About Me

  • About Me: “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” ~ Winston Churchill

More About Me

  • Nicknames: Lizzie, Eliza, and (restricted use with this one) Peanut.
  • Nationality: Italian, Japanese, German, and Polish
  • Religion: I believe in a faith that changes ones life.
  • Heroes: Anyone who treats life as precious, and brings love and healing to others... Jesus Christ the Messiah for one.
  • Interests: Learning to see through my Father's eyes. Hebraic roots. Literature. Blanket-pulling mysteries and classic films. Nights at the theatre... ballet. Local curiosity shoppes. C. S. Lewis and Narnia. Practically anything from the WWI & II era. Greer Garson. Anne spelled with "e." Blue & white china. Royal history. "Anchor chains, plane motors, and train whistles." Jane Austen. Pen & ink sketching. Politics. British comedies. Traveling. Calligraphy. Televised Time Square events. Skiing. Forgotten attics... museums. Whole Foods Market. Baci and San Pellegrino. Pilates. Poetry. Salty sea spray, rain cloaks. College papers. Fred Astaire... Frank Sinatra. Cathedrals. Cottages. Irish lace woven by wee little people. Leather jotters. ENCORES... performing.
  • Industry: Student
  • Website: www.xanga.com/The_Shop_Around_The_Corner

Books

  • Favorite Books: The Horse and His Boy & The Last Battle ~ C.S. Lewis, The entire Anne series ~ L.M. Montgomery, Pride & Prejudice and Emma ~ Jane Austen, Nicolas Nickleby and Bleak House ~ Charles Dickens, Little Women, An Old Fashioned Girl, and The Inheritance ~ Louisa May Alcott, Crime & Punishment ~ Dostoevsky, The Little White Horse ~ Elizabeth Goudge, The Woman in White ~ Wilkie Collins, Ben-Hur ~ Lew Wallace, The OZ series ~ L. Frank Baum, Good-bye, Mr. Chips! ~ James Hilton, Carrie's War ~ Nina Bawden, Eragon ~ Christopher Paolini, Plays: Pygmalion, The Importance of Being Earnest, Cyrano de Bergerac, As You Like It, Six Characters in Search for an Author, Much Ado About Nothing
  • Favorite Authors: C.S. Lewis, Jane Austen, L.M. Montgomery, Luisa May Alcott, P. G. Wodehouse, Wilkie Collins, Dickens, Shakespeare, Agatha Christy, L. Frank Baum, Oscar Wilde, Virgil, James Hilton, Mary Shelley James Herriot
  • Favorite Genres: The Victorian, British Literature, the Romantic period, some modern American, early 20th century British Comedies and Mysteries.
  • Favorite Characters: Anne Shirley, Marian Halcombe, Mr. Knightley, Peter Pevensie, Jeeves, Nicholas Nickleby, Judah Ben-Hur, Jean Valjean.
  • Favorite Quotes: "I'm going to study and grow and learn about many things. What things? `Shoes and ships and sealing wax And cabbages and kings,' quoted Anne." ~ Anne Shirley "She had always wanted to do every thing...but steadiness had always been wanting; and in nothing had she approached the degree of excellence which she would have been glad to command, and ought not to have failed of. She was not much deceived as to her own skill...but she was not unwilling to have others deceived, or sorry to know her reputation for accomplishment often higher than it deserved." ~ Emma
  • Recent Reads: Spring 2008 semester favorites: {Dicken's Class} Oliver Twist, The Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, Bleak House, Great Expectations. {Western History} Ordinary Men (provides a unique look into the Holocaust). The Communist Manifesto (a fascinating, provocative read).

College

  • School Name: Patrick Henry College
  • Major(s): Literature

Style

  • Where I shop: Department stores, Ann Taylor, thrift shops, antique stores.
  • Brands I love: Anything classic or vintage inspired.
  • I like to wear: coats, mittens, and scarves.
  • Prized Possessions: Historical costumes.
  • Guilty Pleasure: classy scarves

Travel

  • Places I love: Glen Eyrie Castle, old town Colorado Springs, and Narnia.
  • Places I've been: (lived in) North Carolina, Japan, Virginia, Colorado. (been to) France, Alaska, numerous U.S. States.
  • Places to see before I die: Israel, Scotland, England, Ireland, Italy, Morocco, Switzerland, Prince Edward Island, Russia, and New York City. (I was told Texas is also a must see for every American . . .this from a Texan no less)
  • Dream Vacation: A trip on The Venice Simplon Orient Express or a grand tour of Europe. Israel. A summer or fall on PEI. Or wondering all over Europe... Set me on a plane and I'll go almost anywhere.

Music

  • Favorite Artists: Frank Sinatra, Josh Groban, Judy Garland, Andre Rieu, Anthony Warlow, Hayley Westenra, Kirsten Chenoweth.
  • Favorite Genre: Broadway and movie soundtracks, classical, Celtic, Big Band, Crooners, Opera, 50's, full gospel, ethnic, and sundry others.
  • Favorite Songs: "Together" from the Anne soundtrack. "The Battle" from the Chronicles of Narnia soundtrack, in faaaact, I love everything on that soundtrack. "Old Man River" from Showboat. "Seasons Of Love" from Rent. "New York, New York." "Come to Me, Bend to Me" & "From This Day On" from Brigadoon. "Defying Gravity" from Wicked. "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Mis. "Music of the Night" from Phantom. And many others I'll try to put down later . . .
  • Songs I hate: I'm not entirely sure . . . I don't listen to things I hate.
  • Guilty Pleasure: Any Fred and Ginger song . . .
  • Songs I repeat the most: All my favorites.

Television

  • Favorite Shows: Antiques Roadshow, Happy Days, Good Morning America, All Creatures Great and Small, Masterpiece Theatre productions, To the Manor Born, Jeeves and Wooster, Yes Prime Minister, The Irish R. M., House, Rick Stevens Travels Europe, Extreme Home Makeover, Green Acres, I Love Lucy.
  • Favorite Channels: PBS, TCM, and BBC, if I had them all.
  • Most Addictive Show: Any Masterpiece Theatre mini-series.
  • Show I wished wasn't cancelled: Jeeves and Wooster

Food

  • Favorite Desserts: Hummm, about anything dark chocolate.
  • Favorite Drinks: Teas and mineral water.
  • Favorite Junk Foods: Organic junk foods. :)
  • My Original Recipes: Nothing so original, but I tweak every recipe I use.

Movies

  • Favorite Movies: Anne of Green Gables & Anne of Avonlea, The Chronicles of Narnia (BBC and 2005 version), Broadway musicals, black & white musicals, new musicals, Pride & Prejudice (the A&E and 1940s version), Emma, Nicholas Nickleby, Mrs. Miniver, Little Women (1940s and 1990 version), Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, You Can't Take It With You, Empire of the Sun, Life is Beautiful, Lord of the Rings (of course!)...
  • Favorite Actors: Greer Garson & James Stewart Next: Fred Astaire, Judy Garland, Christian Bail, Emma Thompson, Charlton Heston, Ioan Gruffudd, Robert Walker, Sir Ben Kingsley, Maggie Smith, Tom Hanks.
  • Favorite Soundtracks: Anne, The Chronicles of Narnia, Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, Les Miserables, Showboat, The Chorus, Empire of the Sun... *thinking of more*