All right, Andy!

[El Gordo]

Woo Hoo! Yay! It's Pam!

Great to hear from you, Pam. For the benefit of others, I'll mention that Pam is an Anglophile from New Orleans or Baton Rouge or somewhere where they eat alligators, who ran the London Marathon in 2002.

Great to hear that you're still running, and well done on the half marathon PB, or PR as the Americans prefer to say. I've just done two halfs, and have been moaning about them non-stop ever since. To be fair, the last one was a good race, but it was delayed so long that we all got totally fed up.

Actually Pam, I have a couple of friends travelling to New Orleans shortly who were asking for recommendations for good authentic bars and eating places in New Orleans. I can't remember where we went when we were there, so perhaps you can help.

Please do stay in touch, and post the URL of your web log, so that others can follow your adventures.

Cheers, Andy