Lola

About me

Gender Female
Industry Architecture
Occupation Triple Threat
Location Brooklyn, NY, United States
Interests Dolamakes, Fine Arts, Antique Furniture, Culture, Craftmanship, Salsa Dancing, Dancing in general, Vienna Secession, Jazz, Live Music, Foriegn films, Foodies, Broke-down buildings, South American magical realism writers, Languages, Sarcasm, new Finds, Photography, Late Night photography, IDEAS, Fabrics, Tile (mosaic and encaustic mainly, an excellent burger, a good laugh, Product Design, Typography, Learning new programs, Reading GEEK blogs (shhh), Flickr, Cheap eats, Dark curls, Moroccan Decor, Making things, Walnut Stain, Manual Cameras, Wit, Snaggletooths, Hapas, Cotton, Sunday Brunches with friends and these pair of vintage boots I got in Texas for only $4.98.
Favorite Movies In the Mood for Love, Sixteen Candles, Battle of Algiers, Pans Labryinth, Xanadu, City of God, Ameile and more that i can't think of at the moment.
Favorite Music my ears are wide open. i go between indie rock, jazz, folk, classical, retro, bossanova, electronic, world music and most everything between.
Favorite Books borges' labyrinths, blindess, the idiot, by the river peidra i sat down and wept, the stranger, cornopios y famas, if on a winter's night a traveller, the prophet, love in the time of cholera, hopsotch and a few others... most favorites tend to be by dead latin or russian authors. Started reading some new fiction by young american writers. The book last read: a heartbreaking work of staggering genius by eggers.

Try writing your name with your other hand. Where was that person raised?

my weak link hand does a lovely cursive l-o-l-a and she was raised an army brat... Everywhere, Earth.