the ocean, beach hair, romantic dinners, hot summers, warm smiles, moustaches, wine, cheese, world travel, foreign languages, fonts, geek chic, preppy grunge, graffiti art, cable-knit cashmere, Hermès totes, champagne, collar stays, loafers without socks, luxury, indulgence, manners, order, Maker's Mark, milk glass, stationary, The Sartorialist, heliotropes, horticulture, the color orange, fluffy pillows, Boots the Chemist, fancy toothpaste, skincare products, Evian, Björn Borg, tennis, trainers, striped tube socks, Danish Modern furniture, Dutch architecture, interior design, Marimekko, Soreno glass, MoMA, Abstract Expressionism, Brancusi, de Kooning, Modigliani, Citröen SM's, Mercedes 300CD Turbodiesel's, Marmite, mayonnaise, Nutella
If you would like to be my friend, you must possess the following qualities: sense of humour (preferably dry), a good relationship with time (read: punctual) and assiduous attention to etiquette. I do not approve of Atheists. I prefer monikers of style, those with whom I can match wit, members of the intellectual elite, proper grammar and spelling, those with good taste in shoes, European royals (e.g. Andrea Casiraghi), drinkers of Bourbon, Israeli soldiers, French women (e.g. Lou Doillon), and those with whom I can lunch.
Abba, Afrika Baambata, A-ha, Air, Alabina, Amel Lembary, Anna Karina, Army of Lovers, Astrud Gilberto, A Tribe Called Quest, Baccara, Beastie Boys, Bill Withers, Billie Holiday, Björk, Blondie, Blur, Boney M, Cesaria Evora, Chaka Khan, Charo, Cher, Chic, Cibo Matto, Culture Club, Dana International, David Bowie, Def Leppard, Depeche Mode, Despina Vandi, Duran Duran, Edith Piaf, Fleetwood Mac, George Michael, Goldfrapp, Grace Jones, Herb Alpert, HIM, Iron Maiden, Italo Disco, Joan Armatrading, Kate Bush, Kelis, Klaus Nomi, Kraftwerk, Kylie Minogue Kate Bush, Lââm, Lisa Stansfield, Madonna, Malcolm McLaren, Mary J. Blige, Massive Attack, Maya Simantov, Mika Karni, Modern Talking, Modjo, Nina Simone, Noir Désir, Offer Nissim, Ofra Haza, Pet Shop Boys, Pizzicato Five, Pulp, RocÃo Jurado, Röyksopp, Sade, Saint Etienne, Shiri Maimon, Siouxie and the Banshees, Soul II Soul, Spiller, Stereolab, Stevie Wonder, Sylvie Vartan, The Cardigans, The Faint, The French Kicks, The Knife, The Smiths, Wham, Yanis, Yma Sumac
À bout de souffle, All About My Mother, Annie Hall, Breakfast at Tiffany's, BUtterfield 8, Dancer in the Dark, Grey Gardens, Il Giardino dei Finzi-Continti, Mahogany, Mommie Dearest, Paris is Burning, Pierrot le Fou, The Eyes of Laura Mars, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Absolutely Fabulous, Are You Being Served?, As Time Goes By, BBC World News, Le Journal, Rechov SumSum, Style with Elsa Klensch, The Avengers, The Carol Burnett Show, The Doris Day Show, The French Chef, The Golden Girls, The Saint
Anäis Nin, Augustin Gomez-Arcos, Banana Yoshimoto, BUTT, Carlo Levi, Chekhov, E.M. Delafield, Françoise Sagan, Fran Lebowitz, Giorgio Bassani, Italo Calvino, L'Uomo Vogue, Natalia Ginzburg, Proust, *Wallpaper, VMan, Voltaire
Mrs. Adeline "Tillie" Matarazzo-Schmid, Diana Vreeland, Eero Saarinen, Golda Meir, Julia Child, Maija Isola, Princess Gloria von Thurn und Taxis, Tadao Ando, Vivienne Westwood