CK: set the story on the Amalfi coast, and it's lattes all around for a lifetime. Maybe even a large pre-war apartment with a doorman. EY: I'll set the story on the scenic part of the Amalfi Coast, not near any of the organized crime centers there near industrialized ports. It'll involve a search for whatever John was eating on Patmos. BTW, I used to live in a large pre-war apartment with a doorman, the doorman on day-shift being an extremely tall, supercilious, florid-faced gentleman who'd always ring me AFTER he had allowed whomever to come gallumphing up the elevator to my castle-in-the-clouds with their vorple blade to snicker-snack at me. Now I live in a undoorpeopled, post-war apartment, with three locking doors and a clear intercom system instead. Far fewer Chinese menus (or illustrated Chick Tracts) slipped under the door that way. ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html