Been There, Done That

Been There, Done That

If I should die tomorrow, that will be ok with me because I have loved more and been loved more than I deserve.  I have seen more and experienced more than anyone deserves.  I have had a career that was fulfilling and enriched me. I am grateful for all of the privileges I have had that so many people in this world deserve but don't have.  Here are just some of the events, opportunities  and memories that have shaped me:

•   10,000 Waves Spa- NM

•   9-11 Memorial- NYC-2011
   2nd District Brewery- PHL

•   Adjunct Professor- St. Joseph’s University- PA
   African American Museum- DC- 2018

•   African Safari-2000

•   Alabama-1997

•   Alamo- TX- 2010

•   Algonquin Provincial Park- Canada-2007

•   Alice Springs- Australia-2015

•   Amazon River- Peru

•   American Visionary Arts Museum

•   Amish sites- PA- 1968

•   Amusement Arcade Hostess- summer of 1973

•   Ankor Wat- Cambodia- 2005

•   Antarctica- 2007
   Antelope Canyon, AZ- 2018

•   Arches National Park- UT- 2008

•   Argentina- 2007

•   Argentina-2007

•   Arlington National cemetery- VA

•   Artic Circle-2007
   Arctic Tundra- Churchill- 2018

•   Aruba

•   Assateague Island- MD/VA

•   Assistant High School Principal- Stroudsburg HS

•   Atlantic Ocean

•   Auckland Harbor- New Zealand- 2015

•   Austin, TX- 2010

•   Avenue Q- NYC- 2011

•   Bahamas-1993

•   Baltic Sea
   Baltimore Cemetery- MD

•   Baltimore Harbor

•   Baltimore, MD

•   Baptisms

•   Barak Obama- April 2015

•   Barnes Foundation- original site-PHL

•   Bassin Blue Waterfalls- Haiti 2013

•   Bath Houses- South Korea- 2008

•   Bath, England- 1982

•   Beach Haven, NJ

•   Beale Street- Memphis, TN- 1997

•   Belgium- 1978
   Bengali Tiger- Chitwan National Park- Nepal- 2017
   Berkley Springs Natural Springs Park- WV- 2018

•   Bermuda- 2010

•   Betsy Ross’ House- 1965

•   Bette Midler concerts- 2016
   Bhutan- 2017

•   Big Brother/Big Sister Program

•   Billy Joel and Elton John @ Giant Stadium- NJ

•   Biltmore- SC

•   Bird Watching in Bermuda- 2009

•   Blarney Castle- Ireland- 2000

•   Blarney Stone- 2000

•   Blue footed Booby Birds- Galapagos Islands-2002

•   Blue Heron Drive- PEI, Canada

•   Blue Lagoon- Iceland

•   Blue Ridge Mountains

•   Boathouse Row- PHL
   Bobby McFerrin Circle Song event- 2018

•   Bodyworks Exhibit- 2006

•   Bonnie Rait concerts

•   Botswana- 2001

•   Boulder, CO

•   Bourbon Street- New Orleans

•   Boxer Day Sales at Harrad’s in London- 1987

•   Brandywine River Museum- PA

•   Branson, Missouri Concerts- 1998

•   Brazil- 1994

•   British Museum

•   British Theatre- London

•   British Virgin Islands

•   Brooklyn Bridge- 2011

•   Buddha's Tooth- Candy, Sri Lanka

•   Buddhist Monastery weekend visit- South Korea-2008

•   Buddhist Temples- Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, South Korea

