Rome I

On the Atlantic flight, my seatmate is actually Italian, Pisan. He works for a chain of fitness centers that are just expanding in Italy, and I rudely suggest that I thought European women didn’t exercise. The chain is like 24 Hour Fitness, or Curves, he explains. Yes, I’ve heard of them. Do I belong? I […]

Vacation in 10 Sentences.

1. Stared across Missouri and radiated disbelief. 2. I hand my brother a book, and he reads the whole thing in two hours straight. 3. I chatter pathetically as I approach the scary roller coaster, and later attempt to photograph some ducks who had been making love in the bushes. 4. With both of us […]