We could have been sleeping on park benches now but fortunately everything turned out well, much better than we had ever hoped."

I don't want to see more development on the waterfront. Knock it down, put some benches in there, some grass, a little area for the sailing operation. I don't want to see condos or some recreational center.

a dense wall of greenery bordered it, ...an impenetrable barrier of oaks, evergreen shrubs, blackberry that somehow resisted the frost, and thorns. In the defense department, the witches would make Sleeping Beauty’s evil witch weep with jealousy.

I'm Mr Boring, not a party-goer at all.

I don't ever wish I was somebody else.

By going solo I could lose a fortune but money is not important.