dancing, working with kids, travel, Brasil, Puerto Rico, a good laugh, giving people hugs, late nights, stoli o and soda with a lime, getting up early/sleeping in, foreign films, nostalgia, learning stuff, eating and cooking good food, shopping at ethnic grocery stores, hanging out with my family, daydreaming, neighborhoods, people watching, sun, street fairs, Chitown in the summer, being underwater, chocolate, cuddles/kisses/massages, the list could go on and on.......
sangue bom!
enjoy anything at different times...not really a connoisseur of any one type/style, but what i like i FEEL for REAL....samba, bachata, salsa, reggae/ton, tango, flamenco, bossa nova, baile funk...anything that makes me want to shake it or takes me to another place.....hiphop, dancehall, jazz...grew up on the blues....lots of house, rai, world music....even some old country and folk tunes...and WHAT??!!??
this is in no way a complete list, but i do love amelie, a very long engagement, delicatessen, (anything by jean-pierre jeunet--i wish he'd make more!!) sexy beast, raising victor vargas, garden state, in america, girl on the bridge, city of god, black orpheus...
love travel shows, cooking shows, sex and the city, and hbo boxing....don't watch much else anymore.....
currently reading portuguese for beginners, sahara unveiled, and always looking through travel books and cookbooks......
my grandmothers and my parents--nothing but the deepest love, respect, and admiration...and i have been incredibly impressed, amazed, and inspired by some of the kids that i have worked with.....