I can't wait till the first week of April 08, when I make the road trip from Washington, N. Carolina to Vienna, Virginia. My daughter, Laura, ex wife Nicole, and MY grandchild Clara will be visiting friends for a short vacation stay. They will be flying in from Paris, France via their home in the Loire Valley in northwester France.
It's been a year since I've visited them in France and I'm anxious to see how a belle baby has grown into a most beautiful child. I guess it all starts with a beautiful mother, father, grandmother, and of course, her most handsome grandfather Barbani. Well, I use to be good looking when I was young. Hey, we're all handsome folks when we were young.

Here I am (much younger) Getting ready to hunt Jaguar with a hand-held spear in Mexico. See, handsome....but maybe a little crazy!