In no particular order: Historic Preservation, Architecture, Feng Shui, Interior Design, COLOR, Photography, Victorians, Romance, Music, Ballet, Dancing, Taebo, BMW 3.0 CSi's, Hiking, Sailing, Traveling, Languages (particularly Italian and French), Italy, Good Food, Books, Cats, Gardening, White Water Canoeing, Pearl Tea, Anything Retro
I'd like to meet:
Anyone involved in Historic Preservation or Renovation/Flipping Properties. If you specialize in Victorian Gingerbread work (that's carpentry, folks, not baking) and you're in the San Jose area, email me!
Music:
Classical: Bach, Chopin, Handel, Tchaikovsky. Crooners: Allison Krauss, Chet Baker, James Taylor, Johnny Hartman, Joni Mitchell, Lisa Ono, Norah Jones, Frank Sinatra. Rock/Pop: THE JAM, THE WHO, The Pretenders, Pete Townshend, Barenaked Ladies, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Peter Gabriel, Ray Charles, Rickie Lee Jones, Sheryl Crow, Steely Dan, Stevie Wonder, Zucchero, Neri per Caso, Curtis Mayfield, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Stray Cats, The Guess Who, Todd Rundgren. FUNK, IN GENERAL!!! Bossa Nova/Jazz: Bebel Gilberto, Charlie Byrd, Sergio Mendes, Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto. Musicians I love but am afraid to admit it: Bread, George Michael, Herb Alpert.
Movies:
Walk the Line, The Notebook, Office Space, Ray, The Piano, The Sixth Sense, The Others, Swingers, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Quadrophenia, Harold & Maude, The Pink Panther, The Bridges of Madison County, Thelma & Louise, Truly, Madly, Deeply, House of Games, Rear Window, Under a Tuscan Sun, Cabaret, Taxi Driver, Star 80, Blade Runner, About Last Night, Dial M for Murder, Dead Again, Black Widow
Television:
Anything to do with History, Architecture, or Designing Homes. Current Fave: "Flip this House" on A&E, set in Charleston, SC.
Books:
"The Old Way of Seeing" by Jonathan Hale. It's in a class by itself. And this is coming from someone who sells books on the internet, and has about 9,000 of them in my bonus room.
Heroes:
Abbott Kinney (the guy who designed Venice, CA after Venice, Italy), Candice Olsen (she hosts a show called "Divine Design" and she rocks), Queen Victoria, My grandparents, Anyone involved with saving historic buildings, or helping injured/abused animals. Finally, Jesus & AUDREY HEPBURN!
