Emily Ellet

My biggest concern before coming home was that I would lose the more relaxed approach to life I had discovered on the cruise ship.  I am...

I remember the very first time I visited the city, feeling surprised at how “at home” I felt.  It was certainly overwhelming – I spent my...

I recently read an Ann Friedman interview on the blog “Ways We Work,” which was fantastic, because Ann Friedman is pretty awesome.  But I...

This was the sunrise on the morning that I left the Ruby Princess. Well, after three very long travel days, I am home.  (Long story,...

I am in a Top 5 mood right now.  I couldn’t sleep the other night because I had to capture my top 5 favorite foods of Hawaii.  Even just...

Maybe I’m just a dramatic person who has watched too many movies, but I’ve often found that periods of my life are captured by the music...

As someone who has now performed steadily in a theatre this year, I can say that many of the etiquette rules that get trampled are in...

Two words: Puerto Vallarta.  The town was put on the map when Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton filmed the movie The Night of the...

I’m about to set foot in Hawaii for the last time on this cruise contract, and with that has come the realization that I haven’t yet...

Here’s an unrelated-to-this-blog-post shot of beautiful Hawaii for your New Year’s Eve pleasure. Guess what time it is?  Guess who can’t...

We’re currently pulling out of dry dock in Victoria, British Columbia, where we’ve been docked for ten days.  Several people have asked...

Things that I miss, in no particular order: The crackling, dreamy life of a flame burning in a candle Making myself a bowl of cereal with...

We’re travelling up to dry dock currently, enduring some very choppy waters off the California coast as we make our way towards British...

Last post, I mentioned that I lost my voice the week of our opening for Magic To Do.  As a result, I went on vocal rest for two days in...

Suffice it to say that ship life has been completely different for the past month and a half.  Hence why I haven’t written anything in...

This is me not sleeping right now. I know I owe you all a post about the new show we’re learning, Magic To Do, but the fact is, we’re so...

A couple weeks ago, between shows, the line captain mentioned that she and some of the others were going to try to rent some ATVs the...

We have finally finished our weeks of short California cruising!  It turns out four-day cruises are much harder than seven-day cruises,...

Blue skies, warm beach, and lots of sunshine.  Must be in Santa Barbara, California! We are now officially into our second week of...

Me, responding well to change. You know how they say the only constant is change?  Never have I found that to be more true than on a...