Music
John Mayer-Room for Squares
Sandi Thom-Smile It Confuses People
Corinne Bailey Rae-Corinne Bailey Rae
The Comas
Pinback
The Blow-Paper Television
Mariah Carey-The Emancipation of Mimi
Minus the Bear
The Eagles
Clear Static-Clear Static
Mates of State
Neko Case
The Decemberists-The Crane Wife
Arctic Monkeys-Whatever People Say I Am, I Am Not
The Faint
Wilco-Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Regina Spektor-Being To Hope
Feist-The Reminder
Franz Ferdinand-You Could Have It So Much Better
Camera Obscura-Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi
Of Montreal-The Sunlandic Twins
Tori Amos-The Beekeeper

Movies
Casablanca
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Chungking Express
Pulp Fiction
The Shawshank Redemption
Unfaithful
LA Confidential
Life is Beautiful
Pretty Woman
The Wedding Singer
Citizen Kane
Lolita
Run Lola Run
The Hours
Girl, Interrupted
Bring It On
Little Miss Sunshine
Ray
Moulin Rouge
Good Will Hunting
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Chinatown
When Harry Met Sally (I think I’ve seen this? Maybe?)
Ghost World
Farewell My Concubine
Show Me Love
Infernal Affairs
Princess Mononoke
Spirited Away
Sex, Lies and Videotape
Walk the Line
Dangerous Liaisons/Valmont
Secretary
Pieces of April
Capturing the Friedman’s
My Name is Fame
The Lives of Others
Quinceañera
The Last Emperor
Amadeus
Pretty in Pink
Welcome to the Dollhouse
Hero
In the Mood for Love
Raise the Red Lantern
To Live
Three Times
Not One Less

Restaurants
Jayakarta
Crixa Cakes
Cafe de la Paz
King Yen
Becky’s Chinese
Vic’s Chaat House
La Rose Bistro
The Mediterranean

Books
Freakonomics
The 4 Hour Workweek
Ender’s Game
Me Talk Pretty One Day
100 Years of Solitude
The Life You Were Born to Live: A Guide to Finding Your Life Purpose
Wicked