anything pleasing to the senses or mind...in particular: film, travel, food, music, flowers, books, art, wine, open air farmers' markets in foreign cities, I love beautiful clothes and beautiful living spaces. the beach is my sanctuary, and a slurpee after the beach is pretty good too.
bjork, john kennedy jr, prince, ira glass, rosa parks, cary grant, barack obama, audrey hepburn, charles barkley, jon stewart, snoop, daniel day lewis, maya angelou, cornel west...there is a very long list of people invited to my imaginary party. I think I would mostly listen at this party. Knowledge speaks, wisdom listens. ~J Hendrix
the list is long... I really love '70's music and frank sinatra, iggy pop, latin playboys, stevie wonder, gap band, sly and the family stone, aretha franklin, the pretenders, john coltrane, eagles, the ramones, public enemy, fleetwood mac, blondie, d'angelo, lauryn hill, erykah badu, amy winehouse, lily allen, bjork, cole porter, sade, old stones, jimi hendrix, billie holiday, the black crowes, janes addiction, earth wind and fire, carole king, chaka khan, mary j blige, tom petty, glenn miller, southern flaw, hashbrown, the police, paul simon, michelle shocked, beastie boys, van morrison, marvin gaye, jackson 5, etta james, PRINCE - how could i forget prince? i worship at the church of prince...anyway, you get the idea.
ready? la vie en rose, mad hot ballroom, best in show, this is spinal tap, whale rider, grease, the princess bride, pollack, lovely and amazing, me you and everyone we know, breakfast at tiffany's, barefoot in the park, when harry met sally, american splendor, the shining, the graduate, capturing the friedmans, spellbound, do the right thing, crooklyn, beautiful girls, ghost world, the painted veil, amalie, basquiat, jaws, close encounters of the third kind, high fidelity, a room with a view, emma, the science of sleep, what's eating gilbert grape, city of god, the philadelphia story, the diving bell and the butterfly, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, once, biloxi blues, pride and prejudice (pbs version- does that count in movies or television?)...on and on.
project runway, intervention, iconoclasts, top chef, hgtv, nick at night is like a cozy blanket.
a prayer for owen meany, a natural history of the senses, a heartbreaking work of staggering genius, the cider house rules, the poisonwood bible, david sedaris, augusten burroughs, alice walker, hemingway, vonnegut, john irving, the color purple, the red tent. currently i'm a bit obsessed with memoirs...katherine hepburn's and jane fonda's stand out. I love books...i love to look at them, peruse them, i even love to smell them. oh and i love cookbooks...a bit of an obsession, books.
dr. martin luther king jr, my mother, father, sisters, brother and dear friends (you know who you are). i'm rather fond of people with integrity and grace.