Slow cooking, natural fermentation (bread, beer, cheese), Pinot Noir (Sine Qua Non, Martinelli, Kosta Browne, Sea Smoke, DuMol, DuNah), Single Malt Scotch(18 Year - Macallan), Bas Armagnac (1970 Lustrac), going to restaurants (Mozza, Chez Panisse, Lucques, A.O.C., Canele', Hungry Cat, Grace, Gramercy Tavern, Babbo, Lupa, The Red Cat, La Toque, Mustard's Grill, Artisinal, Casa Bianca and Barone's pizza, Treebeards, Chiba in North Hollywood for sushi), nachos with a ton of jalapenos and sour cream, thin-crust wood-fired pizza, avocados from my tree, salmon belly with black caviar (CHIBA), playing with fire-building it, cooking on it, going to the beach, exploring farmer's markets, exploring gourmet food stores or ethnic food stores, organic gardening, painting, movies, watching GOOD stand-up, reading, listening to music, yoga, running, hiking, rock-climbing, white-water rafting, traveling (especially to wine country)
I'd like to meet:
Hedonists and Hooligans, Hellraisers and Holy Men (and women), Poets and Painters, Gardeners and Gourmands....and people who love alliteration.
Music:
In backwards alphabetical order: Zero 7, Whiskeytown, Wheat, The Weepies, Waylon Jennings, The Von Bondies, The Veils, Van Morrison, U2, The Troggs, Trish Murphy, Townes Van Zandt, Tom Waits, Tom Petty, Tim Easton, Talk Talk, Supergrass, Sufjan Stevens, The Style Council, Steve Earle, Stereophonics, Stan Getz/Jao Gilberto/Antonio Carlos Jobim, Spyro Gyra, Spigga, Sonny Boy Williamson, The Sonics, The Smiths, The Shins, Shane Barber, Santana, Sam Cooke, Ryan Adams, Runaway Dorothy, The Rosewood Thieves, Ron Sexsmith, Roman Candle, Rolling Stones, Rogue Wave, Ringside, Richard Ashcroft, The Replacements, Remy Zero, The Redwalls, The Rave-Ups, The Radio Dept., Psychedelic Furs, The Producers, Prince, The Police, The Pogues, The Plimsouls, Phoenix, Peter Gabriel, Pete Yorn, Pet Shop Boys, Paul Westerberg, Paul Weller, Patsy Cline, Panjabi MC, OASIS, The Notorious B.I.G., Nina Simone, Nick Drake, The New Pornographers, Neil Young, Neil Finn, My Morning Jacket, Muddy Waters, MoZella, Morphine, The Minus 5, Matt Pond Pa, Matt Hopper, Marshall Crenshaw, Luna, Lucinda Williams, Lou Reed, The Libertines, Lewis Taylor, Led Zeppelin, The Killers, Kevin Montgomery, Keren Ann, Keane, Kate Bush, Kasabian, June Carter Cash, Joy Division, Joshua Radin, Josh Ritter, Josh Mease, Joseph Arthur, Johnny Cash, Johnathan Rice, John Lennon, John Lee Hooker, John Hiatt, Joe Strummer, Joe Henry, Jimmy Reed, Jimi Hendrix, Jet, Jerm, Jeff Finlin, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, James Taylor, Jackson Browne, Iron and Wine, Interpol, Imogen Heap, Human League, Hugh Masekela, Howlin' Wolf, House of Pain, Hooverphonic, Hans Zimmer, Hall and Oates, Goo Goo Dolls, Goldfrapp, Glenn Miller, Gin Blossoms, Gillian Welch, Geoff Bock, Flogging Molly, Flaming Lips, the Flamin' Groovies, Felix y Los Gatos, ernie c. ernst, Emmit Rhodes, Eminem, Elvis Costello, Elliott Smith, ELO, Eddie Money, Echo and the Bunnymen, Earth, Wind & Fire, Dramarama, the Doves, the Doors, Donovan, Django Reinhardt, Dionne Warwick, Diana Ross, Destroyer, the Decemberists, Death Cab for Cutie, David Bowie, Darin Murphy, The Cure, Crowded House, the Clientele, the Clash, Chris Rea, Chicago, Cheap Trick, Charles Trenet, the Clergyman, the Cars, Carolyn Wonderland, Butter 08, Bruce Springsteen, Bruce Hornsby, Bright Eyes, Brett Dennen, Brendan Benson, Brady Harris, Bobby Darin, Bob Dylan, Billie Holiday, Bill Withers, Bessie Smith, Bee Gees, Beck, Bebel Gilberto, The Beatles, Beastie Boys, Badly Drawn Boy, Babyshambles, Allman Brothers, Alexi Murdoch, Al Stewart, Al Green, Air, Aimee Mann, The 88, 10cc
