fashion, design, economics, consumer behavior, behavior in general. trends. efficiency. classic minimalism a la christian liagre. skim cappuccinos, tea, peach oolong honest tea, eau gazeuse. st barths. cooking, eating. red wine. frangelico. dark dark chocolate. learning. improving. photography. shopping (can't lie). travel. sun and warmth, but skiing on occasion. thefashionspot. the cult of the white headphones. aesthetics. stella perfume. more later.....
People with similar interests. Any and all of them. Fashion, music, consulting, trendwatching, etc. etc.French friends to practice speaking with! People to shop with in DC, NYC, Paris. People to hang out with in DC--dinner, bars, restaurants, shows, galleries.Sophisticates with a little dork left in you...friend me!Also...if you are running a boutique, or a trendwatching or fashion blog, or anything along those lines, and need an intern...here I am.
electronic, house/euro dance music, lounge, chill-out, ragga, some rock, and hip-hop - particularly - nouvelle vague, hot chip, clor, brazilian girls, radio fg, !!!, mylo, the belle stars, bjork, carla bruni, stereo total, everybody else, rilo kiley, brian eno, the rolling stones, regina spektor, arctic monkeys, head automatica, death from above 1979, cansei de ser sexy, feist remixes, some new wave, gwen, dead prez, paul simon, stan getz, the police, and on and on....
true romance, the professional, the transporter, love actually, le grand bleu or the big blue, les bronzes 3, lost in translation, the italian job, donny darko, meet the fockers, mr and mrs smith, meet joe black.....
Da Ali G Show, the Simpsons (still prefer Simpsons to Family Guy...though the Simpsons have certainly gone downhill), SNL, and good and compelling trash
economics books like Trading up: the new american luxury, freakanomis, etc. mystery/thriller types for the plane, me talk pretty one day, the curious incident of the dog in the nighttime, hus clos, short stories by dostoevsky, the global divergence of democracies, and more later...I'll add Magazines to this section: Numero, Paris Vogue, Elle (prefer French Elle), W, Jalouse are the ones I read on a regular basis. I read about 15 per month.