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Good morning dear Members of TCS…


Today is the turn of another good & great member on the site... post here your daily questions for the member during a week, please ask all about you really wants to know and of course RESPECTING the own Privacy of our MEMBERS,... I want to mention that all questions here are just for the unique porpoise of fun and of course, to stay in touch with all members,.. of course sometimes some questions are a kind of silly but funniest in the bottom!....


SO lets begin….Let me introduce to you to:



LDG


Congratulations & Welcome at this wonderful week....we try to be not deeply sneaking in your life!
...SO,...Today the topic would be the Mexican Stuffs that I want to know if you know where I´m living …
AJUA!!!..

1.- ¿Do you know MÃ[emoji]169[/emoji]xico?
…as a country or as a city?
2.- ¿Wich part exactly?
are you came by business or by vacations?
3.- Have you ever hearded about MÃ[emoji]169[/emoji]rida Yucatán MÃ[emoji]169[/emoji]xico????..
.. Is the place where I´m live!
….As you can see in Yucatán is located Chichen Itza (Mayan Ruins) one of the New 7 wonders of the Modern world!...

Here´s the link my friend..(about my city and you can see something too about Chichen….http://www.yucatantoday.com/index.php
4.- Can you speak spanish?
5.- Do you have some CD of Spanish music? do you like it?

6.- Have you ever to watched a Mexican Movie? ( I mean with Spanish Dialogs?)
7.-Do you like the Mexican Food?
( do you have any preference for example: burritos, Tacos, rice & beans, etc?)
8.-Do you like the Tequila?
...or else Mexican Alcoholic beverage?
9.- Have you ever to sleeped in a hammock?
10.- Have you ever to saw the traditional mexican clothes?

11.- Do you to know Cancun Mexico? ( Is a beach)
( here´s the link my friend: )
http://www.travelyucatan.com/cancun.php

Enought for NOW,
....see you around my friend...
 

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Hi Laurie, welcome to the spotlight


1. What would your dream vacation be? (a cruise to some exotic island, a trainride across the country, etc.)

2. Do you believe in ghosts?

3. Would you accept $1 000 000 to leave the country and never step foot back in it again?

4. Do you prefer being around men or women? (as in are most of your friends male or female, which do you get along with better)

5. Your house, containing everything you own, catches fire. After saving your loved ones and pets, you have time to safely make a final dash to save any one item. What would it be?

6. Given the choice of anyone in the world (alive or dead), whom would you chose to meet?

7. do you have any tattoos? If so, what and do they have meanings behind them that you are comfortable sharing.

8. do you have any piercings? aside from the ears.

9. Have you ever held a snake? If so, did you enjoy it or were you uncomfortable?

10. What is on your MP3 player right now? (or cd player, whatever fits)
 

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My Turn



Have you ever been to Canada?

What is your favorite way to spend a rainy afternoon?

Besides kitties do you have any other pets?

Can you speak more then one language?

What is your favorite television program?

Do you see the glass as half-empty or half-full?

What is your hear's desire?

Vanilla or Chocolate?

Sweet, Salty or Sour?

Are you more meat and potato's or Quiche and Sushi?
 

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Hi Laurie! Here are a few for you.The theme is (mostly) desert island, i.e. suppose you were stranded on one... and don't worry about the technology to support your choices, that will be taken care of...

1. What would be your five Desert Island CDs? They don't need to come from your own collection. Why would you choose these particular ones?

2. You might also want some reading material. What would be your five Desert Island books? Why?

3. What else would you like to have with you to occupy your time and your mind?

4. You'll also need food. If you could have only two or three foods and nothing else, what would you choose? Why?

5. If you could have one human companion, who would that be? Why?

This one is not part of the theme:

6. If you came into a large sum of money -- an unexpected inheritance, a winning, whatever, but "set-you-up-for-life" big -- what would be the first four things you would do?
 

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Wow - lots of questions so fast! OK, let's give it a go!


Originally Posted by CoolCat

Congratulations & Welcome at this wonderful week....we try to be not deeply sneaking in your life!:...SO,...Today the topic would be the Mexican Stuffs that I want to know if you know where I´m living... AJUA!!!..
1.- ¿Do you know MÃ[emoji]169[/emoji]xico?
…as a country or as a city?
I know some about the history of the country, but not much about the city. Sadly, I've never been to Mexico.


