Been a short summer that flew by like a bird that I saw a brief moment and then it whisked away. All is well, although I caught a random summer cold that kept me in bed for 2 summer weeks. Sucks.
Past weekend, I spent planning some activities and a couple of trips. 3 days off next week for a Stay-cation - some coffee house musing, maybe a long bike ride up to the Cloisters before summer completely runs away. But I am also planning a week in New Orleans over Halloween - mmm....Creole goodness and powdered beignets, chickory and Hurricanes. Voodoo Fest, the Halloween Parade and even a bike tour through the Garden District.
I was just musing with a co-worker that life is good. We both got a promotion this year and were quietly celebrating our good fortune. From burning out to enjoying life....too happy!
The man-friend is away part of this weekend and I miss him. However, it does give me some time again to take care of things like laundry, cleaning out all the old cupboards and sweeping out the attic of my brain. It's odd, I realized today, I had forgotten the names of two of my ex-boyfriends.
Isn't life grand?
Monday, September 20, 2010
Thursday, April 22, 2010
An old game.
I used to work with these people that wrote daily haiku poetry and sent it to each other over the email. It used to get fun and crazy.
Here's mine today:
I am on my way...
-Come quickly, dinner ready
Not coming for food.
Here's mine today:
I am on my way...
-Come quickly, dinner ready
Not coming for food.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Wonder.
I'll try to express the wonder and joy of riding home from work along the esplanade in Battery Park City. I was able to leave work before sundown tonight - (still shaky from my recent crashes), I rode more gingerly. I felt the crush of other madly joyful NYers shaking themselves out of down coats and big winter hats.
Runners on the path, large groups of strollers and...meanderers, kids running screaming races to imaginary finish lines...burly manly-men self-conciously stretching pecs and leg muscles. Warmth! Heat! A sundown that lasts two hours, as though reluctantly, the day didn't want to end. The sky went from brilliant blue clarity to sunsoaked yellow, salmon pink mixed with tangerine, then violet and royal blue to grey flannel.
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Exhausted. Today was like San Francisco was...super sunny, a very sharp seabreeze blowing through the streets and making the walk to the subway that much chillier. I watched outside my (office) window as families played with kites along the water and the long lines wound throughout Battery Park to board ferries to Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty.
Sucked having to work today.
These past couple of weeks, I've had, not one, but TWO bike crashes on the Westside Greenway! My hands are skinned, my eyebrow sports a bright red gash, and the left side of my face is swollen - I look like a victim, or that I am part of a Fight Club.
I walked my bike home unhappily today from 42nd Street westside for about a mile and a half home, not knowing that the entire left side of my face was streaked with blood from the cut above my left eye. I love NYers. 5 people stopped me, asking if I was ok, one girl stopped a phone call, a group of young kids in the park asked me if I was attacked, a couple on 42nd street....in other places I lived, when I was hurt and by myself, no one asked if I was ok. (Gosh, in California, after I flipped hard over the handle bars of my bike in a very full park on a Saturday, people actually stepped over my body, completely unconcerned that anyone was hurt or needing any medical attention, not able to focus on anything but what was 1 foot around themselves. They blow.)
And that's why I love NYC.
Sucked having to work today.
These past couple of weeks, I've had, not one, but TWO bike crashes on the Westside Greenway! My hands are skinned, my eyebrow sports a bright red gash, and the left side of my face is swollen - I look like a victim, or that I am part of a Fight Club.
I walked my bike home unhappily today from 42nd Street westside for about a mile and a half home, not knowing that the entire left side of my face was streaked with blood from the cut above my left eye. I love NYers. 5 people stopped me, asking if I was ok, one girl stopped a phone call, a group of young kids in the park asked me if I was attacked, a couple on 42nd street....in other places I lived, when I was hurt and by myself, no one asked if I was ok. (Gosh, in California, after I flipped hard over the handle bars of my bike in a very full park on a Saturday, people actually stepped over my body, completely unconcerned that anyone was hurt or needing any medical attention, not able to focus on anything but what was 1 foot around themselves. They blow.)
