revel_in_the_memory crOwl what does it mean when a rutgers graduate and a third grade teacher of a private school in a major city, who has visited 28 countries and brought home a german shepherd from russia, tells you that you are a free spirit? we were randomly seated together. me kathy my mum ani her mum, miriam rubin, a food columnist for the pittsburgh post gazette her husband gene, a college professor it was a special party at lidia's, a restaurant of northern italian cuisine. the chef made a trip across italy with his buddy and they brought back some bello cibo. they shaved $18oo.oo/lb white truffles upon some pasta. i had pheasant also and sipped sangiovese and homemade grappa. but it was ani, kathy, and i who shared an amazing evening of splendid conversation. three hours of the casual exchange of interesting well-lived lives. just like the italians do. as for the initial question, what i do is i revel in the memory. 041111 what's it to you? who go blather from