•   Cambodia- 2005

•   Camel Ride- Mongolia, Morocco

•   Camino de Santiago du St. James- Spain- 2012

•   Candy Striper- Lankenau Hospital- 1970-73

•   Cape Hatteras National Park- NC

•   Cape May, NJ

•   Cape Town, South Africa- right before the 1994 election

•   Capital Hill- DC 2015

•   Caribbean Sea

•   Carmel- CA- 2000

•   Carmen, the opera- NYC-1998

•   Carnegie Hall- NYC
   Carter's Presidential Library- Atlanta, GA- 2017

•   CASA volunteer- MD

•   Casinos- Atlantic City and Nevada

•   Central Park- NYC

•   Centralia- the burning town- PA-2009

•   Chautauqua Institute- NY

•   Chesapeake Bay

•   Chicago, Illinois- 1996, 2006
   Chimney Rock National Monument- Co- 2018

•   Chinatown- NY, PHL, SF

•   Chincoteague- VA

•   Chinese Acrobats- China- 1994

•   Chinese New Year Celebration

•   Chinese Opera- 1994
   Chitwan National Park- Nepal- 2017

•   Christmas Bird Counts- PA, CA, MD, Bermuda

•   Christmas Concerts at the Overbrook School for the Blind- PHL
   Churchill, Canada- 2018

•   Cinque Terra- Italy- 1990

•   Cirque du Soleil- PHL, Las Vegas- 2015

•   Civil Rights Museum- TN- 1997

•   Clarion Mural Alley Project- CA- 2015

•   Cliffs of Maur- Ireland- 2000

•   Cloud Forest- Ecuador

•   Coal Mining Museum- Scranton, PA- 2004

•   Coliseum- Rome- 1973

•   Colorado

•   Connecticut

•   Costa Rico- 1998

•   Crazy Horse Memorial- SD- 2012

•   Cremation in Kathmandu- Nepal- 1999, 2017

•   Crooked Street- SF- 1983
   Cryo Treatment- -120F in vapor nitrogen

•   Czech Republic- 2007

•   Dachau Concentration Camps- 1978, 2013

•   David by Michelangelo- 1973

•   David Letterman show- 1993

•   David- Rome, Italy- 1973

•   Death of my mother- PA- 1998

•   Delaware Water Gap Jazz Festival

•   Delicate Arch- UT
   Democratic National Convention- 2016

•   Denali National Park- AL- 2007

•   Denmark- 2013

•   Dogfish Brewery- DE- 2012
   Dogsledding- Wyoming -2005; Alaska- 2017
   Dolly Parton Stampede Dinner Theatre- Gatlinburg, TN- 2018

•   Dream Girls- Broadway- NYC

•   DuClaw Brewery- MD

•   Eagle Scout Ceremonies- Boy Scouts of America
   Edison's Winter Residence- Fort Myers, FL-2019

•   Egrets- LBI, NJ

•   Eiffel Tower- 1978

•   Eleanor Roosevelt’s Home- NY

•   Elephant Ride- Thailand, India

•   Empire State Building- 1964

•   Endless Summer- the movie- 1964
   English Channel- 2018

•   Everglade national Park-2010
   Evil Genius brewery- Philadelphia
   Evita- the musical- 2018

•   Falling Waters- Frank Lloyd Wright- PA

•   Fiji- 2015

•   Finger Lakes- NY

•   Fireworks

•   Fireworks- DC, Penn State, Greece, Philly

•   Floating Markets- Viet Nam- 2005

•   Forbidden City- China- 2012

•   Fourth of July Parades

•   France

•   Frankfurt- Germany

•   Freedom Trail- MA- 2000

•   French Quarters- New Orleans

•   Galapagos Islands

•   Galapagos Islands- Ecuador- 2002

•   Georgia O’Keefe Museum- NM

•   Germany- 1978

•   Gettysburg

•   Girl Scout- 1964

•   Glacier National Park- AL

•   Glass Blowers- WV
   Glenn Canyon, AZ- 2018

•   Gobi Desert- 2006

•   Golden Buddha- Thailand- 1992

•   Golden Gate Bridge

•   Gondola Ride- Venice, Italy- 1973

•   Good Morning America TV show- 2013

•   Graceland- Memphis, TN- 1997
  Grand Canyon- 2018

•   Grand Central Station- NYC

•   Grand Old Opry House- 1997

•   Grand Tetons National Park- UT- 2005

•   Grateful Dead's New Years Eve Show in SF

•   Great Barrier Reef- 2015

•   Great Bear Reef- Canada

•   Great Blue Herons- east coast USA
   Great Sand Dunes National Park- CO- 2017

