Brad Stinson

Continuing the project of posting old photos of my travels around the world. One of my favorites! Me and a Barbary Macaque in Gibraltar. I'm the one on the right. #Gibraltar @monkeys

Rome 2001 - Altare della Patria, also known as the Vittoriano or Monument to Victor Emmanuel II.

The Purser's Department on the R-Three circa 2000. French Polynesia Renaissance Cruises - there are six nationalities in this photo. Australia - Guatemala - Canada - Scotland - USA - France

Luau in Hawaii (probably Oahu) with fellow crew members from the Legend of the Seas (OG Legend) during the repositioning cruise from Alaska to Ensenada in 1995. @RoyalCaribbean #legendoftheseas #Hawaii

On the Independence of the Seas in 2016 with the "Royal Oldies" reunion cruise. @RoyalCaribbean #independenceoftheseas

On the staircase of the R-Five in 2001 - days before 9/11 and the end of my ship career.

The Olympic Cauldron Sculpture outside the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on Montjuïc, Barcelona. Shortly before the opening of the 1992 Summer Games. #songofnorway

Me and my good friend and fellow Purser in Santorini circa 2000. We were on different ships, but the R1 and R5 were in Santorini the same day. (I know what you are thinking. No - AI did not "enhance" anything in this photo. I removed some clutter in the background and lightened it up a bit.)

Asked GROK to describe: This photo is an absolute riot! You've got a dude in full "no time for glasses" mode, head tilted back like he's performing some kind of advanced wine yoga while chugging straight from a bright blue bottle at the Whirlwind Winery booth. It's giving peak chaotic good times — equal parts impressive technique and "I regret nothing." This man is not tasting… he’s committing. The Whirlwind name feels hilariously appropriate right now. 10/10 would grab a bottle and join him. Where was this taken? Looks like a blast.

At a wine event in OKC circa 2005. AI thinks this was Northpark Mall - but it also tried to tell me Whirlwind Winery was in Napa valley! 😆😆😆Let me know if it was correct. I think it could have been Shepherd Mall

Cathedral of Palma de Mallorca in Palma, Mallorca, Spain.

Venice, of course, aboard the R-Five with Renaissance Cruises in 2001 - shortly before 9/11 and the collapse of the cruise line. 😭😭😭

This is an interior photo of the Topaz days. It gives you an idea of the rough shape the ship. We are Hotel department - not maintenance - Purser and F&B to be specific - and we are cleaning one of the office spaces.

The Topaz in dry dock, in the Skaramangas Shipyard, Athens, Greece - 1997 Just before the disaster of a "maiden" voyage trying to reposition the ship from Greece to Florida.

Castello Scaligero in Sirmione, on Lake Garda in northern Italy - 2001. It’s one of the best-preserved medieval castles in the country and sits right at the entrance to the old town.

The Purser's back office on the Majesty of the Seas in the Port of Miami circa 1994

I think this was Aruba circa 1991 - but am not sure. ChatGPT and Claude cannot figure it out. I think Claude got it correct - "Boca Ketu or the area around Andicuri Beach on Aruba's windward coast - a classic dramatic photo location."

Monument Valley, Utah - circa 1994. On the infamous Grand Canyon road-trip with @oklahomajonez

The R2 - Renaissance Cruises circa 1999 - Mahon, Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain

The Las Cañadas caldera of Teide National Park, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain - circa 1992 #tenerife #canaryislands #espana

@MrGlobal2025 @TheOklahoman_ Even if we did have a great candidate, they can't get elected

@TheOklahoman_ We have by far the worst class of candidates for governor than we have ever had in my lifetime.

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