book jacket design, grit consumption, music, screen printing, cooking for you and yours, traveling, ala famiglia, being near water mornin noon, but night is best, rooftops, bringing people together, getting down with those who like getting down, apartment dancing, rolling solo or with you, thrift store treasure hunts, fingers in my hair, warm kissing in winter, being rain soaked, cold climate sleep weather, down comforter cocoons and positivity to the fullest.
everyone
bjork, etta james, billie holiday, nina simone, miles davis, jeff buckley, coltrane, yyy, magnetic fields, bebel gilberto, sergio mendes, fugazi, django reinhardt, jay caputo, geechie wiley, frank sinatra, michael jackson, kweli, jill scott, j-live, bahamadia, feist, lina, mary j, raphael saadiq, def jux crew, mos def, gang starr, bilal, ms. badu, common sense, hi-tek, gil scott heron, slum village, prince paul, biggie, d'angelo, sade, apani b, vinia mojica, lauryn hill, the roots, bill withers, stevie wonder, curtis mayfield, marvin gaye, digable planets, bob marley, roy ayers, jazzy jeff, j rawls, yma sumac, susana baca, chavella vargus, bobby rodriguez, esthero, ibrahim ferrer, tito puente, les nubians, dj cam, prince, cibo matto, koop, amel larrieux, angie stone, midlake, peter bjorn and john and this list feels completely incomplete...
1940s film, amoldovar, dancer in the dark, before sunset, pan's labrynth, amelie, black orchid, il postino, calder's circus, triplets of belleville, foreign films, kung fu flicks and more...
Memoirs of my Meloncholy Whores (Gabriel Garcia Marquez) A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Dave Eggers), House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros), Operating Instructions (Anne Lamott), The Cheese Monkeys (Chip Kidd), Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now (Maya Angelou), Lady Sings the Blues, Circus in the Mist (Bruno Munari), Crushed (Jason Fulford), Jesus Land (Julia scheeres)
risk takers. those who keep keeping on. my ty. mia mamma. sophia marie, angelina. the right rides ladies. mio fratello. mjb, bobby rodriguez and company singing sunday kind of love and the dj who plays it for me, jillie joints, medulla in headphones, the pen, the place, and pastina-the ultimate comfort food...