•   Great Wall of China-2012

•   Greece-2009

•   Greenbrier Hotel- WV- 1973

•   Greenwich Village- NYC

•   Guatemala- 2011

•   Guidance Counselor- 1981 to 1985

•   Guinness Brewery- Ireland
   Gum Wall- Seattle- 2017

•   Halloween Parade- NYC-2011

•   Hamburg-Germany- 2013

•   Harvard Square- MA- 1997

•   Hemingway’s Home- Key West- 1977, 2013

•   Henley Regatta- London- 1982

•   Hermitage Museum- Russia- 2013

•   High School Principal- Stroudsburg & Springfield- SHS

•   High Tea- London, Hong Kong

•   Hill Tribes- Thailand- 1992

•   Hindu Temples- India, Sri Lanka

•   Hofbrau House- Germany-1978

•   Holocaust Museum- DC-1993

•   Honduras-2011

•   Hoover Dam- NV- 2014

•   Horseback Riding- Mongolia-2006
   Horseshoe Bend- AZ- 2018

•   Hot Air Balloon ride- CO-2005

•   Hot Springs State Park- WY

•   Hotel Hershey- PA
   Iowa- 2018
   Ice fishing in Alaska- 2017
   Idaho- 2016
   Illinois- 1995, 2006
   India- 1994, 2004, 2015

•   Indian Ocean- 1994, 2016

•   Inside Passage- BC, Canada
   Iowa- 2018

•   Ireland- 2000

•   Irish Pubs- Dublin, Cork, Tipperary
   Israel- 2019

•   Italian Market- PHL

•   Italy- 1973, 1990, 2002

•   Jackson Hole, WY- 2005

•   Jade Buddha- Thailand- 1992

•   Jamaica- 2015

•   Japan- 1994
   Jersey (UK)- 2018
   Jersey Zoo (UK)
   Jimmy Carter and Roslyn Carter- 2017

•   Joan Armatrading concert

•   Jon Stewart Show- 2014

•   Joni Mitchell concerts
   Jordan- 2019

•   Kansas

•   Kathmandu-1999, 2017

•   Kennebunk- ME
   Kentucky- 2018

•   Kenya-1994

•   Killing Fields- Cambodia-2005
   Kinky Boots- Broadway Play- NYC-2017

•   L. L. Bean- ME- 2007

•   Lake George- NY- 1991

•   Lake Ontario- Canada

•   Las Vegas Strip- 2014, 2015

•   Latvia- 2013

•   Le Bec Fin Restaurant- PHL- 2005

•   Les Miserable- NYC, PHL, London
   Lewes Beach- DE

•   Liberty Bell- PA

•   Lincoln Center- NYC

•   Lincoln Memorial
   Lincoln's Birthplace- Kentucky- 2018

•   Lion King- London- 2005

•   Little Italy- NYC

•   Little League Baseball- Williamsport, PA

•   Little Rock, Arkansas-2010

•   Little St. Simon, GA- 2008

•   Lobster Rolls- New England

•   Long Beach Island- NJ

•   Long Man’s Cave- China-2012

•   Long Trail brewery- VT

•   Longwood Gardens- PA

•   Louvre- Paris, France- 1978

•   Luray Caverns- VA0 2010

•   Main Point- musical venue in Bryn Mawr, PA

•   Maine

•   Malaysia- 1994

•   Maldives Islands

•   Mansions of Rhode Island- 1973

•   Mardi Gras- New Orleans- 1977

•   Marrakesh Markets- Morocco- 2008

•   McGillen’s- oldest bar in Philadelphia

•   Mekong River-2005

•   Melrose Diner- NJ

•   Memphis, TN- 1997

•   Mermaid- Copenhagen- 2013

•   Millennium Park- IL-2006

•   Miners’ Festival- Durham, England
   Minnesota- 2018

•   Moab National Park- UT

•   MoMA- NYC

•   Mona Lisa- Paris- 1978

•   Mongolia- 2006
   Montana- 2016

•   Monticello- VA- 1996

•   Montreal, Canada- 1967

•   Mormon Church- Utah- 2007; Philadelphia- 2016
   Motown, the Musical- 2018- DE

