LOVES & INTERESTS
all things design. road-tripping. dim sum. Led Zeppelin. digging in the dirt. dinner parties. competence. deep friendship. the desert and the mountains. grapefruit and limes. family. Spanish wines. dancing. music in my car. Malt-o-Meal. my incredible husband. cream. excellent fragrance. Taylors of Harrogate teas. self-made people. accountability. New Mexico sunsets. my dressing room.

TALENTS
team building. arrangement of objects in all contexts. big productions. vision. verve. fearlessness. creativity on demand. all things music. multitasking. writing copy. relationships. levity. self evaluation. a good eye for spotting gems.

MUSES
Ludwig Van Beethoven. Frances McDormand. Georgia O'Keefe. Simon Cowell. Dorothy Draper. George Sand. Matt Johnson. Martin Luther King. Scarlett O'Hara. Frida Kahlo. Ralph Lauren. Maya Angelou. Judi Dench. Luna. Elle Decor UK. Stephen Spielberg. Gena Rowlands. Stanley Kubrick. Teddy Roosevelt. Mayor Richard M Daley. Coco Chanel. George Carlin. John Stewart. Carl Sagan. Ryan McGinness. Thomas Berry. The Dandy Warhols. Diane Arbus. Atom Egoyan. The Economist. New Zealand. Led Zeppelin. Ira Glass.

TURN-OFFS
mediocrity. bad smells. tedium. lack of accountability. jealousy. bad music. cigarette smoke. political correctness. people who take themselves and their opinions too seriously.

FACTOID
My mother was an actual, factual Haight-Ashbury hippie.