Tag Archive for travel
Acapulco
This was a fun lunch from my last contract. A group of us shared a cab to see the cliff divers–it’s the thing you do if you’re only in Acapulco for a day–and the driver took us to this cafe beforehand. Luckily, Eva [L] is from Argentina, cause the rest of us didn’t have enough […]
The Alaska Checklist
I really thought I’d find time to post this last week, but Oops. There was lots of stuff to eat, pack, and say goodbye to. Mt. Roberts is in Juneau, riiiiight next to the ship. You can either take a tram partway up, or take the trail up from town (as illustrated above). I really felt […]
Speaking of Imminent Travel…
I know I wasn’t gonna do new journal comics for a week or so, but this one popped into my head yesterday when I was watching “Milk” for the second time. (The first time was on a flight from Rome to Pittsburgh.) I used my friend Kate for the picture because she had an identical […]
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 […]
Oh. Canada.
I’m typing this from the Smart Mouth Cafe in Vancouver, wondering how there’s a cafe THIS cute, THIS close to the ship (in Gastown, a few blocks away), WITH free internet, and it’s not even crowded! Score. Today is embark day, when all the guests (and some of the crew) leave the ship, and their replacements come on. From […]
Coloring Attempt #2
What’s fun to do in the staff bar? Sit in the introvert-corner with a beer, and play with the laptop! I was here until 6am last night. I started off working on my last post, and embarrassingly enough–it looks simple–I couldn’t get the text and photos where I wanted them. By the time I finished trying […]
Frikkin Tourists, and an A-HA moment
This is what we were looking at, if you’re curious: I also got a quick shot of the girls in the comic, using a trick shown me by a well-traveled ship-musician. She had her camera on a neckstrap, and walked around holding it about chest-level. Then she could surreptitiously take touristy shots while seemingly focused […]
Copious Time to Myself
This is the first cartoon I’ve colored on the computer. I’m not sure whether to be proud of this, or mildly embarrassed by the results. I was figuring out Paint.net, the generic Photoshop on my computer, as I went along; plus I don’t have a mouse, so I got a whole lot of this stuff […]
A Big Old FOMO
The staff bar was hopping earlier tonight. The production cast finishes their contract next week, so the replacement singers and dancers are already rehearsing onboard. Altogether, the staff bar contained two casts, half a dozen lounge musicians, some laptops in the introvert-corner, and tables full of waiters and Filipinos. The crowd is trickling out now, […]