Treasure hunting in Thrift/antique stores, Swimming...floating in hot springs, sailing, camping, exploring new towns, hiking, movies, fishing, scrabble night, massage, reading, hiking, cooking new things and old favorites (especially Louisiana style, skiing, dancing, travel, friends, volunteering, wandering and getting lost, FAMILY. I also like my job a lot.
New friends, old friends- My fraternal grandfather, John Denver, Bobby Weir, Mick Jagger, Dolly Parton, Kevin Spacey, Thomas Jefferson, Val Kilmer, Frank L. Wright, Oprah, Mathew Modine, Robin Williams.
John Denver, Paul Simon, Beastie Boys, Zydeco, Ween, Funk, Bobby Weir, String Cheese, The Radiators, Bad 70's and 80's hits, Run DMC, The Talking Heads, REM, Salt n' Peppa, Shaka Cahn, The Stones, Annie Lenox, 311, Buckwheat Zydeco, John Lennon, Tribe Nunzeo, The Pixies, most classical.
Andromeda Strain, Cinema Paradisio, Red Dawn, Silverstreak, Raising Arizona, Stripes, Shawshank Redemption, 9 to 5, Steel Magnolias, Lady and the Tramp (Disney's), Opposite of Sex, 6 Degrees of Separation, Harold and Maude, The Blue Lagoon, Funny Girl. Bond.. James Bond.
Little People, Big World, Oprah & Dct. Oz's new show, Late Night Political shows if I'm awake, Discovery Channel, Modern Marvels, History Channel, Weather Channel, Flip This House, anything on the Food Network 60 Minutes, Dateline NBC, 20/20, bad reality shows, Morning news, Oh and that show Dirty Jobs. He's my favorite.
Mostly nonfiction...But also: David Sedaris, cook books,how to fix it books, stuff on green building, The Suitable Boy, Desert Solitaire, Dining at Antoines, Emily Post's Manners, The Cajun Night Before Christmas, The Last Gentleman (or anything by Walker Percy), Confederacy of Dunces and TONS of magazines. You name it, Fromer's Budget Travel, National Geographic, Elle, Vogue, Women's Day, O and Real Simple. I'm a 60 year old trapped in the body of a sassy 33 yr. old.
Patricia Reardon (my mother),Betty Iley Tracey (maternal grandmother).