I love just about every type of music.I love to cook and trying new recipes. I am addicted to the Bon Appetit, Gourmet, and Chocolatier Magazines. I love reading. I usually prefer fiction or a good memoir. I also enjoy riding my bike and walking my dogs.
Travel is a lot of fun when I can manage to get away.
Nightlife and concerts are also something I enjoy.
Music:
Leon Russel, Dr. John, Eric Clapton, John Coltrane, Stephan Grapelli, Claude Williams, Alicia Keys, Gwen Stefani, Randy Newman, The Allman Brothers, Scissor Sisters,En Vogue,The Nikki Beach music,Nick Drake, Catherine Finney,Stephane Pompougnac/Hotel Costes,Buddha Bar,Jamiorquai,NRBQ,Rachmaninoff, Vivaldi, Mozart,Eros Ramazotti,Stevie Ray Vaughn,John Anderson, Graham Parsons,
Joe Cocker, Elton John, The Shins, Waylon Jennings,Tower of Power, Earth, Wind and Fire,Macy Gray, Veba, Cindy Lauper, ACDC,Bebe,Madonna, Johnny Cash, Kanye West,U2,The Pretenders,Digital Underground,Tommy Crook,T-Rex, The Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan, Aerosmith, Elvis Costello, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, The Neville Brothers, The Scamps,Bonnie Raitt, Paul Simon,ELO, The Rolling Stones, Phoebe Snow, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Kinks, The Clash, Buena Vista Social Club ...more to come.
Movies:
The Duellists,Klute,Pulp Fiction, Magnolia, Cinema Pardisio, The English Patient,Europa Europa!, Il Postino,any thing by Ang Lee, the director,Seamless, Crash,The Last King of Scotland,Running With Scissors,Shine, Boogie Nights, Best In Show, Laurel Canyon, The Quiet Man, Friendly Persuasion,Notorious, Strictly Ballroom,Priscilla, Queen of the Desert,Used Cars,Hedwig and The Angry Inch, Fargo, Blood Simple, Blue Velvet, True Grit, The Usual Suspects,anything by Robert Altman, The Big Lebowski, The Mission, The Madness of King George, Henry V,Capote, Traffic, Once Upon A Time in America, Sense and Sensibility, The English Patient, Glenn Gary Glenn Ross,Seven Beauties,Bridge On The River Kwai, In The Bedroom, Barry Lyndon,Coal Miner's Daughter,I Remember,Raging Bull,Rocky,The GodFather I and II,Cool Hand Luke,Lady Sings The Blues, The Grifters,All That Jazz, Giant.
Television:
IFC channel, Sundance channel, Conan O'Brien, Bravo channel.
I am not that crazy about sitcoms but I do think the King of Queens and The World according to Jim are hilarious.
Books:
Currently I am reading Swann's Way by Marcel Proust.
Some of my Favorite books are Change Me In To Zues' Daughter, The Great Santini, The Prince of Tides, Where The Red Fern Grows, Interview With A Vampire,A Prayer for Owen Meaney, The World According to Garp,The Motorcycle Diaries, Hotel New Hampshire,Cider House Rules,The Kid Stays In The Picture,Fierce,Little Altars Everywhere, Slaughterhouse Five, anything by Michael Lee West,Bridget Jones' Diary,A Confederacy of Dunces, The Girl's Guide To Hunting and Fishing, The Liar's Club, Memoirs of a Geisha, She's Come Undone, Hunter S. Thompson's work, William S. Burroughs, All Over But The Shoutin', Angela's Ashes, One Flew Over The Cukoo's Nest.
Heroes:
My Parents, Gloria and A.D., who live in my heart and spirit. I see them everyday when I look in the mirror and at night when they visit me in my dreams. I love you, Mother and Daddy.
Tina Turner, E.E. Cummings, Che Guevera, Randy Newman
Randy Newman - I Want You to Hurt Like I Do
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSJshUpp9pM
A songwriter that exemplifies the human thought, rationale, ego, self-loathing, being in love, etc. and drives it straight into our conscience(whether we like it or not).