Wonderful story, Elena, gets me thinking about home — turns out, where I finally landed is as home as I’ve ever felt, although when I go back to Pittsburgh, there’s a certain feeling I don’t get anywhere else, even though it is actually a much prettier city now than it was when I was growing up, and the Steel industry was still booming there — what an ugly city it was then! But I spent my first 17 years there. We’ve been in northern Virginia longer, 22 1/2 years, than either of us ever lived anywhere else, so it truly feels like home. I like that we can be on an ocean beach in 3 hours, and in the mountains in 1. I also like that it’s hilly here, like Pittsburgh is. We live on a steeper hill than the one I grew up on. We spent 11 years in flat, flat New Jersey — flat, unless it’s a beach, just doesn’t work for me. I do share your affinity for the ocean. I love be ing at it, and I love being on it (on cruises).