And that's why I love NYC.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
A long time passes....why did I stop blogging? Tonight, I got immersed in reading the history and tales of an old-old friend from a past life - she, now a writer, is "memoir"-ing. SPINSTER (no, I am not being judgy, she calls herself that, read her blog....) waxes introspective and revisits the past to understand the present.
Over here, it's been steady and quiet. Percolating and humming along. Life, I mean. I am surprised that I can live happily and comfortably on a very little income, but still, all dreams are coming to fruition. Back here where I belong in NYC, it's been almost a couple of years of bliss now and I am forgetting my relocations, painful relationships, and embarrassments because...well, I've just been busy.
Biking to work every day, reaching almost a zen-like contentment kanoodling past the Hudson River, yanking up my bike onto the 42nd Street crosstown bus, eating candlelit dinners in trendy-tiny-yummy cafe's, and breathing again. It's going by so fast, the days are getting longer again, and it's warm out. The sun sets at 7 now and everyone is walking a slow languid stroll and looking from side-to-side-to-side.
I planned a few travels, for leisure! Not business, not visiting family, not....moving away...just sitting on the beach in the Dominican Republic for a couple of days, playing rummy with my oldest childhood friend, and then chatting for short spurts with the girlfriends of my best friend.
The Carribean was lovely. The rest was amazing.
When I came back, my sister informed me...it was my turn to use the family timeshare. Anywhere. And so, and so....laissez les bon temps rouler...the condo was transferred to the Big Easy, and I am in for a week of crawfish and gumbo and beignet si vous plait.
The condo is fantasy place, its own kitchen (yeah right, I'm cooking in one of the most artistically gastronomic parishes in the world), a courtyard with wading pool and old sculptures under weeping trees, and a couple of blocks from the French Quartier....yep, I will trade my mis-timed quips for a low-slung drawl and just hit every single well-known and little-known bar, resto, alleyway, major thoroughfare, and neighborhood in NOLA.
Lastly, and bestly, I am going (all stars aligning) with my....
Over here, it's been steady and quiet. Percolating and humming along. Life, I mean. I am surprised that I can live happily and comfortably on a very little income, but still, all dreams are coming to fruition. Back here where I belong in NYC, it's been almost a couple of years of bliss now and I am forgetting my relocations, painful relationships, and embarrassments because...well, I've just been busy.
Biking to work every day, reaching almost a zen-like contentment kanoodling past the Hudson River, yanking up my bike onto the 42nd Street crosstown bus, eating candlelit dinners in trendy-tiny-yummy cafe's, and breathing again. It's going by so fast, the days are getting longer again, and it's warm out. The sun sets at 7 now and everyone is walking a slow languid stroll and looking from side-to-side-to-side.
I planned a few travels, for leisure! Not business, not visiting family, not....moving away...just sitting on the beach in the Dominican Republic for a couple of days, playing rummy with my oldest childhood friend, and then chatting for short spurts with the girlfriends of my best friend.
The Carribean was lovely. The rest was amazing.
When I came back, my sister informed me...it was my turn to use the family timeshare. Anywhere. And so, and so....laissez les bon temps rouler...the condo was transferred to the Big Easy, and I am in for a week of crawfish and gumbo and beignet si vous plait.
The condo is fantasy place, its own kitchen (yeah right, I'm cooking in one of the most artistically gastronomic parishes in the world), a courtyard with wading pool and old sculptures under weeping trees, and a couple of blocks from the French Quartier....yep, I will trade my mis-timed quips for a low-slung drawl and just hit every single well-known and little-known bar, resto, alleyway, major thoroughfare, and neighborhood in NOLA.
Lastly, and bestly, I am going (all stars aligning) with my....
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Seattle trip
I love Seattle, it's an amazing city, but Bainbridge Island has won my heart. The moon was a weird, perfect white sphere, traversed by skudding clouds above craggy mountain tops, mirror lakes and acres of pine.
