Writing, the culinary arts, family, friends, Mom's cooking, NY Style Pizza, Rib Eye Steak, Shish Kabob, eggplant parmigiana, sausage and peppers hero
Peking Duck, Mahi Mahi, Shabu Shabu, good entertaining movies, my Akita pals, fly fishing, NY Giants, The Yankees
Down the shore (New Jerseyans know where that is), an occassional Arturo Fuente Hemingway, a snort of Glenrothes Single Malt Scotch, the 4:00 Dos Equis, Plein Air paintings, OM, a cleaner and safer world...
Edward Hopper (1882-1967)
Albert Bierstadt, the German American painter (1830-1902)
"When I know your soul, I will paint your eyes" - Modigliani
"The love you take is equal to the love you make..."
Live From Abbey Road, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan (Blood on The Tracks), Frank Sinatra, The Beatles, Sting, Steely Dan, Cat Stevens
The Doors (Morrison Hotel), The Band, David Bowie, CSNY, The Police, Traffic (When the Eagle Flies), Pink Floyd (Wish You Were Here)
The Rolling Stones (Black and Blue), U2 (One), Muddy Waters, The Allman Brothers (Whipping Post), Squeeze, The Who (Who's Next)
Led Zepplin (IV), Leonard Cohen, Teddy Thompson, Roxy Music, Pat Metheny (The Falcon and the Snowman), Bob Marley, Stan Getz
Aaron Coplan (Applachian Spring), Mozart, Louis Armstrong, Johnny Cash, Barry White, Sade, Crowded House, The Call
Santana, Moby, Billy Joel (Piano Man), Simon and Garfunkel, and...
Cinema Paradiso, The Godfather I & II, A Few Good Men, Big Night, The French Connection, Catch-22, Serpico, Aurthor! Author!
Modigliani (Great Art on Art Film), The Odd Couple, The Front Page(Some of the greatest dialogue!), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The Last Temptation of Christ
Once Upon a Time in The West, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Hot Rock, China Town, Along The Waterfront
Rear Window, Rosemary's Baby, The Untouchables, Spy Game, Lord of War, Dr. Strangelove, MASH, Deer Hunter, One Flew Over The Cukoos Nest
The Big Lebowski, The Last Emperor, The Last Waltz, Annie Hall, History of the World Part 1, Stairway To Heaven, Ghandi
John Cassavetes, Sergio Leone, Robert Altman, Martin Scorsese, Alfred Hitchcock, Woody Allen, Mel Brooks, Humphrey Bogart...
Entourage, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Sunday Football, The Travel Channel, The Food Network, Squawk On The Street, A&E, The History Channel, The Discovery Channel
"The South American Table" by Marie Baez Kijac; "The Unprejudiced Palate" by Angelo Pellegrini; "Sideways" by Rex Pickett; "A Good Year" by Peter Mayle; "The Alchemist" by Paulo Cohelo; "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine
"Kitchen Confidential" by Anthony Bourdain; "Jaws" by Peter Benchley; "The World According to Garp" by John Irving
Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway, William Saroyan, William Shakespeare, Henry Miller, Henry David Thoreau, Philip Roth, Khalil Gibran, Dan Brown, Thomas Merton...
Edgar Payne, Thomas Paine, O'Henry, Julia Child, James Beard, Alice Waters, Careme, William Goldman, David Mamet...All who could, who should extend themselves to others who are in need.