Back in July, my family went on a cruise to celebrate my parents’ 50th Anniversary. I wrote tweets that I did not send during that cruise because it is impossible to get affordable internet access on cruise ships. They sat in a notes folder since I returned home, unsent and waiting for their debut in the light. Then it struck me that I could publish them here, in a list…
Monday, July 1 3pm
You just don’t expect to see an 80+ year old man in a thong on the beach, but I saw him and his equally tan 80 year old wife walking in the surf just now. #stmaarten
Sunday, June 30 11:29
The ship may seem overrun with older folk and small children during the day, but at night, the young folk are everywhere. #caribbean
Sun, June 30, 2013 7:30pm
Waiters made Peter Pan’s boot and a duck out of napkins. Who knew #napkinorigami was so big? #caribbean
Sunday June 30, 2013 5pm
Drank something called “Painkiller” this afternoon. Lots of rum with a splash of milk and nutmeg. I feel no pain. #stcroix
Sunday June 30, 2013. daytime
St. Croix, US Virgin Islands — an awesome place. LIke my home, it is another territory without full representation in American governance. #stcroix #usvi
Saturday, June 29, 2013
San Juan, Puerto Rico. A U.S. territory that, like my home District of Columbia, does not have full representation in American governance. #puertorico #prus
