STILL SEVERAL PENTHOUSE BALCONY SUITES AVAILABLE

National Review cruise to Bermuda. Seven grand for the "Penthouse Balcony Suite," single occupancy; bring a guest and get a thousand bucks off. What a bargain! (I gather that the cruise line is using the untrademarked version of "Penthouse," mind you -- just so you loyal Marstonalia readers are well informed!) Unfortunately, the master suites at ten thousand bucks a pop are sold out, so you'll have to make do with, ahem, the lesser accomodations. But even if you're sailing near the cargo hold at three thousand bucks for the week, you still get to hang out, smoke cigars and talk "evil" with Richard Perle and Bill Buckley, among others.

Ah, how wonderful to be living in the second Gilded Age.