Finally, in the late 30's, Lazzell began attending Hans Hofmann's classes in Provincetown and continued for more than a decade; she also visited the Hofmanns during her frequent stopovers in New York.
A self-described "career gal in black" and a vegetarian, she was between jobs in Los Angeles and Chicago when she met the man who would become her husband during a stopover in her hometown.
But her sensitive nose tells her that her husband's stopovers en route have not been innocent.
Two months later, realizing that he cannot bring Marie to Venezuela, he deposits her in Panama during a stopover, assuring her that a liner bound for Bordeaux will return her to France.
Planning a daylong stopover on her way from Los Angeles, where she now lives, to pick up her son from camp in Maine and to meet with her publisher about her new novel, "My Hollywood," the writer, still best known for her blockbuster debut, "Anywhere but Here," intended to make the most of her time in the city.
Yet Brazil was only one stopover in her set.
Not only were the two willed-to-be "lovebird" skaters guests of honour but also Princess Anne, on a stopover on her way from London to deepest Africa.
The accompanying music video was shot in Tokyo during her 2006 Confessions Tour stopover.
As she prepared for a new life, which was to include a stopover to see her grandparents in Washington, her friends hosted a surprise going-away party in Brooklyn and invited Mr. Dickerson, with whom Ms. Findley still occasionally chatted.
The attendant, who is seeking damages, accused another attendant, Michael Young, 39, of attacking her in March 1998, during a stopover in Rome.
