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La Falda

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

A man and a woman had a little baby. . .yes they did. They had three in the family. . .and that's a magic number.

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My Interests

Reading and writing poetry, watching sports, hangin' with my husband, son and two cats, watching movies and tv, NPR, The Jim Rome Show, talk radio in general (but not the right wing nutjob variety), embroidery, BUST magazine, and public libraries.

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Little Lebowski Urban Achiever, Class of '86

Music:

The Rolling Stones,Bob Dylan,Woody Guthrie,R.E.M.,The Beatles et. al,Old 97's,The Kinks,Bruuuuuce, Lucinda Williams,Mozart,Neko Case,Neil Young,Billy Bragg,The Police/Sting et al,Beastie Boys, The Louvin Brothers,Marianne Faithfull,Dixie Chicks,Alan Jackson,Cat Power,Allison Krauss and Union Station,Los Lobos,Willie Nelson,John Prine,Jonathan Edwards,Leonard Cohen,Charlie Parker,Blossom Dearie,Kimya Dawson, Dengue Fever

Movies:

The Coen Brothers, Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Altman,Roman Polanski, Mel Brooks, Wes Anderson Airplane!, Amelie, Beauty and the Beast (animated Disney and silent Cocteau),The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Bringing Up Baby, Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Pride and Prejudice (BBC version), A Hard Day's Night, Gigi, 8 Women, Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Umberto D, The Vanishing (original version), Dr. Strangelove, His Girl Friday, and zombies, baby, zombies. Oh, and many, many more that you are more than welcome to ask me about.

Television:

"Now I know why they call television a medium: there's nothing on that's either "rare" or "well-done"--Mighty Mouse. ON: The Young and the Restless, 30 Rock, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Late Show with David Letterman, Charlie Rose, Weeds, Big Love, My Name is Earl, The Simpsons, King Of the Hill, Curb Your Enthusiasm, ESPN, CNN, In TreatmentOFF: Seinfeld, Arrested Development, SATC, Six Feet Under, The Sopranos, Andy Griffith

Books:

Marcus Cafagña, Michael Burns, Jane Shore, Marge Piercy, Kim Addonizzio, Sharon Olds, Marisa Acocella Marchetto, Sandra Cisneros, Sue Grafton, Sparkle Hayter, Lauren Henderson, Harley Jane Kozak, Susan Kandel,Charles Bukowski, Raymond Carver, Tom Perrotta, Francine Prose Michele Serros, Beth Lisick, Dav Pilkey, Jon Sciezska, Lane Smith, Maira Kalman, Kevin Henkes, Mo Willems, Dare Wright, Dr. Thompson

Heroes:

Marcus Cafagña, Gretchen Velasco, Delphine Velasco, Nina Mace, Gloria Steinem, Woody Guthrie, Billy Bragg, Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, Arturo Rodriguez,Margaret Sanger, Che Guevara, Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, John Lennon

My Blog

¡Scandalosa!

It's finally out! The second book in the saga of Evie Gomez, our muy fabulosa Honey Blonde Chica. If you haven't read Honey Blonde Chica yet, La Falda is muy dissapointed with you. This is a...
Posted by La Falda on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 04:08:00 PST

One Year ago (yesterday)

Is it possible to have your life change at 4:22 AM? One year ago yesterday, I was pregnant and 10 days away from having my son. My OB/GYN was out of town on a ski trip, and assured me the week before...
Posted by La Falda on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:34:00 PST

Amy Sedaris has my life

Damn her--she has the funnycool gay brother, the weirdcool younger brother, and she gets to go on Letterman last night and act all wacked out and silly and promote her book at the same time. I fucking...
Posted by La Falda on Sat, 07 Oct 2006 07:13:00 PST

And now, a word about menopause from. . .the Allman Brothers?!?

Unless you mute commercials when they are on, TiVo your way through them, or have killed your television, then you are blissfully unaware that Dickey Betts and company have a new menopause drug on the...
Posted by La Falda on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 10:11:00 PST

back at work and losing my mind

Today is my first day back to work and I am already missing my baby and missing my house. Mostly my son, but the days of holding my boy in my arms and watching soap operas and Ellen Degeneres are over...
Posted by La Falda on Tue, 23 May 2006 04:40:00 PST