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Lissette

lissettecarrera

About Me

I am exactly who I wanted to become when I was 12 years old sans coiffed bangs and perm. I'm originally from Miami but currently live in Manhattan with my (bald) Chia Pet and growing collection of Dawn Dolls. I'm an interior designer, business woman, sharp dresser and advocate of good taste and good grammar.

I have a weakness for beauty, whimsy and the past and love this:

My Websites:

My Mantra:

My Interests

Art
Interior Design
Architecture
Historic Preservation
Drawing & Painting
Swimming
The Beach
Travel
Photography
Vintage Things
Kitsch
Old Cuba
Being Cuban
Theorizing LOST
Baking
Lounge Music
Fanciness
High Standards
Good Grammar
The Duracell sound
Mid-Century Typography and Signs
Cartoons
Cleanliness
Fashion
Retro Disney
Toys & Dolls
Web Design
Food
Eating Food
Fancy Toiletries
Katamari
Vintage Clothing
Hosting Parties
Knitting
Googie Architecture
Neglected Architecture
Long versions of TV themes
Writing
Satire & Irony
Over-Achieving
Romance Comics
Sinatra Drive
Miami Beach
Palm Springs
Manhattan
Cocktail Parties/Attire
Comedy
Dead Baby Jokes
Elvis
Pulp Art
Whales
Equal Opportunity Offending
Impersonating Jackee
Karaoke
Swing Dancing
Retro Future
Aviation
Declining Friend Requests
Classy People
Archies
Bauhaus
Spectator Shoes
Record Albums

Non-Interests Feet
Unclassy People
The term "Blockbuster Nights"
Hipster Haircuts
Che Guevara T-Shirts
Dumpy Shoes
Live-action Archies movies
Music that's too loud
Music that's too mellow
Music that's too annoying
The Electric Slide
"We're pregnant."
Jeff spelled Geoff
Cigarette Smoke
People who talk like the girls on Ace of Cakes
Trendy girl names
Office Jargon
Drunks
Double-wide baby strollers
Scallops
Ketchup bottle residue
Rachael Ray's Tipping Habits
Age-Inappropriate Behavior & Fashion
Poor Grammar
Dirty Fingernails
Dirty Anything
Music Recommendations
Fantasy Art
Fantasy Art on Tshirts
Getting Hit On
Unproportionate Bangs
Austin Powers
Austin Powers References
Your Favorite Band

I'd like to meet:

First, it's "WHOM I'd like to meet." Second, I DON'T WANT TO MEET ANYONE SO DO NOT SEND ME MESSAGES OR FRIEND REQUESTS IF I DO NOT ALREADY KNOW YOU. I only add people I actually know and am not interested in making friends on here. Besides, didn't you know that people on the internet aren't real?

Music:

ABBA
Cat Stevens
The Cure
Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
Dean Martin
Cher (with or without Sonny)
Frank Sinatra
Bobby Darin
Nat King Cole
Tommy Dorsey
Jo Stafford
Dion and the Belmonts
The Kinks
Simon and Garfunkel
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
Peggy Lee
Perez Prado
Esquivel
Ella Fitzgerald
Pink Martini
Michael Buble
Beck
Les Baxter
Elvis Presley
Elvis Costello
Billy Joel
Brian Setzer Orchestra
Mary Wells
Combustible Edison
Green Day
Mamas and the Papas (especially Mama Cass)
Petula Clark
The Fifth Dimension
Guy Lombardo
Tony Orlando
and various oldies, big band, jazz, lounge, space age pop and exotica numbers.
That's it.

Movies:

Rear Window
Imitation of Life
2001: A Space Odyssey
The Addams Family
Metropolis
Volver
Moulin Rouge
Amelie
The Royal Tenenbaums
Disney's Robin Hood
Edward Scissorhands
The Muppets Take Manhattan
Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story
My Neighbor Totoro
Hitchcock Movies
Rat Pack Movies
Frankie & Annette Movies
Film Noir (the good and bad)
and most things on TCM.

Television:

The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Rhoda
LOST
Big Love
Golden Girls
That Girl
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show
Strangers with Candy
Top Chef
Everything on Food Network
Stella
Miffy & Friends
Dragnet
Get Smart
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Lucy
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Cinco Minutos con Mirta de Perales
Love, American Style
Gidget
Robot Chicken
Family Guy
I Love the __'s
Curb Your Enthusiasm
¿Que Pasa USA?
Darkwing Duck
Laguna Beach

Books:

Waiting for Snow in Havana
The Fountainhead
Lolita
Toward A New Architecture
America (The Book)
The Great Gatsby
The Hipster Handbook
Food Court Druids, Cherohonkees and Other Creatures Unique to the Republic
Too Much is Never Enough
Me Talk Pretty One Day
Vintage Romance Comics
Archies
Well-designed books
and various other books on architecture, design and art theory

Currently Loving:

Heroes:

Mary and Rhoda

My Blog

Sad Christmas Cartoons Vol. 1

Even though I was a very spoiled brat, this video always managed to make me cry during the holidays amidst my sea of rainbow-haired She-Ra dolls-- thanks Max Fleischer! Stay tuned for more te...
Posted by Lissette on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 07:06:00 PST

Waiting for Snow in Havana

I just finished Carlos Eire's Waiting for Snow in Havana and it was easily one of the greatest books I've ever read!  I take book recommendations about as seriously as I take Mo'Nique's credibili...
Posted by Lissette on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 05:04:00 PST

Back to School!

In honor of the new school year (that I am no longer a part of), I thought I'd reminisce about one of my favorite back-to-school accessories, the JanSport bookbag.   Did anyone else use...
Posted by Lissette on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 06:30:00 PST

Naked Ladies

No matter how nicely designed, stylishly branded or seemingly tasteful those "vintage" pin-up and Playboy coffee table books you see in the Bargain section at Barnes and Nobles are, it's safe to say t...
Posted by Lissette on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 04:55:00 PST

Eu quero é sambar

Why this video is near perfect:- The blue swirly floor- The fake Small World-esque trees- The stacked white box "screen" in the backdrop- The earringsI'm so happy that someone finally upload...
Posted by Lissette on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 07:36:00 PST

Giada de Laurentiis

I've recently discovered the wonderful marriage between Corel Painter and my Wacom tablet so I drew a caricature of one of my favorite Food Network personalities, Giada de Laurentiis....
Posted by Lissette on Sat, 21 Jul 2007 02:57:00 PST

MySpace v. Facebook: A Rant

    OK, this article got me so mad!  Before you read it and cringe at the author's poor grammar and incorrect usage of "college" words, take a look at her picture and take note of the c...
Posted by Lissette on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 07:08:00 PST

Best Things Are Free

Or at least they used to be!I wonder if Mrs. Ruth Long has any left...
Posted by Lissette on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 04:40:00 PST

Break Time

So, I had to miss my flight to NY yesterday due to some last minute unexpected... ailments.  All was not lost though because that meant I got to catch up on lots of TV!  Here is a basic rund...
Posted by Lissette on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 04:41:00 PST

LOST Season Finale (with spoilers and 0 trans fat!)

JACK AND KATE GOT OFF THE ISLAND, WTF!   I kind of had the idea that the "flashback" wasn't a true flashback since there weren't any "Easter Eggs" but I wasn't expecting them to zoom into t...
Posted by Lissette on Thu, 24 May 2007 10:52:00 PST