Dragonfruit.

This is my new culinary challenge.
Dragonfruit.

Characters

The greatest movie characters I've encountered.

Gigi, Gigi (1958)

Edna Mode, The Incredibles (2004)

Andrew Largeman, Garden State (2004)

Dr. Evil, Austin Powers (1997)

Frank Abagnale Jr, Catch Me If You Can (2002)

Boo, Monsters Inc. (2001)

Bill "The Butcher" Cutting, Gangs of New York (2002)

Patrick Bateman, American Psycho (2000)

Lisa, Girl Interrupted (1999)

Derek Vinyard, American History X (1998)

Mona Lisa Vito, My Cousin Vinny (1992)

David Gale, The Life of David Gale (2003)

Todd Cleary, Wedding Crashers (2005)

Alice Ayres, Closer (2004)

Igor, Young Frankenstein (1974)

Hannibal Lecter, Silence of the Lambs (1991)

The Joker, The Dark Knight (2008)

Penny Lane, Almost Famous (2000)

Margot Tenenbaum, The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

Marie Antoinette, Marie Antoinette (2006)

Marla Singer, Fight Club (1999)

Paulie Walnuts, The Sopranos (1999 - 2007)

Queen Elizabeth I, Elizabeth (1998)

Marion Silver, Requiem for a Dream (2000)

Holly Golightly, Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)

Sonny Corleone, The Godfather (1972)

Hanna Shmitz, The Reader (2008)

Lux Lisbon, The Virgin Suicides (1999)

Tyler Durden, Fight Club (1999)

2 Days in Paris Quote

"It always fascinated me how people go from loving you madly to nothing at all, nothing. It hurts so much. When I feel someone is going to leave me, I have a tendency to break up first before I get to hear the whole thing. Here it is. One more, one less. Another wasted love story. I really love this one. When I think that its over, that I'll never see him again like this; well yes, I'll bump into him, we'll meet our new boyfriend and girlfriend, act as if we had never been together, then we'll slowly think of each other less and less until we forget each other completely. Almost. Always the same for me. Break up, break down. Drink up, fool around. Meet one guy, then another, fuck around. Forget the one and only. Then after a few months of total emptiness start again to look for true love, desperately look everywhere and after two years of loneliness meet a new love and swear it is the one, until that one is gone as well. There's a moment in life where you can't recover any more from another break-up. And even if this person bugs you sixty percent of the time, well you still can't live without him. And even if he wakes you up every day by sneezing right in your face, well you love his sneezes more than anyone else's kisses."

Elliot.

France > America

I do realize that I haven't blogged in an unnecessary amount of time because there has been SO much happening. I just got back from my two week excursion in France. There are no words to describe what a beautiful, incredible, life-altering experience it was. Paris was pure fun. We stayed in the Opera area at the beautiful Radisson Ambassador Hotel. I recorded our entire itinerary as well, of what we did everyday and where we ate. I was kind of proud of Rebecca and I for planning such a great schedule with the challenge of seeing all of Paris in 5 days. We went to the Louvre, the D'Orsay Museum, Versailles, all of the landmarks and some flea markets; Ate at some delicious restaurants like Cafe de Flore (where Picasso ate), L'Entracte Opera (had my very first glass of wine here), and Au Petit Riche. The food was fantastic: crepes, creme bruleee, quiche (my favorite), french onion soup, escargot, macarons, ratatoullie, and croque madame. We also did a fair share of partying. Luckily, there were alot of awesome bars in our area, two of which we went to almost every night, Cafe Oz and O'Sullivan's. I can't possibly upload the 349785 photos on here, but they will most likely all be on Facebook. Peep our hotel:



The second part of the trip was most rewarding. There are few people (so far, 30 worldwide) who have experienced the Dialogues in Design workshop with the famous Massimo and Lella Vignelli, and Armando Milani; three world class designers leading us through a corporate identity project for the Musee Nationale Fernand Leger (a museum we visited on our first day in Provance). They are the some of the most brilliant yet humble people I've ever met. It was remarkable not only to work with them, but to just hang out with them. We went to museums, walked around small Provencal villages and markets, and ate almost 3 meals a day with them. Experiences like that are almost unheard of. Perhaps equally remarkable was being in a 14-person class with people from Italy, Istanbul, Kuwait, Syria, Amsterdam, Germany, etc. It's funny how you don't think any other country besides your own exists until you leave it and realize that there is a whole other world out there that offers more than where you've been sheltered your entired life. I was the youngest of the group, ages ranging from me (19) to an author and designer who was close to 60. By the end of the trip, Massimo and Armando were calling us their "girls."

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