Early September and a cold rain is pelting the dying petunias in the yard; water is backing up on the brick patio I used maybe twice this whole year. Soon I'll be ankle-deep in dead leaves and up to my neck in deadlines. Where did the summer go?
I don't know about your family, but we're still figuring out what to do on our Christmas vacation. It's frightfully late, you know. Gone are the good deals, the bargain fares and the special sales. All that is left are the full-coach tickets and the "peak" mileage awards.
Yarn Expo III by Alaska State Yarn Council is 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday at the Hotel Captain Cook, 939 W. Fifth Ave. Shop more than 40 fiber vendors, yarn and fiber information, color forecast, health tips for needle workers and more. Fashion show of knitted, crocheted and felted garments.
Book a three-day cruise out of Miami on Carnival Cruise Line's Fascination in July and it'll cost you $379. Take the same cruise in autumn and the price drops to as low as $229. A 12-day July cruise in the Mediterranean on a Princess Cruises ship will set you back $2,440, but in September the same cruise runs $2,190.
We hear about those fancy cabins: the suites, the private balconies, the ocean views. Our fellow cruise passengers always seem to have better staterooms than we do, at least when we compare notes in the dining room.
CRUISES to the Mexican Riviera — popular for their cheap prices and exotic ports of call — will disappear from the Port of San Francisco next year as cruise lines look for more profitable