2.- ¿Wich part exactly?
are you came by business or by vacations?
Gary and I had hoped to drive the RV down to Mexico, but we never got the chance, and now that we have the kitties, I probably won't ever get there.

3.- Have you ever hearded about MÃ[emoji]169[/emoji]rida Yucatán MÃ[emoji]169[/emoji]xico???? Is the place where I´m live!….As you can see in Yucatán is located Chichen Itza (Mayan Ruins) one of the New 7 wonders of the Modern world!...
Here´s the link my friend..(about my city and you can see something too about Chichen….http://www.yucatantoday.com/index.php

Rigel, I know about it because of links in the other member spotlight threads! It looks BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4.- Can you speak spanish? You know, I should be able to. Un pocotito. PasÃ[emoji]169[/emoji] nueve meses en AmÃ[emoji]169[/emoji]rica Central y del Sur, pero que fue hace 27 años!
Nunca he estudiado español oficialmente.


5.- Do you have some CD of Spanish music? do you like it?

Only Andres Segovia (flamenco guitar music) that I LOVE. I had the honor to see him play very late in his career and shortly before he died. It was even more special because I went to see him play with my mom.


6.- Have you ever to watched a Mexican Movie? ( I mean with Spanish Dialogs?)

I saw several of them when I was in Costa Rica, but not since then.

7.-Do you like the Mexican Food?
( do you have any preference for example: burritos, Tacos, rice & beans, etc?)
I LOVE mexican food! No favorite - I love it all.


8.-Do you like the Tequila?...or else Mexican Alcoholic beverage?

Gary and I no longer drink, but Tequila was often on the "menu" when we did.
Also love sangria and Mexican beers.


9.- Have you ever to sleeped in a hammock?
Yes, many times. Love the siesta in a hammock!


10.- Have you ever to saw the traditional mexican clothes?

Yes, Cinco de Mayo is a big celebration in New York city.


11.- Do you to know Cancun Mexico? ( Is a beach)
( here´s the link my friend: )
http://www.travelyucatan.com/cancun.php
I've never been, but Gary's been several times. Several customers own places down there.



Thanks!
 

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Originally Posted by Snake_Lady

Hi Laurie, welcome to the spotlight
Hi Chris!


1. What would your dream vacation be? (a cruise to some exotic island, a trainride across the country, etc.)
Taking the RV back up the Alaska Highway with Gary, going fishing and gold panning - but that'll never happen, because we can't take the kitties into Canada.
It's what we did on our "honeymoon," and it was so fabulous! I'd also love to take an Alaskan cruise, but Gary doesn't do ships.


2. Do you believe in ghosts?
I believe in all kinds of things. Let's see how best to put it... I believe there are an infinite number of universes and possibilities, and that there are many different levels and planes of existence, and that we can at times perceive them in this one.


3. Would you accept $1 000 000 to leave the country and never step foot back in it again?
Probably not.
It would be conditional on so many things!


4. Do you prefer being around men or women? (as in are most of your friends male or female, which do you get along with better)
For many years now, Gary has been my best and nearly only friend. I'm friendly with lots of people, men and women. I'm still friends with my best friend from high school - but I've always been someone to have just one or two really close friends (girls) and we hung out with a bunch of guy friends. Same in college.

5. Your house, containing everything you own, catches fire. After saving your loved ones and pets, you have time to safely make a final dash to save any one item. What would it be?
Someone asked this in a thread, and it made me think. I realized I should probably buy another fire proof safe for the family bibles. I'm not sure how I wound up with them, because they're from my mom's side of the family where there was an oldest son, and his oldest was a son.
But they've got the family trees in them, and one of them was published in 1810 before Philly burned. That side of the family was Menonite, and the bible is in German and with pictures.


6. Given the choice of anyone in the world (alive or dead), whom would you chose to meet?
So many different people, it's always hardest to pick just one! But right now it'd probably be Walter Cronkite.

7. do you have any tattoos? If so, what and do they have meanings behind them that you are comfortable sharing.
Just one. It is Gary's name tattooed on my ring finger.


8. do you have any piercings? aside from the ears.
Nope. Just two in each ear.

9. Have you ever held a snake? If so, did you enjoy it or were you uncomfortable?
Yup, held several snakes. It was kind of weird.

