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...imagine what other people will do. I dreamed of strong-arming mayors to give me keys to their cities, persuading a minor league team to let me throw out the first pitch and getting women to talk to me. Then it struck me: I needed to see the Playboy Mansion...
...introspective about his hedonistic life. He said he thought his legacy would be having shown "that there's another ethical way of living your life without being married." So I asked him if he thought his was a life well lived. Had he chosen the right American Dream--the mansion and the babes--or should he have chosen the suburban house and the nuclear family? "This is better," he said without hesitation. "Because you're not living your life through other people...
...said that the past year, when his wife divorced him and he reopened the mansion to parties, was probably the best of his life. I suspect that may be due to the invention of his beloved Viagra--I'm sure it's all related. "Now all I have to do is adopt a highway," he said. "I've adopted a couple of twins. That's more expensive." I had no idea what he meant. But joking about twins seemed like a cool, International Playboy kind of thing, so I laughed...
...death in 1904. Her achingly wistful novel offers a counterpoint to Toole's farce. Readers can pick up Chopin's trail on the outskirts of the French Quarter, where her heroine, Edna Pontellier, lived on Esplanade Avenue. The Pontellier home is thought to have been modeled on the Claiborne Mansion, now an expensive bed-and-breakfast, in the adjacent Faubourg Marigny neighborhood. When Edna left her husband and moved around the corner in pursuit of freedom, her new home was probably in the bohemian section...
...death at 76 in 1914. In Martinez, visitors can roam the grounds of the John Muir National Historic Site; hike Mount Wanda, named after one of Muir's daughters; and snack on ripe fruit from the orchard that helped bankroll his conservation activities. In Muir's 17-room mansion, young children will enjoy seeing the toys that belonged to Muir's daughters; older kids will gravitate to the "scribble den," where Muir did his writing. Among the artifacts on display: a spear presented to Muir by Native Americans in honor of his courage...