•   Mount Rushmore- SD- 2012

•   Mud Baths- CA

•   Mummers' Parade- PHL

•   Munich- 2012, 2016

•   Musikfest- Bethlehem, PA

•   Nadaam Festival- Mongolia- 2006

•   Namibia- 2000

•   Nashville, TN

•   Natural Bridge- VA

•   Nebraska- 2009

•   New Hampshire

•   New Jersey

•   New Mexico

•   New York

•   New York Public Library- NYC

•   Newport, RI- 1973

•   Niagara Falls- NY/Canada

•   Nicaragua- 2011

•   Nile River- Egypt- 2010

•   North Carolina

•   North Sea- 1982

•   Norway- 2013

•   Nova Scotia, Canada- 2012

•   Oklahoma City- Oklahoma- 2010
   Oktoberfest- Munich, Germany- 2016

•   Olympia National Park

•   Oregon Coast- OR

•   Oregon Trail- SD

•   Outer Banks- NC- 2007

•   PA Dutch Country- PA

•   Pacific Coast- CA

•   Pacific Ocean
   Pagosa Springs- CO- 2018
   Painted Desert, AZ- 2018
   Palestine Territory- 2019

•   Panama Canal Passage- 2011

•   Parade of Roses- CA- 1995

•   Paris, France- 1978, 1997

•   Paul Revere Freedom Walk- Boston

•   Pearl Market- Beijing, China

•   Penn State Football

•   Peru
   Petra- 2019
   Petrified National Park, AZ- 2018
   Pike's Market- Seattle- 2007; 2017

•   Phantom of the Opera- NYC

•   Philadelphia Flower Show- PA

•   Philly Food- cheese steaks, pretzels, Tastecakes

•   Pietà- Italy- 1973

•   Pike's Peak- CO- 1994

•   Pileated Woodpeckers

•   Pisa- Italy- 1973

•   Pocono Wildlife Rehab Center- PA

•   Poland- 2007

•   Pope John Paul II Visit to Philadelphia- 1980
   Pope Francis Visit to Philadelphia- 2015

•   Portland, OR- 2004, 2016

•   Portugal-1998

•   Potala- Tibet- 2000

•   Preservation Jazz Hall- LA- 1977

•   Princess Diane's Memorial Service- NYC-1997

•   PSU Alumni Board- 1992 to 1995
   Puerto Rico- 2016

•   Pyramids- Egypt-2010

•   Racetrack- DE- 1974

•   Radio City Musical Hall- 1965, 1995

•   Rain Forests- Thailand, Ecuador, Australia, Peru

•   Ralph Rucci’s show during Fashion Week- NYC
   Red Rocks Amphitheater- CO

•   Redwood Forest- CA

•   Relay for Life events- PA- 2008, 2009, 2010

•   RENT, the musical- DE

•   Resting Buddha- Thailand- 1992

•   Rheine River- Germany- 1979

•   River Dance- NYC- 1995

•   Rocky Mountain National Park- CO

•   Rodin Museum- PHL

•   Rose Bowl- CA- Penn State-1995

•   Rose Bowl- CA-1995

•   Route 66 Highway

•   Runaways- NYC- 1978
   Running of the Reindeer- Anchorage, Alaska- 2017

•   Russia- 2013

•   Russian Bath House- PA- 2015
   Safari- Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Botswana, Nimibia, Zimbabwe

