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Raison d’Etre: To explore, to learn, to absorb, to grow, to understand and to practice empathy at all times.

Job: Owner and Creative Director, Wanderlust

Live: Siem Reap, Cambodia

Happiness: Traveling–I will go anywhere!;  Sunny cloudless days; sitting on a beach with a book; my nephew Charlie; the “Investigation Discovery” channel (which can only be indulged in when I come visit the US…); reading the New York times; laughing with my besties.

Brunch: In Cambodia, French pastries (omg! their chocolatines are insane!) at my favorite pattiserie called Boulangerie! In New York, anywhere i can get a cheese-filled omelette and bagel.

Drink: I recently had the lushest drink ever at Schiller’s Liquor Bar on the lower east side in NYC–lemon vodka, fresh squeezed lemonade and fresh strawberries. It was called “country time” and it was incredibly addictive, which clearly could be very, very dangerous. This drink could only be better if served on a beach somewhere in Southeast Asia.

Eat: Hands down…“Shake Shack” in Madison Square Park, NYC. I’m a simple girl and require simple foods. My Mom used to call me a “cheap date” (however, it isn’t so cheap to eat at ‘Shake Shack’ but you get my drift).

Escape: St. John, USVI; the islands in Thailand; Tokyo; India

Read: New Yorker, Vogue (particularly Brit edition), all the gossip rags world over (US weekly, Grazie, Heat…) as long as my posse are on hand to participate in shameful ridicule of the celebs featured in them…

Listen: Sigur Ros, Bon Iver, She & Him, The Sundays, Billie Holiday, Patty Griffin.
Most fave song ever: Brian Jonestown Massacre “Open Heart Surgery”

Watch: I am not a girl who likes “chick flicks”–I am into war movies. Yes, war movies…  ”The Killing Fields”, “The Deer Hunter”, the documentary “War Photographer”.

Indulge: Bagels with mounds of temptee ™ whipped cream cheese and butter (which sadly is not available in cambodia….); Diet Coke (never leave home–or be at home–without it); books in hardcover; beauty products I can’t figure out how to use.

Shop: ‘Journal Standard’ and all it’s subsidiaries in Tokyo. Absolutely amazing, awe inspiring and tear inducing.

Fashion: I love love love Comme des Garcons, Ann Demeulemeester, Yohji, Marni…I love designers who do their thing and don’t involve themselves in “trends”; designers who uphold, protect and maintain their vision.

Aspire: Easy one–Iris Apfel

Charity: All the NGOs that I work with and admire in Cambodia–Saray Osmose, The Green Gekko Orphanage, Angkor Children’s Hospital all in Siem reap, Cambodia.

Dream: To live a fulfilling life–a life of realness, sincerity, integrity and energy.

Accessory: Rafe, the individual is a human sunshine–warm, generous, happy, spirited–and his accessories reflect that–they bring joy and confidence and incredible vibes to the wearer while simultaneously being ridiculously and extraordinarily chic. 360 degrees of gorgeousness is what I say–they make you look good and feel phenomenal. Win!