Films
- Mostly Martha (German)
- Jean de Florette (French)
- Manon of the Spring (French)
- Andy Goldsworthy's Rivers and Tides
- Winged Migration
- Microcosmos (France)
- In the Mood for Love (Cantonese/Shanghainese/French)
- High Fidelity
- About A Boy (English)
- The City of Lost Children (French)
- Sometimes In April (Rwandan Genocide)
- The Constant Gardener (English)
- Baran (Dari/Persian)
- Blackboards (Farsi/Kurdish)
- A Time For Drunken Horses (Kurdish/Farsi)
- Brokeback Mountain
- Ladies In Lavender (English)
- The Motorcycle Diaries (Spanish)
- The Sea Inside (Spanish)
- Before Night Falls (Spanish)
- Talk To Her (Spanish)
- The City (Spanish)
- Wit
- Snatch (English)
- Next Stop Wonderland
- Dial "M" for Murder
- Room With a View (English)
- Enchanted April (English)
- The Commitments (Irish)
- Into the West (Irish)
- Waking Ned Devine (Irish)
- Demons In the Garden (Spanish)
- Queen of Hearts (Italian)
- Open Doors (Italian)
- King of Masks (Chinese)
- Kolya (Czech)
- La Lectrice (French)
- The Hairdresser's Husband (French)
- When the Cat's Away (French)
- Cafe au Lait (French)
- Autumn Tale (French)
- Raise the Red Lantern (Chinese)
- Songcatcher
- Carrington (English)
- Dream with the Fishes
- Cyclo (Vietnamese)
- Fire (Hindi/English)
- My Father's Glory (French)
- My Mother's Castle (French)
- Le Trou (French)
- Color of Paradise (Farsi)
- Not One Less (Mandarin)
- Ju Dou (Chinese)
- To Live (Chinese)
- Red Sorghum (Mandarin)
- Hate (French)
- Children of Heaven (Farsi)
- White Balloon (Farsi)
- Gabbeh (Farsi)
- The Edukators (German)
- Run Lola Run (German)
Contact
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- Website: http://blossomhome.com/
Biography
I live in California with my husband and our 8 year-old boy, who we homeschool. I also have a 23 year-old son (it happens in the blink of an eye!). I was born in San Francisco and when I was 12 we moved to a commune in Santa Cruz. I stayed in Santa Cruz for 30 years, until moving to Los Gatos 3 years ago. I'm French & 'Black' Irish. I want to be adopted by a family in Italy.
I've been thrifting (and flea-ing!) for most of my life. Past endeavors: I owned a vintage clothing shop in Santa Cruz, sold vintage clothing in a shop on Rue de Seine in Paris, and organized painting vacations for groups of people in the South of France.
Among my home design influences I include growing up in San Francisco in the 60s and my time spent around gypsy musicians and circus performers in Paris, and everything else inbetween.
We now have a vintage furnishings shop, Blossom Home, in Los Gatos California. I am the proud owner of a lovely white piano from the 1860s, and just knowing it's there makes me sleep better at night.
I once was a pirate radio DJ!
Interests
I enjoy reading, especially food and travel memoirs. A favorite author of fiction is Jeanette Winterson. I love films (see list) and Masterpiece Theater. Lately I've been watching the TV show House, starring the talented English actor, Hugh Laurie. My musical taste is wide-ranging...Otis Redding, The Clash, Puccinni, Cheb Kaled, The Pogues, Dolly Parton, Tom Waits, Orchestra Baobab, Loreena McKennitt, Johnny Cash, and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. I need good food (Thai, Mexican, Indian...) French pastries and Italian coffee. I feel alive when I'm thrifting, gardening, and designing.
