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Lady Die... as banshee..."a
deadly aria about her"
I love how the wax melted all over my glove.... I wish I had put more bats and spiders
in my hair and added cob webs to everything...
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FUN and ODD FACTS
Interesting Awards:
Bartender of the Year in NYC-
Village Voice People's Choice
Best Of Ranch- Bar N.I. Ranch, Stonewall, CO.
Former Mentor,
Game Host and odd designer (a wonderful Cleric badge mini quest that ended) - Dragon Realms
Favorite Movie: The
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (Gene Wilder - my hero), White Christmas
Favorite Candy: Godiva
open oysters, Peach Jolly Ranchers (the old fashioned sticks that last all day),ribbon candy, jaw breakers
Favorite
Food: Southern, Classic American, Creole, Indian, Italian, Napa wine country-farm fresh cuisine, Memphis BBQ, Danish, High
Tea, Gotham, Good Enough to Eat, Boat House Cafe',the 3 o'clock boil at Frankie and Johnnies (yeah Mau!), Cafe' Du Monde,
Bradley Ogden, Mimi's dinners, and good Diner food.
Favorite Junk Food: cookie dough, mini reeses peanut butter
cups, Pinwheels, Beignets, apple fritters, Waffle House waffles, Papaya King hot dogs (on 72nd st.), duck pucks, elephant
ears and beer-batter onion rings at the county fair
Favorite Dessert: Creme brullee', Tira mi su (east coast,
please, none of this cheap west coast bastardization), Eclairs, Bananas foster, the guava mousse crepes w/ passion fruit
puree at The Coffee Shop in NYC, the chocolate bombe at Sunset Grille in Nashville, panna cotta at Tanino
Favorite
Wine Experience: 1999 CakeBread Chardonay at Gatsby's - MGMGrand, 2000 Dom at Ceasar's and 100 year old port at Olives,
all with my pal Carol...the very top: an unknown cabernet the color of midnight roses offered in an exquisite bubble bath.
(NOT with Carol..)
Favorite Libation: there is a social ettiquette for all things.. even whistle wetters.... so
.. in the right context : champagne cocktails, side cars, whiskey sours, French 75 (look it up), a nice long rich Cabernet
(accompanied by capuccino), Cakebread Chardonay, Moscato, Wild Turkey and diet coke (you heard me), and I'll never say no
to the pool boy if he brings me a rum runner ........
Favorite Book: Huck Finn, The Silmarillion, Cross Creek,
The Hobbitt, Miss Manners, Goodnight Moon, Where the Wild Things Are
Degrees to Kevin Bacon: 3
Degrees to
Eddie Izzard: 1 (Peter Bog. directed Cat's Meow and Thing Called Love)
Degrees to Faye Dunaway:1 (we both worked on
Love Hollywood Style)
Degrees to Billy Bob:1 (through the McGraw gang and Bill McCorvey and the beautiful Mica!)
Odd Job: mowing baseball diamonds, a dancing carousel horse at Bar Mitzvas and Christmas Parties, Performing for
300 Gynecologists at a convention- yes the jokes abounded
Liisa Can:
bait her own hook,
retrieve,
clean, dress and serve up a mess o' dove,
ride an elephant,
read your tarot,
run across a train tressle,
make a stained glass window,
talk circus in clown alley,
make Thanksgiving dinner for 28,
feed your
soul with some good Southern comfort food
do an impression of a grouper
hold her own with the boys,
write
a book,
throw pottery (on a wheel silly)
crack a joke,
tell a great story,
lace a corset,
be
a troll drive
a tractor,
place all the silver in a 14 course meal,
ride 15 miles a day above timber line
speak
a little french,
Wax your legs dance all night,
get a standing ovation,
leave you wanting more.
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