About Me
- About Me: Writer
Travel
- Places I love: New York City, the Grand Canyon
- Places I've been: Atlanta, Chicago, San Diego, Miami, Jacksonville, FL, Los Angeles, St. Louis Missouri, Cancun, Bermuda
- Places to see before I die: I'd like to visit West Africa-- Kenya or Nigeria or Egypt
- Dream Vacation: Any place without my kids!
Style
- Where I shop: Norm Thompson, Isabella Bird, JCP
- I like to wear: jeans and a nice tailored shirt
- Can't live without: my spanx!
- Guilty Pleasure: Sales and leopard print
Television
- Favorite Shows: Any kind of reality show
- Most Addictive Show: Survivor-- I"m still watching it after all these years!
- Favorite Late Night Talk Show: The Daily Show with John Stewart
- Show I Secretly Watch: Flavor of Love... and all of its progeny
Movies
- Favorite Movies: Wizard of Ox, A Little Princess, Mildred Pierce, Sunset Boulevard, All About Eve, Cool Hand Luke, Total Recall, Sense and Sensibility, American Beauty, Something New
- Favorite Actors: Johnny Depp, Joan Crawford, Paul Newman, Tom Hanks, Halle Berry
- Favorite Genre: Science fiction
- Favorite Soundtracks: Sweeney Todd
- Movies I can watch over and over: All of the above-- and I have!
- Actor that would play me in a movie: Some fresh faced unknown!
Food
- Favorite Cuisine: Thai
- Favorite Dishes: Pad Kee Mao (drunken noodles), Pad Thai,
- Favorite Desserts: anything chocolate
- Favorite Drinks: Coffee, coffee, coffee!
- Favorite Junk Foods: Potato chips
- Best meal ever: A place called Ocean in Manhattan. Best seafood EVER.
- My Original Recipes: I don't name them!
- Favorite Restaurants: Mortons, I Ricci, McComick and Schmit's
- Foods I hate: lima beans
Books
- Favorite Books: Jane Eyre, anything by Charles Dickens, Sense and Sensibility
- Favorite Authors: Charlotte Bronte
- Favorite Genres: I love diet books and cookbooks!
- Recent Reads: Death Benefits: How Losing a Parent Can Change an Adult's Life for the Better, by Jeanne Safer; Oncfe Upon A Quinceanera by Julia Alverez; Tell the Court I love My Wife, by Peter Wallenstein
College
- School Name: Mercer University
- Status: Undergrad
- Class of: 1986
- Attended: 1982 - 1986
- Degree type: Bachelors
- Major(s): Journalism, History
- Minor(s): English
- Sports: You're kidding, right?
- Organizations: The Mercer Cluster, Drama Club
More About Me
- Nicknames: none
- Nationality: American
- Religion: Not particularly
- Interests: race, culture, politics, African Americans, assimilation and ethnic identity
- Expertise: Interracial relationships (specifically black woman/white man), writing
- Occupation: Writer. Author of four novels (A Personal Matter, Street Level, Diary of An Ugly Duckling, Unfinishe
- Industry: Entertainment, academia
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- Name: Karyn
- Gender: Female
- Member Since: 9/2/2006
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May you and your family have a blessed Thanksgiving! God bless, ~ Pete -
Traveling is an awesome opportunity! God bless, ~ Pete“He became what we are that He might make us what He is.” Athanasius
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