Dancing Latin music (Bachata! Salsa, Merengue), Live music, food with Adobo on it (and also Emeril's original essence), Church (Manhattan Grace Tabernacle) www.manhattangrace.org, Jazz, Good Hugs, and a Good Massage every now and then (giving and receiving). Hot Chocolate all year round, and Fragrances (perfume and cologne)
You never know who you will meet these days - we NYC'ers and internet saavy folk have realized that! So I'm enjoying the ride...
Jazz, Salsa, Bachata, Merengue, Gospel...Kirk Whalum, Dianne Reeves, Bill Withers, Michael Jackson, Earth Wind and Fire, Aretha, Puchi Colon, Willie Colon, Miles Davis, Steve Turre, John Coltrane, Louis Armstrong, Jose Alberto, Nancy Wilson, Ella, Grover Washington, Jr., Bobby McFerrin, Wynton Marsalis, Kirk Franklin (more the older stuff), and on and on..but that's a good start...
am I really gonna say it - yeah, the Wedding Planner...loved that movie. I related to just about everybody in there...also Real Women have Curves, Save the Last Dance, Dance With Me, The Notebook.
Elimidate - only in the summer. Every now and then I get in the mood for a marathon Law and Order encounter. And Voltron should have never gone off the air. Beyond that - Jazz Central. The Cosby Show. and for recess - Montel and Maury (who's the father???) in the AM. and the ARTS channel.
The Holy Bible (New Revised Standard Version), Love Poems by Nikki Giovanni, Purpose Driven Life, Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligous thoughts on Christian Spirituality
Jesus Christ - for the wisdom of his words, the self sacrifice he models, and the definition of love that is experienced in following Him. My Mom, My Grandmother, Zepher, My Dad. Many jazz musicians for their personal search and struggle to find deeper ways to communicate and articulate their feelings and thoughts on this world and what it means to live in it.