ROBERT GREENFIELD

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About me

Gender Male
Occupation DESIGNER - AUTHOR - FORMER HOTELIER
Location NORTH NORFOLK, United Kingdom
Introduction I LIVE ON THE NORTH NORFOLK COAST, WITH MY PARTNER, MIKE, AND OUR HANDSOME WHIPPET DOG, BARNABY. A STUNNING LOCATION WITH A WILD EDGE. WE HAVE SETTLED INTO A DREAMY - CONTEMPORARY HOUSE WITH BREATHTAKING VIEWS. WE LEFT LONDON TEN YEARS AGO TO CONVERT A RUN-DOWN COUNTRY HOUSE INTO A MULTI-AWARD WINNING BOUTIQUE HOTEL, OFTEN FEATURED IN THE PRESS, AND THE GLOSSIES... IN FACT IT HAS BECOME THE SUBJECT OF MY FORTHCOMING BOOK "SAMPHIRE COAST", WHICH IS NOW BEING PUBLISHED in 2011 (VANGUARD IMPRINT) AN UNSTOPPABLE ROLLER-COASTER JOURNEY. I WAS ONCE DUBBED "ENGLAND'S GIORGIO ARMANI" WHEN I WAS A GLOBETROTTING INTERNATIONAL FASHION DESIGNER BACK IN THE 80S/90S. I HAVE LIVED IN NEW YORK, HONG KONG, AND FLORENCE. I HAVE ALSO BEEN INVOLVED IN MANY INTERIOR DESIGN PROJECTS... "DESIGN IS MY SENSITIVITY" AND MY LIFE HAS BEEN BLESSED. THANK GOD!
Interests TRAVEL, DESIGN, HEALTH & FITNESS, READING, MUSIC, HISTORY, ARCHITECTURE, ANIMAL WELFARE, DOGS, ITALY, ART, FASHION
Favorite Movies PANS LABYRINTH, SPARTACUS, MOULIN ROUGE, PERFUME, HANNIBAL RISING, REMEMBER ME, COUNTLESS FILM NOIRS: GILDA, NOW VOYAGER, THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE ETC, ETC...
Favorite Music ELLA FITZGERALD, FRANK SINATRA, ANITA BAKER, ALICIA KEYS, DUFFY, MICHAEL BUBLE, DAVID GRAY, CHOPIN, AND OPERA...
Favorite Books RUPERT EVERETT/RED CARPET AND OTHER BANANA SKINS, MOB IS MY WASHPOT BY STEPHEN FRY, THE GLASS ROOM BY SIMON MAWER, THE ILIAD & THE ODYSSEY BY HOMER ORLANDO BY VIRGINIA WOOLF