Love it! I love the "rumba strips" that you have going on in the shower. I don't know if there is such a thing as "rumba strips" but I am posting a link that I found on the dance. It sort of looks like your shower :) Here is a link that might be useful: Rumba

Maureen, Elery and I would both love to add used book stores, LOL. Just what I need, more books! Aw heck, you can never have too many books.... Nancy, we did make it to Anderson's, after we'd already gone to Tony Packo's and then we found Packo's Express right inside the store! I got some mango/coconut tilapia there and Elery bought ground buffalo, I think we're going to try some buffalo burgers on the grill soon. Chase, luckily for me, Elery likes to do the "foodie" things as much as I do, so we were both happy. And now we're both on diets, LOL. SharonCB, the Ethiopian was very good, I've got to perfect the injera bread, other than that Elery and I agreed that we could do as well, although it would take time and lots of pots and pans to do 7 or 8 different dishes like we were served. I told him I'd cook it, if he'd clean up, LOL. Annie

Ah grapefruit - your daughters sound like mine. "Sitting on the beach" is a definitive statement and little else is included other the bare beach necessities of a blanket, sun block, a few good books, a cooler with ice and beverages, easy, simple meals and a bed ( and that's the least important). Maddielee - i've never been disappointed with Ritz Carlton's or Fairmont Hotels either no matter where they were. Diane NJ - The Jersey shore is only 60 miles from my home and we've never vacationed there. We've gone down for day trips and we've had long weekends in Cape May but we usually rent places in Duck or Corolla in NC. Avon is one of those quite shore towns that seems to escape notoriety. Funkyart - All good suggestions, we must frequent the same areas - my retirement bucket list is growing longer. It's been over 20 years since we were in Ithaca and it definitely deserves a return visit. We have spent a little time at the Eastern Shore because my brother keeps his boat there but we really on the water most of the time and not investigating the charming towns along the water. We lived in Philly when I worked for the Free Library and then moved to Bucks County . The New Hope- Lambertville area and little towns along the Delaware are favorite haunts for dining or shopping or for exotic ice cream at Gerensers . We cross over the river often to visit my brother in Doylestown or my jeweler in Yardley and my physicians are in Langhorne. We moved to the Jersey side of the Delaware so that our children could attend a specific public school and even though we've been here for 30 years DH and I both still feel like we belong back in PA. Aren't you near Lancaster? DH and I are both originally from the Pittsburgh area and DH's college was in the Laurel Highlands. You definitely should explore the area. My brothers and I used to fish and water ski on the Monongahela River and Cheat River, raft in the Yough, ski at Seven Springs and camp in Somerset County. We used to shoot clay pigeons near Nemacolin Woods which is a beautiful resort. Then there's Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater and Kentuck Knoll. It's funny you mentioned that you could get lost in Longwood Gardens. That's literally what happened to my son and future DIL on their way to their wedding. DH was driving them and they had arranged to meet the photographer before the ceremony at Loch Nairn. The photographer went one way and they went the other and they all arrived 45 minutes late for the ceremony. As for the Brandywine Battlefield- my 3rd Great Grandfather fought there in 1777 with the 6th Virginia Regiment and then spent the winter of 1777/78 with Washington at Valley Forge. I finally made it there last month to see the encampment. Our friend's herb farm (more like a large kitchen garden) is in Genesee, nearly to the New York border. It's a very small home business called Bear Mountain Herbs and they make herbal teas, baths, balms, salves etc. They only sell locally and their web site doesn't even offer online sales. PR is on short list for a winter getaway. We found a home to rent in Rincon for the entire family this past February - until my eldest son hit a patch of ice in Squaw Valley and ripped his knee to shreds over Christmas. ...Kids ...they never cease to surprise and astonish their parents. When dedtired returns I'll have to get her impression of Scotland too.

I’m trying to figure out what an appropriate price would be. I realized I have seen this set in the past quite some time ago in Kane’s flyers. We are on our way to see it now and it looks to be in very good shape. It includes headboard, footboard, two night stands, dresser with mirror, armoire, and additional smaller chest, which we need. I do like the style very much, but we will look for quality issues. Anyone have any thoughts on value used? I’m in central Florida.