Movies:
In NO particular order:
The Year of Living Dangerously, Bull Durham, Broadcast News, A Christmas Story, A Clockwork Orange, Taxi Driver, Apocalypse Now, Godfather (1 and 2), Raging Bull, The Limey, Harold and Maude, Valley Girl, My Chauffeur, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Summer School, Dazed and Confused, Swingers, Meatballs, Stripes, Ghostbusters, Caddyshack, 16 Candles, Pretty in Pink, Breakfast Club, Some Kind of Wonderful, She's Having a Baby, Bridget Jones' Diary, Mystic Pizza, LA Confidential, Gladiator, Amelie, Manhunter, American Werewolf in London, Pretty Woman, Modern Problems, Singles, Sid and Nancy, Unbearable Lightness of Being, Somewhere in Time, Gone With the Wind, Streetcar Named Desire, Say Anything, The Two Worlds of Jenny Logan (a Halloween tradition!), Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Xanadu (how's that for a juxtaposition?), Grease, South Pacific, History of the World, Pt.1, 48 Hours, Die Hard, A Fish Called Wanda, LA Story, Roxanne, the Big Lebowski, Annie Hall, The Professional, Out of Sight, Traffic, Time After Time, the original Porky's, Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, True Romance, Rain Man, Pulp Fiction, The Sixth Sense, Arthur, Fargo, Steel Magnolias, Hard Eight, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Raising Arizona, Field of Dreams, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Spaceballs, The Princess Bride, Snatch, The Secret of Roan Inish, Blade Runner (director's cut), Donnie Darko, Wings of Desire, Risky Business, Election, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Ghost World, The Virgin Suicides, Pump up the Volume, Juno
Television:
The Shield, The Sopranos, Rome, Rescue Me, Deadliest Catch, House, Entourage, Bones, Supernatural, Top Chef, Hell's Kitchen, Iron Chef America, Project Runway, America's Next Top Model, So You Think You Can Dance, Man vs. Wild, Survivor, The Amazing Race, The Apprentice, The Biggest Loser, Celebrity Fit Club, Survivorman, Big Love, Kids in the Hall, Mad Men, The Next Great Supermodel, In Treatment
Books:
The Liar's Club, Bread Alone, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Culinary Artistry, Zuni Cafe Cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Craig Claiborne's Southern Cooking, Breads from the La Brea Bakery, any book by Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Deguid, any book by Peter Reinhart, any book by Patricia Wells, Babbo, Sunday Suppers at Lucques, Memoirs of an Invisible Man, Lords of Discipline, The Great Santini, Prince of Tides, A Midsummer's Night Dream, Poems of Katherine Mansfield, The Secret Garden, Red Dragon, Kitchen Confidential, Julie and Julia, A Year in Provence, It Must Have Been Something I Ate, The Da Vinci Code, The Stand, Ammie Come Home, Shattered Silk, Drinking: A Love Story, She's Come Undone, East of Eden, White Oleander, Bridget Jones' Diary, The Lovely Bones, Eat, Pray, Love
Heroes:
My wonderful family and friends. Ballbusters. People who create beauty in this world with their actions and thoughts.
