Podcasts about hornblower cruises

Hornblower Cruises and Events Regional Vice President Dan Russell joins Lauren to talk about all the awesome cruises on the Chicago River for St. Patricks Day.

Matt and Brennon discuss the new gastro-publication, Flavor. It's the only dedicated food magazine in the Los Angeles area, produced by the team at the Santa Monica Daily Press. Brennon and Matt talk about Hamburgers, Hornblower Dinner cruises, cocktails and new restaurant openings. Jenny give the inside scoop on great places to go to celebrate the holidays, how to get a fast pass to take a photo with Santa, and some of her local favorites for shopping. 

Welcome to a very special episode of the Happy Half Hour! This week, we are sailing through San Diego Bay on the High Spirits, a vintage ship belonging to Hornblower Cruises and Events. We’re chatting with the marketing manager, director of food and beverage, national sales manager, executive chef, and the captain who make the Hornblower cruises sail so smoothly. Hornblower offers several different dining cruises which include brunch, cocktails, dinner and holiday cruises, whale watching tours (resuming on December 14), and private events like weddings, and corporate and school events. There are seven different Hornblower ships in San Diego, with the biggest one hosting up to 1,200 people. Sophie Shrader, marketing manager and fan of the Happy Half Hour podcast, tells us Hornblower Cruises and Events is hosting a Thanksgiving brunch and dinner, as well as a Christmas Eve and Christmas Day brunch and dinner complete with carolers and Santa. If she’s not eating a delicious holiday dinner on the Hornblower, Sophie says she likes to indulge in the cheese wheel pasta at Monello in Little Italy. Next up is Chris Schlerf, director of food and beverage—and previously Troy’s boss when Troy worked for Hornblower back in the day. Chris has been with the company for 32 years, and focuses on gathering local and seasonal ingredients in addition to providing free-flowing Champagne during their brunch cruises with bottomless mimosas. His famous grandmother’s bread pudding, which is still on the menu today, started in 1987 when Chris was working in the Bay Area and made the pudding out of day-old Danish pastries. While waiting for our entrees to arrive, we talk to Mandy Brown, national sales manager, who takes care of business not only here in San Diego, but in the many other ports the company has on both the East and West Coast (they have more than 100 vessels). Mandy says when she’s not eating on the boat, she goes to Pete’s Seafood and Sandwich to get the mozzarella sticks filled with either mozzarella or pepper jack cheese. While digging into our main courses, we chat with Dave Mango, executive chef for Hornblower. He had his start in Boston and loves to be creative with his cooking, even in the small, cramped cooking quarters. For example, he recreated the 10-course, final meal served on the Titanic for a special themed cruise. In addition to cooking on the Hornblower, Dave is the executive chef at Union Kitchen & Tap downtown, which serves what he calls the best chilaquiles north of TJ. Captain Jose Gurganus is the last guest of the night, and he just celebrated his 25th anniversary with Hornblower Cruise and Events! The captain says when he’s not saving struggling jet skiers or partaking in dinner on the boat, he likes to go to Leroy's on Coronado with his wife and order the deviled eggs. Visit hornblower.com to schedule your next dining, whale watching, or special event cruise aboard one of the many Hornblower ships.

In his 34th episode, Allen talks about his first experience on a Hornblower Cruise, the Warriors in the NBA finals, how he thinks College Baseball should change, and his newest segment of "Please Stop".

In episode 20 of the California Now Podcast, we set off to sea with Patti Schick of Hornblower Cruises as she discusses whale watching with host Soterios Johnson.  Schick shares what to expect when embarking on a whale watch and her favorite ocean life experience of all time.Next up, Erin Ballinger of BringFido.com shares her quick tips for making the most of traveling with your pup. Then we head to Calaveras County, which may not be the best-known wine region in California, but its roots run deep. In fact, it was the state’s largest producer of wine from 1890 to 1900. Johnson discusses the region’s winemaking traditions with Stephen Kautz, President of Ironstone Vineyards. Kautz, a true insider, explains why the area in and around Murphys creates some of the country’s best grape-growing conditions. Kautz takes us on a virtual tour of Ironstone’s operation as well as some of his favorite places to visit in Gold Country.

After last week’s intense fantasy restaurant draft, we’re back and aboard Hornblower Cruises for this week’s episode. Erin Chambers Smith and Troy Johnson along with producer Archana Ram are talking restaurant openings, like Tocaya Organica in the Gaslamp, The Patio 101’s new Encinitas location, and Ramen Menma in Oceanside. Our guest is Peter Halmay, a 77-year-old fisherman with nearly 50 years of diving experience and the man responsible for bringing sea urchins to culinary fame. He walks us through a day in his life, shares which local restaurants are using his catch, and tells us about what it’s like to now work alongside his son. And don’t forget to vote in our 100th episode fantasy restaurant draft! You have until June 10, and we’ll be announcing the winner on the next episode.

