Well, I've posted enough now that it's my turn to fess up.

My name is Charlie (sometimes I put it at the bottom of my posts), and I'm a partner at a major DC law firm. I do corporate and securities work. Oddly enough, I actually like business travel, but with e-mail, fax and phone, I only do so 8-10 times a year, and even then mostly only to NYC or Chicago.

My great love is international travel; in addition to a domestic weekend trip every month or two and an occasional quick and cheap winter trip to Europe, my partner and I try to really get away (often to Asia) for 3 weeks every fall. Accumulating enough miles for business class on those trips is my main goal, and I've been pretty good at it so far given my limited mileage-earning opportunies (mostly credit card charges). Since 1994 when I joined the Aadvantage program and got serious about it, I've redeemed several awards on JAL and AA to the far east, as well as a couple of upgrades for a quick trip to Mexico. While I try to stick with AA, living here in DC without a real hub or a usual destination makes it difficult.

For Catman: Our two cats rule our roost. Oedipus Paisley, or "Opie", is an 11-year old Cornish Rex. Nero Capability, or "Nero", is an 8-year old Devon Rex.

For Marvella: Miss Thing, if you ever do a show in the Mid-Atlantic area, let me know and me and my boy will be sure to bring lots of large-denomination bills. Kitty Meow sounds like quite the lucky (and patient) girl.

Charlie



[This message has been edited by chazas (edited 02-19-99).]