Jazz, traveling, dance parties, swing dancing, swimming, basketball, badminton, biking, ping pong, Ryan Piersol and surfing the Internet.
I'd like to meet:
I often think that I was born in the wrong era. I wish I could have met the one and only Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong. He was the physical embodiment of an art form that means the world to me. Ella Fitzgerald and Benny Goodman are two other jazz giants that I would have loved to have been in the same room with. I wouldn't mind meeting Harry Connick, Jr. or Tom Cruise either! :)
Music:
I ABSOLUTELY ADORE MUSIC! I am open to anything. I love jazz, funk, rock, oldies, classical and Irish folk music in particular. Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Goodman, Otis Redding, Sam Cooke, Nina Simone, Anita O'Day, Dinah Washington, The Duke Ellington Orchestra, Ray Charles, Nat King Cole, Chet Baker, Blossom Dearie, Wynton Marsalis, The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Louis Prima, Keely Smith, Stan Getz, Sarah Vaughan, Mel Torme, Kurt Elling, Diana Krall, Peanuts Hucko, Edmond Hall, Barney Bigard, Monty Sunshine, Louis Jordan, Rosemary Clooney, Al Grey, Elvis Presley, Paul Simon, The Beach Boys, Ladysmith Black Mombazo, Tower Of Power, The Beatles, Lena Horn, Beastie Boys, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, The Chieftains, Dave Berger and The Sultans Of Swing, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Dave Matthews Band, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., Harry Connick, Jr., Elton John, Fats Domino, Fats Waller, Glenn Miller Orchestra, Green Day, Horace Silver, Jimmy Durante, Johnny Cash, Kool & The Gang, K.C. & The Sunshine Band, Madonna, Marvin Gaye, Miles Davis, Neil Sedaka, No Doubt, Nirvana, Santana, Weezer, The Village People, Tony Bennett, Shooby Taylor, Ray Brown, Milt Hinton, Queen, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Oscar Peterson Trio, The Professors, Titan Hot Seven, High Sierra, Climax, Boilermakers, Grand Dominion, Clint Baker's New New Orleans, Canus, Uptown Lowdown, Blue Street, 51st 8 and ohhhh sooo much more.
Movies:
Swing Kids, The Godfather Trilogy, Dead Poet's Society, Sliding Doors, Cocktail, Amelie, Ray, The Truth About Cats And Dogs, Casino, Walk The Line, When Harry Met Sally, Frankie & Johnny, You've Got Mail, Gone With The Wind, Swingers, anything with my favorite actors and actresses in it - Julia Roberts, Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Robert DeNiero, Al Pacino, George Clooney, John Cusack, Robin Williams, and many, many more. I love comedies, drama, action, you name it. I can even stomach a horror every so often.
Television:
Sex In The City, Sopranos, The Wire, Seinfeld, Roseanne, Friends, ER, Cheers, Frazier, Comedy Central, TBS, MTV, VH1, E!, NBC. Let's face it, I have wasted a great deal of my existence mesmorized by the black screen and remote control. I spent the majority of my childhood glued to a t.v. set. I am a big fan of this form of entertainment! :)
Books:
Angela's Ashes, A Tree Grows In Brooklyn, Joy In The Morning,The Thorn Birds, Gone With The Wind, The Great Gatsby, To Kill A Mockingbird, Where The Heart Is, The Truth Behind The Veil, The Color Purple, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, Memoirs of a Geisha, House Of The Scorpion, The Rapture of Canaan, Little Women, anything by Maeve Binchy and Anne Tyler. I read mostly fiction, creative non-fiction, memoirs and biographies of performing artists.
Heroes:
"Did you ever know that you're my hero? You're everything I wish I could be..." There are so many heroes in my life. My parents would have to be my ultimate heroes. I would be absolutely lost without them. Along with my buddies from Chilliwack and Vancouver, B.C. Canada, Bellingham, Puyallup and Enumclaw, Washington and in Sacramento and Lodi, California! I just love all of you soooo much!
