Back to the Future

I'm excited, too! I went to Paris for the first time thirty years ago this summer, courtesy of a language-immersion program for high school students sponsored by Indiana University. At seventeen, I was intoxicated by everything about that experience--the challenge of trying to function in another language, the thrill of discovering worlds beyond Indiana and the U. S., the wonder of seeing so much art and beauty in one place. Martha and I went to Paris together for the first time in the summer of 2000 and vowed to go back, rent an apartment, and fulfill the Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas fantasy I've always harbored. Not sure yet who's Gert and who's Alice, but we can argue about that on the plane. Meantime, here's an iconic (cliche?) Paris shot I borrowed off the web to set the mood. Stay tuned for our photos, downloaded live from the Left Bank, assuming the gods of technology are in a cooperative mood. A bientot!