Dana, ABQ has some wonderful qualities. Not the least of which are Old Town, the Frontier (?) Diner and green chile cheeseburgers. Plus it is a relatively good jumping off point from the SW to anywhere. You can ski, you can not, winters are mildish, it is a university town.

This is a picture of a really giddy person: [link]

I will definitely be typing ABQ. And yes, it is further south with longer days.

Wow, that'll be a change! I like Albuquerque. Never lived there, but that doesn't stop me having opinions.

Koala!

We're probably moving to Albuquerque.

My main concern with this is your chances for a direct flight to DragonCon.

Cute Sara + koala!!

Ooh, that sounds exciting, Dana. It'll be like opposite world from where you are now, right??

OMG DID I JUST SEE JESSE MARTIN IN THE SMASH PREVIEW?? I was NOT going to watch any more of that show. But wait -- last season, they brought on Actual Broadway Stars and didn't have them sing, right? Maybe I can still hold off.

Most places have direct flights to Atlanta. Fortunately. Not New Orleans, but alas.

It'll still be desert, so the climate is supposedly kind of similar. But I crave the sunlight.

Also, it has Trader Joe's. Muahahaha.

Not New Orleans,

Really?! That seems strange. They're not that far apart and they're two major metropolises in the South. Are they snubbing each other?

Neither one's a hub. Gotta have a hub.

It is my experience that in books written by white people, only white people's race isn't mentioned, generally. If that was your question.

I've read books by white people, so no, that's not what I'm asking. I'm asking about being white, which is something I know a lot less about.

My boss (Indian) said "But you're not like [the woman at work I went to high school with]". I actually said "We only went to school together. That doesn't make us similar." Apparently his schtick with her is that she's married someone with an Italian last name, so he had spoken to her on the phone and really definitely thought she was white, because she was Italian. She gets that a lot, and said boss, upon seeing her in person the first time said "But I thought..." to which I howled with laughter before he finished the sentence. In case stuff needs to be drilled home, her skin tone is dark chocolate.

No one's ever told me they thought I was white after hearing my voice, though.