10. What is on your MP3 player right now? (or cd player, whatever fits)[/quote]
Yes, Thin Lizzy (with Gary Moore), Deep Purple, AC/DC, Bonnie Raitt, Heart, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Led Zeppelin, Robin Trower.... too many to list, really! We listen to tunes in the car.


Laurie
 

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Originally Posted by tierre0

My Turn
I'm ready!



Have you ever been to Canada?
Yup, lots!

What is your favorite way to spend a rainy afternoon?
Inside with Gary and the kitties, reading or watching a movie.

Besides kitties do you have any other pets?
Nope.

Can you speak more then one language?
Not really. I can sorta speak a little Spanish and a little French. I understand more than I can speak.

What is your favorite television program?
Wow, don't know how to answer this one. Gary and I decided to get rid of the "real time" TV about 2 1/2 years ago. So we don't have cable or satellite. On DVD we have some Hogan's Heroes, F Troop, Green Acres, Mary Tyler Moore, Third Rock from the Sun, Seinfeld, That 70s Show, Absolutely Fabulous, Black Adder, Keeping Up Appearances, Are You Being Served?, Just Shoot Me, Andy Griffith, News Radio, All in the Family, and Sanford & Son.

Do you see the glass as half-empty or half-full?
Definitely half full!

What is your heart's desire?
That Gary will be cured and become completely pain free!


Vanilla or Chocolate?
What's vanilla?


Sweet, Salty or Sour?
TOTALLY depends upon the mood - but it would be between sweet or salty.


Are you more meat and potato's or Quiche and Sushi?[/quote]
Again, totally depends upon my mood. I tend to be meat and potatoes in the winter, and quiche and sushi in the summer - but I'd do a good corned beef & cabbage or great sushi any time!


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Originally Posted by rapunzel47

Hi Laurie! Here are a few for you.The theme is (mostly) desert island, i.e. suppose you were stranded on one... and don't worry about the technology to support your choices, that will be taken care of...
Hi Fran!


1. What would be your five Desert Island CDs? They don't need to come from your own collection. Why would you choose these particular ones?
1) Deep Purple Live in Japan
2) Thin Lizzy Live and Dangerous
3) Led Zeppelin BBC Sessions
4) AC/DC Powerage
5) Stevie Ray Vaughn - probably Live in Montreaux 1982

I would SO rather have MP3s I made myself so I wouldn't be so limited, but this is the music I love. I'd probably miss hearing some classical, but I'd be good with this list.


2. You might also want some reading material. What would be your five Desert Island books? Why?
1) Herman Hesse, Siddhartha
2) Ram Dass (Richard Alpert), Be Here Now
3) The Teachings of the Compassionate Buddha
4) Ken Follet, Pillars of the Earth
5) And a book that identifies edible fruits, mushrooms, plants & etc.!

I'd need #5, and the rest I can read over and over again and not get bored and always find something new. And Pillars of the Earth is just fun.


3. What else would you like to have with you to occupy your time and your mind?
Well, obviously I'd love to have Gary and the kitties. But I'd definitely want useful tools so I could build, light fires, fish, &etc. ! And I'd love to have binoculars - can be used for so many things!

4. You'll also need food. If you could have only two or three foods and nothing else, what would you choose? Why?
The only thing that pops to mind is chocolate, because I wouldn't be able to get it there. But I'd be good with fish, fruit & veges available. So I'd probably want spices and butter to help!


5. If you could have one human companion, who would that be? Why?
Gary.
Because he's my soul mate, my best friend, my lover, my companion - everything, really. It sure doesn't hurt that he is GREAT at everything, so we'd be drinking fresh water, eating good food and living in a safe shelter pretty quickly.


This one is not part of the theme:

6. If you came into a large sum of money -- an unexpected inheritance, a winning, whatever, but "set-you-up-for-life" big -- what would be the first four things you would do?
1) Pay off all our debt
2) Invest at least half if there was enough to afford #3
3) Hire a full time naturopath trained as a doctor with an understanding of neurology to study Gary, research his conditions, and find solutions, and
4) Fund our non-profit org to continue cat rescue & promote educational advocacy re: TNR, spay/neuter and non-declaw.


Laurie
 

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Great answers, Laurie. I have more for you, but I'll save them for later and let somebody else have a turn.
 

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Hi Laurie! Great answers so far. My questions:

We love them all, but do you have a favourite kitty colour?

