owls/old books/stars/astronomy/ancient civilizations/history/macrame/ crocheted sweaters/dictionaries/french/foreign films/avocado green/ flowered wallpaper/linoleum tiles/paisley/cordouroy/bellbottom pants/stained cement/the sexual reproduction of garden snails/birds/sailboats in jars/cream soda/pink/vintage purses/ornate lamps/gaudy jewelry/moonstone/classic hollywood/detective shows/poppies/dessert/anais nin/butterflies/orange/ glitter/foil paper/glass elevators/peanut butter/rome/bath and body works/journal writing/castor beans/hampsters/angels/rickrack/wood furniture/paper mache/old coins/oil paints/gustav klimt/windchimes/ hummingbirds/rosemary/egypt/pencil shavings/shag carpet/velvet/smurfs/ ostrich feathers/easter eggs/lavender/floppy hats/metal sculpture/cats/ poetry/broadway musicals/dancing/classical opera/shellfish/sunken ships/ grapes/renaissance/india/coral reefs/pink pearl erasers/watercolours/paint by number/latchhook/sewing/olive trees/treasure trolls/stargazer lillies/classic muscle cars/astrology/psychology/dream analysis/atari/puccini/ libraries/classic architecture/neighborhood history/pole lamps/ballet/dolphins/ dalmatians/yellow/heager ceramics/moorish art/rocky and bullwinkle/ champagne/fairies/fiberoptics/antique scissors/gold leaf/cobras/perfume bottles/art deco/candles/ivory/umbrellas/swans/clocks/hatboxes/ salvador dali/kangaroos/enameled copper/inscense/stained glass/ atomizers/ashtrays/crystal/headvases/mushrooms/greek gods/oleg cassini/ mandolin/peacocks/barkcloth/rembrandt/mosaic/bobbleheads/bra ss/ needlepoint/piggy banks/acrylic/flavia/thermometers/palm trees/old radios/ holt howard/witches/copper/calendars/tea towels/buttons/elephants/mirrored doors/salt and pepper shakers/georges briard/doilies/lucite/trivets/israel/ grecian urns/handpainted china/betta fish/tobacciana/vera neumann . . . .
People who share similar interests as I do - because conversations would surely take a turn for the worst if you were in love with, say, the search for Bigfoot - and here I think it's all bunk! Peter Marr from Kitchen Accomplished is invited into my kitchen *and I can think of a few other rooms I'd like him to see, too (wink wink)* anytime he wants! Anderson Cooper, one of my future husbands. Hayden Christensen, another husband. Actually, I can marry Andy here in the US and I can marry Hayden in Canada. Sheesh. I've got it all planned out. And Peter can be my personal kitchen makeover specialist. Everyone needs one of those!
Very open-minded about my music tastes. Favorites range from Puccini to Dolly Parton and everything in between. The three things that I don't like are very loud noisy heavy metal rock, dirty foul gangster rap about raping people and killing and degrading females, and mexican circus music where every song sounds the same and you're waiting for a bright orange Pinto to drive up at any moment and unload thirty or so cowboy hat wearing mexicans. Otherwise, I'm open to just about anything.
The Man That Got Away
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXCngMzFfvs
Gone With The Wind, Casablanca, Some Like it Hot, Imitation of Life, The Wizard of Oz, Bridges of Madison County, Steel Magnolias, Mr. Skeffington, Roman Holiday, Funny Face, The Great Race, The Little Mermaid, Who's Harry Crumb, The Way We Were, A Star is Born, Pretty Woman, Maid in Manhattan, Notting Hill, The Ten Commandments, Dirty Dancing . . . .
Bewitched, Soap, Golden Girls, Gimme a Break, Ally McBeal, My So-Called Life, I Dream of Jeanne - And I simply love the Discovery Channel, and the Travel Channel has lovely things on often, and the Food network (Tyler Florence can come to my kitchen any day), and of course HGTV!
Oscar Wilde/ Edith Wharton/ Dante Alighieri/ Leo Tolstoy/ Tennessee Williams/ Pearl S. Buck/ Joseph Conrad/ Tom Stoppard/ Daphne DuMaurier/ Anne Tyler/ Alice Hoffman/ Anais Nin/ Elizabeth Berg/ Jacqueline Suzanne/ Darcey Steinke/ E.L. Doctorow/ Thomas Moore/ John Irving/ Bel Kaufman/ Rita Mae Brown/ Edna Ferber/ Terry McMillan/ Toni Morrison/ Katherine Patterson/ Judith Guest/ Laura Moriarty/ D.H. Lawrence/ Irving Stone/ Nietzsche/ Susan Isaacs/ Kathleen E. Woodiwiss/ Voltaire/ Albert Camus/ Rod Mckuen/ Aldous Huxley/ Frank Yerby/ Fyodor Dostoyevsky/ Charlotte Bronte/ Emily Bronte/ Margaret Mitchell/ Vladamir Nobokov/ Wally Lamb/ J.D. Salinger/ Boris Pasternak/ Emile Zola/ Saul Bellow/ Thomas Hardy/ Truman Capote/ Jane Austin/ Kahlil Gibran/ William Faulkner/ Isaac Asimov/ Arthur Miller/ Woody Allen/ Sandra Cisneros/ Homer/ Eudora Welty/ Nora Ephron/ Judy Blume/ Paul Zindel/ Han Suyin/ Robert Newton Peck/ Shakespeare/ Willa Cather/ Thornton Wilder/ Edgar Allan Poe/ Elia Kazan/ Cervantes/ Bernard Malamud/ Connie May Fowler/ Grace Metalious/ Iyanla Vanzant . . . . . I could go on forever, probably.
My mother.