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WELL EDUCATED, FIRST AT A PILOT SCHOOL, PINE VIEW SCHOOL FOR GIFTED , SARASOTA, FL.; THEN GRADUATED FROM PHILLIPS ACADEMY "ANDOVER" WHERE I NEVER MISSED THE HONORS LIST WHILE I PLAYED 3 VARSITY SPORTS; APPOINTED TO A BI-PARTISAN COMMISSION INVESTIGATING LARGE HIGHSCOOLS ACROSS THE US (WORKED DIRECTLY FOR SENATOR BILL BRADLEY, DEM. NJ. AND THEN V.P. BUSH WHO BECAME PRES. BUSH #41); THOUGH YALE RECRUITED ME FOR SQUASH AND GOLF I OPTED FOR A SMALL TOWN AND LOVED EVERYMINUTE AT AMHERST COLLEGE FROM WHICH I GRADUATED MAGNA CUM LAUDE '86 WHERE I ALSO PLAYED 3 SPORTS (THE SPOILER WAS THAT MY DAD DIED MY THIRD WEEK AT SCHOOL OF A SUDDEN HEART ATTACK--BEING AT A SMALL SCHOOL WAS PHENOMENOL AS EVERYONE HELPED ME RALLY, THOUGH I WAS AN OLY AND CERTAINLY DADDY'S GIRL ; NEXT THE LAW SCHOOL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENSYLVANIA WHERE I ALSO ATTENDED WHARTON '89; SCORED HIGHEST PAYING JOB IN MY CLASS WHEN I JOINED DREXEL, BURNHAM , LAMBERT AND ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER GRADUATION THE REAL ESTATE GROUP AT DREXEL DEPARTED B/F DREXEL'S DOWNFALL AND WE MOVED TO SMITH BARNEY WHEN SANDY WEILL (NOW CEO OF CITIGROUP) HAD JUST TAKEN OVER; ONCE I SAVED ENOUGH MONEY AND KNOWING I WOULD NEVER BE MR. WEILL, I WENT INTO BUSINESS ON MY OWN AND IN 1993 FORMED THE HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL ARK PROPERTIES, INC. MY BUSINESS ALLOWS ME THE ABILITY TO CHASE SOME PERSONAL LOVES: GOLF-SINGLE DIGIT HANDICAP AND BELONG TO 4 PREMIER CLUBS, SPEND 3+ MONTHS PER YEAR IN SUN VALLEY (KETCHUM), IDAHO WHERE I SKI 45 DAYS WITH THE MASTERS CLUB AND FREE SKI AOTHER 20-25 ( I HAVE DONE THIS SINCE 1999 AND ALSO BELONG TO THE LOCAL HELICOPTER SKI CLUB AND BACK WOODS AVALANCHE CENTER TOURING GROUP). AS AN ART LOVER I HAVE CAREFULLY CULTIVATED, WITH GREAT GUIDANCE FROM SOTHEBY'S AND SOME OF ITS ALUMS, A SUPERB COLLECTION OF MODERN AND MINMALIST ART (STELLA, LEWITT, MANGOLD, DUBUFFET, DONALD JUDD, ROY LICHTENSTEIN, TRUITT, JENIFER BARTLETT, ALBERS, JOHNS, DILLER, MARIONI, OPIE, MAGGIE BROWN, BILL THOMPSEN, BUREN, ED MCHUGH, EDMUND KINZINGER [APPRETICE TO MATISSE, WHILE ON HIS WAY TO STARDOM WWI INTERFERED], JOHANES ITTEN [ALONG WITH ALBERS, A BAUHAUS FOUNDER], FELIX DEL MARLE [EARLY CUBIST AND A MASTER TO MONDRIAN'S STUDIO], CALDER, JULIE SPEIDEL, GWYN MURILL, MEGAN MURPHY, BRUCE BEASELY, BOCHNER, NOLAND, CHADWICK, NEVELSON, NORQUIST, ECKHART, WM. METCALF, WADDELL, SWANK, HERZOG, YVES KLEIN (THE YOUNGER), GIACOMETTI, RODIN, FLORENCE PIERCE, AND EVEN LEROY NEIMAN, (NOTE ALL WORKS ORIGNAL PAINTINGS, GUACHES, WATERCOLORS, DRAWINGS, MIXED MEDIA, OR SCULPTURES--NO PRINTS OR EDITIONS). WITH A PASSION FOR MUSIC, I CO-WROTE A ALBUM WITH DAN BROWN ("DAVINCI CODE") WHO WILL ALWAYS BE A WAY BETTER PIANIST, SONG WRITER, ARRANGER, AND SINGERTHAN NOVELIST (WE EVEN WROTE A MOVIE TREATMENT WITH AN ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE WHICH MAY SOON REVISIT). I ADORE MY TWO STANDARD POODLES, ROGET AND