Happy 100th episode! We’re toasting to our milestone episode aboard Hornblower Cruises’s Sights & Sips Cocktail Cruise, but before we get to our draft (more on that below), we open with restaurant news. The team behind Campfire is opening a modern French bistro in Carlsbad, You & Yours Distilling Co. is expanding their East Village space and has announced a new product, and our food critic Troy Johnson gives us the scoop on El Jardín, chef Claudette Zepeda-Wilkins’s new Mexican restaurant in Liberty Station. In lieu of a special guest, we’re playing a fun, foodie take on fantasy sports. We asked ourselves, if we could eat at only seven restaurants for the rest of the year, which would we choose? Each of us—Erin, Troy, Archana, and David—prepared a list of our favorite restaurants—everything from fine dining and tacos to breakfast spots and oceanview eateries. And things got competitive. Now that we’ve made our picks, we want you to crown a winner. Check out the picks below—intentionally listed without the drafters’ name!—and tell us which restaurant roster deserves gold. A huge thank you to our listeners and supporters, as well as those of you who joined us aboard the Hornblower—we couldn’t have made it to 100 without you. Looking forward to 100 more! You can vote here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2SXLVBF Team 1 1.1 Buona Forchetta 2.4 Little Lion 3.1 The Crack Shack 4.4 Lucha Libre 5.1 Cucina Urbana 6.4 Campfire 7.1 Mama’s Bakery Team 2 1.2 Cantina Mayahuel 2.3 Panama 66 3.2 Jaynes Gastropub 4.3 Hane Sushi 5.2 Old Venice 6.3 Cowboy Star 7.2 Caroline’s Seaside Café Team 3 1.3 Grand Ole BBQ y Asado 2.2 Isabel’s Cantina 3.3 Trust 4.2 Café Chloe (selected before news of their closing was announced) 5.3 Amplified Ale Works 6.2 Addison 7.3 Beerfish Team 4 1.4 George’s at the Cove 2.1 Las Cuatro Milpas 3.4 Sab-e-Lee 4.1 Wrench & Rodent Seabasstropub 5.4 Born & Raised 6.1 Urban Solace 7.4 Rocky’s Crown Pub

Who are the men and women that make up the Port of San Diego's Working Waterfront? Meet seven people, among thousands, who help keep the maritime industry alive and thriving.Overall, the Port's maritime businesses generate about $600 million annually in economic impact to the San Diego region.Learn more: http://j.mp/bqUDcZ

An eye-catching, one-of-a-kind vessel is making waves in San Diego Bay. The first-ever hybrid ferry in the United States, designed and operated by Port of San Diego tenant Hornblower Cruises and Events, is visiting Southern California, part of a West Coast tour from her home port of San Francisco.The hybrid is powered by multiple alternative energy sources, including wind, solar, batteries and diesel.Read more...

A new harbor cruise is making waves on San Diego Bay. Hornblower Cruises and Events, in partnership with the Port of San Diego, has added an eco-friendly twist to their daily tours. The one-hour tour, offered eight times a day, highlights environmental projects of Hornblower Cruises & Events, the Port of San Diego and the San Diego Port Tenants Association. (Read the Entire News Release)

Pet owners and lovers came out in droves to particpate in the 9th Annual Pet Rescue Day on the Big Bay, May 14, 2009. Port of San Diego tenant Hornblower Cruises and Events hosted the event which benefits Helen Woodward Animal Center. With the donation of a gently used blanket or towel, pet owners and their dogs cruised for free on a one-hour harbor cruise. Thousands of blankets were donated, as well as cash, pet food and toys.

The Newport Hornblower is cruising the waters of Southern California with an experimental paint job on its hull. Port of San Diego tenant Hornblower Cruises and Events volunteered to test 10 eco-friendly paints as part of an EPA funded study to find safer alternatives for the commonly used copper-based hull paints.Read more: http://bit.ly/Ab035

Waterfront union workers will mark Martin Luther King's birthday Sunday, January 14th, with a special demonstration starting at Hornblower headquarters, Pier 3, at 11am and marching to the Alcatraz ferry at Pier 33. The ten year "exclusive and lucrative Alcatraz ferry contract" was awarded Hornblower Cruises by the Bush Administration last fall and workers have been protesting ever since as Terry MacRae, Hornblower boss, "refuses to hire qualified, trained, professional Inland Boatmen's Union (IBU) and Masters, Mates, and Pilots association (MM&P) workers who have performed this work safely since 1973." For the VERY latest visit: www.alcatrazunion.com.