3 ESSENTIAL ITEMS YOU’LL WANT TO PACK Cruising has become one of the most popular ways to travel the world. And, as you know if you’re a regular around here, it’s definitely my favorite way to travel. My husband Brad and I have been cruising together since we were married, 27 years ago. In fact, […]
Greetings and thank you so much for stopping in today for Sunday’s With Celia Vol 83. I’m delighted you’re here. Looking Back On Sunday… I hope you were able to catch my recent blog post, How To Pack Your Suitcase Like A Pro, which was a collaboration with 6 other well-traveled fellow bloggers. If you […]
TOP 10 PLACES TO VISIT ON AN ALASKA CRUISE The following post is in partnership with Celebrity Cruises. Greetings and thanks for stopping in! I’m coming to you today after having just returned from a short trip to Lake Tahoe where we visited 2 sets of friends. It was what we called our “decompression recovery […]
Greetings! It was earlier this summer that Brad & I took a trip to Europe that included a wonderful voyage down the Danube River. I have been meaning to share this trip with you for sometime, which began with our visit to beautiful Budapest that I blogged about here. So, at long last, today I […]
Hello there! Thanks for stopping in! Today we’ll tour the Star Princess Penthouse Suite C749. It’s the suite Brad and I occupied on our recent Princess Cruises voyage from Los Angeles to Vancouver, BC, Canada. In celebration of my dear old dad’s 90th birthday, 8 of us took this short-but-sweet 4 day cruise up the […]
Hello and thanks for stopping in today. Just before Christmas Brad & I, along with our 19 year-old son, Austin, took our 2nd cruise onboard Oceania Cruise line’s ship, The Riviera. We had truly enjoyed sailing on The Riviera on her maiden voyage in Europe back in 2012. For that cruise (which we also enjoyed […]
I can truly say without exaggeration that my floatplane excursion over 5 Alaskan glaciers to Taku Glacier Lodge near Juneau, Alaska was one of the most thrilling experiences of my life. My travel agent, Laurel Leidner, had told me when I booked our Celebrity Cruise to Alaska that if I did nothing else while on […]
Our early morning wakeup call came at 5:00 am. The night before the captain of Celebrity Solstice had made it clear to all of the passengers onboard our 7 day cruise to Alaska that although the hour of arrival would be early, we would not want to miss the stunning scenery of Endicott Arm Fjord […]
After Orange County is a publication dedicated to living life in the slow lane. I escaped The OC for life at a higher elevation. Leaving suburbia behind, I now live in the beautiful mountain resort of Lake Arrowhead. Join me at 5,000 feet above and beyond as I cook, garden, renovate, entertain, travel and live life After Orange County.
