I'm a LOVER not a Fighter:
WINE LOVER...Life is too short to drink cheap wine.
BEACH LOVER...I have a pretty big seashell collection. They are all over my house. Although I love the Pacific because it's in my own backyard, my favorite beaches are the tropical ones I have visited in the Virgin Islands, Bahamas and Jamaica. Clear, warm, wonderful water!
SUSHI LOVER...It's a serious problem...for my wallet! (I'm a vegetarian but I do love my seafood!)
MUSIC LOVER...I am loving all the great bands I have discovered here on My Space. Music means the WORLD to me....can't live without my tunes...love to dance, dance, dance to the soundtrack of my life.
ART LOVER...Art is like air and I cannot breathe without it. Art, antiques, vintage collectables. I have always been passionate about A R T. My favorite subject at UCLA was art history. I was on the LA County Museum of Art Costume Council and Musem Service Council for many years.
Natalia Fabia
Artist Nathan Janes - Looks my Zoe!
Artist Nathan Janes - Looks like my Princess Coco(Fluff)!
Miles Thompson
ANIMAL LOVER...I like animals more than people and absolutely adore my critters. Besides my dogs and cats I also have an aquatic turtle and a very old bunny we got when my daughter was in 5th grade and she is now in her third year of college at SFSU!!! We've made some very cool "dog friends" on My Space.
Lola is quite the fashionista! She comes to work with me and has her own swank little leopard couch in my office.
Thumper - World's oldest bunny! RIP 1997 - 2/6/08
The Divine Mr. Dolce
My canine grandson Biggie...my daughter's little Pug pup. Isn't he adorable!!!
They call me "Mother Nature."
My dear dog Bailey who gave us 12 years of love until cancer took him away on 10/29/06...R.I.P. old friend.
Such a long, long time to be gone and a short time to be here. (Robert Hunter)
In Loving Memory of my other furry friends who have passed on over the last 2 years...I miss you Baby, Wolfie, Lady and Sasha.
FASHION LOVER...Shop 'til you drop baby! My fab daughter Amanda is my best shopping buddy. She is always ready to join me in some retail therapy. I must confess that I have a bit of a shoe and purse addiction which seems to be genetic because she has the same problem!
Mandy loves Rodeo Drive!
Thrilling My Space Fashion Moment - I loved the show Project Runway. I found the designer Santino on MS and he added me as a friend. Then he posted a bulletin that he was having a garage sale at his pad in LA! Of course I got up bright and early and had the first pick of all the cool stuff. Vintage cobalt glass wall sconces, Joshua Tree T-shirt, tons of fab fabric, books...What a super nice guy he turned out to be. And so TALL!!!
I also get my kicks from shopping for treasures in vintage/antique stores, flea markets, estate sales and ebay. I am interested in and enjoy a lot of things. Breathing is Number One. So, until I take that final breath I will continue to enjoy music, art, literature, film, good wine, playing with my critters, sleeping in, being lazy on Sunday, breakfast in bed (Croissants with French preserves and honey, Constant Comment or Hibiscus Tea), anything FRENCH, anything PINK, the beach, home improvement projects, cooking shows, Williams Sonoma, Le Creuset cookware, Bomb Ass BBQ's, Nutella, Orangina, reading, gardening, sushi, sunsets, shoes, marzipan, museums, moonbeams, raindrops, snowflakes melting on my tongue, horseback rides to remote waterfalls, my well worn Havaianas and comfy uggs, laughing so hard I pee my pants, weekend getaways, Vegas Baby, Palm Springs, Santa Ynez Valley, Nappa, San Francisco, Union Square shops, Santa Barbara, Summerland, Chicago, camping, aromatherapy, orchids, girlscout cookies, concerts, cosmetics, candles, bubblebaths, goosebumps, dark chocolate, seashells, Kiehl's Musk, fast cars & slow hands, massages/spa treatments, Mani/Pedi, Peanut Butter & Jelly, silly love songs, kittens, puppies, sunshine, Maryjane, Lounge Music, retro, The Hustler Store on Sunset, Trader Joe's, Rodeo Drive, Topanga, Malibu, Tuscany, Provence, Home Depot, Barneys, Paris, Egypt, Greece, Jamaica Mon.
4:20 in St. Thomas many moons ago.
"I'm Smilin' Like A Buddha" - RailroadEarth.com
I am also interested in eastern philosophy, yoga, self realization, nature, metaphysics, victorian graveyards, psychic & supernatural phenomenon, aliens and all that trippy stuff. Yes, I know...I am sooo LA!
I have a fondness for vintage photography especially daguerreotypes, CDV, 19th Century Post mortem, Circus freaks, Bettie Page, Pin Ups, risque French Postcards, Turn of the Century Nudes, Grundworth, Biederer, Ostra...I am absoultely fascinated by this glimpse into the past and spend hours on ebay finding images to fall in love with.
SCENES FROM MY PAST LIFE:
Mon petit chien "Fifi Le Fluff"
My sweet soulmate Coco has found me again.
Little Miss Amanda with her poodle L.B.
My Honey girl
Victorian me relaxing with Lola...a million licks a minute.
Welcome to Lola's Lounge. Can I buy you a drink?
"Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born."
