Arabella
| Occupation | Sometime Bookseller |
|---|---|
| Location | Austin, Texas, United States |
| Introduction | I married an American, left the UK and settled first in Florida where I encountered bugs and avoided hurricanes. No music to speak of. Next stop California where we bought an apartment in San Francisco and avoided earthquakes. Urban independent bookselling ensued, with a dash of nightlife. Moving elegantly on to Texas and the city of Austin where I am currently engaged in ground-breaking and highly valuable research into the culture of the honky tonk. Lost In A Common Language began as a repository for home-sickness and a place to ponder the strange ways of America. |
| Interests | Books,Honky Tonks, Food, Moving, Home-sickness, Vintage, Music, Polar Exploration, Edith Head |
| Favorite movies | I Know Where I'm Going, A Canterbury Tale, Une Homme et une Femme, Arsenic & Old Lace, Notorious, The Ladykillers, Ascenseur pour l'echafaud, Rear Window, The French Connection, La Bonne Annee |
| Favorite music | Southern Soul, Northern Soul, Da Ramones, gypsy jazz, Coloma, Dusty, Lulu, Cilla, Mariachi, Hank Williams, Loretta Lynn, Anita O'Day, Johnny Cash, Artie Shaw, Louis Armstrong, The Boswell Sisters |
| Favorite books | The People's Act of Love, Ripley Underground, The Cast Iron Shore, Crime and Punishment, The Girls of Slender Means, Hangover Square, Serve it Forth, The Rotter's Club, Good Morning Midnight, The Laughing Policeman, The Heat of the Day |