We ventured into storms twice and made the best of it. But sometimes, things can get serious By John Toth The Bulletin One of the...

By John Toth The Bulletin I’ve learned many decades ago that when it comes to selling to visitors or tourists, Mexico is in a world of...

By John Toth The Bulletin The ending of a cruise is always sad. The world of total vacation is replaced by reality. It is driven home...

By John Toth The Bulletin The guide was asking whether I wanted to snorkel. I told him that I hadn’t decided yet. He said take your time....

By John Toth The Bulletin I have recently completed my fourth cruise. Each one was different and a lot of fun, and each one was easier...

By John Toth The Bulletin One of the many things I like about cruising is that there is always someone with whom to strike up interesting...

By John Toth The Bulletin In fifth grade, when my classmates exchanged Valentine’s cards, I had no idea that it was a tradition here. I...

By John Toth The Bulletin I grew up in the 1960s and ‘70s and belong to several nostalgic Facebook groups that aggrandize those decades....

By John Toth The Bulletin I couldn’t remember the last time I used The Bulletin’s fax number. It was time to put it to rest. When we...

By John Toth The Bulletin As we enter the coldest period along the Texas Gulf Coast, the time has come again to plan our “escape from...

By John Toth The Bulletin I had this crazy idea of repiping our house in the middle of the holiday season. Why not? It should be done by...

By John Toth The Bulletin With the holidays approaching, in the middle of shopping season and weird press-run deadlines, I decided to...

By John Toth The Bulletin Christmas Eve always has a special meaning to me. As a child in Hungary, we opened all our presents on...

By John Toth The Bulletin The day had come, and I wasn’t looking forward to it - my annual physical exam was scheduled for the morning. I...

By John Toth The Bulletin Cassette tape recorders were still a few years away; the Internet was unheard of; and telephones plugged into...

By John Toth The Bulletin The last day of our cruise is always bittersweet. We drown ourselves in entertainment and try not to think...

By John Toth The Bulletin During a recent tour of the new Brazoria County Administrative Building, I stuck my head in the new coffee shop...

By John Toth The Bulletin I had been to Mayan ruins twice before our last cruise, once when we docked in Cozumel and again in Costa Maya,...

By John Toth The Bulletin When I worked my way through high school and college, one of the jobs I had was at a summer camp in New...

By John Toth The Bulletin I pride myself for putting in place safety nets when vacationing, but there comes a time when things just go...