Julia Brown:  

Life Hello, all, & greetings from Las Vegas (LV)/San Francisco (SF)! I'm living a dual life in the West. During the week, I'm a resident of CA. I work in the Financial District (two blocks from the Bay) on the 11th floor of the Shorenstein Bldg skyscraper...as a WRITER! I have a window in my office overlooking the corner of Market & Spear Sts, and can actually see Treasure Island when the fog isn't rolling through the city & obscuring the view). When I'm in SF, I rent a room from my friend & coworker Suzanne. We met 20+ years ago when I followed my 2nd fiancee to Ohio State Univ after graduating from Murray State. Suz & I have an apartment on Treasure Island, which is a decomissioned Navy base in the Bay between SF & Oakland. The views of the city are unbelievable from our place. Although we're literally on an island, it's only 15 minutes by car from our apartment door to the parking lot near our office building. Then we jump on a shuttle that drops us off in front of our building. My work week (ha ha) is from Tue-Thur. I fly to SF on Tues morning, get on the BART train at the airport, and get off a block from my office. I reverse the process and fly back to LV on Thurs evenings. I occasionally work from Mon-Thur, but not often. I can't believe people pay me to live the way I do! Life in Vegas is also a dream. Since I moved to LV in Aug 1991, I've seen the city double in size. I've watched every new casino go up since the Mirage. I was at an "Implosion Party" in Bally's on the 15th floor when the Dune...Expand for more