Yay again!!!!!!

The quarter-finalist list was just published: I made it into the group of 250 -- out of 5,000 entrants. I'm psyched.

Paris is for lovers

We just watched Before Sunset for the zillionth time. I scrolled through some Paris scenes from our trip last year.

 from the tip of the Ile de la Cite.

 at the Jardin des Plantes

 my friends Juliana and Anne

 the Louvre pyramid during the Nuit Blanche celebration

 ah - Pere Lachaise - so lovely. got lots of Jim Morrison's grave, too, but they are so hokey that I won't share.

Yay!!!!!

I made it through the pitch round of the ABNA. Unfortunately, I was the only one of my group of friends who did -- and I know their books were just as good as mine. It is a great feeling nonetheless; I'm on Cloud Nine today and writing is going so well!

the Sea of Abaco

Here are more images of the incredible Sea of Abaco.It sure as hell beats posting pictures of the snowdrifts outside my door.

Hermit crab in a conch shell

tide pool in South Abaco

Tim and Elise at Treasure Cay

Lili steering Greta Garbo

on the foredeck of Toi et Moi

from the balcony

Here's why I love to live on the seacoast. These were taken just a few hours apart.

Morocco

Morocco. I’ve been writing about it so long that this is technically not R & R, but I just saw this on my random-photo screen saver and wanted to share it. The small town of Chefchaouen is high in the Rif Mountains. It's called - for obvious reasons - the Blue Town.

Blue, blue, blue.

Pete's visit

 a blue hole called Sawmill Sink

 Pete on the Atlantic side at Pete's Pub, Little Harbor

 Pete at Pete's

 kayaking into the boat basin

 enjoying the view

 Pete kayaking with Oliver (he's the dog)

 sailing

snapper for dinner