Things I love: Agave Nectar,applying makeup (on myself and others) aromatherapy,art deco, Attachment Parenting, baby birds, ballet flats, baking, being in love, bicycles, black honey, blue eyes, books, brunch, bubble baths, bundt pans, candles, chemistry, Chevys from the 50’s, chocolate, clear nights, comfy chairs, Converse, cowboy boots, cuddling, curiosity, dangly earrings, Dr. Hauschka, espadrilles, exfoliation, feather duvets and pillows, feeling relaxed, finding the perfect brow shape (for myself and others), fireflies, fishnets, Fleuvogs, flowers,foos ball,full moons, fuzzibunz, getting dressed up, getting a great new lipstick, Glamourmom, Glominerals,Gucci sunglasses,guitars, Haiku, harmless flirting, hearing my boys giggle, holding hands, hot jasmine tea in the mornings,hydration, hugs, humor, ice water, journaling , Kali, Kevyn Aucoin, knitting, kissing, kitten heels, laughing, lip balm, list-making, lively conversation, long legs, magnets, making others laugh, margaritas, meditation, midwifery, music, my friends,open spaces, organics, organizing my stuff, magazines,mei tai carriers, Northern California, office supplies, Osento, pedicures, people-watching, pink, pregnancy,Pyrex,reading while my boys nap, red, seeing how long I can grow my hair, sharing great food with those I love, shopping for baby clothes, shirtwaist dresses, sleeping, slim ankles,sno-cones,spa days, spinning wool into yarn, spirals, spontaneity, synchronicity, symmetry, sunsets, sweet tea,swimming on a hot day, tall men, taking walks with my boys, talking on the phone, talking to my grandma, tattoos, the smell of rain, thinking, thrifting, turquoise, throwing the frisbee with my husband, thunderstorms, trading recipes, vanilla, vintage train cases, Volvos, wearing skirts, watching my babies learn new things, watching my husband with our boys, yoga.
People who are funny, laid-back, intellectual,happy, content,creative, talented, balanced, loving, real and who are trying to change the world for the better.
*BANDS! DO NOT ADD ME, I WILL DENY YOU!* 80's new wave, new rock (Foo Fighters, etc.) classic country (Patsy, Hank Sr.,Johnny,Willie,Waylon--almost named my son Waylon-- Loretta, etc.) Punk rock (Fifteen, Operation Ivy,Descendents,Jawbreaker,X, Fugazi,Avail, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Inquisition) Classic Soul/Motown,The Pretenders, Ryan Adams, Steve Earle, The Beastie Boys, Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros, Rodney Crowell,Morrissey, Weezer. Lots more...I love music.
I love Almodovar...anything by him is always great. I find most foreign films to be more satisfying to watch than American movies although I like comedy and indie movies. And documentaries. And film noir.
Dr. Phil, Gilmore Girls, Reading Rainbow, History Detectives, Antiques Roadshow
Looking over my bookshelf I found that there are some authors I have read time and time again, any book of theirs I could find. And they are:Anais Nin, Judy Blume, Earle Stanley Gardner ( I love Perry Mason, especially the really old ones) Kurt Vonnegut, Ayn Rand, David Sedaris, Mary Karr, Jack Kerouac, Tom Robbins, James Ellroy, Aaron Cometbus, Wally Lamb, Iceberg Slim, Michael Chabon, D.H Lawrence,Pam Houston, Naomi Wolf and Cheri Huber.I subscribe to Mothering, Allure, Body and Soul and Utne. I also read Bust and Brain, Child regularly. Someone please buy me a subscription. :)Harriet the Spy!
Iris and Stan Ovshinsky