Vanity Fair...

Until Vanity Fair magazine comes calling with a request to put me in their "My Stuff" feature...

I love magazines. I love how you can read an article in the time it takes to work out or commute on the train or wait in the doctor's office. My favorite magazines are: Vanity Fair, Vogue, Southern Living, Sports Illustrated, Biblical Archaeology Review, Chicago, NorthShore, Newsweek and Utne.

Favorite Things...
Coffee - Seattle's Best Coffee, Javanilla
Coffeemaker - Braun's French Press
Coke or Pepsi? - Diet Pepsi
Fast Food - Portillo's (a Chicago chain) and I am now addicted to Southwest Taco Salads from Wendy's
Ice Cream - Chocolate
Vodka - Grey Goose Le Vanilla

Lipstick - Neutragena "Nutmeg"
Make-up - Neutragena
Perfume - Channel 5
Nail polish - Anything Red
Hair care - Pantene Hydrating Curls & John Frieda Brillliant Brunette
Skin Care - Ahava, from the Dead Sea in Israel

Personal style - Preppie
Fave Designers - Ralph Lauren, Cynthia Rowley, Donna Karan & Chloe Dao (Project Runway Season #2 winner)
Shoes - Enzo Angiolini, Jimmy Choo
Jewelry - Yes please! Diamonds, pearls, gold, silver, unique pieces and big earrings (child of the 80s!)
Fave Color - Emerald Green
Fave Colors to Wear - Pink & Black
Decorating Style - I love antiques, soft, plush fabrics, a little plaid or stripe with a creamy solid earthtone, dark woods.

Travel...
I love travel. I've been to Paris, Debrovnik in Bosnia, Croatia, Austria, Italy and Israel, all over the U.S. and to Ontario in Canada, where my mother was born.
I love to travel and hope to visit Cancun, Tuscany, Argentina (mmm, beef) Germany, Iceland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Tahiti, Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand and other places to be determined...

Fantasy Writing Assignments...
I would love to write freelance articles for Vanity Fair and Vogue
Chicago Tribune
Anything that would let me work with John Grisham
Turning my next book into a television show a la Sex & The City (like Candace Bushnell)

Current Writers I admire:
John Grisham
Helen Fielding (Bridget Jones' Diary)
Meg Cabot (Princess Diaries)
Plum Sykes
okay, it's not a long list...I actually don't read that much fiction...

Current Projects:
- Book Reviewer on www.hollywoodjesus.com
Mostly political non-fiction and humor, some novels as well

- CLICK
1st novel (yipee!) to be available on www.authorhouse.com in approx. 2 weeks
available on amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com, borders.com, etc. about a month after that.
Stay tuned for free preview to be placed on my blog...

- Conquering Washington
2nd novel, hopefully published in Jan. 2007...of course I haven't finished writing it yet and it's almost fall...yikes!

- Non-fiction project
I am currently in negotiations to work on a non-fiction coffee table book on a botanical garden...more details to come

I do try and get a quarterly newsletter out to my Smithe clients on current projects, new trends in home fashions and new things going on with our vendors...of course I've been busy and haven't mailed one out this summer. oops.