perfecting the breakfast taco, reading, writing, sewing, learning how to bake bread, smoked mozz n' crackers, Bollywood movies, old red wines, bikram yoga, finding cool places to go have a drink
DJs, promoters, writers, artists, bartenders, crafty types, foodies, and anyone doing stuff to shake up the Dallas scene
Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Biggie, Tupac, D.O.C., Mos Def, TI, Paul Wall, Lil's Wayne, Jon, et al; Orishas, OutKast, Arcade Fire, Art Brut, Pixies, Postal Service, Sufjan Stevens, Diplo, Broken Social Scene, Neko Case, Hot Chip, Scissor Sisters, Tego Calderon, Don Omar, Juanes (the father of my first child, after my hubby), Ibrahim Ferrer, Julieta Venegas, Cafe Tacuba. And any New Jack Swing.
Blood In/Blood Out ("I don't want his pork chop. I want his life!"), High Fidelity, Bunty Aur Babli, Bridget Jones I, Harold and Kumar go to White Castle, Back to the Future, Moulin Rouge, Funny Face, Bringing up Baby
Cheesy crime dramas (CSI, Law & Order SVU, Without a Trace, American Justice, Cold Case Files), Ugly Betty
Slouching Towards Bethlehem, Slaughterhouse 5, Drinking Coffee Elsewhere, How to be a Chicana Role Model, Woodcuts of Women, Middlesex, My Life in Heavy Metal, La Voz a Ti Debida