10-Mar-2010
1) STAR STRUCK (The Florida Times-Union)Morning fog blanketed the marshes along Heckscher Drive but you could still see the stars in temporary residence at JaxPort. Hapag-Lloyd's MS Europa, the world's top-rated cruise ship at five-plus stars, had stopped here for half a day on the first leg of a 157-day around-the-world voyage.
2) Although overlooked, music and culture run deep in Panama (Inside Bay Area)PANAMA CITY, Panama PANAMA HAS always been a convenient shortcut for travelers on their way somewhere else. The Spaniards used it to haul treasures from Peru.
3) From naughty politicians to kooky criminals, Florida has produced another bumper crop of crazy. (St. Petersburg Times)Here's a confession: We never thought the Sour Orange Awards would make it past its first appearance. Think about it . . . who would want to read a series of cheap shots about all the stupid, futile events that happen in Florida every year?
4) Cancer woman misses treatment to make a point in 600-mile boat race (Times Online)Michele Colenso's boat was not among the finest of the 80 yachts that charged out of Sydney Harbour yesterday for the 630-mile dash to Hobart....
5) State's repo man calls it quits (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)For 30 years, Kim Zarbinski has been the state's repo man. He has seized houses, cars, business inventories, jewelry, yachts, rights to a cruise, the remnants of an airplane factory and, most recently in Winona, a 40-some-foot Mississippi River work boat. All in the name of taxes and other debts owed to the state. Zarbinski, 59, prides himself as being unlikely looking for a tax collector -- "the ...
6) Advertising notes (Sun-Sentinel)"Only on a yacht. Only on Seabourn" is the tagline of the latest advertising campaign from luxury cruise line, Seabourn. The new campaign was created by Zimmerman Advertising, Fort Lauderdale. The ads will appear in travel consumer and trade publications beginning in January.
7) GOING DOWN THE WRONG ALLEY HERE (New York Post)'GOT NO mansion, got no yacht, still I'm happy with what I've got/ I got the sun in the morning and the moon at night . . . " Irving Berlin informs Christmas for us annually with his marvelous songs. So now, from "Annie Get Your Gun," we'll kick...
8) SOUVENIRS OF THE TRIP: Solitary sunrises, funny coincidences, dreams fulfilled: Readers share transcendent travel ... (Detroit Free Press)Memories are funny things. Big chunks of life can go by, and we don't remember them at all. But certain experiences can engrave themselves into our brains as sharply as a chisel on stone -- their sights, smells, tastes, sounds. They are gifts, these memories. And travel has a way of creating them. Here are some stories, from celebrity weatherman Sonny Eliot's account of a pivotal moment as a ...
9) Local engagements, weddings, anniversaries: Dec. 24 (Naples Daily News)
