Cooking, wine, okay...booze in general, entertaining, mid-century design, the beach in Rhode Island, boating, travelling, reading, Pilates, my husband, my dog.
Brandon Flowers, Zelda Fitzgerald, Martha Stewart, Anthony Bourdain, Doris Day, Gwenyth Paltrow, Russell Wright, Jack Kerouac, Edward Hopper, Joe Strummer, Holden Caufield, Lilly Pulitzer, Dean Martin, Bonnie Cashin, Cary Grant, Malcolm X, Alfred Hitchcock, Vivienne Westwood, Barnabus Collins, Nancy Drew...not necessarily in that order.
The Killers, Pietasters, Pixies, Bouncing Souls, The Cure, Hot Hot Heat, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Scofflaws, BRUUUUUUCCCCEEEEE, Jimmy Eat World, Johnny Cash, Dean Martin, Sinatra, The Clash, etc., etc.
Walk the Line, Lord of the Rings, Sliding Doors, Jaws, Godfather, anything with Doris Day (but particularly Pillow Talk), Rear Window, Giant, Great Outdoors, You've Got Mail (hey...we've all got a super-guilty pleasure, right?!), Office Space, Star Wars (not episodes 1-3)
Anything on Food Network (well, except Sandra Lee or Emeril) or HGTV, The Office, Dark Shadows, The Soup, Martha Stewart
Way too many to list...Nancy Drew, Kitchen Confidential, A Cook's Tour, Comfort Me with Apples (all by Ruth Reichl, really), V for Vendetta, Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life, To Kill a Mockingbird, anything by J. D. Salinger or F. Scott Fitzgerald
Nancy Drew, Martha Stewart, my mom, Zelda Fitzgerald