WEBSTER, WHO ARE SMARTER THAN MOST PEOPLE I KNOW BUT WHO ARE NOT MY . MY PERMANENT RESIDENCE IS A 5 STORY TOWNHOME IN HISTORIC SOCIETY HILL, PHILA., PA DECORATED BY RENOWNED GEOFFRY BRADFIELD (ALWAYS AD TOP 100 DESIGNERS), AND LIVE PART TIME IN NEWTOWN SQUARE, PA ABOVE THE SPRINGTON POINTE RESERVOIR (SIX MILES FROM ONE OF MY COUNTRY CLUBS), AGAIN, 3+ MONTHS IN SUN VALLEY, AND SARASOTA, FLORIDA (MY HOME TOWN), AS WELL AS HAVING ACCESS TO MY MOM'S HOME IN NYC ON 65TH ST. ( 37TH FLOOR WITH 360 DEGREE VIEW). I COLLECT AND ANTIQUE, CLASSIC, AND FAST ROAD CARS (FOR EX. A 1925 STUTZ DUAL COWL PHAETON (WON NATIONAL PRIZE AT HERSHEY , PA), A 1957 AND 1963 CONVERTIBLE THUNDERBIRD, 1973 CONVT. MUSTANG (MY COLLEGE CAR), A RARE 1988 FERRARI GTB, A 1995 FERRARI BERLINETTA, A NEW MASERATI SPYDER, BUT I DRIVE A 1998 VOLVO WAGO TO WORK. I LOVE BEAUTIFULLY CLASSIC CLOTHING-BLASS, BARBERA, AKRIS, ARMANI (BLACK LABEL), RALPH LAUREN (PURPLE), GUCCI, LOUIS VUITTON, BOGNER, YVES ST. LAURENT, LORO PIANA, BRIONI, BRADLEY MISCHKA, SCAASI, KORS, CALVIN KLEIN, VALENTINO, DESCENTE DNA, OBERMEYER, ROSSIGNIOL, SPYDER, METROPOLIS, HELLY HANSEN, KJUS, LIZGOLF (CLAIBORNE), ADIDAS, BURBERRY, BOBBY JONES, MANOLO BLAHNICK, TOD'S, PUMA RACE CAR SHOES FOR FERRARIS, AND I EVEN HAVE A PERONAL COURTIER IN SEATTLE, RENEE BASETTI ( I FEEL HONORED TO BE A ). MOST IMPORTANT THING IN MY LIFE IS MY 96 YEAR OLD GRANDMOTHER WHO HELPED RAISE ME AS BOTH MY PARENTS WORKED HARD TO BUILD A BEAUTIFUL AD LUCRATIVE LIFE (SHE STILL GOES TO MY MOM'S OFFICE EVERY DAY AND HAS HER HAIR DON 3 DAYS PER WEEK AND LIVES AT THE RITZ CARLTON IN SARASOTA. I PAY FOR THE CAR AND DRIVER AND MY MOM HAS A COMPANION LIVE-I FOR HER, BUT I LOVE TO DOTE ON HER AND FLY HER TO VISIT ME, EVEN IN SUN VALLEY AT 600 FEET ALTITUDE, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. I AM PROUD TO BE JEWISH THOUGH OT TRULY AS OBSERVANT AS I SHOULD BE. MY MOM REMARRIED AN ORTHODOZ SEPHARDIC (MIXED MARRIAGE AS WE ARE ASHKENAZI COHENS ON BOTH SIDES) SO SHE KEEPS A KOSHER HOME. I HAVE ENDOWED THE JEWISH STUDENT UNION AT ANDOVER IN MY DAD'S MEMORY. I DO SOME WORK FOR HABITAT FOR HUMANITY AND HAVE JUST STARTED SOME VOLUNTEER WORK AT A PROMINENT THINK TANK. AS FAR AS LOOKS, I AM 5'4" AND 110-115 POUNDS WITH AN ATHLETIC BUILD (WIDE SHOULDERS AND GREAT LOWER LEG!--GOTTA LOVE HIGH HEELS, THICK DARK BROWN HAIR, PERENIALLY TAN (SKI AND GOLF), LITTLE MAKE-UP, IF ANY, BUT I BLOW MY HAIR DAILY. I HOESTLY NOW NOTICE A FEW GREY HAIRS. WITH ALL MY ENDEAVORS, I SIMPLY FORGOT TO GET MARRIED OR TIMING WENT WRONG. I WOULD LOVE A COMMITTED RELATIONSHIP AND BELIEVE I COULD BE A MATE THAT COULD SHARE AN ADVENTUROUS, FUN, AND BEAUTIFUL LONG LIFE.
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SMART, SMART, SMART! ATHLETIC, GOOD HUMOR, SPONTANEOUS (CARPE DIEM TIME) AND ABLE TO LIVE PART TIME IN SUN VALLEY (THE OLDEST SYNAGOGUE WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI IS IN BOISE--I BELONG B/C THEY HAVE AN AEX IN SV.
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