Here is a picture of my family.
(From left: Jim, Stephen, Linda, Adam, and Andrea)
I have a wide range of interests.
Skiing
My favorite ski areas in the East are Pico Mountain [great cruisers], and Mount Snow [except on holiday weekends] in Vermont. Out West, I’ve enjoyed Squaw Valley [great variety of terrain], Alpine Meadows [views of Lake Tahoe are superb] and Vail [more mountain than most people can ski in a week].
Reading
Favorite authors – James Michener [Hawaii, The Scource, Centennial, and others]; Leon Uris [Trinity, Redemption]; James Clavell [Shogun, Tai-pan] and Nelson deMille [Plum Island, The General's Daughter and The Gold Coast].
Trains
Favorite trips are the Cumbres
& Toltec in southern CO, northern NM, the Durango
& Silverton [Durango, CO], and the Swiss Railway over the St. Gotthard’s
Pass from Zurich to Lugano.
Tennis
I play in a men’s doubles
group bi-weekly and more often if I can. I’m a terror at the net, and my serve is strong, but too erratic. I’m not a USTA member, but by their guidelines I’m probably a 3.0.
Music
Mostly 60-80′s rock – favorite
artists – Blood Sweat and Tears [especially their early stuff] Crosby,
Stills, Nash & Young [Deja Vu is my all time favorite album], Cream,
Fleetwood Mac, Rod Stewart, Phil Collins, REM, and Carole King.
Sports
I’m a NY/NJ guy with roots in
Brooklyn. The first baseball game I remember watching was Game 7 of the 1955 World Series. It was followed by the largest party in the streets I can remember. My first game in person was at Ebbet’s Field. As a consequence I’m still a Dodger fan [and yes, 1958 still hurts some].
Favorites
LA Dodgers
Current player – Russel Martin
Old Timer – Duke Snider [I learned to hit left handed because I liked him]
New York Rangers [ I waited a long time for Lord Stanley's
cup, I even remember a 6 team league, with 1 game on TV a week]
Current Player – Henrik Ljundqvist
Old Timer – Jean Ratelle
New Jersey Nets [We were good for a while, but not anymore!]
Current Player – Brook Lopez
Old Timer – Julius Erving [back when it was an ABA team]
New York [Jersey, actually] Jets
Current Players – Mark Sanchez
Old Timer – Don Maynard