innovative girl vocals, books books books, back-to-school, singing, opening warhol's time capsules for the first time, volunteering, jumping rope, the library, contemporary art, kittens, napping in the sunlight, japan, the city, my bike, potluck dinners, chinese landscape painting, circle pitting, old movies, new movies, yoga, zines, people watching, snug jackets, history, the ocean, collecting seashells, apple pie, hot air balloons, windy fall days, chai milkshakes, vegetarian chili, the stillness of old churches, knitting, hiking, the smell of the woods, the three rivers, the 7th street bridge, my neices, assom tea, sing-a-longs, building campfires, fairy tales, literary theory, father/daughter tattoos.
nice folks. good conversationalists. a friend to travel with.
joni mitchell-nina simone-sarah vaughn-billie holiday-ella fitzgerald-nico-patti smith-joanna newsom-solex-the velvet underground-the chase-lauryn hill-david bowie-modey lemon-aphasia-rudimentary peni-1905-antiproduct-prince-the shins-rilo kiley-modest mouse-le tigre-trex-gentle waves-ludus lovestyle-the beatles-matty pop chart-spoon-interpol-hooliganship-cat stevens-loretta lynn-carol king-bobby birdman-deerhoof-christopher doulgeris-phillip glass-simon & garfunkel
lost in translation-ken burn's jazz documentary-sense and sensibility-amelie-totorro-ghost world-rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead-the royal tenenbaums-rushmore-harvey-breakfast at tiffany's-splendor in the grass-tampopo-spirited away-harold and maude-garden state-before sunset-annie hall-cane toad
the cosby show, kids in the hall, freaks and geeks
make way for ducklings-a people's history of the united states-the last samurai by helen dewitt-valencia by michelle tea-possession by a.s. byatt-dubliners by james joyce-the beginning of an idea by james mcgahern-the bell jar by sylvia plath-the djinn in the nightingale's eye:five fairy stories by a.s. byatt-top girls by carol churchill-the color purple by alice walker-solar storms by linda hogan-crescent by diane abu-jaber
my nana, my mom, my big sister, anne brannen, jenny lewis. my dad. a girl i once saw riding her bike across the tenth street bridge, who picked her bike up, matter-of-factly, and carried it up the flight of stairs, that scale a cliff-face, to duquesne.