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Clay

Sometimes you're the pigeon, sometimes you're the statue...

About Me


Hola, y'all... I’m a Colombian/American that, after growing up in Texas, has found himself living in the heart of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (I like to call it part of the “Greater Manhattan Area”). I moved up here a couple of years ago for a career change, which has proven to be very challenging and rewarding at the same time. I will always consider Austin, Texas home, but I also enjoy the Northeast – it brings to me a new level of cultural diversity that only the Northeast has to offer.

Domestic Travel:

International Travel:

My Interests



Airplanes, Blackberry, Bombay Company, Cafe Americano, Camisas Negras, Cats, Chips and Queso, Chips and Salsa, Coffee, Colombia, Cuba Libres, Cumbia, Dancing, Dogs, Flautas, Friends, Frogs, iPod, Hardwood Floors, Latin Culture, Laughing, Making People Laugh, Margaritas, Mojitos, Nachos, The Ocean, Photography, Pier 1, Pottery Barn, Pralines, Road Trips, Romance, Salsa, Starbucks, Tacos, Trader Joe's, Travel, Vodka, Whole Foods, Wine
Places Austin, Bogotá, Cancun, Cartagena, Chicago, Guanajuato, Los Angeles, Medellín, Mexico D.F., Miami, Moscow, Napa Valley, I ♥ New York, San Diego, San Francisco, San Miguel de Allende, Santa Barbara, Santa Marta, Seattle.

Music:

ABBA, Christina Aguilera, Marc Anthony, Backstreet Boyz, Shirley Bassey, Bjork, Black Box, James Blunt, Book of Love, Miguel Bose, Sarah Brightman, Cabas, Andres Cepeda, Celia Cruz, Cher, Depeche Mode, Delerium, Joy Enriquez, Erasure, Gloria Estefan, Ella Fitzgerald, Fonseca, In-Grid, Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson (80's), Juanes, Kumbia Kings, Madonna, Mana, George Michael, Robert Miles, Kylie Minogue, Nek, New Order, No Doubt, OMD, Pet Shop Boys, Piero, Maria Dolores Pradera, Chris Richardson, Linda Ronstadt, Paulina Rubio, Seal, Shakira, Frank Sinatra, Gwen Stefani, Lisa Stansfield, Tarkan, Thalia, Thompson Twins, Justin Timberlake, Tina Turner, Helenita Vargas, Carlos Vives, Robbie Williams.

Movies:

12 Monkeys (1995), 28 Days Later (2002), 50 First Dates (2004), A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), Airplane! (1980), Alien (1979), Aliens (1986), American Beauty (1999), American Pie (1999), Apocalypto (2006), Bad Education (2004), Batman Begins (2005), Beautiful Thing (1996), Better Off Dead (1985), Blade (1998), Bound (1996), Bringing Down the House (2003), Brokeback Mountain (2005), Center Stage (1999), Chasing Papi (2003), Chicago (2002), Clueless (1995), Clueless (1995), Collateral Damage (2002), Contact (1997), Crash (2005), Creepshow (1982), Cruel Intentions (1999), Dance With Me (1998), Dangerous Liaisons (1988), Dead Poets Society (1989), Death Becomes Her (1992), Dirty Dancing (1987), Europa Europa/Hitlerjunge Salamon (1990), EuroTrip (2004), Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004), Fantastic Four (2005), Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), Finding Nemo (Widescreen), (2003), Frequency (2003), Fried Green Tomatoes (1991), Go (1999), Good Will Hunting (1997), Grease (1978), Hairspray (2007), Happy Feet (2006), Heathers (1989), Ice Age (2002), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), It's in the Water (1998), Jeffrey (1995), Latter Days (2004), Legally Blonde (2001), Legends of the Fall (1994), Like Water for Chocolate/Como Agua Para Chocolate (1992), Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Longtime Companion (1990), Lost in Space (1998), Love Actually (2003), Mambo Italiano (2003), Maria Full of Grace (2004), Meet the Fockers (2004), Minority Report (2002), Misery (1990), Mr. Deeds (2002), Munich (2005), My Own Private Idaho (1991), Night at the Museum (2006), Nine to Five (1980), Office Space (1999), Our Lady of the Assassins/La Virgen de Los Sicarios (2000), Overboard (1987), Paragraph 175 (2000), Party Monster (2003), Passenger 57 (1992), Philadelphia (1993), Poltergeist (1982), Pretty Woman (1990), Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994), Psycho Beach Party (2000), Pulp Fiction (1994), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Romeo & Juliet (1968), Run Lola Run/Lola Rennt (1998), Save the Last Dance (1984), Saving Private Ryan (1998), Saw (2004), Schindler's List (1993), Serenity/The Firefly Movie (2005), Seven (1995), Shall We Dance? (2004), Shrek (Widescreen), (2001), Sixteen Candles (1984), Sliding Doors (1998), Spanglish (2004), Spider-Man (2002), Spider-Man 2 (2004), Star Trek 10: Nemesis (2002), Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan (1982), Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home (1986), Star Trek 7: Generations (1994), Star Trek 8: First Contact (1996), Star Trek 9: Insurrection (1998), Steam: The Turkish Bath/Hamam (1997), Steel Magnolias (1989), Stictly Ballroom (1992), The Broken Hearts Club (2000), The Day After Tomorrow (2004), The Devil Wears Prada (2006), The Fifth Element (1997), The First Wives Club (1996), The Green Mile (1999), The Little Mermaid (1989), The Lost Boys (1987), The Matrix (1999), The Matrix: Reloaded (2003), The Opposite of Sex (1998), The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), The Shawshank Redemption: Special Edition (1994), The Wedding Banquet/His Yen (1993), Titanic (1997), Torch Song Trilogy (1988), Total Recall (1990), Trick (1999), U.S. Marshals (1998), Xanadu (1980), X-Men (2000)