We set out the first day from Bainbridge heading west over Olympic National Park.
My father wanted a drive to see the ocean, and our best route was a three hour drive from Bainbridge into the National Park, around cresent lake, then past Port Angeles and Forks (the "treaty zone" in Twilight...) and landing finally at magnficent La Push Quileute Beach.
We set out the first day from Bainbridge heading west over Olympic National Park.
My father wanted a drive to see the ocean, and our best route was a three hour drive from Bainbridge into the National Park, around cresent lake, then past Port Angeles and Forks (the "treaty zone" in Twilight...) and landing finally at magnficent La Push Quileute Beach.
Amazing.
The next several days were spent on Bainbridge or in Seattle, with a tour of the Underground, and a day on the Duckboat.
I could live there.
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Brompton on the Upperwest Greenway, NYC
At 42nd Street and the highway, majestic Intrepid museum. Next door, the Norweigan Cruiseline dock.
Waterside parks, suntanning lads, old piers, new piers, under bridges, over tennis courts. Past the boatbasin and into Riverside Park, up to Columbia University where the bells tolled.
My new bike
More on this later, but another long term wish is fulfilled.
Spent the summer riding the city on my new wheels.
I LOVE MY BROMPTON!
Been riding to work every morn via the bike path along the Hudson River, all the way down to the World Financial Center and into Battery Park. It's true love. I can take it on the bus, in the subway, stow it in a corner of my office near my desk, and take it up in my bldg elevator.
Sigh. I've already ridden the ferry with my baby to Governors' Island for picnic overlooking the Harbor.
Tomorrow...GWB and the little red lighthouse!
A really charming post.
This list...it's kind've inspirational.
From a short blurb by Matthew Diffee posted in the New York, titled, "I think my friend was wrong."
THINGS THAT ARE BETTER THAN A NEW YORK CITY HOT DOG:
Most Coen Brothers movies
Cezanne
BBQ ribs
A bear-skin rug
A rodeo
A Frisbee-catching dog
The Declaration of Independence
A lumberjack breakfast
The prom
E-mail
Cashmere sweaters
Chicago hot dog?
A personal assistant
A free trip to anywhere except Scranton
Filet mignon
Bruce Springsteen
Your firstborn child
A good book
A mediocre book
Walks on the beach
Sports
The Beatles
A good art museum
Free anytime minutes
A day at the park
Family
Christmas
Dogs
Cats
Surf and turf
The New York subway system
Beluga caviar
A kiss in the rain
A piña colada
Rainbows
A Porsche
Coffee
A La-Z-Boy chair
Soup in a bread bowl
Eskimo culture
A balloon ride
Surfing
The Eiffel Tower
Camping
A campfire
Being an uncle
The beach
Bonsai trees
Caramel popcorn
The smell of fresh-cut hay
Fresh muffins
The ability to read people’s minds
Spaghetti
Money
Elvis
Pinot noir from Oregon
A nice leather bag
Ice-cold water when you’re working outside on a hot summer day
A good ghost story
A Cinnabon
Home-baked Cookies
A good Martini
Ice cream
Big Ben
Diamonds
The Rocky Mountains
Orange Julius
Pajamas with feet
That fake large-mouth bass that dances on the wall
Star Wars collectibles
An iPod
Sneaking into a second movie
The Muppets
Glenn Miller
A cheeseburger
A heavy quilt
Fuzzy slippers
Yellowstone National Park
The complete first season of "Curb Your Enthusiasm"
Sleeping in
A good bookstore
Chocolate
Gift certificates
A snow day
Digital photography
Break dancing
Getting flowers
Sushi
