I’m just back from appearing as a featured speaker on board the FABULOUS Celebrity Equinox. Eleven amazing nights in the Western Caribbean: Ft. Lauderdale to Grand Cayman, to Cartagena, Colombia, to Panama, to Puerto Limon, Costa Rica, to Roatan, Honduras, to Cozumel, Mexico. Wonderful ports with fascinating excursions. The old city of Cartagena and emeralds by the bucket, howler monkeys and sloths in the Costa Rican rain forest, snorkeling in the turquoise waters off Roatan, and walking the mysterious Mayan ruins of Tulum in Mexico. Our first cruise, and it’s clear we started at the very highest level of the cruise experience. Every single thing onboard Equinox is beautifully designed, beautifully executed, with exquisite style and impeccable service.
I was honored to be part of their enrichment program, and gave a series of five presentations about contemporary White House life, my place in it, White House history, Presidents and First Ladies and how the White House changed them – and how they changed it, entertaining at the White House from George Washington to Barak Obama, and strategies for speaking to an emperor – or the CEO of your company. My first presentation, in the 250-seat auditorium, drew a standing-room-only crowd. My second, about intimate White House history, brought 500 people to the large theater. Many people came to every talk, and some stopped me to say I was “the best speaker they ever heard.”
As you can imagine, I am thrilled by the level of interest shown by the cruise guests, and can hardly wait to board another ship to share these stories again. Cruising rocks!

Speaking about entertaining at the White House

Ultimate White House Insider aboard fabulous Celebrity Cruise