I’m here to share with you everything I’ve learned about cruising from Seattle, which is quite a lot – I’ve sailed dozens of times from both Seattle cruise terminals on every non-luxury line and have helped numerous friends and family members plan cruises from and pre/post cruise vacations to Seattle. So, having traded in my tweed sport coat with elbow patches for a new uniform:

And the rest they say is…a subpar blog about my life as a Professor of Cruising. (I mean, I guess it wasn’t totally wasted, I love me some college cafeteria food.) So in 2016 I quit my job, sold my Pittsburgh house and nearly all my belongings, and moved to Seattle – to a downtown apartment with a view of and within walking distance to the two Seattle cruise piers. and another 10 years working as a college professor before realizing my true passion: cruising. Cruise and why is she Qualified to write a Guide about Cruising from Seattle?įor the past six years I’ve been answering that annoying icebreaker question, “tell us something unusual about yourself,” like this: I once wasted 9 years earning a bachelor’s degree and a Ph.D. Cruise and why is she qualified to write a guide about cruising from Seattle?” Let’s try that again: Who is Prof. In retrospect, I should have headlined this section, “Who is Prof. What I meant to do here was offer a brief introduction to myself for those new to and offer some insight into why I wrote this guide. And does anything else about you even matter? Besides, it’s obvious you’re a cruise lover or you wouldn’t be here. Uncross your legs, remove your thumbs from third eye center, and open your eyes – that wasn’t a question I expected you to answer! I’m here to help with your cruise from Seattle, not launch you into an existential crisis.

Seattle cruise ship port map