Television:

24, The 4400, AbFab, Alias, Always Sunny in Philadelphia, American Idol, Battlestar Galactica, Brothers & Sisters, Coupling (UK), Designing Women, Desperate Housewives, Extreme Makeover - Home Edition, Family Guy, Frasier, Freddie, Friends, Grey's Anatomy, Golden Girls, House, I Love Lucy, Invasion, Judging Amy, LOST, Nip/Tuck, Numb3rs, Prison Break, Queer as Folk, Sex and the City, Sleeper Cell, Smallville, So You Think You Can Dance, Sopranos, Supernatural, Trading Spaces, UGLY BETTY (Betty la fea), Veronica Mars, Will and Grace, Wonder Woman (Seasons 2 & 3).

Books:

Pimps, Hos, Playa Hatas, and All the Rest of my Hollywood Friends - John Leguizamo.

My Blog

Clays Favorite Things 2008!: Kendall-Jackson 2006 Chardonnay

You wanna be my bff?  Bring a bottle of this wine over... :-)
Posted by Clay on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 02:06:00 PST

"This is AMERICA: WHEN ORDERING PLEASE SPEAK ENGLISH."

(Taken from the Associated Press) A small sign that initiated an English-only ordering policy at Geno's cheesesteak shop was likened to signs of the Jim Crow era during testimony Friday in a public he...
Posted by Clay on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:07:00 PST

My Living Will

Last night, my friend and I were sitting in the living room and I said to her, "I never want to live in a vegetative state, dependent on some machine and fluids from a bottle. If that ever happens, ju...
Posted by Clay on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:01:00 PST

Vinopalooza

It's that time of year again... time to get your friends together for an evening of food, wine, and an opportunity to talk about everyone that wasn't present.  This year, I thought that it would ...
Posted by Clay on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:16:00 PST

Quote of the Day: "The real question is..."

"The real question is... 'When you turn your car on, does it return the favor?' " - - Kate Walsh, Cadillac CTS Commercial ...
Posted by Clay on Sat, 01 Dec 2007 04:53:00 PST

Movie Mania: Only Human (Seres Queridos)

Okay... here's a fun movie.  Very "Meet the Fockers" in style, this movie is over-the-top hilarious.  The characters: - The Jewish girlfriend, Leni- The Palestinian boyfriend, Rafi- The bli...
Posted by Clay on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 06:22:00 PST

Clay's Favorite Things 2007!: Pfeffernüsse

In the spirit of Oprah's Favorite Things, I have decided to come up with my own list of things that I love for 2007.  Unfortunately, I'm not at the point in my life where I have a studio audience...
Posted by Clay on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 07:31:00 PST

Quote of the Day: "Friends Don't Let Friends..."

"Oh, no... Come with me... Friends don't let friends wear glitter before noon!"- - Amanda Tanen, UGLY BETTY
Posted by Clay on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 02:38:00 PST