I try to get back to Australia as much as possible.
When I'm in the U.K. - and I'm here more than people would think - I tend to keep a very low profile.
Any time I can come to L.A., because I live in New York... when I go to L.A., it really is about the people, having reunions and seeing my friends I don't see enough.
The flight I'm most excited about is the one that takes me back to Northern Ireland to visit family and friends.
While I've lived in L.A. since 1985, I'll always consider Chicago my home town and have much affection for it. My parents and sister still live there so I try to visit as often as I'm able.
I have a 92 year old father whose doing beautifully who lives in Chicago and a sister and a nephew and a niece and I love coming back and try to do so fairly often.
I come back to Vegas pretty regularly. Quick visits, and I usually just kind of lay low, see my mom, and then get out of there. But every now and then, I'm able to kind of come for extended stays and see some people.
When I come to visit my mom - every two or three months - I generally spend five or six hours with her each day. She's always immensely glad to see me, her eldest child, her only son.
A lot of my friends are in Australia, and it's definitely nice to get back there.
Otherwise, I spend a lot of time at my boyfriend's home in the country, in New Jersey.
I do no writing while I'm in Belgrade visiting my grandma.
My folks are in Jersey. And I have a lot of friends and other family there. So, I try to visit as much as possible.
Can I come back and see you sometime?" "Long as you bring me some chocolate," Gramma said, and smiled. "I'm partial to chocolate." "Gramma, you're diabetic." "I'm old, girl. Gonna die of something. Might as well be chocolate.
I stay round at gran's when I come up to visit.
