What Singles Should Know About Taking a CruiseWritten by Susan Dunn, The EQ Coach
Singles are underrepresented on cruises, but unless meeting someone is sole purpose of your vacation, a cruise can be your best choice if you keep these things in mind.The Carnival line is only cruiseline that offers a "singles" rate. The others offer you, but you have to take a stranger for a roomy, or pay double. (Did I miss something? Is that a singles rate?) Some of cruise lines (Radisson, Costa, Cunard) offer gentleman dance hosts. If you're a single male, you travel for pennies and it's your "job" to meet and dance with single women on ship, 8 pm to 1 am nightly. If you're female, there are 4-5 men aboard, proficient in waltz, rumba, jitterbug, cha cha, polka, and congenial conversation who are "on call" every night to dance with you. Choose a large table for dining. It will water down effect of any uncongenial dining companions. Ask to change tables if you need to. If you like day activities, take late seating. If you're hot for night-life, take early seating. Shore excursions booked through ship are safe and scheduled, but cost more. Most ports have cabbies lined up waiting to take you to same places for less. (We got a 3-hour tour of St. Maarten for $10 pp instead of $50pp.) However, think twice before you hop into a cab alone. Try and hook up with fellow passengers, even dance hosts. If you can avoid gambling and liquor, a cruise can be very affordable. Cruise lines make their money off gambling and liquor. That's why they can feed you fabulous food 24 hours a day at those low last-minute rates. Sail from a port that doesn't require airfare, and you can live in luxury for around $80 a day. You couldn't stay in a hotel and eat steak and lobster for that. Cruises have been proven to be good for our health. For instance, don't you think at least 25% of our daily stress comes from car hassles? On a ship there's no parking problems, traffic jams, or road rage to interfere with your relaxation.
| | Ways to Celebrate Black History MonthWritten by Susan Dunn, The EQ Coach
Here are some sites and resources for celebrating important history and contributions of Blacks.1. Check out some videos on Black history, such as "The Black West" or "Abubakari: The Explorer King of Mali". These are recipients of Gold Apple from National Educational Media Association, Telly Award. http://www.blackhistory.com/cgi-bin/st_prod.html?p_prodid=1&sid=3pe3@C01DJcq0@p-30103109 227.e3 Including comprehensive support materials, 16 reproducible cross- curriculum activities and activity guides. 2. Get some celebrate diversity life savers and other multicultural celebration aids such as education posters, tshirts and videos: http: //www.guidancechannel.com/marketplace/default.asp?fn=pID&catID=7&pID=400 3. Multigenerational celebrating with songs, books. http://www.euronet.nl/users/jubo/february.html 4. Take Black past quiz: http://www.familyeducation.com/quiz/0,1399,1-4888,00.html?relinks 5.The African-American Mosaic, A Library of Congress Resource Guide for study of Black history & culture, including ex-slave narratives: http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html
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