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I Like Sight Reading…
Sometimes I picture sight-reading as one of those carnival games. Speaking of music, we had the most amazing moment in the guest disco. Our horn section plays with the party band on Latin night, and last cruise, a really drunk guest was practically leaning over our music stands, filming the band and singing the lyrics […]
Guests, we value your feedback…NOT!
True story. I just finished it today, in the SmartMouth Cafe; I’ll upload a better copy when I get back to my scanner. [Done!] Off the subject, here is a view of Vancouver from my porthole:
Lunch with Musician-Dudes (an excellent pastime)
This is a quick sketch I did today in Ketchikan, Alaska. (Kasa had an…unprecedented reaction to being drawn.) Don, to his right, is leaving in two days, so the four of us went on a wildlife tour, then ate lunch at the New York Hotel. (I wholeheartedly recommend their coffee, and their salmon panini with lemon, capers, red […]
No Judging…
“No Judging” refers to the probability that most readers will wonder why I’d spend time in front of a sketchbook to complain that the MAN who comes in to CLEAN my ROOM is taking his time. It’s hard to explain. Our living quarters are set up kind of like a hotel. There’s a room steward […]
I really might miss the ship today
It’s another embark day, but this time we’re in Seward, Alaska. I was prepared to resent Seward for not being Vancouver, our other home port. Plus, after three weeks in Alaska, I thought I was over the ex-gold-rush towns with a few blocks of bars, new age gift shops, and Alaska t-shirts. But on the 2-mile walk into town, the […]
Alaska Pictures
There’s a comedian onstage tonight, so the band is celebrating a day off in Juneau. The guys are drinking at The Viking, watching “the game,” and I’m breakfasting at the Silverbow Bakery. It’s impossible to get away from the ship in a small port like this: I counted five ship people and six “real people” when I […]
Re-living Dorm Life
This is one of the side effects of living in a thin-walled hallway populated by all of your coworkers.