- Anais Nin
I'd like to meet like-minded, classy people who are into music, wine, art, antiques, photography, theater, fashion, Chihuahua's, Maltese, cats, dogs, jazz, anything Vintage, Victorian, tiki, retro, lounge, luxury, gardening, gourmet cooking and generally living life to the fullest. Oh la la...I love anything French...wine, perfume, fashion, food, movies, music (esp. Edith Piaf), Peter Mayle books, poodles, pastis, pastries, Paris, Provence, Cannes, the sexy language. I'm an old fashioned romantic at heart. I would like to meet a gentleman who also loves animals as much as I do and lives either locally in LA or in Santa Barbara County especially Montecito. I just love it there and hope to move soon.
I love to garden! Check out my hydrangeas. If you're into gardening I'd love to see your pics and tips!
I LOVE all music, from jazz to bluegrass, classical, opera, lounge and alternative. Anything that moves my soul. I usually have KCRW.com or Luxuriamusic.com playing on my computer at work. I also like KROQ alternative music...keeps me young. Some of my all time favs are Kate Bush, Tori Amos, Maria Callas, Sinatra, Jeff Buckley, Jane Siberry, Sigur Ros, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Stan Kenton, Martini Kings, Martin Denny, Les Baxter, Mozart, Puccini, Foo Fighters, Grateful Dead, Live, Ben Harper, Tool, Ravi Shankar, Dead Can Dance, Radiohead, U2, Bob Dylan, Coldplay, Pink Floyd, Rush, Korn, A Perfect Circle, Supergrass, Deep Forest, Railroad Earth, Lorreta Lynn & Jack White, Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash, Lee Hazelwood & Nancy Sinatra, Sonny & Cher, Beatles, Led Zep, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dog, Mickey Avalon, Gotan Project...too many to mention really.
My favorite movie is Sideways. I went on a tour of all the places Miles & Jack went to like The Hitching Post, Los Olivos Cafe, Firestone Winery Tour, Hearst Castle, Solvang for Danish Pancakes...I also came across some fab vinyards that I give a big thumbs up to: Foley, Lincourt, Sanford and Mosby. I'm a chard lover but in the "spirit" of the movie I tasted some pinot noir...but NO FUCKING MERLOT! CHEERS!
OTHER MOVIES: I watch a lot of foreign (especially French) films and I love indies. Some of my all time favs are Soylent Green, Girl With A Pearl Earring, The Red Violin, Moulin Rouge, Barbarella, Adaptation, Dune, Blade Runner, Great Expectations, Under The Tuscan Sun, Apres Vous, The Anniversary Party, The Painted Veil, The Matrix, My Life So Far, Cold Mountain, Gone With The Wind, Sense & Sensibilty, Emma, Fight Club, Legends of the Fall, Vanilla Sky, Interview With The Vampire, Queen of the Damned, The Secretary, American Splendor, The Original Willie Wonka, Scarface, Breakfast at Tiffany's, It's a Wonderful Life, The Wizard of Oz, My House in Umbria, Phantom of The Opera, Forest Gump, Gladiator, Frosty The Snowman (I still cry when he melts), House of Sand & Fog, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Edward Scissorhands, Dead Man, Blow, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, Leaving Las Vegas, Sleepless in Seatle, The Doors (Val Kilmer IS Jim Morrison!!), The Salton Sea, Wonderland, Top Gun, Risky Business, Indiana Jones Series, A Clockwork Orange, Swingers, Star Wars (The original), Casino, The Usual Suspects, Sabrina (Audrey Hepburn rules), Westside Story, Titanic, Napoleon Dynomite, Casablanca, White Christmas, Miracle on 42nd Street (I can watch all those old vintage classics over and over again), Logan's Run, Emanuelle, Henry & June, The original Poseidon Adventure, Nosferatu, Metropolis and many, many more.
Antiques Roadshow, Monk, Psych, House, The Tudors, Entourage, Sopranos, Lost, Bones, Dirt, Nip Tuck, Weeds, Dog Whisperer, Ghost Whisperer, Men In Trees, ER, Grey's Anatomy, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Hells Kitchen, Top Chef, Sex and The City reruns, Medium, Arrested Development, Forensics Files, Psychic Detectives, House Hunters, Barefoot Contessa, Nigella Bites, Emeril, Trading Spaces, Designing for the Sexes, Curb Appeal, TAPS Ghost Hunters, Kriss Angel Mindfreak, Southpark, Miami Ink, Desperate Housewives, Brothers & Sisters, Project Runway, Hercule Poirot Mysteries, Midsummer Murders, pretty much anything on H&G, Style Network, History Channel, A&E, Discovery, Comedy Central. I am SUCH a home improvement show junkie.
Cooking, Entertaining and Home Improvement books. Peter Mayle novels about France (A Good Year, The Hotel Pastis, French Lessons - Adventures with Knife, Fork, and Corkscrew, A Year in Provence, Toujours Provence, Chasing Cezanne, A Dogs Life, etc.), Anne Rice, John Irving, Ken Follet, Ayn Rand, Richard Bach, Herman Hesse, Jane Austin, Kurt Vonegut, Robert Heinlien. When I was a kid I was hooked on Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys, Agatha Christie, Hercule Poirot, Sherlock Holmes, Charlie Chan. My fav childhood book is still Charlottes Web.
My Heroes: my daughter Amanda, my mom & dad, Doris Day, Martha Stewart, Lilly Pulitzer, Frida Kahlo, Maria Callas
Amanda when she was just a little girl. My pride & joy!
All grown up now.