Zizzaz's profile

Hometown

Edwards AFB, California

Places I've been

Being born an Air Force brat, I have lived everywhere between California and France. Moved to Vermont upon father's retirement from USAF. Attended high school and college in Vermont, college in Michigan. After college lived in Virginia, Louisiana, California, Vermont. Travels take me all over with the exception of Asia so far. Love Mexico in the Yucatan, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia.

Education

• Vermont College, Medical Technology - 1971 to 1973
• Western Michigan University, Biomedical Science/Chemistry/Economics - 1976 to 1979

More about me

I am well traveled, single, iconoclastic.  Have worked in the hospitality industry since I left college, working at some of the finest restaurant/inns/gourmet food stores in the US.  good food and wine is a passion for me.  I also have done volunteer work for Meals On Wheels, Food For Friends, and Share Our Strength.  I am committed to improving food standards.

I love to travel, particularly to places that are off the beaten path. I would love to take around the world trip by freighter to visit exotic ports.

I have spent the last three years recovering from a mysterious life threatening illness and subsequent high risk surgeries.

I am aiming to start studies for web-design in the fall of 2008.

Activities

Scuba diving. Traveling. Reading. Volunteer work. Art. Photography. Gardening. Cooking.

Favorite Charities

Sierra Club. SPCA. Nature Conservancy. Share Our Strength.

Favorite Music

Classical (Baroque and Early Music), Jazz (Billie Holiday, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum, Duke Ellington, Chet Baker, Mel Torme, Anita O'Day), Brazilian Jazz, Rock from 50's to present, R&B from beginnings to present, Ska, Blues (Robert Johnson, Bessie Smith, Keb' Mo', Freddie King, John Lee Hooker, Koko Taylor, Etta James...), Some Rap/Hip Hop, Bluegrass, Western swing.

Favorite TV Shows

Ugly Betty, Damages, The Closer, Boston Legal, Madmen, Pushing Daisies, Saving Grace.

Favorite Movies

Alfred Hitchcock movies; The Last Emperor; The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover; Bus Stop; Seven Year Itch; Independent/Foreign films

Favorite Books

Contemporary literature, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, One Hundred Years Of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Ian Pears mysteries, Alan Furst, Julian Barnes, Ian MacEwan, Joyce Carol Oates. P.D. James mysteries, Ngaio Marsh mysteries, Robert Ludlum, John LeCarre.

Favorite Quotes

"Exit, stage left/right." Snagglepuss "Life is a banquet." Auntie Mame "Common sense is not so common." Oscar Wilde "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn." Rhett Butler "This town needs an enema!" The Joker

Favorite People

Interesting people who colour outside the lines, run with scissors, think outside the box, and dance to their own tune.

Favorite Places

Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, Belize, most of Europe, Morocco.

Favorite Animals

Pandas. Felines, wild and domesticated. Love all animals.

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