Thanks, blogmom Diana, (when I figure out HTML enough to add links I will) for the push. I've been reading Gotham for a while and while in many ways the content varies between us, I suspect that much of the spirit is similar....and New York is the only city that approaches comparability with Cairo in so many ways. That is why both my children are there for university. I love visiting in New York for a few weeks, but begin to miss the randomness of the Middle East after that.