Favourite things: intellectual conversation, sheet music, cotton candy, Buddhist philosophy, antique silver, dinner parties, the colour pink, and choral music. I like green tea, European clothing brands, books, first kisses with new guys, and modern dance, also the musical Aspects of Love, my piano, Voltaire, getting very dressed up, and the German cars called Smart. Also Tony Vincent, choir, Impressionism, my piano, 2 AM, and Finnish.

Favourite bands: Led Zeppelin, Buckcherry, Aerosmith, The Strokes, Pink Floyd, The Mars Volta, Guns N' Roses, Jane's Addiction, The Velvet Underground, The Beatles, and Pray for the Soul of Betty.

Favourite musical artists: Eva Cassidy, Kathleen Battle, John Pizzarelli, Renee Fleming, Ben Harper, Renee Olstead, Carol Welsman, and Rajaton.

Favourite books: Anything written by Margaret Atwood, Diana Gabaldon's 'Outlander', the 'Time' series by Madeline L'Engle, Camus' 'L'Etranger', 'Chocolat' by Joanne Harris, anything Harry Potter or Narnia, and Stephen King's 'The Stand'.