Last year, I took a cruise to Alaska. When I travel, I try to dress as comfortably as possible. After all, I wear tie to work every day, so why would I want to dress up while on vacation? I ignored the advice of everyone I know, who told me to be sure to take at least one nice set of dress clothes, and packed nothing but jeans and t-shirts. I even called the cruise line, Norwegian, and asked if there was anywhere I couldn't go dressed in jeans and a t-shirt. "No, you're fine," said the Norwegian who answered the phone. "We are the Free-Style cruise!"
Well, day three out on the ocean, and I am invited to dine at the captain's table. Remembering the advice of the Norwegian on the phone, I came dressed in my regular attire (This night, it was a Conneaut Lake Park t-shirt, jeans, and white sneakers). As you can tell from the photo below, I kinda stood out. In fact, half way through the meal, one of the ladies asked me if I needed to get back down into the engine room and stoke the boilers. Lesson learned.
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