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About Me

Cheese geek. Wine freak. Chocoholic. Theatre dork. Brooklynite. Marketeer. Box Office Dominatrix. Party Planner. Foodie. Reader. Tasti-D, Italian ice, and pickle addict. Traveler. Regular Sunday night movie-goer at Steinhof's. Cook. Baker. Knitter. Proud member of the Brooklyn Girls Dinner Club. Official member of the Church of Bracketology (www.churchofbracketology.com). Associate Minister of Cinderella Excellence.Still trying to grasp the fact that my dream vacation of spending a week in Tuscany is actually happening this summer, and with some of my favorite ladies ever! Must start learning Italian. Although I think as long as I remember "Mi piace formaggio," I'll be fineIf someone came down from the sky above and told me that heaven was like a cheese course at Murray's, I would become a nun to ensure my entrance. Sears...

My Interests

theatre, dining out, reading, movies, wine, cheese, chocolate, baking, cooking, traveling, figuring out a way to move to Europe, roaming around NYC and Brooklyn, lazying around Prospect Park, dinner parties, watching basketball, road trips, strolling through farmers markets.

I'd like to meet:

Those who truly understand the meaning of the word "adorkable." Those who can truly appreciate a good cheese plate. Those who love Brooklyn as much as I do. Fellow Bracketologists. Jeremy Jackson. I was watching the movie Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang the other afternoon, and was reminded of the pure genius of Robert Downey, Jr. Plus, he's hot. Oh, and someone who can teach me Italian. Really quickly.

Music:

Magnetic Fields, Death Cab, Cat Power, Franz Ferdinand, Coldplay, Andrew Vladeck, Honey Brothers, the Garden State and OC soundtracks, Dave Matthews, classic rock in general, Macy Gray, Barenaked Ladies, U2, the Commitments and Almost Famous soundtracks. Dreamgirls and Spring Awakening (yeah, it's the musical theatre dork coming out).

Movies:

Almost Famous, almost anything early Woody Allen, Beautiful Girls, Wonder Boys, You Can Count on Me, Lost in Translation, Closer, The Departed, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Sideways, Garden State, Little Miss Sunshine, Warriors, The Squid and The Whale, Napoleon Dynamite, 25th Hour, Pink Panther movies, Kiss Kiss, Bang, BangIndiana Jones, Back to the Future, Muppets!

Television:

Law and Order(s), House,Top Chef, Six Feet Under, Freaks and Geeks, Entourage, Sex and The City, Arrested Development, Alias. Have been Netflixing How I Met Your Mother and Rescue Me.

Books:

Anything by Bill Bryson, Nick Hornby, Roddy Doyle, David Sedaris, Augusten Burroughs, Jonathan Franzen, Michael Chabon and Jonathan Lethem, Girls Guide to Hunting and Fishing, Everything is Illuminated, A Man Walked Into A Room, The Time Traveler's Wife, Bel Canto, The History of Love. Currently trying to catch-up on my New Yorker and New York Magazine reading.

Heroes:

Jeremy Jackson. Mario Batali. Bill Buford. Will Goldfarb. Pittsnoggle.

My Blog

Guilty Pleasures

Afternoon napsChocolate from MexicoSkipping the gymVegging out to Top Design, Law & Order and HouseCheese for dinnerHomemade twinkies (in the colors of OSU and FSU, of course!)Afternoons on L...
Posted by Cat Pop on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 07:45:00 PST

Why I do what I do

There are times (maybe around twice a year) when I need to be reminded of why I work in non-profit theatre. I've been very lucky to have had three reminders in the past week: 1) An injection of meanin...
Posted by Cat Pop on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 07:07:00 PST

More fun vs. less fun

More fun:Bracket Buster SaturdaySleeping inPolpette, formaggio, e vino at 'inotecaPistachio AND pumpkin cupcakes from Sunshine Sugar SweetDelivery of MacBook Pro tomorrowSix Feet Under Less fun:Workin...
Posted by Cat Pop on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 09:41:00 PST

Please watch ESPN2 tonight...

...for the Fordham v. UMass game (so lovingly dubbed Uterus v. Minutemen). Despite being two medicore A10 teams, the bracketology gods have smiled down on us and decided to broadcast the event on ESPN...
Posted by Cat Pop on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 09:23:00 PST

Things are getting (somewhat) better

Things that can make any day better: 1) Good workout2) 100 calorie packof oreo thin crips3) Pitt whooping UConn's ass (that'll teach 'em to steal laptops. Karma's a bitch.)4) UK royally whooping South...
Posted by Cat Pop on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 08:11:00 PST

Ruminations on basketball

While watching the Florida v. Arkansas game at the gym today, I got to thinking about basketball and why I love it so much. Every now and then someone will ask me why, and I usually can't articulate t...
Posted by Cat Pop on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 08:48:00 PST

Hell has frozen over...

...and pigs are flying. Somewhere. I am watching football. In my apartment. Because I want to. Well, I guess watch is an overstatement. The BCS game is on and I'm paying some attention while taking ...
Posted by Cat Pop on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 08:23:00 PST

This whole global warming thing sucks!

It was 56 degrees today. It's supposed to be 59 degrees tomorrow. And it's supposed to be 65 degrees on Saturday. 65. In the beginning of January in New York City. I am not digging this. One of the ma...
Posted by Cat Pop on Fri, 05 Jan 2007 07:35:00 PST

Ruminations for the New Year

So, I'm at home, slightly bored, and still obsessed with the new laptop. Just trolling around Myspace and trying to ignore the fact that the Knicks are losing. Again. And I noticed something that dist...
Posted by Cat Pop on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 08:42:00 PST

Only in New York, kids, only in New York

Last week, I had a few of those "Only in New York" moments which makes living here so insanely fabulous. On Thursday, I was invited, at 3:30, to a big Broadway opening that started at 6:30. I ran to H...
Posted by Cat Pop on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 06:40:00 PST