Hometown
Boston, Massachusetts
Places I've been
London, Paris, Amsterdam, Morocco, Spain, Thailand, Japan, Canada, Bermuda, St. Thomas, St. Maarten, St. Lucia, Puerto Rico, The Bahamas, Barbados, Antigua, Jamaica, Mexico, Alaska, California, Florida, Arizona, Nevada, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Maryland, District of Columbia
More about me

Marketing Director/Travel Coordinator for an educational tour operator featuring international and domestic cultural travel programs and learning vacations for adults 50 years and older as well as intergenerational tours for families/grandparents traveling with children ages 8-17.   To learn more about the company and the travel programs offered, go to:  www.educationalodysseys.com

20+ years experience in the travel industry.  Former resort hotel owner/operator.  Graduate of Johnson & Wales University in Providence, RI with degrees in both Travel & Tourism Management and Marketing. 

Married; two step-children; no grandchildren yet.

 

 

Activities
Traveling, writing poetry, music--playing guitar, piano and drums, history, archaeology, graphic arts, interior design, hiking, mountain biking
Favorite Charities
St. Jude's Childrens Research Hospital, World Wildlife Fund
Favorite Music
Classic rock (The Doors, The Byrds, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd); alternative rock (Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Nirvana, Stone Temple Pilots, Beck); jazz (Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, Charlie Parker); country (George Strait, Alan Jackson, Pam Tillis, Mary Chapin-Carpenter)
Favorite TV Shows
All shows on HGTV, History Channel, National Geographic Channel, Discovery Channel, Science Channel, Animal Planet, and Seinfeld reruns
Favorite Movies
Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Shawshank Redemption, Forest Gump, Grease, Back to the Future, Oliver Stone's The Doors, all Charlton Heston movies
Favorite Books
The Grapes of Wrath, The Earth Shall Weep-A True History of Native America
Favorite Quotes
Live life to the fullest and do anything and everything you can. Keep busy. Treat others the way you would want to be treated. Respect the earth. Smile!
Favorite Places
Newport, Rhode Island and London
Favorite Animals
COWS; CATS: siamese, sphynx, american shorthair; DOGS: dachshund, bull terrier; RODENTS: mice, rats, gerbils, hamsters; WILDCATS: cheetahs, black panthers, snow leopards; BIRDS: black crows, finches, parrots, lovebirds, hummingbirds, ducks