about pat and lew

Pat and I retired in 2005, left Manhattan where we had lived for 15 years, and settled in Key West, FL.

Since we love to travel, we’ve created what we think is a unique mode of seeing the world. Two primary components of our plan are a small apartment in Collioure (an ancient fishing village in southern France), and extensive use of home exchanges, mostly in Europe.

When we tell our friends what we are doing, they seem almost as excited as we are, and they’ve encouraged us to write about our ongoing adventure. We report the problems as well as the thrills; the balance is way on the positive side. Of course we invite your comments, questions, and suggestions. 

pat …

Pat is a retired attorney and marathon runner. A graduate of Rutgers University and Rutgers Law School, her law practice included criminal defense and family law. Pat is still an active runner, which she supplements with yoga and, this year, tap dancing. She’s also a voracious reader and a political junkie. 

lew …

Lew is a retired CEO, whose career spanned the private, public and not-for-profit sectors. Once, long ago, he ran for US Congress. Lew is the author of The Heretic, a historical novel based on the persecution of secret Jews on the eve of the Spanish Inquisition, and A Good Conviction, the story of a young man imprisoned in Sing Sing for a murder he did not commit. He’s currently working on an as yet untitled sequel to The Heretic, set largely in the Renaissance Florence of Lorenzo de Medici.