Thursday, February 16, 2012

cruise 2012 (part 1)

My husband and I just got back from a 12 day carribean cruise on Royal Carribeans the Explorer of the seas. Oh what a lovely ship. We left out of Cape Liberty New Jersey. This picture above was copied from a web site.

We had gotten a suite for the first time, and was very happy we did. It had a giant walk in closet.

A very deep tub in the bathroom. The first tub we've ever had in a cabin.

A king size bed, couch and two chairs.

A desk with lots of draws and multiple storage.

This was our first time seeing the Statue of Liberty, and she sure is a pretty lady.

And the New York Skyline...WOW very impressive for sure.


This Bridge was amazing....it was two stories.

Hubby enjoys the buffets on board.


And I love the ship decor.

This was the evening to meet the captain.

The funny things the cabin stewards do with towels. This seal was pretty cool.

And wearing my shades. LOL

We got back to our stateroom one afternoon and found a plate of chocolate covered strawberries and cookies... Oh how perect to sit on our private balcony indulging in chocolate....such a dream.

These photos were pretty much from days 1, 2 and 3. Day  we will be off to Labadee Haiti.
Hugs,
Ellen
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Hedda Hopper


Birth:

May 2, 1890
Death:

Feb. 1, 1966
Actress, Journalist. Despite a 23 year career that encompassed over 120 motion picture appearances and chorus girl roles on Broadway to motion pictures, she is best remembered for her newspaper column and radio show that focused exclusively on Hollywood gossip, a subject she was able to tell more about to her audience due to her Hollywood insider status. Born Elda Furry in Holidaysburg, Pennsylvania, she left school to act on Broadway. In 1913 she married marquee star William DeWolfe, a man who was 32 years her senior. They had one son, and divorced in 1922, but she kept his name for the rest of her life (and changed her name to Hedda on the advice of a numerologist). In 1931 she began “The Hedda Hopper Show”, which initially ran as a 15 minute gossip show mostly devoted to Hollywood marriages and divorces. Enormously popular, it ran until 1951, and on the strength of its popularity she started the “Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood” column in the Los Angeles Times in 1938. She steadily gained a reputation for exposing tidbits about the lives of Hollywood figures, and created a character of herself in her own right, especially in regard to her vast collection of sometimes outrageous hats, and a long standing feud with rival gossip columnist Louella Parsons. With the advent of television’s popularity in the late 1940s and early 1950s, he radio show waned, but she herself became a staple of television programs and game shows, being a frequent panelist on “What’s My Line?’, and appear on shows like “I Love Lucy”, “The Colgate Variety Hour” and “The Beverly Hillbillies”. In 1960 she received the Journalistic Merit award, and published her autobiography “The Whole Truth and Nothing But!”, which recapped her over 20 years or being an Hollywood insider. She died in Los Angeles of double pneumonia in 1966, working right up until her passing. As a Hollywood icon, she created a number of friends and enemies; she gave harsh advice to actress Ida Lupino, which helped her gain recognizable part, but was despised by actress Joan Bennett, who once sent her a skunk. In 1985 a movie about the feud between her and Parsons was released as “Malice in Wonderland”, which Jane Alexander as Hedda Hopper and Elizabeth Taylor as Louella Parsons