The invention of the printing press
NPR
Jet Skiing
A huge yacht
Monty Python
Shrimp cocktail
A library card
Learning a second language
Sailing
A helicopter ride
The Texas State Fair
A convertible
Seeing the Northern Lights
The environment
New bed linen
World Peace
Tokyo
Pizza
Puppies
Emily Dickinson
A bucket of fried chicken
A smoking jacket
Beach volleyball
Supermodels
Swimming with dolphins
The rainforest
X-ray vision
A tent
A beanbag chair
Sunsets
A haircut
Billie Holiday
Seeing someone fall down
Stargazing
A laptop
Sailing
Hot wings
An extension cord
Stiletto heels
Norway
Finding a cure for cancer
Chips and salsa
Cell phones
Andrew Wyeth
Converse Chuck Taylors
Mount Everest
Girl Scout cookies
A fridge full of beer
Winnie the Pooh
Snowboarding
The San Diego Zoo
Vinyl
Roller-skating
A black-pearl necklace
A sky full of hot-air balloons
Clint Eastwood
A shopping spree
A good mystery
Hammocks
Miniskirts
Snowshoeing
Vermont maple syrup
Helping others
A Tiffany lamp
The Pacific Coast Highway
Guinness
Kittens
Fresh-squeezed orange juice
"Moby Dick"
The Dallas Cowboys
The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
Fine China
China
The Great Wall of China
Guernica
Hall and Oates
Thoreau
Arabian horses
Mozart
A Twilight Zone marathon
Texas Hold ’Em
Brownies
Edgar Allan Poe
A nice chess set
The sound of a train in the distance
Polka
A stack of National Geographics
A photocopier
Sunblock
A goosedown comforter
Levi’s
Cocaine
T. S. Eliot
Golf clubs
A boa constrictor
The dog track
Electricity
A free canoe
Mosquito repellant
A hot tub
A fish fry
Red beans and rice
John Updike
Thigh-high stockings
A Fender Stratocaster
Cliff divers
A garbage compactor
Wool mittens
Google stock
Hot chocolate
Sitting beside a bubbling brook
Sherlock Holmes
Flying a kite
Winning
The Monterey Bay Aquarium
The Boy Scouts of America
Fudge
The smell of burning leaves
Hunting
Fishing
Apple pie
Donkey Kong
A Stetson
Bling
Slow dancing
A chicken quesadilla
A petting zoo
A paddleboat
Feeding ducks
Being next in line for something
Sea-Monkeys
The Matterhorn
NASA
Clairvoyance
Thomas Hardy
The sound of wolves howling in the distance
General Tso’s Chicken
Marilyn Monroe
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
The Museum of Natural History
Silk pajamas
The Great Pyramid
Bunnies
TV/VCR combinations
A lifetime supply of ketchup
An all-you-can-eat seafood buffet
Picnics
The swallows of Capistrano
"Danny Boy"
Handmade furniture
Whale watching
A Slurpee machine of your own
A hot-fudge sundae
Talking-horse movies
Gold
Professional wrestling
Space travel
Antarctica
Submarines
The right to bare arms
Advil
Mount Fuji
A good fastball
An ATM when you really need one
A cruise
Four-wheel drive
A Ferris wheel
A subscription to Texas Monthly
Otters
Really nice luggage
Peace of mind
The family farm
Easter Island
Indoor plumbing
A candlelit dinner
A Zamboni
A long, hot shower
Winning the lottery
A good childhood memory
Modern science
High-school graduation
A maid
Michael Jordan
A French maid
A white button-down shirt
The Bible
The Golden Gate Bridge
Superman
A birthday cake
The Emancipation Proclamation
The color teal
Snowflakes on your nose and eyelashes
The way beavers build those dams
And Amtrak ticket
Crawfish étouffée
A safari
The circus
"American Gladiators"
The United States Marine Corps
Hang-gliding
Lyle Lovett
A Super Bowl ring
Spare batteries
A free carwash
A field of wild flowers
Halloween
Sleeping
A family photo
Fly-fishing
Venice
A bachelor party
A Martin guitar
The Chrysler Building
