francesca ROSETE

Holy Spirit, St. Scholastica College Prep Chicago, Loyola University Chicago, Lorenzo de Medici Institute, Florence, Syracuse University, Florence; Rhode Island School of Design

Rhode Island School of Design, Attended 1999 - 2002, Class of 2002, Master's Degree, Interior Architecture

interior architect, concert producer

Docomomo

MoMo (my coton de tulear), PetCo, PetSmart, kimekomi; all kinds of crafts, mostly textile crafts; dressage; illustration; photography; film; theatre; museums; art history; film theory; planning events and parties; anything and everything that has to do with the residential/domestic sphere, from brick color to laundry sheet spray; collecting Baci fortunes

Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found (Mehta); The Poetics of Space; Invisible Cities (Italo Calvino); The Last Song of Dusk; The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy); anything by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Isabel Allende, and Pablo Neruda; The Little Prince; The Power of Intention (Dyer-- Not at all into self-help stuff, but this one's super convincing); Oh, The Places You'll Go! by Dr. Seuss; all of Banana Yoshimoto's books; Argentine Hag (b/c it was illustrated by Yoshitomo Nara and written by Banana Yoshimoto); Donna Hay and Nigella Lawson cookbooks; Fondazione Prada's monograph on Mariko Mori; Jamming on an Old Saya and Pinoy Pop! by Gilda Cordero-Fernando; Ocean Sea and Silk by Alessandro Barriccio; Delirious New York (Rem Koolhaas); The Song of Songs (sexiest book in the Bible)

from Bollywood: Salaam Namaste, Paheli, Bandini; Kuch Kuch Hota Hai; Hum Tum; Dil Chata Hai; from Philippine Cinema: Dekada '70; Bcuz of U (okay, sorry, just being honest, the Sandara-Hero part); Bayaning Third World; Hihintayin Kita sa Langit (whew! what a title!); All Other Kinds: Talk to Her (Pedro Almodovar); Lost in Translation (S. Coppola); Love, Actually; Labyrinth (Jim Henson); Destino (Disney) Monsoon Wedding (Mira Nair); Love Bakery (Park Ho-Soon ?); Dreams by Kurosawa; In the Mood for Love and Chungking Express (Wong Kar Wei); La Strada and La Dolce Vita(Fellini); all of Peter Greenaway's films; Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2; Two for the Road; Roman Holiday; The White Balloon; A Room with a View (Merchant-Ivory), AND MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE: IMELDA (RAMONA DIAZ, UNITEL FILMS-- PLUG, PLUG!)-- WHAT A KOOK(oo), THAT MELDY WOMAN!

pinikpikan, bamboo, radioactive sago project, bebel gilberto, cheb e sabbah, rachmanonov, queen (because sometimes, rock goes to bed with glam!), and above all, bagwis (next to bamboo, but only on days when the Bagwis folks are being very, very high maintainance!)!

watch out for my own talk show... coming out soon!

Pisces

www.1760sundayhouse.multiply.com
www.rockaction.net
www.bagwiscollective.org- friends' band that i manage. we're all pretty cool in here! Other than that, kulitin si housemate Natalia. She can tell you pretty much everything about me, from the habit with the car keys to the manatika and the hours and hours of seremonias before leaving the house. Aside from that, I really require no firlls, just belly laughs and fun conversations... and good music!

I think I heard the best "about me" thing today from my sister, Mia (the only firendster fiend in the family). She said, "Anns, maybe you've come to a point in life that you're starting to be okay with the fact that you will never be cashmere cardigan twinset, but you are a home-knit, home-spun, fuzzy, cowl-neck sweater with a crocheted brooch pinned on it, and that's great. That's okay." I had to post that one here. It hits home... Boys, forget about decoding the Anthropologie catalogue-esque jargon, okay?

Rem Koolhaas, Frida Kahlo, & Enrique Norten (Ten Arquitectos), and Shah Rukh Khan. I thought I was so over him, but the fact is he is the only guy to ever endorse Lux (to mark the anniversary of its presence in India). For that, King Khan rules yet again! Also, Hella Jongerius. She's a genius! Suketu Mehta makes it here, too! He is the cultural anthropologist's equivalent of a rock star! But old and new friends and acquaintances are most welcome, too.