: About Me

My passion is ...

Reading and Traveling

I know too much about ...

Traveling and uncovering off the beaten track places to visit.

My parents always told me ...

When are you going to get your head out of the clouds?

My childhood ambition ...

To have enought money to live comfortably and travel.

My favorite memory ...

Getting married at The First Church of Elvis in Las Vegas.

Why I write ...

Mostly to share what I have read, share my travel adventures, and to show people things that they might not be able to see in their lifetime.

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

I am reading The DK Eyewitness Guide to Rome and Venice. I can't decide where to go next.

My first job ...

McDonald's

My best moment ...

Meeting my husband.

My inspiration ...

My inspiration is my husband, children and all my fellow travelers and armchair travelers who read my travel journals and tell me how much they have enjoyed reading about my adventures.

Religion & Spirituality > Ghosts & Paranormal Phenomena Madame LaLaurie's house

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My Husband and I visited New Orleans before Hurrican Katrina hit and did a few of the haunted walking tours of the city and enjoyed them very much. The Lalaurie House or as most locals like to call it "the haunted house". Now here's why residents of the French Quarter still hurry past this otherwise beautiful building. When Madame Dolphin McCarty de Lopez Blanquette wed Dr. Louis Allure, it was her third marriage - she'd already been widowed twice. In 1832 the Lalauries moved into this residence and soon impressed the neighbors with their extravagant parties. At these parties guest could n...

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