I vote for Boston-I would even get my awesome band to play one night for our entertainment needs! (You can check us out at www.xensei.com/users/commonground) Or how 'bout Newport, RI? It's still close enough to me that I could get my band to play, and I could take y'all to my friend's brewery for a tour and tasting! Newport is a beautiful city. And if it's somewhere up here, I could help y'all with the planning! Cheers, April PS Please send good wishes to my Shannon-she's having adrenal surgery on Monday morning, the same day I start work as a vet tech at the Northboro, MA VCA (she's having her surgery done there, too!). I was there for her surgical consultation this week and commented to the doctor that I wished I'd applied to their hospital when I'd noticed they were hiring about a month ago, since my hours at the Worcester Cat Hospital and Bird Clinic are being cut back, and I ended up meeting with the office manager that day and getting hired full time the next! Finally, something good has happened to me this year! I also make more money at my new job, and the vet care discount is even better than at my old job! I also missed mentioning that it was Shannon's thrid birthday in August, and Finnegan's third in September! What a bad mommy! The birthdays for my ferrets run one a month from July through December, and then Marley's is in May. Weird! [Posted in FML issue 4291]