About Me
- About Me: My weblog will contain: culinary endeavors, book and film reactions, and other miscellanea.
Books
- Favorite Books: The Sound and the Fury
- Favorite Authors: Jane Austen, William Faulkner, George Elliot, Dorothy L. Sayers
- Recent Reads: Catch-22 (again)
Travel
- Places I love: Florence, Italy; Switzerland
- Places I've been: Mexico (Tijuana); China (Beijing, Xian, Qingdao, Chengde); Thailand (Phuket, Phi Phi, Bankok); Indonesia (Bali); New Zealand (Auckland); Australia (Sydney); North Korea (Seoul); UK (London, Dover, Salisbury, Cantebury); France (Paris, Normandy); Switzerland (Leysin, Lausanne, Bern, Champex, Geneva); Italy (Florence, Rome, Venice); Denmark (Copenhagen, Helsingor); Sweden (Lund); Czech Republic (Prague); Saudi Arabia (Riyadh); Spain (Barcelona); US (CA, DE, FL, HI, IL, MD, MA, MO, NJ, NY, NC, OH, PA, RI, TX); Canada
Food
- Favorite Cuisine: Korean
- Favorite Dishes: bibimbap, duck confit, soft shell crab
- Favorite Desserts: creme brulee, carrot cake, red velvet cupcakes from The Edge in Providence
- Favorite Drinks: root beer, chocolate milk, hot chocolate with whipped cream
- Favorite Junk Foods: chocolate, Cheetos, Reese's peanut butter cups
- Best meal ever: at Bouleys in NYC
- Favorite Restaurants: Bouleys in NYC; Chez Pascale in Providence, RI; Kimchi Hana in Piscataway, NJ; Dynasty on rt. 22 in Greenbrook, NJ
- Foods I hate: will eat just about anything unless it's overcooked.
Movies
- Favorite Movies: Shanghai Express, Pygmalion, Le Corbeau, The Princess Bride
- Favorite Actors: Leslie Howard, Edward Norton, Johnny Depp, Anna May Wong
- Favorite Genre: period pieces
- Favorite Soundtracks: Rent
- Movies I can watch over and over: pretty much everything
- Actor that would play me in a movie: Ziyi Zhang or Sandra Oh
More About Me
- Nicknames: raselshoe, The Hamster
- Heroes: Daria, Dorothy L. Sayers, Jane Eyre, Edward Norton
- Interests: film, writing, psychology, historical fictitious stuff (e.g. costumes, customs, infectious diseases), Shakespeare, 19th c. British novels, 20th c. American literature, animals, feminism, culinary arts, photography, opera
- Expertise: patience. lots of patience
- Occupation: Executive Assistant
Contact Info
- AIM: raselshoe
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- Name: Rachel
- Country: United States
- State: Rhode Island
- Gender: Female
- Member Since: 5/16/2002
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