Just wanted to let you know that I’m off on my dream vacation for the next two weeks.  Rik will be filling in for me.  (Be nice to him, he’s the hardest working man in show business.)  So, this trip is my birthday gift to myself but I’m letting my husband come along.  We’re going to Rome for a couple of days where I"ll catch up with my cousin Patrizio, not to mention some other folks like Julius Caesar and Michelangelo!  Then it’s down south to the Amalfi Coast.  We’re hoping to do some serious relaxing and not-so-serious hiking. Jim and I have a low tolerance for museum strolling and an even lower tolerance for waiting in line.  Nevertheless we have reservations for the Galeria Borghese in Rome.  It’s supposed to be spectacular.  But not surprisingly, our main activity will be a whole lot of eating and drinking.    Talk to you on October 9th!