These are a few of my favorite things . . . maybe some are a surprise

- Playing my favorite new “song of the moment” over & over again (right now it's "Where does the good go?" by Tegan and Sara)
- Vogue magazine
- Fresh flowers, preferably tulips or hydrangeas
- A clean house
- Driving out of San Francisco over the Golden Gate Bridge to the country
- Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (the book, not the movie)
- Photographs
- Reading cooking magazines & conjuring up ideas for dinner parties
- Sketching, even though I’m terrible at it
- Cafes
- Bookstores
- The beach and the ocean
- Occasionally waking up very early & walking around while the city is still asleep
- Soufflés
- Bargain shopping
- Stationary, cards, paper
- Receiving a postcard, note or handwritten letter in the mail
- Pop art
- Going to the theater and getting lost in the show and imagining myself in the lead role
- Steamed pork dumplings from the bakery on the corner of Commercial Street
- Pottery, ceramics, blown glass
- Staying in B&B’s by myself and spending the weekend exploring some coastal town and dreaming about living there all the time
- Finding that "perfect" gift for someone
- October around Halloween, the gords, pumpkins, the smell and color of the air
- the Sunday New York Times

Yours?