Music (you name it, I love it, any & all), the beach (any will do - good for the soul), photography, and sewing (very old fashioned, I know)
I'd like to meet:
Non-corporeal beings: Dorothy Parker, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn.
Walking this earth: Diane Keaton, Robert DeNiro, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Hilary Clinton, Chris Noth
*Only the first 4 are of political and/or social importance......Mr. Noth - well, hmmmm, let's just say I get a pass, if you know what I mean. Sigh..........
Has anyone seen this man??? Really, I must find him.
Music:
Absolute faves:
The Cars, Carlos Vives, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Ozomatli, The Boss, Van Morrison, Squeeze, Peter Gabriel, Derailers, Elvis Costello, The BoDeans, Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes, Tom Waits, B52s, English Beat, X, The Blasters, Los Lobos, John Hiatt, Talking Heads, The Police, Sting, U2, Louis Prima w/Keeley Smith, Nat King Cole, Ruben Blades, Bob Dylan, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong
Heavy play this week (8/17/07):
Amy Winehouse, Lucinda Williams (just about the most perfect singer/songerwriter I've found so far), Nick Lowe.
Movies:
Philadelphia Story, Casablanca, Libeled Lady, Harvey, Dogma, Garden State, When Harry Met Sally, High Fidelity, Grosse Pointe Blank, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Blood Simple, Thin Man Series, anything Alfred Hitchcock
Television:
Law & Order(All), House, The Closer, Scrubs, My Name is Earl, The Office, The Wire, Nip/Tuck, Rescue Me, Project Runway (guilty pleasure but hey, I sew so forgive me this transgression)
I can't believe these are not on anymore (except via DVD): Homicide (the best damn show ever on commercial TV), Oz, Six Feet Under, Sex & the City, Sopranos.
Books:
The ones I go back to time & time again when I need a bit of intelligence, grace, and romance. The Great Gatsby, 100 Years of Solitude, Love in the Time of Cholera, poetry of Pablo Neruda & Edna St. Vincent Millay
Heroes:
My daughter because she has become a truly compassionate, loving and wickedly funny person. My sister who has overcome so many obstacles to become a beautiful person
