Gender	Female
Industry	Non-Profit
Occupation	Grad Student/ESL Teacher
Location	Louisville, KY, United States
Introduction	I am a 20-something experimenting in the land of happy gourmets--Louisville, KY! I love to learn and share my experiences in the kitchen, on traveling, on teaching, and in the Fine Arts. I refuse start any day without a cup of tea, and I can seldom continue without a few more. Warm bread with shaved chocolate, olive oil, and salt is the best thing that ever happened--trust me.
Interests	Podcasts, music, vocal performance, live concerts, community festivals, cooking, spices, flavor combinations, colorful food, bento boxes, kitchen knives, traveling, Louisville, Louisville Free Public Media, WFPK Louisville, NPR, Barcelona, Spanish, German, Japanese, International Relations, tea, desserts, sustainable living, farm cooperatives, fresh food, canning, high fashion, DIY, Arts Management, Cultural Management, interactive exhibits, Modern Art Galleries, Local Businesses, Local Art, NuLu, The Highlands Louisville, Independent Restaurants, Arts Education, Teaching English as a Foreign Language
Favorite movies	When Harry Met Sally, Annie Hall, Midnight in Paris, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Hannah and Her Sisters, Matchpoint, Radio Days, The Darjeeling Limited, Moonlight Kingdom, Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, The Pagemaster, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Wayne's World, Rush Hour, Rush Hour II, Kung Fu movies, The Karate Kid, The Karate Kid II, Volver, Hable con Ella, La Lengua de las Mariposas, Pelota Vasca, Pagafantas, Spirited Away, Train Man, Ponyo, Princess Mononoke, Finding Nemo, Home Alone, The Muppets, The Muppet Christmas Carol
Favorite music	Jazz, Blues, 90s R&B, Motown, Classical Piano, Spanish Guitar, Flamenco, Broadway, Rockabilly, Modern Folk, Cirque du Soleil
Favorite books	The Madonnas of Leningrad, The Tiger's Wife, 100 Years in Solitude, The Motorcycle Diaries, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, The Mambo Kings Sing Songs of Love, Candide, Grimm's Fairy Tales, Alice in Wonderland, Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography, The Art of War, Lolita, Pale Fire, Catcher in the Rye, Reading Lolita in Tehran, Violent Bear It Away, The Picture of Dorian Gray, A Christmas Carol, Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist, The Sun Also Rises, A Homage to Catalonia, The Importance of Being Earnest

Whoops! Your tongue is now a magnet. Whatever will you use for silverware?

My tongue is already a magnet. As for metallic attraction, I have no problem with a pair of wooden chopsticks. On the other end? I hope a seaweed salad followed up with an Unagi roll or sashimi!