Shakespeare
A set of encyclopedias
The Olympics
The Grand Canyon
Jazz
Sitting in a hot tub
Jamaica
The word “Zamboni”
White-water rafting
True-crime stories
The Smithsonian Institution
The Pill
Las Vegas
A T-bone steak
Samba lessons
A dinner with friends
Emmylou Harris
A love letter
A full tank of gas
Free firewood
Perfect pitch
A healthy herd of goats
A piano
The Autobahn
A drive-in theater
Yosemite Sam mudflaps
Penicillin
Massachusetts
Greek mythology
Seeing a bald eagle
A Boston Red Sox cap
Two or more Yankees caps
A screened-in porch
An easy-to-reach power strip
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
The Art Institute of Chicago
Ken Burns’s Civil War documentaries
Christmas presents
Barnes and Noble
Western art
A leather couch
Vegetables fresh from your own garden
Vegetables fresh from your neighbor’s garden
An incomplete set of golf clubs
A good, solid pickup truck
Fireworks
Austin, Texas
A decent gazebo
A choir robe
A strong work ethic
A dentist in the family
Champagne
Freedom of worship
Lobster
Good health
The speed of light
Television
The Red Cross
A good batch of chili
Mount Rushmore
"The Devil Went Down to Georgia"
Coming home after being away for a while
The space shuttle
A flight with no delays
A hat trick in the World Cup
John Denver
Political scandal
A master’s in history
A hands-free headset
A children’s Easter pageant
The mall
Refrigeration
"The Sound Of Music"
The sun
Literacy
The Mona Lisa
A horse-drawn-carriage ride
The Romans
Winslow Homer
Your average Indian-artifact collection
Solar power
A disco ball
Niagara Falls
Cheetahs
Breaking the speed of sound
A fine twenty-year-old Tawny Port
All-you-can-eat shrimp
A free minivan
Lots of new underwear
An African safari
Owning a de Kooning
An ergonomic desk chair
A DVD player
Snow boots
A night in a luxury hotel
A cold beverage on a hot day
The great state of Texas
Rhode Island
Free checking
Shark Week
A yacht ride
Friends to help you move
A subscription to Sports Illustrated
An eighty-gig external drive
Antiques
A picnic
The Upright Citizen’s Brigade
A locksmith when you need one
Bob Newhart albums
A universal remote
Netflix
The Queen Mary 2
Seeing wildlife
Over-the-counter pain relievers
Reality TV
A lifetime supply of printer ink
Chocolate cake
Christmas
Hunting with your father
SNL
Homemade apple pie
Laughing with friends
Someone to love
Feeling better after being sick
Seeing someone else fall down
Self-defense classes
A road trip
Fire trucks
Inheriting a small fortune
A solar-powered calculator
The University of Chicago
Dog parks
Yosemite
A long extension cord
The migration of the monarchs
Drano
A celebrity sighting
Prince Edward Island
The call of the wild
A nap
Taking your nephew to Disneyland
Digital photography
Spelunking
Being able to speak more than one language
Noise-reduction headphones
A favorite family recipe
The Staten Island ferry
The Tomb of The Unknown Soldier
The Constitution
The ability to move things with your mind
Photoshop
Seeing the bats in Austin, Texas
String theory
A big vat of bacon at a breakfast buffet
A spare tire
The Tribeca Film Festival
An efficient and reliable vacuum cleaner
Dogwood blossoms
A food processor
Smoked salmon
Maurice Sendak
Browsing small-town garage sales
Private roof access
Fresh bread
A garden shovel
Being ambidextrous
A library card
Falconry
Finding a lost twenty in you coat pocket
Buying lemonade from a child’s lemonade stand
The first robin
Sleeping in
A priceless stamp
Winning a game of chess
A rental car
G.P.S.
