Walking barefoot, hot cocoa, a good book and a blanket on a cold rainy day, long conversations over a cup tea, getting pedicures with my 10 year old, rolling around with Kat, The Monkey, Space Rocketship 2000 (the most adorable blonde lab puppy ever) and my Jakey, lacey undies, watching my doggies play, burt's bees wax peppermint lip balm, In-n-Out double doubles with grilled onions protein style, blueberries, low carb frozen yogurt from humphrey's, reading the carb content of everything, sushi, sashimi, escular and toro, traveling, online shopping, walks to the park, the smell of the air after it rains, cruising in my car with the sunroof down listening to Billie Holiday, Nina Simone or Norah Jones, laughing until I cry, massages, fresh powder snow, star gazing, taking things out of my purse and rearranging them back in order, R.E.M sleep, reading, writing, singing in the shower while pretending I'm Britney Spears, the scent of pikake jasmine and gardenia, white tulips and plumeria, cost plus world market, trader joes, whole foods, macadamia nuts, cooking, photography, butterflies, puppy dogs, driving up and down the central coast of California on highway 1, old couples holding hands, children's laughter, geriatric wisdom, balancing out my bank account and finding out I have more money, Ashtanga yoga, the look on my daughter's face when I give her a surprise, music, theater, museums, people watching, skipping stones or trying to at least, bubble baths with yummy smelling candles, finding great bargains, air america radio, hot air ballooning, attempting foreign accents, the fruitcake lady, life.
Tori Amos, Dido, Massive Attack, Bjork, Thom Yorke, Emilie Simon, Travis, Sia, Death Cab for Cutie, Jimmy Eat World, Plumb, Goldfrapp, Modest Mouse, Gwen Stefani, Pearl Jam, U2, John Mayer, James Blunt, Erykah Badu, Cristina Branco, Ms. John Soda, Nina Simone, Lauren Hill, Seal, Sade, RHCP, Greenday, Jeff Buckley, Coldplay, Linkin Park, Radiohead, Audioslave, Doves, Bob Marley, Norah Jones, Imogen Heap, Frou Frou, William Orbit, Dave Mathews Band, Train, Sting and whatever my hubby plays on his sexy guitar
Amelie, Mi Vida Bel, Donnie Darko, American Psycho, Eyes Wide Shut, Lord of the Rings, What the Bleep do We Know, I 3 Huckabees, Garden State, The Constant Gardener, American Beauty and eye opening documentaries
House MD, The Office, The Dog Whisperer, Anything on the Discovery Health Channel, Reality shows on VH1, Anything on National Geography and Animal Planet
100 Years of Solitude, Ficciones, Memoirs of a Geisha, Snow Falling on Cedars, Manual of Perioperative Care in Cardiac Surgery, The Da Vincci Code, The Anatomy of the Spirit, Pearl Diver, Tuesdays with Morrie
My daughter Katherine-I don't know where I'd be without her, Jake Knight-my yang and Michael Moore.