BY JANET STEINBERG “The fundamental things apply, as time goes by.” Casablanca-1942 Clocks make a statement. You can be transported back in time or catapulted into the future just by...
BY: JANET STEINBERG It’s a great, wide, wonderful, world out there. So why not explore it to the fullest? Please allow me to show you some of the best this world of ours has to offer. From A to Z, here is how I viewed the world alphabetically. ALVEAR PALACE,...
BY JANET STEINBERG CAUTION: DO NOT READ THIS (unless you believe in love!) My car’s disc player was serenading me with Placido Domingo singing a medley of Billy Holiday's “Blue Moon” and Johnny Mercer’s “Moon River”. With Valentine’s Day on the horizon, I couldn’t help but feel that Domingo was singing...
BY JANET STEINBERG With the remake of the 1934 mystery film Murder on the Orient Express lighting up the nation’s movie screens for the holiday season, I thought of what a newspaper editor might have said to an 8-year old girl named Virginia if she had written the following...
BY JANET STEINBERG "I want to be the bridge to the next generation” Michael Jordan BRIDGE? What is a bridge? A bridge can be different things to different people. It can be a ship's control room…an understanding between people…the closing of a generation gap…a means of approach…the top of a nose…or even a partial plate of...
BY: JANET STEINBERG I don’t climb mountains, but I do climb stairs! Whether they are marble or wood, winding or straight, steep or shallow, I am determined to see what’s at the top. Climbing stairs can produce a voracious appetite. Come along with me as together we revisit my favorite...
BY: JANET STEINBERG THE THREE SEAS: AEGEAN…MEDITERRANEAN…ADRIATIC… Three majestic, magnificent seas brought me triple delights on my Crystal Serenity cruise from Istanbul, Turkey to Venice, Italy. In addition to sailing me to far away places with strange sounding names (like Kusadasi, Kotor, and Thira), these three seas afforded...