All About Me
(also known as an odyssey
in hairstyle and color)

What can I say about me?

The first thing would be, contrary to what you see on the following pages, I hate to have my picture taken.

The second thing is that I love to travel. Sometimes I travel with friends and sometimes I make friends on the way. Here are photos of some of my trips with friends in chronological order: I got to spend almost a month with my sister, Sheri, in Hungary (also Austria, and the Czech Republic). She and I joined friends from Boone in Vancouver, and Victoria, British Columbia the next summer. Again, a few years later, Sheri and I took a cruise of the Baltic . AK and I went to visit Donna and Bill in Dallas -- here is an infamous place. Janine and I had some great days in New Mexico . Sheri, Janine and I did a week and a half in Italy where we saw sites as diverse as Pisa and Positano. And Greece and Turkey were both spectacular with my sister and all of the good friends we made there. Sheri and I went to France in May 2003 and saw places like the Corniche roads, Carcassonne, Lourdes, Notre Dame, the D-Day landing beaches, and Chenonceau. Later that year, London and some surrounding places were fun, like Canterbury, Stonehenge, and the cliffs of Dover. We did Christmas 2004 on a lovely cruise.

My friend Linda and I made a trip to Egypt in 2004. Here we are at theValley of the Kings. The pyramids were amazing and big -- but Abu Simbel was my favorite. Alexandria was also great. Those Greeks were everywhere. Even in Sicily....like at Agrigento. Or the Greek theater in Taormina.

You can see from these shots, eating and drinking tend to get lots of play on my trips. A few other examples: Santorini, Barbados, Antigua, Biarritz. Oh, and a new one from on the Christmas cruise. Same trip, different lunch. There must be something about islands (or beaches) and bars! While not actually drinking in the photo, here I am in my favorite wine village, St. Emilion. Or, how about in our hotel bar in Cairo? Or a lovely lunch in Taormina, Sicily?

I also enjoy seeing various cultural and pop-culture sites. No museum pics here, but some interesting places. Paris, Jerusalem, Ephesus, Corinth, St. Petersburg, Wimbledon, Edinburgh, Venice, Los Alamos, and a handful of Spain shots --Madrid, Sevilla, Cordoba, El Escorial, and Mijas. How about Mount Etna? I could stand a life where this garden was mine in Italy. And, I have to feed my sports obsession. Here I am with Sheri at the Final Four (second year in a row). Syracuse won. And a newer one of me in Rome.

I also take students abroad. Let's start with Paestum in southern Italy Spring 2005. My co-leader Susan and I pose in Todi. Same group in Assisi. Here, on trips to Israel and Jordan, we are near Sepphoris, at the Sea of Galilee, at Petra, and in the caves at Maresha. It looks like I am going to have to do a search for student pix in England, Scotland, Ireland, France (2001), but here are a few from the second Italy trip: me and my friend and co-leader Lee in the Colosseum and after a lovely Venetian day. And, in an actual student photo, me and Jess in Pompeii.

I don't just travel. I like to hang out with my friends. The Cary gang was always fun as are my friends in Boone. Sometimes the places mix. Here are some pics from a weekend with some Cary friends at my place. We even dance on occasion.

Most people who know me also know I love clothes. Whether fancy, silly, or something in between, I still think dressing up is good. Here is a fun Halloween picture.

You have already seen my sister in many pictures. Family is the most important thing to me. Here I am with mom and then with dad. I also added a shot with my aunt and uncle.