Of course, most people already know I'm from Toronto - that's in Canada, you know!
Roland - I am familiar with Toronto! I drove through it twice on my way to beautiful Quebec! I wish we would have stopped and stayed for awhile. It looked like a very nice city.
Another voice and vote from Western Europe here.
Mikaela.. thanks for voting!
Me! greetings from Belgium on the first day of the state visit by queen Beatrix
(I'd like to post a picture here but I haven't figured that out...)
graag gedaan!
belbbmfan... Oh Queen Beatrix!! I love her! Thanks for replying! I look forward to reading your posts here.
Groeten uit het warme en vochtig Indiana!
This old Brokeback broad is from way Northern California, the smallish city of Eureka, (although my heart is sometimes in NYC, where long ago I spent five years). I haven't found any Brokaholics here; there must be few but they sure aren't making themselves known. Awful sorry I missed the SF/Castro event, but I've been away from this site for a couple of months and had just started coming back. I gotta say I'm really enjoying the friendly Tremblays and all the other more recent visitors. The spirit is high here. Ciao, Iris/Elaine
Hi Iris/Elaine... I have never been to Eureka, but I have certainly heard of it! Yes, the spirit does seem high here! I look forward to reading your posts.
Howdy, pardners!
I am from Texas, a native of that state, born in Grand Prairie (part of the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area), but resident in the beautiful capital of Austin since 1973 (when I was six years old). I'm a city boy through and through, but just a couple of generations removed from farming and ranching folk. A great-uncle of mine was a real-life cowboy, and my mother tells me that Ennis reminded her a lot of him. One of my direct ancestors (the father or grandfather of a great-grandmother) has also been described as a "cowpuncher", and a great-grandfather was a ranch man turned farmer.
Texas is an unusual state in being at the confluence of the South, Midwest, and Southwest. I opted for U.S. Southwest in the poll, but Texas has a little of the other two in the mix as well. Never been to Childress, Jack's Lone Star home; that might prove a good pilgrimage destination in the future.
Cheers,
Scott in Central Texas
Hey Scott! Thanks for responding! I look forward to reading your posts too. I have been to Austin and Houston before. And a very quick stop in Dallas once. Texas is a wonderful state! You have a little bit of EVERYTHING there!
I have to ask though.... what is a cowpuncher?
Hi again, David.
I was born in Boston but I now live in Tucson, AZ.
I've lived in California, Oregon, New York, Osaka Japan, Penang Malaysia, and La Paz Mexico.
Hi Gregg.. I am already familiar with your part of the country from your beautiful pictures... thanks for sharing them with us! I am also reading your journal. Thanks for all your input here! I appreciate it! By the way, Boston is a great city too!
I was born in Madrid, Spain.
Giancarlo... you had several ways you could have voted... Western Europe, Southern Europe, or Western U.S.! Maybe I should have put a Southwestern Europe on the list... but I was afraid I was going to run out of room. Thanks for all the pictures you post on here. I enjoy looking at them, although the pictures of the paella did make me hungry!
I think I am going to have to continue this on another post.... it's getting long!