Swimming with dolphins
The Bible
A room with a view
The satisfaction of a job well done
An old, comfortable pair of jeans
An electric drill
Cable
Toilet paper
A dependable flashlight
Harley-Davidson motorcycles
Someone you can trust
Kittens
Watching your kid graduate from college
A beloved family pet
Genuine leather products
A cup of hot tea on a foggy day
Nice fluffy towels
Sitting in a hot tub beneath falling snow
Sherlock Holmes stories
A sturdy extension ladder
A ship in a bottle
A stone fireplace
Sushi
Believing in yourself
A wrap-around porch
Wildflowers
A Good pair of binoculars
Western medicine
A tailored suit
Anonymously helping those less fortunate
Sunsets
Drive-in movies
Homemade peach cobbler
Revenge
A neck pillow on a long international flight
Classic cars
Beethoven’s Fifth
The invention of the ziplock bag
Sequels that are as good as the first movie
A nice set of luggage
Fresh blueberry pie
A good mystery novel
Homemade ice cream
A hand-knit sweater
Tickets to a Broadway play
Church-league softball
Easy-to-use software
Gift certificates
Amusement parks
The Blue Ridge Parkway
From a short blurb by Matthew Diffee posted in the New York, titled, "I think my friend was wrong."
THINGS THAT ARE BETTER THAN A NEW YORK CITY HOT DOG:
Most Coen Brothers movies
Cezanne
BBQ ribs
A bear-skin rug
A rodeo
A Frisbee-catching dog
The Declaration of Independence
A lumberjack breakfast
The prom
Cashmere sweaters
Chicago hot dog?
A personal assistant
A free trip to anywhere except Scranton
Filet mignon
Bruce Springsteen
Your firstborn child
A good book
A mediocre book
Walks on the beach
Sports
The Beatles
A good art museum
Free anytime minutes
A day at the park
Family
Christmas
Dogs
Cats
Surf and turf
The New York subway system
Beluga caviar
A kiss in the rain
A piña colada
Rainbows
A Porsche
Coffee
A La-Z-Boy chair
Soup in a bread bowl
Eskimo culture
A balloon ride
Surfing
The Eiffel Tower
Camping
A campfire
Being an uncle
The beach
Bonsai trees
Caramel popcorn
The smell of fresh-cut hay
Fresh muffins
The ability to read people’s minds
Spaghetti
Money
Elvis
Pinot noir from Oregon
A nice leather bag
Ice-cold water when you’re working outside on a hot summer day
A good ghost story
A Cinnabon
Home-baked Cookies
A good Martini
Ice cream
Big Ben
Diamonds
The Rocky Mountains
Orange Julius
Pajamas with feet
That fake large-mouth bass that dances on the wall
Star Wars collectibles
An iPod
Sneaking into a second movie
The Muppets
Glenn Miller
A cheeseburger
A heavy quilt
Fuzzy slippers
Yellowstone National Park
The complete first season of "Curb Your Enthusiasm"
Sleeping in
A good bookstore
Chocolate
Gift certificates
A snow day
Digital photography
Break dancing
Getting flowers
Sushi
The invention of the printing press
NPR
Jet Skiing
A huge yacht
Monty Python
Shrimp cocktail
A library card
Learning a second language
Sailing
A helicopter ride
The Texas State Fair
A convertible
Seeing the Northern Lights
The environment
New bed linen
World Peace
Tokyo
Pizza
Puppies
Emily Dickinson
A bucket of fried chicken
A smoking jacket
Beach volleyball
Supermodels
Swimming with dolphins
The rainforest
X-ray vision
A tent
A beanbag chair
Sunsets
A haircut
Billie Holiday
Seeing someone fall down
Stargazing
A laptop
Sailing
Hot wings
An extension cord
Stiletto heels
Norway
Finding a cure for cancer
Chips and salsa
Cell phones
Andrew Wyeth
Converse Chuck Taylors
Mount Everest
Girl Scout cookies
A fridge full of beer
Winnie the Pooh
Snowboarding
The San Diego Zoo
Vinyl
Roller-skating
A black-pearl necklace
A sky full of hot-air balloons
Clint Eastwood
A shopping spree
A good mystery
Hammocks
Miniskirts
