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I don't have time for a huge write-up about ME, ME, ME at the moment, so I'll just bore you with some very inane facts (a.k.a. Tina Trivia).

FAVORITE MOVIES:

Life is Beautiful
Amelie
L.A. Confidential
Snatch
The Thomas Crown Affair

FAVORITE SONGS:

"Boys Don't Cry" by The Cure
"Just Like Heaven" by The Cure
"Big Mouth Strikes Again" by The Smiths
"Blister in the Sun" by the Violent Femmes
"The Ghost in You" by the Psychedelic Furs
"Blood & Roses" by the Smithereens
"Barcarolle" by Offenbach

FAVORITE CD:

"Fans" by Malcolm McLaren

FAVORITE RESTAURANTS:

Alan Wong's in Honolulu
Gary Danko in San Francisco
Commander's Palace in New Orleans

FAVORITE BOOKS:

"The Memoirs of Cleopatra" by Margaret George
"The Mists of Avalon" by Marion Zimmer Bradley
"The Other" by Thomas Tryon
"The Witching Hour" by Anne Rice

VT MEMBERS MET:

gmc
santamonicaboy
Geisha_Girl
sonador3
e_boc
mesoblonda
travelagent4thailand
Yubert
Julie&
zonisem
guell
Johnny_CA
christian.lafont
Agraichen
ChrisKA
rwaksberg
nickyte
Pierre_Rouss
stushu
MiniMaxi
Upward
rmdw
jessicadf
rixie
Little Sam 1
loisl
terps94
joevazquez
alikatt
acugeek
aramas
AlbuqRay
kymbanm
ChuckG
DirtyRudy
arasnosliw
George35
alfredop
emilesc
gillybob
Karnubawax
agnesnow
kalanialoha
trvlrgrl
lilchinadoll1
chbuchie
rezguy
AussieJohnny
dspano
Ubudian
balisunshine
DJStarr
Cruiseone2003
Ewingjr98
Lhenne1
pleasefly
fishstick
MarteRoma
pvittoriano
ohaiyo
trvlrtom
smruti

It's not exactly a big escape, per se, but... I'm off to New Orleans, Austin & a day trip to San Antonio in about 2 1/2 weeks. I haven't been back to New Orleans since December, 2004, & I haven't been back to Austin since the spring of some year in the early 90's (I think). As for San Antonio, it will be my first time. I can't wait to indulge in the food in New Orleans -- jambalaya, gumbo, po' boys, turtle soup, muffelattas, etc. I'm hoping to try fried green tomatoes & spicy meat pies this time around, too.

MEANWHILE BACK AT THE RANCH...

All's quiet on the Western front. No new job, no romance worth mentioning, no new experiences. Waiting for life to begin again.

Bali in April was great, of course. I went to the Taro Elephant Park & Sengiggi took me around, with a little help from her mahout. I saw VT member, BaliSunshine, again. We had brunch at Ku De Ta one beautiful Sunday afternoon, then also had dinner at Chandi (fabulous!) & drinks at Anantara. On my next trip to Bali, which is hopefully coming soon, remind me to always travel alone, though.

VT member loisl was back in town on March 13th. The usual gang met up at Calzones, with a few new (to us) VT members -- ohaiyo, trvlrtom & pvittoriano. After drinks, photo ops & other socializing, most of the crowd took off for The Saloon. It's always great to see loisl again, particularly when he brings me some of those luscious Swiss chocolates! Luckily, he's scheduled to be back in June.

One of Franck's friends took several photos of wedding guests (prior to & the day of) with red "clown" noses on. Here's our best shot!

If you are using this travel website as a "dating" service, please do NOT contact me. I am tired of receiving E-mails from men who have absolutely NO travel info or photos on their pages, no photos of themselves, and no background info of any kind. If your Friends list contains only women (none of whom have added you to their Friends list), it looks very suspect. I AM NOT ON VT TO LOOK FOR A ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP!

Just a little more on Bella Roma. In the middle of my trip, I'd climbed the Spanish Steps en route to find Casa dei Mostri. Roberto was working at a cafe across from Hotel Hassler. Not only did he convince me to have a drink at the cafe, but he filled my table with three bowls of snacks, as well as bruschetta! As I was leaving, he called me his "beautiful flower" & said that he would always give me the best. Of course, I stopped back by on my final day in Rome to have another drink there.

"When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. Then take half the clothes and twice the money."

- Susan Heller, Author