Blair's Head Band's Link up :-)

A day late, but BHB (www.blairsheadband.blogspot.com) posted a "link up" yesterday that I thought I would participate in.  I am a bad blogger, as I do not update except for the spring and eartly summer.  She writes:
"I thought that today, 4/11, we could get to know each other a bit better by sharing The 411. I put together some questions and prompts and would love any of you with your own blogs to play along! After the questions, you can post the link to your blog post with your 'answers'!"
So, here are mine!
1. The Basics
Who are you: Coach KC
Where do you blog: A North Shore Pearl
How did you pick your blog’s name: I am from the North Shore of Long Island and I love pearls.

2. Location, location, location
Where did you grow up: the lovely North Shore of Long Island, NY

Where do you live now: A town to the east of my hometown
Where would you live anywhere in the world: Hawaii for the beaches and the summery clothes

3. Let’s talk beauty - what is your favorite or signature:
Lipstick: None...seriously
Mascara: Clinique High Impact 
Perfume: Burberry Brit Sheer

4. Yummies - what is your favorite:
Cocktail: Ketel One and Sprite
Dessert: Carvel Mint Chocolate Chip with rainbow sprinkles
Pizza Topping(s): cheese

5. I always have these three things in my refrigerator:
Un: milk
Deux: egg whites
Trois: random loose beer that is probably bad

6. Get artsy - what is your favorite:
Movie: She's the Man...miss Amanda Bynes's squeaky clean rep and HELLO Channing Tatum
Book: The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
TV Show: 1995 and forever: My So-Called Life 1999 and forever: Dawson's Creek 2007 and forever: Gossip Girl Now: Pretty Little Liars...I think it is OK to spend an hour a week as a teenager :-)

7. Kid stuffs - three questions about your youth:
What did you want to Be when you grew up? Fifth Grade: President of the United States Middle School: Pediatrician High School: A broadcaster College: no idea...
Who was your favorite teacher and why? Fifth Grade, Mr. Townsend...he loved my writing and every kid he taught.  Sadly, he passed away when I was in college, but in my classroom, I have the book I gave him that his daughters gave back to me.  He had kept it in his personal library and my little fifth grade handwriting is in the cover.
What was your worst sickness/surgery/hospital visit as a kid? I was a healthy kid, but I broke my humorous when I was four.  Before that, I got my ring finger stuck in a door and lost the tip of it.  I vaguely remember the arm, but thank the Lord cannot remember my finger injury.
8. The Pretty Things - what is your:
Favorite color: pink and navy blue
Favorite flower: I used to love sunflowers, but I am a peony and hydrangea lady these days
Favorite artist (painter, photographer, etc.): I feel uncultured, but my little lady's art is my fave.

9. Shop ‘Til You Drop
What’s one thing you buy the most often: Groceries
Do you prefer to shop online or in-store? In-store.  I am all about instant gratification.
Imagine you open your own store - what would you sell? I would open a happy hour wine bar and call it Come Wine with Me.

10. Be a Hater: what are three things you would like to go away?
Ein: tight denim capris
Zwei: LeBron James
Drei: Nicki Minaj

11. The Final Three (x Three)
I hand you a genie - what are your three wishes? Enough money to comfortably retire from my day job so I could just coach basketball.  Thicker hair.  And then I would give a wish to someone who really needs it.  I am not kidding.
List 3 things you can see out of your window right now.  A gloomy sky.  A track.  A seagull.
Who are three people, living or dead, you would invite over for dinner? Bill Clinton (I had a fifth grade crush on him and he was probably the reason I wanted to run for president).  Jay-Z and Michael Jordan.  A male-dominated dinner, but three of the most influential people in my life whom I have never really met.