April 6, 2007

All at sea

Cornichon is taking time off from the boulevards in favor of a Holland America cruise aboard the ms Zaandam. A wine cruise, to be sure. Wines of Washington, in fact: Chateau Ste. Michelle, Hedges, Gordon, l'Ecole No. 41 all ably represented.

First time aboard a cruise ship! It's a floating village: 1,400 guests, 600 crew. Two city blocks long, 10 decks, 18 elevators, restaurants, cafés, bars, pools, meeting rooms, casino (poker, blackjack, slots), shops, theater, tennis court, gym, spa, more bars.

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Above: Zaandam sommelier Fernando Bacsa presents CMS White, Chateau Ste. Michelle culinary director John Sarich. Below: Crab timbale at dinner, crab with avocado at culinary demo. Coincidence, coincidence!

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Before all else, lifeboat drill. Might seem like waste of time, but this morning's news brings word of a Greek cruise ship sinking (sinking!!) in the Mediterranean and an unfortunate "incident" involving another cruise ship out of Florida. Gulp and double gulp! Well, gotta go: still some bars to discover on this seagoing boulevard.

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Queasy at the prospect of abandoning ship.

Posted by Ronald Holden at April 6, 2007 12:20 PM

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