In 2018, Australia’s Blue Star Line created a lot of headlines with its Titanic II news. Apparently, there was a $500 million financial dispute that had held up construction on the exact replica of the ill-fated ship. However, in 2018 that had been resolved and construction was once again underway.Continue Reading
Funny how one thing leads to another, isn’t it? While I was writing about the lore of nutcrackers, I learned about Steinbach Nutcrackers. They sort of “revolutionized” nutcrackers, if you will, by turning them into not only artistic keepsakes, but in some cases very valuable collectibles. I couldn’t help butContinue Reading
Where possible, I subscribe to notification emails for paracons and paranormal events so I can be sure to add them to our Paracons & Horror Fests page. One of the company’s whose emails I subscribe to is Ghost Hunt Weekends. They recently sent a notice out about a one-of-a-kind/first-of-its-kind “Titanic”Continue Reading
Halifax, Nova Scotia was one of our ports when we took our Canada/New England cruise. I was stoked because I had Nova Scotia on my bucket list. (This was before I understood Nova Scotia was one of Canada’s provinces, not a city. That’s one thing our jaunts to Canada haveContinue Reading
Ninety-nine years ago yesterday Titanic struck an iceberg just before midnight on April 14, 1912. When it sank a short time later, at 2:20 a.m. on April 15, 1912, it claimed the lives of over 1,500 people. Last September we took a 10-day Canada/New England cruise. We started in New York and ended in QuebecContinue Reading
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