not my idea of "doing the wave..." |
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Always have something to anchor to. |
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She always has a leg up on the competition! |
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The "Smart Car." Supposedly coming to the U.S. soon. Look for it. |
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Leaving Halifax. This is where we start to get artsy with the camera. |
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Actually, the "artsy" starts more like here. |
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Photos come out great when you have a fantastic subject. |
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"I love you now, I'll love you forever." |
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Contemplating the buffet. |
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Evette's artsy side comes through. |
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Okay... I can explain this one. I'd rather do it by e-mail. |
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Same story as the other one. |
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The Grand Gala buffet (for show) |
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This is what happens when you give Evette a camera and she doesn't know what to snap at. |
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All hail the 24 hour pizza joint on board! |
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AND the self-serve soft serve!!!! |
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Why do I have to share my baby with a monkey...monkey...aaiiiaaiii... |
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Warm melting chocolate cake -- a winner with Evette! |
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Evette -- a winner with me! |
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Pictures from the Carnival Legends talent show!!! Me with George and Ron |
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The Carnival Legends guest cast |
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I'm officially a legend in my own time! |
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Amandra as Aretha Franklin |
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George S. as Sir Elton John |
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Marcie and Samantha as Sonny and Cher (I almost wet my pants when I saw her come out on her knees) |
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Chantylle as Britney Spears |
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George C. as Garth Brooks |
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The inimitable (tall, thin and black) cruise director, Malcolm, hamming it up as ... DOLLY PARTON! |
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...and me as Frank "Ol' Blue Eyes" Sinatra. |
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