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Clif

Swimming With the Sharks

About Me

I live in Austin, Texas – a city I absolutely love. I have wonderful friends and a great family. A niece and two nephews that are the greatest love of my life – they are so amazing. I have suddenly found myself in a really great place -- surrounded by very special people -- and doing exactly what I love. I could not be more lucky than I am now. I have worked in the entertainment, music and fashion industry since I was 19 years old. I feel very fortunate to have worked with some of the most successful people in the world of entertainment and fashion.

I currently own and operate a boutique management firm -- EMPIRE Factory -- representing clients from the worlds of MUSIC, FASHION, ENTERTAINMENT and SPORTS.

My Interests

Drama-FREE Environments, Austin, Texas, A great bottle of Wine, Minimalism, Books, Photography, Travel, the Mayan Natives of Playa del Carmen and Tulum, YOGA, Hiking where few humans have ever set foot, Great Hotels w/ amazing room service, Dinner by Candlelight, the warmth of the desert and the chill of the mountains, Simplicity, Laguna Beach, CA., ALL ACCESS Backstage Passes, whale watching in Baja, the Rain Forest while it's raining, PenPals (WEB), Architecture and Real Estate Development, New Urbanism, Central Park during a heavy snow, sunrise and the morning sun, the Green Room at any HOT event, AFRICA, MOROCCO, and EGYPT

I'd like to meet:

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Music:

MERIDIANWEST, David Gray, Blue October, Sigur Ros, Dave Matthews Band, My Morning Jacket, The Daylights, Your Vegas, Tomasina Abate, Bjork, MUSE, Mazzy Star, The Cure, Erasure, Depeche Mode, Ryan Adams, Elton John, Ghostland Observatory, Madonna, Dixie Chicks, SADE, Jesse Baylin, Kings of Leon, Sting, Tina Turner, Etta James, Nina Simone, Matchbox 20, Duran Duran, Crowded House, Billie Holiday, Justin Timberlake,

Movies:

Wonder Boys, 300, Pans Labyrinth, The Dreamers, Sin City, ALEXANDER, Kingdom of Heaven, Donnie Darko, The Aviator, The Color Purple, Moulin Rouge, Romeo + Juliet (Baz Luhrman feature), Pulp Fiction, Once Upon A Time in Mexico, Notting Hill, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, The Big Blue, Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow, Far and Away, American Beauty, Finding Neverland, Napoleon Dynamite, The Green Mile, Schindler's List, GLADIATOR, Fried Green Tomatoes, Moll Flanders, The War, American Psycho, The Insider, Almost Famous, Shawshank Redemption, The Usual Suspects, The Village, The Pianist, Fight Club, Seven, Taking Lives, Reservoir Dogs, Forest Gump, Meet Joe Black, Enchanted April, The Shining, Basic Instinct ..

Television:

The Amazing Race - MY FAVORITE Show, ENTOURAGE, Brothers and Sisters, Grey's Anatomy, Anything on National Geographic Explorer

Books:

The Alchemist (MY Favorite All Time Book), White Oleander (book - not the movie), The Griffin and Sabine Series, The Vampire Lestat and Interview with a Vampire, The Notebook, House of Sand and Fog, A Map of the World, Where the Heart Is, A Moveable Feast, The Deep End of the Ocean, The Sun Also Rises, A Lesson Before Dying, The English Patient, The Road Less Traveled, The Old Man in the Sea, to be continued

Heroes:

DANA WOLTERS - my inspiration, Tina Turner, Sarah Doukas, Bruce Weber, Mark Low, Simon Renshaw, Roger Davies, MADONNA, Swifty Lazar, Michael Ovitz, Bryan Lourd, Pat Kingsley, Liz Rosenberg, Gianni Versace, Angelina Jolie (for her work as an UN Goodwill Ambassador to Foreign Refugees)

My Blog

I HAVE LEARNED................................

I HAVE LEARNED.............................   I am the sum total of the genetic endowment with which I came into the world, and all the experiences which have made up my life.   Some of the...
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