I worked (too) hard for 26 years teaching college freshmen to write term papers and themes and to interpret literature and appreciate drama as literature. Whew! I've also written ads and news for radio. Thank God, that's behind me, and now, partially retired, I can enjoy life-translate as "travel, theater, cooking, gardening, shopping, and fixing up the house the way I want it."

Friends consider me an expert on budget travel. I laugh at those "experts" who advise us to "do Europe on $70/day." I would have spent less than that my entire six days in Belgium if I hadn't bought all those chocolates! A history buff, I spend the most on entrance fees and tours.

I'd love to be a speech writer for some of the current political candidates. Doesn't everyone want to put words in their mouths?

My passion is ...

travel, especially train travel in Europe

I know too much about ...

politics-and nobody wants to hear it!

My parents always told me ...

"Eat!"-so I do, but I'm still skinny. That's how I rebelled.

My childhood ambition ...

to do a cartwheel without hands-failed!

My favorite memory ...

Paris with David

Why I write ...

because sometimes I can't find anyone to travel with, and writing is my stay-at-home compulsion.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Pride and Prejudice on cassette-sleep with it and know it by heart!

My first job ...

waitress at Angie & Lloyd's Italian/American Restaurant, Wildwood, NJ

My best moment ...

now!

My inspiration ...

anyone who changed history for the better

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Pittsburgh's Festival of Lights Celebrates Their 250th Birthday!

Pittsburgh loves festivals, and right now you can enjoy two: Festival of Lights and Festival of Firsts. For the 2008 Festival of Lights, the city has outdone itself to celebrate its historic founding. Lighting installations, combined with experimental art installations, provide a festive backdrop for a city that already has much to offer tourists.

Yes, both outdoors and indoors (in art galleries and experimental warehouse labs), Pittsburgh is lighted like an artsy birthday cake until November 20. Duquesne Light pre...

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