What is the best book you have ever read?

What historical figure do you admire most and why?

Did you have a role model/mentor growing up?

Are you and Gary as tidy and organised as I imagine you must be to live in an RDV?

Just to add that I admire you greatly, everything you are and do, for all your great extended family of humans and animals.
 

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Originally Posted by jennyranson

Hi Laurie! Great answers so far. My questions:
Hi Jenny!


We love them all, but do you have a favourite kitty colour?
Black & white kitties!
But of course we do love them all.


What is the best book you have ever read?
Well, I have been a voracious reader as far back as I can remember, and I don't remember far enough back to even remember when I couldn't read. After thinking about this for a while now, I'm going to have to go with Dr. Seuss, probably The Cat in the Hat, though really any of his books. It is brilliant work, and so entertaining! I enjoy reading it to kids as much as an adult as I enjoyed having it read to me (or reading his stuff) as a kid. In terms of the impression it left on me, his ability to work a message into fun without being preachy, the style, and just pure entertainment value, I think that's gonna have to be my answer.


What historical figure do you admire most and why?
Honestly, I can't narrow it down to just one. While I admire and can appreciate great works of art, writing, architecture, beautiful music, and political, military or organizational accomplishments, I'm much more "science" based in my wiring.
So how do you pick just one? Euclid for geometry enabling so many things - or Galileo for figuring out the Sun is a star? Copernicus for figuring out we rotate around it? Newton for figuring out the reason why? I'd have to lump them together, and say that I admire the people that figured out that we live in space and our relationship to it the most.
Although.... I really have to mention Napoleon, for in the "modern era" creating non-religious based education.


Did you have a role model/mentor growing up?
My maternal grandfather as role model stands out, my college advisor as a mentor stands out, and as a kid, I idolized the women figure skaters, especially Peggy Fleming, Janet Lynn, and Dorothy Hamill.

Are you and Gary as tidy and organised as I imagine you must be to live in an RDV?
I am SO organized and Gary SO is not! So he just puts stuff down, and I put it away. If he needs anything, I tell him where it is.


Just to add that I admire you greatly, everything you are and do, for all your great extended family of humans and animals.
I think my parents and grandparents deserve any credit for any caring qualities that worked their way into my nature!


Laurie
 

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Originally Posted by jennyranson

Just to add that I admire you greatly, everything you are and do, for all your great extended family of humans and animals.
I agree and have very much enjoyed reading your responses, Laurie.
 

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1. Do you have any phobias?


2. What is your favorite element from the periodic table?


3. Have you had any embarrassing moments? Which was the most embarrassing?


4. What makes you happy?


5. Do you have a favorite online game?


6. Is there a type of food that you don't like?


7. What piece of furniture is your favorite?


8. What is your favorite piece of clothing that you own?


9. What is the best advice anyone has given you?


10. If you had a themesong, which would it be?


11. List one accomplishment you're proud of!


12. Do you have any recurring dreams?
 

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Hi Linda!

1. Do you have any phobias?

I really don't. But Gary has quite enough for the both of us!

2. What is your favorite element from the periodic table?

Mn (Manganese). It's just fun to say - apart from being quite useful.


3. Have you had any embarrassing moments? Which was the most embarrassing?
Though I've definitely had a few that I said to myself "I'll never forget THAT!" - I've forgotten them all but one. My brother is 7 years older than I am, and I was visiting him in New York City (I lived in Chicago burbs). I was 17. He was taking me around, and we were down in the Village. A scruffy guy was asking for money, so I dropped a bunch of change in his cup. He called after me - "HEY! THAT'S MY COFFEE!"


4. What makes you happy?

When Gary's not in crazy pain, kitty cat purrs and headbumps, snuggling - with Gary or the cats (or both at the same time), a good movie, and when the people I care about are happy.

5. Do you have a favorite online game?
I've never played an online game!

6. Is there a type of food that you don't like?

When I was much younger, I hated the tops of asparagus, the tops of broccoli, fish of any kind (except canned Tuna), and mushrooms. Once I started traveling, I got over all of that, and now the only thing I hate are sweetbreads and tripe - and that is more of a texture problem than anything - I can't get past it.