•   Sahara Desert- Morocco-2013

•   Salt Lake City, UT

•   Sam Adams brewery- Boston- 2011

•   San Deiago Zoo

•   San Juan Islands- WA- 2004

•   San Juan Islands, Belize- 200?
   San Juan Mountain Range- C0- 2018
   San Juan, Costa Rico- 1998, 2011

•   Santa Fe Art Galleries- NM

•   Santé Fe- New Mexico

•   Saratoga Springs- NY

•   Scotland- 1982

•   Scotland-1982
   Sedona, AZ- 2018

•   Seine River tour- Paris
   Serengeti- Tanzania- 2016

•   SF Street Cars

•   Shenandoah National Park- VA
   Sierra Nevada Brewery Company- CA- 2017

•   Simon & Garfunkel in Central Park- NYC

•   Smokin’ Joe’s Bar- Key West, FL- 1976

•   Snorkeling- Caribbean, Great Barrier Reef

•   South Africa- 1994. 2000

•   South Bend, IN- 1974

•   South Carolina

•   South Dakota- 2013

•   South Korea- 2008

•   South of the Border tourist trap

•   Spain-1998. 1999

•   Spanish Steps- Rome, Italy

•   Sri Lanka

•   St Patrick Day Parades- Chicago & NYC

•   St Simon Island- Georgia-2008

•   St. James Bay- Canada-2007

•   State Championship High School Games- PA

•   Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island- NYC

•   Steamboat Springs- CO-2005

•   Stewart’s Brewery- DE- 2010

•   Stonehenge- England

•   Sunrise Beach services-NJ

•   Sunsets over the Bay for 30 years- NJ

•   Sweden

•   Sydney Opera House-2015

•   Taj Maha- India
   Tanzania- 2016

•   Tanglewood- MA
   Taping of the radio show Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me!

•   Tate Gallery- London

•   Tavern on the Green- NYC

•   Telluride Bluegrass Festival- CO

•   Terra Cotta Warriors- China
   Tennessee- 1997, 2010, 2018

•   Texas

•   Thames River Tour- London- 1982

•   Thousand Islands- NY

•   Tienanmen Square- China-2012

•   Time Square- New Year's Eve- 1978

•   Time Square- NYC  

•   Top of the Rock- Rockefeller Bldg.- NYC

•   Tower of Pisa- Italy-1973
   Train ride across the country- MD to CA- 2017

•   Trinity College- Dublin, Ireland-2000

•   Trouble with Angels- the movie- 1967

•   Turks and Cacaos

•   UFO Museum- NM-2010

•   Uluru Rock- Ayers Rock-2015

•   US Capitol- DC
   Utah

•   Van Morrison Concert- CA-1996, 2018

•   VASAR-Sweden-2013

•   Vatican City- Italy-1973, 1990, 2000

•   Venezuela-1994

•   Venice Beach- CA- 1995

•   Vermont

•   Victoria Falls- Zimbabwe-2000

•   Victory Brewery- PA-2010

•   Viet Nam War Memorial- DC

•   Virginia

•   Voodoo Ceremony- Haiti-2013

•   Waiting for Godot- NYC- 2013

•   Waldorf Hotel- NYC-1964
   Wales (UK)- 2018

•   Wanamaker’s Organ- PHL

•   Washington Monument- DC

•   Waterford Crystal Factory- Ireland-2000

•   West Virginia

•   Williamsburg- VA

•   Wilmington, DE

•   Wimbledon- 1982-London

•   Windjammer Sailing- ME
   Wisconsin- 2018
   Women's Investment Club member
   Women's March- 2017- DC
   Women's March- 2018- West Chester, PA
    Women's March- 2019- Philadelphia, PA

•   Womenship- MD- 1998

•   World Fair- Montreal- 1968

•   World Fair- NYC- 1963
   Wyoming- 2005, 2016

•   Year of the Dragon Celebrations- 2012- China

•   Yellowstone National Park- WY-2005

•   Yuengling Brewery- PA-2003

•   Zimbabwe-2000