Snowshoeing
Vermont maple syrup
Helping others
A Tiffany lamp
The Pacific Coast Highway
Guinness
Kittens
Fresh-squeezed orange juice
"Moby Dick"
The Dallas Cowboys
The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
Fine China
China
The Great Wall of China
Guernica
Hall and Oates
Thoreau
Arabian horses
Mozart
A Twilight Zone marathon
Texas Hold ’Em
Brownies
Edgar Allan Poe
A nice chess set
The sound of a train in the distance
Polka
A stack of National Geographics
A photocopier
Sunblock
A goosedown comforter
Levi’s
Cocaine
T. S. Eliot
Golf clubs
A boa constrictor
The dog track
Electricity
A free canoe
Mosquito repellant
A hot tub
A fish fry
Red beans and rice
John Updike
Thigh-high stockings
A Fender Stratocaster
Cliff divers
A garbage compactor
Wool mittens
Google stock
Hot chocolate
Sitting beside a bubbling brook
Sherlock Holmes
Flying a kite
Winning
The Monterey Bay Aquarium
The Boy Scouts of America
Fudge
The smell of burning leaves
Hunting
Fishing
Apple pie
Donkey Kong
A Stetson
Bling
Slow dancing
A chicken quesadilla
A petting zoo
A paddleboat
Feeding ducks
Being next in line for something
Sea-Monkeys
The Matterhorn
NASA
Clairvoyance
Thomas Hardy
The sound of wolves howling in the distance
General Tso’s Chicken
Marilyn Monroe
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
The Museum of Natural History
Silk pajamas
The Great Pyramid
Bunnies
TV/VCR combinations
A lifetime supply of ketchup
An all-you-can-eat seafood buffet
Picnics
The swallows of Capistrano
"Danny Boy"
Handmade furniture
Whale watching
A Slurpee machine of your own
A hot-fudge sundae
Talking-horse movies
Gold
Professional wrestling
Space travel
Antarctica
Submarines
The right to bare arms
Advil
Mount Fuji
A good fastball
An ATM when you really need one
A cruise
Four-wheel drive
A Ferris wheel
A subscription to Texas Monthly
Otters
Really nice luggage
Peace of mind
The family farm
Easter Island
Indoor plumbing
A candlelit dinner
A Zamboni
A long, hot shower
Winning the lottery
A good childhood memory
Modern science
High-school graduation
A maid
Michael Jordan
A French maid
A white button-down shirt
The Bible
The Golden Gate Bridge
Superman
A birthday cake
The Emancipation Proclamation
The color teal
Snowflakes on your nose and eyelashes
The way beavers build those dams
And Amtrak ticket
Crawfish étouffée
A safari
The circus
"American Gladiators"
The United States Marine Corps
Hang-gliding
Lyle Lovett
A Super Bowl ring
Spare batteries
A free carwash
A field of wild flowers
Halloween
Sleeping
A family photo
Fly-fishing
Venice
A bachelor party
A Martin guitar
The Chrysler Building
Shakespeare
A set of encyclopedias
The Olympics
The Grand Canyon
Jazz
Sitting in a hot tub
Jamaica
The word “Zamboni”
White-water rafting
True-crime stories
The Smithsonian Institution
The Pill
Las Vegas
A T-bone steak
Samba lessons
A dinner with friends
Emmylou Harris
A love letter
A full tank of gas
Free firewood
Perfect pitch
A healthy herd of goats
A piano
The Autobahn
A drive-in theater
Yosemite Sam mudflaps
Penicillin
Massachusetts
Greek mythology
Seeing a bald eagle
A Boston Red Sox cap
Two or more Yankees caps
A screened-in porch
An easy-to-reach power strip
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
The Art Institute of Chicago
Ken Burns’s Civil War documentaries
Christmas presents
Barnes and Noble
Western art
A leather couch
Vegetables fresh from your own garden
Vegetables fresh from your neighbor’s garden
An incomplete set of golf clubs
A good, solid pickup truck
Fireworks
Austin, Texas
A decent gazebo
A choir robe
A strong work ethic
A dentist in the family
Champagne
Freedom of worship
Lobster
