Natalie Best – The Proust Questionnaire

Natalie Best is the owner of N.Rue & Co., a vintage and modern clothing store at the Monon Shops in Broad Ripple. Learn more about Natalie from her weekly Rue’s Reads or Natalie’s Notes.

1. What is your most marked characteristic? Writing letters, my love of French Bulldogs and Bay View, Michigan
2. What is the quality you most like in a man? Sense of humor, graciousness, blue eyes and dark hair never hurts
3. What is the quality you most like in a woman? Empathy and sense of humor
4. What do you most value in your friends? Being able to tell me the truth (about myself), even if it ain’t so pretty
5. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? Procrastination and disorganization
6. What is your idea of perfect happiness? Never thinking again about what I eat
7. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? Having no hope
8. Who are your favorite writers? F. Scott Fitzgerald, Willa Cather, Augusten Burroughs
9. What is your current state of mind? New York, New York
10. What is your motto? You only live once!
11. What is your greatest fear? Being in/having a terrible accident
12. What is your greatest extravagance? Shoes and handbags – no question!
13. On what occasion do you lie? In order to spare someone’s feelings
14. What do you dislike most about your appearance? My calves
15. Which words or phrases do you most overuse? “Are you %^%&** kidding me?” and “You know what I mean?”