Scents: gardenia, lavender, bread baking, lemon verbena, basil

Flowers: gardenia, birds of paradise, tiger lily, anything unique looking

Board Games: trivial pursuit, on-line poker and hearts

Sports to Play: kickball, basketball, flag football (i'm not quite out of my tom boy phase)

Sports Teams: probably not cool to say here but ohio state football

Outdoor Activities: hiking, all water sports, rollerblading (i know, it's so 1990's)

Bay Area Hangout: i'm a newbie..still trying to figure this out-i'm open to your suggestions! i tend to gravitate to the water

Place to See a Concert: fillmore, cafe du nord, golden gate park so far!

Music: lily allen, old johnny cash, indigo girls, jackie greene, brandi carlile, goo goo dolls, cure, 311, smashing pumpkins, big head todd,beastie boys,mazzy star, portishead, ivy,carla bruni,royksopp,postal service, death cab, black-eyed peas,tricky, erykah badu,billie holiday,madeleine peyroux,anything french,shins,radiohead,beck,the roots,ella fitzgerald,outkast,white stripes,jayhawks,ryan adams, coldplay,keane...this could go on for days..you get the idea! all over the place essentially.

TV Shows: my life on the d list, top chef, office,used to love the wonder years. now it's greys anatomy though this season is slightly cheesy, project runway, anything on bravo and tlc, what not to wear, weeds, i get sucked into most bad reality tv.

Movies (All Time): almost famous, shawshank redemption, high fidelity, good will hunting,coming to america, kill bill,sixteen candles, breakfast club, all john cusack movies, say anything,the notebook,sound of music,when harry met sally,mr. hollands opus, the jerk, dirty rotten scoundrels,misery, the shining, nightmare on elm street, sleepless in seattle, fletch, devil wears prada.

Actors: john cusack (the whole dorky cut guy element that i love), the guy from the notebook who's name is escaping me, billy crystal, steve martin, chevy chase,mark ruffalo (yum), jack black,bill pullman.

Actresses: cameron diaz,glenn close,uma thurman,kate bosworth,the woman from dirty rotten scoundrels..Glenne Headly.

Magazines: people, self, performing songwriter, paste,entertainment weekly.

Books/Authors: maya angelou, nick hornby, johnny cash and brian wilson autobiographies.

Cereals: not my thing though i do like dry grapenuts on strawberry ice cream (trust me on this one!)

Fruits: apples, dates, figs, raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, melon.

Snack Foods: anything chocolate related or doughy things.

Cookies: chocolate chip, oatmeal, vegan snicker doodle (what a great name)

Candy Bars: reeses cup, twix

Fav Animal: kangaroo

Vacation spot: australia

Fluent in other languages: choice words in each perhaps:)

If you were a spice which would one would it be: toss up between ginger and nutmeg

Hometown: sidney (not australia sadly)

Your Hero: mom and dad for sure

Sparkling or Still: whichever is readily available when i need to quench