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 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...

By John Toth The Bulletin Cruising during close-to-peak hurricane season does have its disadvantages - like hurricanes. But it also has a...

By John Toth The Bulletin I’m not much of a dancer, nor a willing participant when it comes to going on stage or performing some skill...

By John Toth The Bulletin Departing from the Port of Galveston terminal on Carnival Cruise lines vs. the terminal Royal Caribbean built a...

By John Toth The Bulletin We were ready to take the big plunge - two and a half days of driving each way. We were going to do it last...

By John Toth The Bulletin Happy National Senior Citizens Day to me. What? Yes, I’m still in denial and try to shove this title aside...

They forgot to put an AM bandwidth in my new clock radio By John Toth The Bulletin I excitedly opened the parcel. Inside was a new alarm...

By John Toth The Bulletin “I’m not here to sell you anything,” said the man at my front door. “I have a home office, and I am really...