7. What piece of furniture is your favorite?
I LOVE our cat trees - but I'm going to have to say the bed!

8. What is your favorite piece of clothing that you own?
I don't know what happened to it, but my absolute all-time favorite was the shirt I was wearing when I met Gary. It was Indian-style with a Nehru collar, sort of puffy sleeves, and it was the most beautiful sky blue.
Of the stuff I currently have, it is my black Friends World College T-shirts, that I thank goodness were made of really high quality material, because after 25+ years, they're still in excellent condition.


9. What is the best advice anyone has given you?
Be yourself, trust yourself, and don't worry about what others think of you.

10. If you had a themesong, which would it be?

Heart, Love Alive http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eF4M...eature=related

11. List one accomplishment you're proud of!

Just one?
Ummm..... I'm going to have to go with rescuing/saving/TNRing hundreds of kitties.


12. Do you have any recurring dreams?

I don't. I did have one very intense, powerful "dream" that is still very vivid, though I experienced it while meditating, not sleeping. It was my first year in college, the Fall of 1981. I don't know how to explain it, it was all visual and a total out-of-body experience, but I "saw" the entire passage of time in this universe where this Laurie is, from the big bang in the beginning, including the creation of this galaxy, this solar system, the entire history of the earth, my life to where I was sitting there (it was like a lot of time lapse and zoom photography), and beyond, the destruction of the earth and of our solar system as our sun engulfed it, through the end of time and the end of this universe in the opposite of a big bang where instead of light scattering and spreading, the light gathered and compressed - but I realized that in that "opposite" of a big bang, it simply resulted in the creation of another universe "on the other side" of it. It was that dream/vision that made me "get" that we are, in fact, made of stardust, there are an infinite number of universes, we are transitory visitors but of one consciousness, there can never be "peace on earth" for that requires existence beyond time with no separate consciousness, and that to "be here now" does not mean to live for today. [size=-2]And no, I wasn't on any drugs (at the time.
).[/size] It majorly affected the direction I took in College.




Laurie
 

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You hear a knock at the RV door. You open and there stands the celebrity of your dreams!
Who is it?
 
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Hello,
thank you
for your answer at my questions from yesterday let me see for the questions of today
....The Topic of today would be Music


1.- Wich one is your favourite Genre of Music?

2.- How many Cd´s do you have?

3.- Wich one is your favourite singer Male?

4.- Wich one is your favourite singer Female?
5.- Have you ever to listened at http://www.rippingtons.com/ ?????

6.- Do you have a CD collection? ( I mean for example all Cd´s from a determinate artist???

7.- Have you ever to participated in some Concert of your favourite artist?

8.- Do you have any preference to listen a Radio FM station???

Have you ever to listened this one??...,….
http://www.1.fm/Station/SmoothJazz/Default.aspx )
9.- In your own opinion wich one is better, a CD original from an artist or an MP3 collage of music without nothing of information?...

10.- Do you play some Musical instrument?


Thank you my friend in advance for your nicely answers, I beg you love the music like I!...
 

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Originally Posted by gemlady

You hear a knock at the RV door. You open and there stands the celebrity of your dreams!
Who is it?
Jan, politics aside, it would either be Robert Duvall or Jeff Bridges.
Although I wouldn't mind meeting Carrie Fisher or Cate Blanchett.


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Originally Posted by CoolCat

Hello,
thank you for your answer at my questions from yesterday let me see for the questions of today
....The Topic of today would be Music
1.- Wich one is your favourite Genre of Music?

Rock from the 70s.


2.- How many Cd´s do you have?
Too many to count! It's a 20+ year collection.


3.- Wich one is your favourite singer Male?
I don't actually have any of his music, but I love Roy Orbison's voice.

4.- Wich one is your favourite singer Female?
Without a doubt, Anne Wilson (Heart)

5.- Have you ever to listened at http://www.rippingtons.com/ ?????
Nope, not before!

6.- Do you have a CD collection? ( I mean for example all Cd´s from a determinate artist???

Deep Purple, Thin Lizzy, AC/DC are the three that pop to mind that we have ALL of their CDs. But with music availability today, it's much more fun to collect live performances that aren't on CD on MP3.


7.- Have you ever to participated in some Concert of your favourite artist?
If you mean been to concerts, yes, a lot! But that was back in the mid/late 1970s to mid/late 1980s. The last concert I went to was with Gary - it was the Allman Brothers in 1994. It was great, but kind of depressing, so since the bands we love are all old - like us - now, we'd rather keep the memories we have of when they were in their prime intact.
These days if we head out to listen to something, it's the symphony, not a rock concert. We tried opera, but it is not my thing!


