veranyc

I'm originally from Colorado but now living in NYC! During my childhood I enjoyed having many different pen friends and credit them for being part of the reason why I love exploring/learning about different cultures and places.

When not hard at work, I spend my time reading, working on crafts, cooking for fun, and keeping up to date on what's going on in art, film, and online.

I really like jokes as long as they aren't too completely taste-less. I think everyone can do well with a good laugh here and there.

Since I like to cook, I'm constantly learning about different types of cuisines and rolling up my sleeves to try making something new. I'm both Thai and Italian and cook both but will also dabble in other cuisines such as Japanese, Indian, etc!

I follow trends in art and have memberships at several museums (MOMA for example) but I'm particularly interested in street art. Tags not so much but more the route of stenciling, and people taking a stab at expressing something more than scribbling their name.

Indie Rock, Brit Pop, Beck, The Rolling Stones, Wilco, Bloc Party, Muse, U2, Cat Stevens, Broken Social Scene, The Beatles...the list goes on and on.

Blindness - Jose Saramego

Bicycle Diaries - David Byrne

The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay - Michael Chabon

Bound for Glory - Woodie Guthrie

Breakfast at Tiffany's - Truman Capote

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle - Barbara Kingslover

The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Shop Girl - Steve Martin

Cool Hand Luke

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Rushmore

Shawshank Redemption

Helvetica

The Sting

Motocycle Diaries

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

Up in the Air

Planet Earth (Life too!)

Mad Men

30 Rock

Iconoclasts

How I Met your Mother

Battlestar Gallatica

Flight of the Concourds

Man vs. Food, Anthony Bourdain, Bizarre Food

Knitting

Sewing

Jewelry Making

Collage

Photography

architecture - interesting buildings

Japanese craft books and items made from them: oh I wish I knew Japanese just so I could buy and read all these books from my local Japanese book store but have just the ones translated to English.

Subways

Photography - like Henri Cartier-Bresson, Brassai, Cornell Capa, Andre Kertesz or anything interesting!

Bauhaus

Charles and Ray Eames

Audrey Hepburn

Paul Newman

Stylish things made out of recycled things

Buckminster Fuller

Lucky Cats

Exotic recipes with ingredients that are not hard to find

Small badges/pins for bands

B&W pics of kids acting up ;)

Exotic places of interest

FAVORITE: I really like learning about where you are from! I adore postcards of unusual things in your city, the sites, the people, festivals.

Postcards: I like store bought or handmade but I prefer to receive them naked and with a message, riddle, book recommendation, or quote!