Equestrian sports (hunter/jumper), rowing, swimming, snowboarding, surfing, ice skating, boxing, running outdoors, piano, opera, ballet, flamenco, chamber music, my Treo 700w, movies, golf, polo, yachts, ESPN Sports Center BABY!, Cal athletics - GO BEARS!!!, Oakland A's, beating up trash talking muthafuckas at the games who talk smack about my teams, travel, fashion (haute couture), shopping, galas, foreign languages and cultures, l'Alliance Francaise, Renaissance art, the Victorian and Edwardian periods, architecture, interior design, wine, fine dinning, the risotto and cheese course at Gary Danko, dim sum, brunch and afternoon tea with the girls, hangin' with my dogs Momo and Chairman Mao, latte macchiatos and cafe freddos from Peet's, Cafe Fanny, game theory, collecting stickers, summer weekend getaways at the Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel/Dana Point, old school cartoons, camping, backpacking, hiking, reading by the fireplace (real literature, none of that Harry Potter bullshit), existentialism, intellectual conversations and debates, walking on the beach at sunset, making out, don't even get me started on sex, wasting time, posing for the paparazzi at balls/galas/benefits or some other event and then finding my drunk ass in PaperCity, The Nob Hill Gazette, 7x7 looking totally shitfaced (in couture of course).
I'd like to meet:
Those who are fearless. Not in the Evil Knievel sense, but rather, those who defy convention and who are willing to take the road less traveled. I have a tremendous respect for artists, existentialists, entrepreneurs and pioneers. People who take control of their own destinies and who are brave enough to trust their gut instincts. I am also quite fond of individuals who have the ability to think for themselves; those who continuously question and refuse to blindly follow any preestablished dogmas. The select few who stand out from the masses, unafraid to suffer the consequences of nonconformity. Fearless. Yes, that's what I call it. Fearless and extraordinary.
Music:
Classical is my first love (Maria Callas, Renee Fleming, Cecilia Bartoli, Edita Gruberova, Kathleen Battle, June Anderson, Anne Sofie von Otter, Joan Sutherland, Tackacs Quartet), hip hop, r&b, pop, rock, jazz, some country. Favorite works include: "The Willow Song/Ave Maria" from Verdi's Otello, "Dove Sono" and "Porgi Amor" from Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro, "Marten aller Arten" from Mozart's Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, "Caro Nome" from Verdi's Rigoletto, "Song to the Moon" from Dvorak's Rusalka, "Una Furtiva Lagrima" from Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore, Mozart's Requiem, Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, Hector Berlioz (Les nuits d'ete), Nanna's Lied by Kurt Weil, a whole shit load of Schubert and Schumann lieder. Second love is hip hop: Usher, Tupac, Ying Yang Twins, Li'l John, Missy Elliot, Nas, Mobb Deep, Spice 1, E-40, Keak Da Sneak, EA Ski, Mac Dre, Luniz, 50 Cent & G-Unit, and of course old school Dr. Dre, Warren G, Nate Dog, Snoop, Dog Pound, Ice Cube. Also like: Prince, pre-Kabbalah Madonna, Aerosmith, Guns N' Roses, Linkin Park, Etta James, Toni Braxton, Jodeci, Dru Hill, Xcape, TLC, Deborah Cox, Mariah Carey, Evanescence, and James Blunt.
Movies:
Amadeus, Immortal Beloved, Scarface, The Godfather Trilogy, Casino, The Sound of Music, Hero, House of Flying Daggers, The Joy Luck Club, Bull Durham, Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken, International Velvet, For Love of the Game, Fight Club, The Notebook, Before Sunset, Pride and Prejudice, Match Point, Tristan & Isolde, V for Vendetta, Ridicule
Television:
Grey's Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, Boston Legal, Law & Order, and lots of MTV, ESPN, and E!
Books:
The House of Mirth, The Age of Innocence, A Moveable Feast, The Great Gatsby, Catcher in the Rye, Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice, Bergdorf Blondes, The Right Address, The Heart of Darkness, Art of War, The Prince, The Count of Monte Cristo, Rabbit Run, The Awakening, The Bluest Eye, The Bell Jar, The Metamorphosis, Les Miserables, all the Curious George books, Le Petit Prince, US Weekly, Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, The Practical Horseman. J'aime Marcel Proust!!! A la Recherche du Temps Perdu . . . un livre merveilleux!!
Heroes:
My mom, Maria Callas, Edith Wharton, Renee Fleming, Beethoven, Steve Jobs, and last but definitely not least, Mr. Hawkins (a.k.a. Uncle Bruce), the biggest nonconformist I know. Pensive, inquisitive, and always hungry for knowledge . . . a true philosopher.
