Hello , are you Muriel Douglas ?   Yes , and you must be James . It's nice to meet you at long last .   Yes , you too . Thanks for agreeing to meet with us about the new account . My associate , Susan Kim , should be here any minute . Would you like something to drink while we're waiting ?   No , thanks . I'm fine . Did you have a nice holiday ?   Yes , I did . My family and I went to Tahoe to ski and the weather was great . How about you ?   I stayed in L . A . and it was sunny the entire weekend . We spent most of the time at home but we did go see King Kong on Christmas day .   How did you like it ?   It was better than I expected . But , you know , I think I would have enjoyed skiing in Tahoe even better . Do you go there often ? 