What follows is a listing of some of my favorites...
Dining [see Culinary Arts]
Movies
Horror: The Birds, Skeleton Key, Silence of the Lambs
Drama: Schindler's List, Hotel Rwanda, Chinatown, The Red Violin
Comedy: Meet the Parents, Father of the Bride, Little Miss Sunshine, Beetlejuice, Clueless
Animated: Monsters Inc., The Incredibles, Anastasia, Sleeping Beauty, For the Birds, Ratatouille
Independent: Spanglish, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Television: Sex and the City, Nip/Tuck, Grey's Anatomy
Music
Band: Taking Back Sunday, She Wants Revenge, mellowdrone, Bright Eyes, Interpol
Artist: Norah Jones, Fiona Apple
Soundtrack: 2046, The Red Violin, Chicago, Amelie
Reading Material
Classics: Harper Lee: To Kill a Mockingbird, George Orwell: 1984, Antoine de Saint-Exupery: The Little Prince, Vladmir Nabokov: Lolita, Shakespeare's 1 Henry IV
Contemporary: Arthur Golden: Memoirs of a Geisha, Janet Fitch: White Oleander, Rebecca Wells: Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Joyce Carol Oates: We Were the Mulvaneys
Poetry: T.S. Eliot's The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, e.e. cumming's since feeling is first
Magazines: US Weekly, In Style, Cooking Light, Martha Stewart
Quotes: [see About Me]
Websites
Pet Supplies: GlobalPets
Knick-knacks: Wishing Fish, Urban Outfitters
Books: Powells, Come Get Used, Amazon
Bay Area Entertainment: SFWeely, SF Chronicle, East Bay Express, Diablo Magazine, The Wave, Gridskipper
SoCal Entertainment: LA CityBeat, LA Weekly, Calendar Live, Sign on San Diego, LA.com, OC Weekly
Services [a mix of NorCal and SoCal]
Oil Change: Mechanica Automotive [Mountain View]
Nails: The Nail Shop [East Bay locations], Pinky's Nail Salon [Cupertino]
Stylist: Vince [Paul Mitchell School, Costa Mesa], Toni Lynch [Salon Gregorie, Newport Beach], Vidal Sassoon Creative Classes [Santa Monica, if you're feeling adventurous]
Retail Therapy
Skirts: Banana Republic
Dresses: Bebe
Tops: Club Monaco [basics], Banana Republic [sweaters], A/X [jackets], JCrew [button-ups]
Shoes: Via Spiga, Le Coq Sportif
Suits: BCBG
Jewelry: Telegraph Ave, Target, Anthropologie, HiHo Silver
Gifts: Voges Chocolate, my signature in Mont Blanc
Places
Vacation: Southwest China, Yunnan Province: Dali, Kunming, Lijiang.
Farmer's Market: SF Ferry Building
Playground: Berkeley's Adventure Playground
Weekend Escape: Channel Islands [SoCal]
Beach: Corona del Mar off Marguerite [SoCal], Stinson Beach [NorCal]
Museum: The Tech [San Jose], Exploratorium [SF], Noah's Ark at the Skirball [LA]
Miscellaneous
Flowers: Bold shapes in bright colors [I'm especially partial to orange and green flowers]
Snack: Bananas with either strawberries or peanut butter & honey
Scent: fresh laundry, just showered skin, Bvlgari's Au The Rouge
Ingredients: Balsamico, grapefruit, farm eggs, mushrooms
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