http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2007/05/24/my-retirement-fantasy/ Just tidbits about money and finance. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:36:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2007/05/24/my-retirement-fantasy/#comment-41651 MVP Sun, 27 May 2007 19:34:02 +0000 http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2007/05/24/my-retirement-fantasy/#comment-41651 While your idea certainly isn't original, I love it! Recently, a writer from the Wall Street Journal profiled his nationwide search for the perfect hamburger: http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB117348069193432668-vp14m65e_UDoMdN1U2BeaMYFkoo_20070408.html?mod=tff_main_tff_top. It was fascinating; he traveled the country and had a certain criteria for judging. By the end of the story, my mouth was watering and I was ready to pack the car! Also, in my experience, small-town ethnic restaurants (in my experience, they're almost always Chinese-American) appear to do quite well and are popular with the locals. They're usually really reasonable priced, have huge portions, and they give small town residents the notion that they're being exotic (just my opinion, there). My ideal retirement life would be living in some Mediterranean country, spending my days cooking, hiking and sipping great wine and coffee. While your idea certainly isn’t original, I love it! Recently, a writer from the Wall Street Journal profiled his nationwide search for the perfect hamburger: http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB117348069193432668-vp14m65e_UDoMdN1U2BeaMYFkoo_20070408.html?mod=tff_main_tff_top. It was fascinating; he traveled the country and had a certain criteria for judging. By the end of the story, my mouth was watering and I was ready to pack the car! Also, in my experience, small-town ethnic restaurants (in my experience, they’re almost always Chinese-American) appear to do quite well and are popular with the locals. They’re usually really reasonable priced, have huge portions, and they give small town residents the notion that they’re being exotic (just my opinion, there). My ideal retirement life would be living in some Mediterranean country, spending my days cooking, hiking and sipping great wine and coffee.

]]> http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2007/05/24/my-retirement-fantasy/#comment-40134 kim Sat, 26 May 2007 03:04:58 +0000 http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2007/05/24/my-retirement-fantasy/#comment-40134 Living in a tiny 1 bedroom ocean front condo in Grand Turk. I'd have some sort of part time cruise ship touristy type business and spend the rest of my time swimming in the ocean. Living in a tiny 1 bedroom ocean front condo in Grand Turk. I’d have some sort of part time cruise ship touristy type business and spend the rest of my time swimming in the ocean.

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