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Jasmine

Los Angeles is raw, uncouth and bizarre, but it's a place of substance. It has more new horizons tha

About Me

................."Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly."--MFK Fisher.......................

My Interests

---http://jazzyp.livejournal.com/--- Race and American Culture, Hanging out with "women of a certain age," Yoga, Politics, Philanthropic Enterprises, Tennis, Gender, Pilates, Extreme Hospitality, Netflix, Cooking, Le Biciclete, Horticulture, Bargain Hunting, Public Broadcasting, Becoming a morning person, Noro Yarn, Synchronized Swimming, Baked Goods, the Sunday paper, a perfect breakfast, Going Outside

Music:

Currently in heavy rotation: Belle and Sebastian, Theivery Corp, Nouvelle Vague, Buddy Holly, Neil Young, Brian Eno's Ambient records and Aphex Twin's remixes, Joni Mitchell, Astrud Gilberto, Four Tet, Lo'Jo, Stereolab

Movies:

Amelie, Pan's Labryinth, The Lives of Others, My Man Godfrey, Nights of Cabiria, The Godfather, Next Stop Wonderland, Annie Hall, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Party, all 6 hours of Pride and Prejudice, Blue/White/Red tril, The World of Apu, Dirty Dancing

Books:

Currently: Recently... Never Let Me Go, The Emperor's Children, Then We Came to the End, The talented Mr. Ripley, Highsmith: A Romance of the 1950s; Native Speaker, Special Topics in Calamity Physics, Marie Antoinette, On Beauty, The Year of Magical Thinking, Howard's End, White Noise Always... Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking, To the Lighthouse, Mrs. Dalloway, The Hours, Pierre, Absalom, Absalom!, Giovanni's Room, Another Country, When we were orphans, Remains of the Day, Emma, Sister Carrie, The Big Money, The Group, House of Mirth, The Golden Notebook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Democracy, The White Album, The Sun Also Rises, The Handmaid's Tale, Cat's Eye, Appetite For Life: The Biography of Julia Child"Central heating, French rubber goods, and cookbooks are three amazing proofs of man's ingenuity in transforming necessity into art, and of these, cookbooks are perhaps most lastingly delightful." --MFK Fisher

My Blog

Father Knows Best

Father Knows BestDr. Kennedy's magic prescription for indecisive women.By Dahlia LithwickPosted Wednesday, April 18, 2007, at 7:21 PM ETThe key to comprehending the Supreme Court's ruling today in Gon...
Posted by Jasmine on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 07:08:00 PST

The Air-Conditioned Nightmare--Temecula makes the LA Times

In praise of stucco It's only a matter of time before the '80s tract home style wins a little respect, red-tile roofs and all. By Mark Kendall, MARK KENDALL is a freelance writer based in Ontario.Apri...
Posted by Jasmine on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 04:55:00 PST

Painting Mao...

Great Article from the LA Times...Painting Mao. ExclusivelyBy Ching-Ching NiTimes Staff Writer7:46 PM PDT, September 13, 2006BEIJING It happens every year, under cover of darkness, in the waning days...
Posted by Jasmine on Thu, 14 Sep 2006 11:12:00 PST