8.- Do you have any preference to listen a Radio FM station???

Have you ever to listened this one??...,….
http://www.1.fm/Station/SmoothJazz/Default.aspx )
I haven't listened to FM radio for such a long time.... and though I don't know that station, I used to listen to either jazz or rock stations. These days we listen to MP3 stuff in the car - or the AM news station to get updates on the market and traffic.


9.- In your own opinion wich one is better, a CD original from an artist or an MP3 collage of music without nothing of information?...

Totally prefer making our own CDs or MP3 mixes!


10.- Do you play some Musical instrument?

I have no musical talent whatsoever.
I took piano lessons for five or six years when I was a kid, so I can read music. I can play technically, but not "musically," if that makes sense. It is a gift and skill that just wasn't part of my gene pool!


Thank you my friend in advance for your nicely answers, I beg you love the music like I!...


Can't imagine my life without music!


Laurie
 

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Good morning, Laurie!

We've touched on food here and there, now let's get a little more depth...

1. Do you cook? Do you like to, or is it a chore?

2. Do you like to cook with someone else? How well do you share your kitchen? Must be a challenge in the RV!

3. What is your favourite thing to prepare?

4. What is your favourite dish that someone else prepares for you? Who?

5. Either of those favourites might be a comfort food, or not. What is your favourite comfort food?

6. What is your favourite celebration food?

7. When people come to my table, I always ask first whether there are any allergies/sensitivities/likes/dislikes I should keep in mind. If you came to my home, what would your answer be?

8. Do you consider yourself adventurous where unfamiliar food is concerned?

9. What is your favourite meal of the day?
 

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Originally Posted by rapunzel47

Good morning, Laurie!
Right back at ya, Fran. Well - actually, good afternoon!


Originally Posted by rapunzel47

We've touched on food here and there, now let's get a little more depth...
1. Do you cook? Do you like to, or is it a chore?
I'm not a good cook. I can follow recipe directions and make something tasty, but it totally depends upon my mood as to whether or not it's a chore. I really don't have that much experience, actually - Gary is a fabulous chef (he's totally beyond "cook"), and makes amazing things with no recipes at all. However, I do make truly fabulous sandwiches and wraps, and I am GREAT at breakfast.

2. Do you like to cook with someone else? How well do you share your kitchen? Must be a challenge in the RV!
There really is not room for more than one person in the kitchen, so neither of us shares at all when we're the one making whatever meal it is! But when we lived in the house(s), Gary was the chef, and I was the "sous."


3. What is your favourite thing to prepare?
A middle eastern breakfast with fried onions, peppers and tomatoes with eggs basically poached.


4. What is your favourite dish that someone else prepares for you? Who?
Either Gary's cassoulet or his Yemeni oxtail stew.
I've got to add - because of our work, for many years we got to eat at the finest restaurants in many of the cities around this country. While Gary's presentation may not be as beautiful or as well put-together as those restaurants, if given a choice of a meal at any restaurant in the U.S. no matter the place or price or a meal made by Gary, I would take the meal prepared by Gary. Truly, he is that good!


5. Either of those favourites might be a comfort food, or not. What is your favourite comfort food?
No, those are not comfort foods. If I'm sick, chicken bouillon or chicken and wild rice soup (Gary always makes it for me) are my comfort foods. If I'm just down in the dumps, it's junk food - either Cheetos or Fritos or some kind of chocolate ice cream.


6. What is your favourite celebration food?
Chocolate cake!


7. When people come to my table, I always ask first whether there are any allergies/sensitivities/likes/dislikes I should keep in mind. If you came to my home, what would your answer be?
I'm not allergic to anything, I love trying new things - the only foods I cannot stand to eat are sweetbreads and tripe. I really have a problem with the texture. What a thoughtful hostess!


8. Do you consider yourself adventurous where unfamiliar food is concerned?
TOTALLY! I've traveled to a lot of places around the world, many of them non-industrial nations, and I have eaten lots of things I don't even know what they were. (This is also how I discovered I cannot stand sweetbreads or tripe!)

9. What is your favourite meal of the day?
Whenever Gary's making the meal!


Laurie
 
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