Elvis Costello absolutely had me in mind when he wrote these lyrics:

She's the sweetest and the sauciest
The loveliest and the naughtiest
She's Miss Buenos Aires in a world of lacy lingerie

However, I was never Miss Buenos Aires. I did compete in the Miss San Gennaro Festival by singing "Volare" Alex Chilton style! And lost.

As you can tell, I'm clever and have impeccable taste in music. And I'm fearless enough to sing offkey in Italian in front of a crowd of drunken old men.

Mild-mannered music industry worker by day... crimefighter by night! I really should have been a 1960s gal detective or spy. Instead, I fill my non-working days and nights going to dive or tiki bars, record and vintage shopping, hiking, doing Pilates or road tripping. I also have goal of going on every Esotouric offered.

Finding adventure and finding trouble.

I'm a fabulous cook (especially Italian), but also a fabulous restaurant-goer. I'm a great hiker, as I pack plenty of snacks and have never gone missing in Griffith Park. I'm a pop-culture geek who will kick your ass at Trivial Pursuit and Rock & Roll Jeopardy, and am a gracious loser who will smile when accepting the stale prawn crisps at Fox & Hound's quiz night.

I am the reigning champion of KISS Mini-Golf (and I don't even like KISS) and am undefeated (17 rounds) of Connect Four at Tony's Darts Away.

I'd like to say my dazzling smile or astonishing intellect, but I think my legs make the first impression, as they're usually clad in fishnets. Actually, it's my mouth, or what comes out of it. I'm a bit sassy and sarcastic. My rapier wit can be used for good or evil.

I love to curl up with true crime novels and old Hollywood biographies. Currently, I'm wrapping up Dropped Names by Frank Langella (my fave Dracula). It's history and gossip, which are two things I love. I have two neices I'm determined to make avid readers, so I've been revisting many of my childhood favorites with them including Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys, The Little Prince and the PG-rated Judy Blume. I refuse to buy e-books, as I'm tactile and honestly prefer to pour over dusty stacks lorded over by a cat. I just returned from Portland and am sad to have only spent one afternoon at Powell's.

I'm addicted to film noir, especially Double Indemnity, along with nearly anything with Humphrey Bogart or Robert Mitchum. I also love dark comedies and have no shame in admitting my guilty pleasure viewing is Ladies And Gentlemen The Fabulous Stains or Valley Girl. Other favorites include Sunset Boulevard, Breakfast At Tiffany's, Sixteen Candles, Heathers, Roadside Prophets, Foxes, Gregory's Girl, The Man With The Golden Arm, Suburbia, Teresa's Tattoo, Office Space, In A Lonely Place, Maltese Falcon, The Usual Suspects, Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?, The Sentinel (the 1970s horror film, not the action flick), Happiness, Sid & Nancy, Starstruck ( the '80s Aussie flick, not the Disney one), Dream For An Insomniac, Night Of The Comet, An Education, Waterloo Bridge (the remake) and Atonement.

Currently, I'm watching Revenge, Downton Abbey, Ripper Street, Whitechapel (the creepy side of BBC) and The Following.

I seem to lean toward a lot of garage, mod, and eurotrash music, but my tastes are pretty eclectic. I've been on another weird Swedish kick, so there's been lots of Mando Diao and the Hives on my iPod. I was beyond excited to see a scooter rally at the Three O'Clock reunion! Looking forward to the Damned and BRMC live and am praying for a Stone Roses pick-up show!

I love sushi, dim sum, Devil Dogs, bread, seafood, pasta and pie. I recently discovered fish tacos are not whole little fishies with head and bone intact and are quite delicious (not from SoCal, can you tell?). But nothing can compare to the simplistic deliciousness of a bacon-wrapped hot dog... except maybe a lamb burger from Alcove or my latest obsession: Mouls et frites.

Sunglasses
Record collection
Lip gloss
My Shaun Cassidy doll. The guitar is a secret message decoder!
Double-stick tape (you never know)

that my first kiss was to "This World Over" by XTC and what the soundtrack will be for my next one.

hitting happy hour or hiking.

my favorite part of traveling is taking long bubble baths while eating takeaway in the hotel room.

you are spontaneous, thoughful, intelligent and funny. If you are driven and accomplished, but don't take yourself too seriously. And contrary to Staff Robot's perverse desires, I prefer not to meet a bisexual dwarf... unless it's at a Soft Cell reunion show.

If you are open to making a new friend or the possibility of more. Please do not contact me if you are fresh out of a relationship and on the rebound. It's natural to be gunshy, but it's cruel to lead a new person on when all you want is to reconcile with your ex.

Also, spiders. Take a stand! Catch-and-release or squash those suckers. I don't care. Just do not scream like a little girl and make me deal with it. Seriously, there is nothing less attractive than a grown man sobbing because there's an arachnid in the bathroom.