Entertainment, writing, jazz history, music, astrology, interior decorating, the smell of laundry, family time, the theatre, loyalty, york peppermint patties, US Weekly, new people, scruffy-faced guys, the Christmas season, new environments, exploring new cities, New York City history (more specifically 1900-1920's), fine arts courses, bookstores on snowy/rainy days, chopped salad from The Cheesecake factory, summer dresses, anything Victoria Secret, honesty, being social, weekend adventures in LA, singing in my car, my cats & dog, reading, talking about random things with funny and interesting people, helping others, cleaning/organizing and attempting salsa dancing.
Woman in Palace - Morocco 1951, by Irving Penn.
I'd like to meet:
People who have been around a little, making the most of their lives. Fun, good-hearted and sincere individuals with good morals and a sense of humor!
Rachel's F.r.i.e.n.d.s.
Andrew
Melissa
Katie
Ashley
Tina
Sara
Jenna
Kristel
Sabrina
Tani
Brooks
Ian
Liz
Whitney
Jessica
Dani
Bonnie
Dayna
Chris
Michaela
Jeremy
Eva
Diane
Donna
Mason
Ryan
Cassandra
Lindsay
Christi
Meghan
Amber
Jason
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Music:
Sara Bareilles and I (it was a really bad picture) two years ago, when she was almost famous.
Love love love Stevie Wonder, Maroon 5, and Sara Bareilles. Lily Allen, Billie Holiday ,Franz Ferdinand, John Legend, Coldplay, Kate Nash, Justice, Love Actually and What Women Want Soundtracks, Daft Punk, Amy Winehouse, The Lashes, John Mayer, The Gypsy Kings, George Michael, Louis Armstrong, She Wants Revenge, Sade, The Killers, Janet Jackson, Arctic Monkeys, Michael Jackson, Nelly Furtado, Frank Sinatra, Lisa Stansfield, Black Eyed Peas, Pink Martini, Jay-Z, Carole King, Pharrell Williams & The Neptunes, The Rapture, Gnarls Barkley, Lisa Loeb, Kanye West, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Gwen Stefani, Old-school Mariah Carey & Whitney Houston, Jewel, The Beatles, Ciara, Sarah Mclachlan, Jet, Alicia Keys, Modest Mouse, Madonna, Ella Fitzgerald, Young Lloyd, Dean Martin, Beyonce, Norah Jones, Lauryn Hill, Justin/Christina & Britney... yeah yeah yeah, I know. Top forty in general. Oldies in general and the occasional Classic Rock.
Movies:
Amelie, Happenstance, Love Actually, Juno, Interview, My Big fat Greek Wedding, Vertigo, When Harry Met Sally, The Spanish Apartment, Meet the Parents, Big, Kissing Jessica Stein, Office Space, My Best Friend's Wedding, Closer, Little Miss Sunshine, All about my Mother, and The Odd Couple.
Television:
Friends, Dirt, Entourage, Arrested Development, Sex and the City, The Soup, The Wonder Years, PR Girls, The Sopranos, What Not To Wear, Trading Spaces, and any other home design program. I also have a sickness for watching The Hills.
Books:
The Devil Wears Prada is my favorite book. It's absolutely hilarious! Trading Up, The Nanny Diaries, My Father's Daughter, Bergdorf Blondes, To Kill a Mockingbird, Four Blondes, Confessions of a Video Vixen, Ten Little Indians, Lucia Lucia, A Streetcar Named Desire, Auntie Mame, Cannery Row, The Da Vinci Code, and My Horizontal Life. Current reads: Only Yesterday (an informal history of the 1920's), Irish Americans, Lipstick Jungle, Angels and Demons, Jazz Age Stories, The Good Sex Bible, Freeing the Writer Within, The Dirty Girl's Social Club, The Eggnog Chronicles, Secrets of the Code, The Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing, Longitudes and Attitudes, A Complete History of the Mafia, and the Art of Undressing (it was a gift).
Heroes:
My Grandmother (the greatest lady in the entire world), and my Grandfather, R.I.P (my foundation).
