uploaded some of my Alaskan trip photos

Loved your Seattle and Space Needle photos! Really cool and you can see so much! Those Cheesecake Factory cheesecakes look yummy and TO- DIE-FOR! Did you get any? Just out of curiosity...how much were those things? All of Dee's samples look so great and wow..so colorful! You surely do get a lot of great pictures..I like the way you took some of the scenery so that you can put them together like a panoramic view! Thanks for sharing those..I am looking forward to seeing more and did you see many Glaciers ?

I have always wanted to go on an Alaskan Cruise..that is one DH would like to go on too.

Linda

We met up with the scrapbooking cruise cirectors from our last 2 scrapbooking cruises. Him, his wife and their son joined us at the downtown center. That is the pictures where I said Darrell was waiting. We were about

1 hour early so I took pictures and we shopped in the mini mall there. Dixie and her son arrived first and we walked 3-4 blocks to the cheesecake factory. We had to wait about 30 minutes to get in. So we observed traffic, landmarks, several gay couples(ugh!), and street corner musicians in our wait. We then went in and the menu was so big we each got something different and shared with each other. I had a wonderful time with them. Carl her hubby arrived just as we got seated. We had no room for the cheesecake so we brought a piece of raspberry truffle and a piece of turtle supreme back to the hotel room with us. we ate them for breakfast(better then what the hotel had available!). I believe they were about $7 avg a slice.

I auctually bought a few of her sample boards she had on sale and I got her to autograph them. I did get to see her saturday the 4th in Albuquerque too.

I don't have a panoramic camera so ,yes i do take alot of pics so I can piece them together. Like I mentioned I have 3 out of 4 folders uploaded at the moment. About 100 pics per folder.

Will be uploading several more today. Yes, I have tons of pics of the glaciers and even the professional ones the ships crew took. About 10 of them. I had my digital camera, a 800 speed disposible zoom camera(never get again), and 3 1000 speed outdoor disposible cameras. Walgreens messed up my developing. I had to have them redo 2 out of 4 becasue they were grainy for being 800 speed. I have never had problems with a disp. camera but these were the first or the young guy didn't know what he was doing (too much earrings and pink fingernail polish jolted his brain!)

cowchipper

We do the exact same thing with the Cheesecake Factory... eat our cheesecake for breakfast. Like you said we're just too full the night of... and yet we can't in good conscience leave without cheesecake!

I just love Dee's recipe cards. I'm going to have to look for some of those stamps.

The carved fruit was incredible. I can sure see why you'd take pictures of it.

I took a class with Mrs. Grossman's company years ago and Dee Gruening was a surprise demonstrator. She was SO bubbly and fun. I really enjoyed meeting her.

Great pictures April!

Lynne

Love looking at your cruise pictures. Wonder how long it takes them to make some of the food displays. they are so beautiful. Sandy