Faves

Books: Angle of Repose, Poisonwood Bible, Animal Dreams, Cowboys are My Weakness, Little Women, 20 Love songs and a song of despair, Available Light by Marge Piercy, Complete book of Letters by Anne Sexton (Don't think its called that, but I think about it all the time.) Honorable Mentions: Paradise by Judith McNaught (great Romance), Shell Seekers by Rosemund Pilcher, Rainbow in My Closet (Kid's book-Out of Print-Copies sold for $200)

Movies I love: Stage Beauty, Spitfire Grill, Empire of the Sun, Cinema Paradiso, Right Stuff, Wings of the Dove, SongCatcher

Places I'd Rather Be: Asia-Anywhere, Home, Grand Lake, With Jesse, At the movies, at a bookstore.

Places I'd like to go: Paris, Alaska in Summer, back to India, camping in Colorado, Maldives, Vietnam, back to Ireland

Jobs: Teacher's Assistant Philbrook, Counselor Sanborn, Waitress-Michelle's, CCMCO person.

Music-Flaming Lips, Roxy Music Avalon, Bob Dylan Blood on the Tracks, Everything but the Girl, Beatles White Album, Rolling Stones Hot Rocks, Abba Gold, Ultimate Dolly Parton of course. Van Morrison-Moon Dance-Astral Weeks-His Band and the Street Choir, Also love miles davis and john coltrane when the mood is right.

TV: Northern Exposure, Sex and the City, Soul Food, Gilmore Girls, Clean Sweep

Food: Avacados, Eggplant, Sushi-Rainbow Roll, Favorite Meal-Union Station with Katie, Mom and Greg Scott NYC, Tuna Tartar appetizer with squash soup. Meal at Biga two weeks ago was also very good-Eggplant Salad-Squash Ravioli, Restaurant setting-Indian Restauarant in Shanghai with Will directly outside great shopping market, Eating Cheese and bread in the hut over the water with Jesse in Tahiti, Eating any food in Turkey.

Websites: pinkisthenewblog, nypost, nytimes, eonline.