aesthetic + intellectual inspiration, love, photography (and flickr), cooking, really good food, reading, miniature long-haired dachshund love, travel, parisian sensibilities, tropical beaches, music, architecture, mid-century modern aesthetic, human (and dog) behavior, the tactility of earth-bound things, a stimulating exchange of ideas, being pleasantly surprised by the lack of pretense, sincerity, eloquence and your emotional landscape (and mine)
YOU as opposed to who you are "being". ...people who are funny or ironic. the inspired (and inspiring), conscious beings. people with ambition, talent, style, intelligence and humility (all at the same time), the emotionally courageous (esp. when it counts), people who were taught some manners. really. people with integrity. people i can trust. people who actually like themselves. the truly evolved and elegant creatures. and, johnny depp ;)
getz, gilberto, sergio mendez, yo yo ma, john mayer, miles, lauryn hill, feist, susie suh, common, john legend, amos lee, justin (some), handsome boy modeling school, verve remixed, hotel costes, thievery, nitin sawhney, the roots, mos def, zero 7, coldplay, norah jones, suphala, amy winehouse
in the mood for love by: wong kar wai, city of god, raising victor vargas, a lot of johnny depp's work, ang pamana: the inheritance, olivia's puzzle, office space, high fidelity, 25th hour, the unbearable lightness of being, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, lost in translation, anchorman, CRASH (the recent one), you and me and everyone we know, born into brothels, the constant gardener, an inconvenient truth, borat, pan's labyrinth, THE NAMESAKE (go see it!), paris, je t'aime
"a natural history of the senses" by diane ackerman, "on love", "the architecture of happiness", "the romantic movement: sex shopping & the novel" all by alain de botton, "the unbearable lightness of being" by milan kundera, "the tipping point" by malcolm gladwell, "the namesake" by jhumpa lahiri, "kite runner" by khaled hosseini, current reading: "the omnivore's dilemma"
my sisters, *lexie lulu* my dog, real friends, charles and ray eames, maya lin, alain de botton, richard neutra, livinghomes.net, johnny depp, wnyc, will farrell, maggie chung in "in the mood for love"