Good health
The speed of light
Television
The Red Cross
A good batch of chili
Mount Rushmore
"The Devil Went Down to Georgia"
Coming home after being away for a while
The space shuttle
A flight with no delays
A hat trick in the World Cup
John Denver
Political scandal
A master’s in history
A hands-free headset
A children’s Easter pageant
The mall
Refrigeration
"The Sound Of Music"
The sun
Literacy
The Mona Lisa
A horse-drawn-carriage ride
The Romans
Winslow Homer
Your average Indian-artifact collection
Solar power
A disco ball
Niagara Falls
Cheetahs
Breaking the speed of sound
A fine twenty-year-old Tawny Port
All-you-can-eat shrimp
A free minivan
Lots of new underwear
An African safari
Owning a de Kooning
An ergonomic desk chair
A DVD player
Snow boots
A night in a luxury hotel
A cold beverage on a hot day
The great state of Texas
Rhode Island
Free checking
Shark Week
A yacht ride
Friends to help you move
A subscription to Sports Illustrated
An eighty-gig external drive
Antiques
A picnic
The Upright Citizen’s Brigade
A locksmith when you need one
Bob Newhart albums
A universal remote
Netflix
The Queen Mary 2
Seeing wildlife
Over-the-counter pain relievers
Reality TV
A lifetime supply of printer ink
Chocolate cake
Christmas
Hunting with your father
SNL
Homemade apple pie
Laughing with friends
Someone to love
Feeling better after being sick
Seeing someone else fall down
Self-defense classes
A road trip
Fire trucks
Inheriting a small fortune
A solar-powered calculator
The University of Chicago
Dog parks
Yosemite
A long extension cord
The migration of the monarchs
Drano
A celebrity sighting
Prince Edward Island
The call of the wild
A nap
Taking your nephew to Disneyland
Digital photography
Spelunking
Being able to speak more than one language
Noise-reduction headphones
A favorite family recipe
The Staten Island ferry
The Tomb of The Unknown Soldier
The Constitution
The ability to move things with your mind
Photoshop
Seeing the bats in Austin, Texas
String theory
A big vat of bacon at a breakfast buffet
A spare tire
The Tribeca Film Festival
An efficient and reliable vacuum cleaner
Dogwood blossoms
A food processor
Smoked salmon
Maurice Sendak
Browsing small-town garage sales
Private roof access
Fresh bread
A garden shovel
Being ambidextrous
A library card
Falconry
Finding a lost twenty in you coat pocket
Buying lemonade from a child’s lemonade stand
The first robin
Sleeping in
A priceless stamp
Winning a game of chess
A rental car
G.P.S.
Swimming with dolphins
The Bible
A room with a view
The satisfaction of a job well done
An old, comfortable pair of jeans
An electric drill
Cable
Toilet paper
A dependable flashlight
Harley-Davidson motorcycles
Someone you can trust
Kittens
Watching your kid graduate from college
A beloved family pet
Genuine leather products
A cup of hot tea on a foggy day
Nice fluffy towels
Sitting in a hot tub beneath falling snow
Sherlock Holmes stories
A sturdy extension ladder
A ship in a bottle
A stone fireplace
Sushi
Believing in yourself
A wrap-around porch
Wildflowers
A Good pair of binoculars
Western medicine
A tailored suit
Anonymously helping those less fortunate
Sunsets
Drive-in movies
Homemade peach cobbler
Revenge
A neck pillow on a long international flight
Classic cars
Beethoven’s Fifth
The invention of the ziplock bag
Sequels that are as good as the first movie
A nice set of luggage
Fresh blueberry pie
A good mystery novel
Homemade ice cream
A hand-knit sweater
Tickets to a Broadway play
Church-league softball
Easy-to-use software
Gift certificates
Amusement parks
The Blue Ridge Parkway
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