Candy Cane Greetings!

Since I don't post about myself too much...

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL FROM FLORIDA!

An interesting story goes with this photo: Mike and I were going for a walk on Clearwater Beach and happened to notice this sandcastle. It turns out a man was building this with the candy canes atop and was planning on bringing his girlfriend down to propose. He gladly snapped the photo for us. Later, on the return of our walk, we saw them celebrating with champagne. Congrats, anonymous couple!

All About Me

I thought I'd put a (sort-of) recent photo of me and my significant other, Mike. It seemed like we hadn't had enough new pictures on the blog. This one is from a visit last October to the nearby Sunken Gardens in St. Pete, FL. Maybe all of you in the cold will now want to come visit Sunny Florida!!

Friendster and My Space

I've been on these two sites for quite some time, but they both added a means to search by school. I recently realised this could be a way for us to find some of our long-lost classmates. Here are some highlights:

'92 and Prior:
*Basil Harris
*Beau Brosseau
*Brian Hansen
*Butch Valley
*Craig Stephenson
*George Carkin
*Joe Rotundo
*Karyn O'Bryant
*Liza Menard
*Rusty Baker
*Zach Holmes

Class of '93:
*Bill K'tepi
*Brian Smith
*Christopher Carney on Friendster and My Space
*Jonathan Cramer
*Kim Strong
*Laurel Shaw
*Lyn Baranowski
*me on Friendster and My Space

'94 and After:
*Amy Dunbar
*Ben Damon
*David Day
*Elise Bjerk on Friendster and My Space
*Greg Nelson
*Jamie O'Connell
*Jessica Marderosian
*Kathy Lefebre
*Mike Carney
*Stacey Gili

I'm sure there are many more on there... Feel free to add anyone you come across via comment or e-mail (gailany@yahoo.com). Now, what would be really great would be to put the yearbook photo next to the new one!!

In Florida

Here is a picture of Lyn and me when she visited Florida in March. It was a brief visit, but we were able to go to the beach, which is only about 15 to 20 minutes from my place.

Me!

I guess I should also add an update about me. I am no longer in NYC, but have moved down to the Sunshine State (that's Florida!). I've been here for about a year now. I moved just in time for the terrific hurricane season last year. Fortunately, I picked the Tampa/St Pete area, which wasn't really hit--yes, some heavy, heavy rain and strong wind, but nothing like south or north of here. We'll see what the next few months bring...
What else? Hmmm....I am living with my boyfriend Mike who I met on a cruise last year. Heh, who would think you could meet someone on a cruise? And I was with my family! I guess I figured that if he wasn't scared after seeing my drunk mother join the guitarist/singer onstage in front of a crowd, then he must be OK!
I am still working on beinghunted with exchange student Joerg from Junior Year. And I have a few ideas in the pipeline.