My name is Michelle and my lifelong goal is to live in as many places as possible while avoiding any state that was part of the Confederacy. (Okay, that is not technically true, I’d gladly live in Baltimore or many other places.) I grew-up in a suburb of Los Angeles called La Crescenta and have been migrating to colder climates ever since. I went to college in Tacoma, WA, and remained in in WA for well over a decade. Then, two weeks before 9/11, my fiancé (now husband) and I moved to Boston, MA, where we fell in love with the city in all it's beautiful imperfections. We adored the people, the culture, the history, and the food - pretty much everything but the cost of living!

Currently, we live Ohio and are still adjusting to life so far from the ocean. Contrary to popular culture, Cleveland does not rock – not even remotely – but it is affordable and pleasantly comforting at times. The winters here are even worse than in Boston, so at the rate we’re going I fear that we'll eventually end-up in someplace like Toronto and retire in, say, Fairbanks. It just keeps getting colder…

What else can I say about myself? I’ve had many jobs including high school teacher (English/History and Drama), Borders employee (Tacoma, Boston and Cleveland Heights) and I am now the Assistant to the President and Purchasing Manager of a small computer firm. I’m happily married to a bassoonist named Andrew and I have three wonderful cats named Emma, Tybalt and Oscar Wilde. I am also highly unlucky and accident prone.