Emily Ellet

Two words: Puerto Vallarta.  The town was put on the map when Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton filmed the movie The Night of the Iguana there, bringing with them scandals, glamour, and a ton of paparazzi.  These days, it’s a solid resort town, but one that doesn’t appear to have gotten too corporate yet.  It felt like lots of the people vacationing there were, in fact, from Mexico, so it had so much local flavor. Mike was visiting once more (last time before I go home), 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 next day in Ensenada (Mexico) and asked if I would be interested in joining.  Without a clue what that entailed, I immediately said yes, something I notice I’ve become more adept at doing since accepting this contract. Later that evening, one of the dancers asked if I would be willing to share an ATV with her (hurray for splitting the cost!) an

We have finally finished our weeks of short California cruising!  It turns out four-day cruises are much harder than seven-day cruises, since you have fewer days off and you start to lose track of time in general.  (It’s very unsettling for me not to know what day of the week it is.) We are currently en route to Hawaii, a fifteen-day trip that involves four straight days at sea the first week and five straight days at sea the second.  Fortunately, we’ve got plenty to distract

The last time I blogged here at Gingham and Steel, I was an auditioning actor.  I am now a week and a half away from being a working actor.  Yes, it took that long to book a job whose news is worth sharing (that’s a subject for several blog posts, undoubtedly), but here we go, off to a new adventure, a cruise ship, and an unforgettable 2015. So what is this exciting job?  I’ve been hired to be a vocalist for Princess Cruises for seven months!  I’ll be sailing to Alaska, the C