Stuffed Suitcase

Disneyland has been the center of most of our Southern California vacations over the years. My daughter Mia and I have spent more days there than I could count, between early family vacations and then as part of her food allergy treatment program side visits. But we’ve also traveled to the region often enough that when Destination Irvine invited me down to check out a robotic...

The gangway had barely lifted before the pool deck turned into a party. People were doing the electric slide and glasses of sparkling wine were making their way through the crowd, and half the ship was definitely on vacay mode before Seattle had properly started to shrink behind us. My friend Marcie and I stood at the edge of it, watching the skyline go. Months of planning we...