Other Info:
Favorite Activities:
Shopping, Mentoring prospective National Board candidates, Attending Gymboree classes with Eleni, Attending family oriented social events, scrapbooking (the baby, of course), Crunches, Squats, and sit-ups (as needed)
Interests:
Web/ Graphic Design, Fashion shows, Early Childhood Development, Traveling, Cooking, Baking, Shopping, Handbags, Shoes, Fashion from the 60's, Barbies from the 60's, Sushi, Thai, Anything Greco-Roman, The Renaissance, Red wine, Jacki Kennedy, Elvis, Cruises, The Theater, The spa
Designers:
Kate Spade handbags
Carolina Herrera
Balenciaga
Zac Posen
Prada
Oscar de la Renta
Chanel
Juicy Couture
Favorite Music:
Benny Benassi
Esthero
Tori Amos
Lady Gaga
DJ Tiesto
Jupiter Rising
Flanders
Chicane
Armand Van Helden
Cascada
Above and Beyond
Favorite TV Shows:
Anything on CNN - Larry King Live, Entertainment Tonight, The Situation Room\m, I'm not a TV freak...
Oh and in the summer, I have time to watch things like "The View" and "The Ellen DeGeneres Show"
Favorite Movies:
The Dark Knight
The Godfather I II III
The Notebook
Forrest Gump
Grand Torrino
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
American Pie
Fahrenheit 911
The Matrix
Hotel Rwanda
Life is Beautiful
Citizen Cane
It's a Wonderful Life
Favorite Books:
GOSH.. There are soo many.
Here's a TOP 10 LIST'
1. Guns, Germs, and Steel
2. The Manufactured Crisis
3. The Knowledge Deficit
4. The Zinn Reader
5. The Shame of the Nation
6. The End of Racism
7. Atlas Shrugged
8. The Fountainhead
9. The Decameron
10. What Would Jackie Do?
Favorite Quotations:
"There is time for everything." Thomas A. Edison
"My mother is a never ending song in my heart of comfort, happiness, and being. I may sometimes forget the words but I always remember the tune." ~Graycie Harmon
"In my life, why do I smile, at people who I'd much rather kick in the eye?"
Morrissey
"They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself." - Andy Warhol
"Nothing can bring you peace but yourself." Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them." - Leo Tolstoy
"The Unexamined Life is Not Worth Living"- Plato
"If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true were really true, there would be little hope of advance." Orville Wright
About Me:
My role models are:
#1 My mother
#2 Jackie O
#3 Audrey Hepburn
I am satisfied when... (1) I am with MY BABY, (2) I am working on something meaningful, and (3) anything else that is positive
The sound I hate is whistling; the sound I like is laughter.
The adjective that best describes me is motivated.
The best moment of my life was.. the birth of Eleni
The most difficult phase of my life: Losing both parents in less than 2 years.
Hate it: arrogance; Love it: humility
When I am happy, I work; when I am depressed I shop
Drink of choice: Red wine
Favorite Dish: Grilled Mediterranean Sea Bass
Love it: The city / Hate it: The suburbs
Lust: Channel 2 piece suit; Must: Banana Republic suit
My strength is that I am highly organized.
My weakness is that I can be a workaholic
If I was not teaching, I would be a journalist or a layout designer for a prestigious publication.
My biggest accomplishment has been going through National Boards for Teaching during the 2005 school year. (The year after I lost my mother)
