Post #1

My first blog post – what the hell should I write here? Well, I guess I ought to introduce myself

I …
am a 29 year old woman living in the DC area.

have a B.A. from Dickinson College and an M.A. from Georgetown University.

am happily married.

have a house and two cats.

love to travel, read, hike, and cook.

My favorite …

foods are good Italian (none of that Olive Garden crap), Thai, and Indian.

movies are Gone with the Wind, The Best Years of our Lives, The Philadelphia Story, Roman Holiday, Kill Bill Vol. 1, and Garden State.
books are The Sun also Rises, Siddhartha, The Brothers Karamazov, Gone with the Wind, The Lord of the Rings, and Brave New World.

places are Florence, Italy; London, England; St. John, USVI; New York City; and Venice, Italy.

music is Bizet’s Carmen, Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Smashing Pumpkins, Alice in Chains, Beethoven’s Symphonies, Tchaikovsky’s Marche Slave, early No Doubt, Simon and Garfunkel, early Alanis Morrissette and Madonna, and Vivaldi’s Four Seasons.

color is tropical ocean blue, flower is a stargazer lily, and gemstone is amethyst,

I think that’s enough for a start. Welcome to my world.