Linda

I'm a New Yorker with historic, sentimental, and family ties to Boston. Fond memories of graduate school at BU, waitressing on Newbury Street, shopping the automatic markdowns at Filene's Basement (back when it was still owned by Filenes!). These days I'm a confirmed Manhattanite on weekdays and rural upstate New Yorker (Columbia County) on weekends. But I still like keeping my finger on the pulse of Boston. And I have a dog named Phoebe. She's a Schnoodle.

• A mini-Fellini retrospective: "Nights of Cabiria", "La Strada", and "La Dolce Vita"
• "The Lost Boys of Sudan"
• The last 2 installments of the Michael Apted "7 Up" documentaries: "42 Up" and "49 Up"
• "A Face in the Crowd"
• "Chinatown"

My favorite Boston restaurant these days is Harvest in Cambridge. My favorite park (outside of the Place des Vosges in Paris) is, of course, Boston Common. Favorite Boston Hotel is the Ritz-Carlton (what can I say, I like my comfort). My computer is an iMac and as for cars - these days it's all about hybrids.

• "Listen", Beyonce (from Dreamgirls)
• "One Night Only", Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls)
• "It's Not Over", Daughtry
• "Black and Tan Fantasy", Wynton Marsalis & Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra
• "In a Sentimental Mood", Dianne Reeves
• "Speed of Sound", Coldplay
• "I Can't Stand the Rain", Ann Peebles
• "Rosalita", Bruce Springsteen
• "Nature's Way", Spirit
• "Waiting for You", Seal