Q&A - John Lavin

In case anybody was wondering…

  • Soundtrack of your life: Dawes, Emmylou Harris, Indigo Girls & kd lang (lately)

  • Coffee order: no order, just a Keurig cup of black with a few ice cubes every morning

  • Cocktail order: tequila soda, no lime

  • We’ll never catch you without: my over analyzing mind doing somersaults 

  • Guilty pleasure: Drag Race and its many spinoffs

  • Style icons: Montgomery Clift, Little Richard

  • Favorite designer: whoever makes colorful Hawaiian shirts, I guess

  • You’ll never get sick of: fried catfish

  • Your current state of mind: keeping calm and carrying on

  • Favorite place to travel: NYC

  • Where you’d most like to live: Big Island, Hawaii or mountain in TN

  • On your nightstand: monstera plant in a vase and stack of books I mean to read

  • Your greatest extravagance: a room with a view; I like to see out

  • Most treasured possession: whatever new handmade art I’ve gotten from mom or nieces/nephews

  • Talent you’d most like to have: the discipline to sit down and write for long periods

  • Most overused word or phrase: oh my god