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Dani

choca los cinco!

About Me

Jewelry and vintage furniture magnate.

My Interests

monster slaying, tapatio, singing (especially in the car!), alcoholic brunch, writing, making jewelry, haiku, karaoke, dancing, mexican food, summer camp, mini golf, walking, laughing, pinball, movies, board games (especially scrabble and boggle), museums, live music, soy ice cream, guitars, jameson, your mom.

I'd like to meet:

david caruso.

Music:

figurines, death cab for cutie, built to spill, spoon, the shins, bonnie prince billy, bright eyes, patty griffin, the pixies, the cure, cat power, the decemberists, elliott smith, lucinda williams, richard buckner, fiery furnaces, mirah, johnny cash, aretha franklin, otis redding, okkervil river, gillian welch, helium, neko case, earlimart, damien rice, damien jurardo, m. ward, rogue wave, apollo sunshine, the inklings, the arcade fire, the blue van, the flaming lips, pj harvey, the postal service, keren ann, mates of state, interpol, kristin hersh, liquorice, neutral milk hotel, pavement, irving, over the rhine, ray lamontagne, the replacements, september 67, tegan & sara, the wrens, ac newman...

Movies:

waiting for guffman, 40 year old virgin, goonies, walk the line, napoleon dynamite, better off dead, they call me bruce, lost in translation, rushmore, girls just wanna have fun, '80s porn, 16 candles, royal tenenbaums, secret of my success, savannah smiles, whale rider, talk to her.

Television:

six feet under, sopranos, the brady bunch, law & order, the cosby show, CSI, the office, huff, three's company, punky brewster, extras

Books:

the key, a heartbreaking work of staggering genius, hard boiled wonderland and the end of the world, kavalier and clay, norwegian wood, choose your own adventure, the corrections, the giving tree, brave new world, confederacy of dunces, portnoy's complaint, midnight's children, the fortress of solitude

Heroes:

the guy on the tapatio bottle.

My Blog

Grandpa.

I have never been so present.This man was my heart and soul and I owe so much of who I am to him.I will miss you so much grandpa!...
Posted by Dani on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:32:00 PST

tallest and fastest!

suffice to say i rode the world's tallest and faster roller coaster yesterday. thank you new jersey!
Posted by Dani on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 08:11:00 PST

Holy shit, I have a show...

I guess it's been at least a year since my last solo show...or at least close to that anyway. And then yesterday I got offered a show at the Crest Theater in Sacramento where I opened for John Hiatt a...
Posted by Dani on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 06:53:00 PST

GENTLEMEN, get her a Valentine's Gift here.

Alright my friend, Unless you are a super romantic, I'm gonna guess you haven't done anything about your Valentine's Day gift yet...(it's Feb 14th). I know, Valentine's Day is a terrible evil holiday,...
Posted by Dani on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:15:00 PST

come to the party!!!

You have to get your holiday shopping done sometime, so why not have some fun with it? Join the ladies behind Dog & Pony Show (Melissa) and Agapantha Jewelry (me!) as they host the second annual ...
Posted by Dani on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 09:28:00 PST

holiday daydreams (and shopping treats)

it's that time...i know cause i'm running all over helping fill the sweet jewelry daydreams of all the little (and not so little) girls in the world. today in dallas, next week in los angeles. but i c...
Posted by Dani on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 07:47:00 PST

Agapantha in Daily Candy Dallas...

.. .. .. November 1, 2006 The Good Seed A rose is a rose is a rose is a lovely mantra. But sometimes you just yearn for a bloom of a different sort. So may...
Posted by Dani on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 09:40:00 PST

Go Fish Brooklyn.

Erik and I signed a lease today for the lovliest little storefront in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn. We won't have an official opening for about 6 months or so, but will be open weekends in the...
Posted by Dani on Sun, 22 Oct 2006 03:00:00 PST

got me some shows...

thursday, october 12th stain bar 766 grand streetbrooklyn, ny 11211(L to Grand, 1 block west)718/387-7840 with my good friends Vanessa Peters 8-10pm$5 suggested donation monday, october 9th pet...
Posted by Dani on Fri, 06 Oct 2006 06:06:00 PST

quickly then.

making jewels and getting ready to go to iowa in the morning. that's right, you heard me. a few days of doing nothing but drinking beer, BBQing, playing games, selling jewels and running around with r...
Posted by Dani on Thu, 25 May 2006 02:20:00 PST