No, she was uncomfortable as a foreigner in Louisville, Kentucky. But like a good intellectual, she got dressed up and went to a cocktail party and *discussed* with Americans about being uncomfortable in America. :)
BTW, I wasn't dissing New York. I was born on the south shore of L.I. and have many cousins, one uncle and a beloved aunt there. Wish I could travel more as I've never "done" the city's museums and landmarks. npimh: "New York State Of Mind" by my fellow Long Islander, fellow former angry young man, and possibly the luckiest man in the dating world, Billy Joel. She asked HIM for a date. Sheesh. I think the same thing happened with David Copperfield being chased by a uber-model. Meanwhile, I've grown very old indeed waiting for Twiggy or Raquel Welch to call...... :) Remember them? :) I'm giving them another 10 years, then I'm cutting them off! Lamadoo ps Okay, maybe 20. ppss, Would Julia Stiles, Jennifer Lopez and especially Penelope Cruz please contact me, off-list? I have something for each of you. Thanks for the bandwidth, Les. > From: dsk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Just in New York City? One of the things I like so much about this city > is that people from every culture and religion and race and sexual > orientation live and work closely together, usually peacefully, even > now. It's not a tension- or racism-free place by any means, but I think > a Muslim would be safer here than in many other smaller places in the > U.S. where there's not such a mix of people and it could more easily > become the majority white people versus a few "others". Or so I > imagine anyway.
