My Favorite Things

This week, a meme has been circling around the internets asking to list our favorite books. Since I haven’t been able to read a book in nine years (and even before that it was pretty hit and miss), my list was pretty so-so. So I’ve decided to list my Top 10 in categories that I do know something about—that I’m passionate about. It might bore some of you. Others may be compelled to share some faves of your own (or trash the ones I’ve chosen). 

So here they are! ... My Top Ten!  ... alphabetically! ... at least for today! ...

Movies

Bagdad Cafe

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Moulin Rouge

Pennies From Heaven

The Shawshank Redemption

Sunset Boulevard

The Trip

Whatever Happened to Baby Jane

Waiting for Guffman

Whale Rider

TV

The Carol Burnett Show

CBS Sunday Morning

Evening at Pops—Kern, Gershwin, Porter

Motown 25

The Muppet Show

Picket Fences

The Point

Six Feet Under

Strangers in Good Company

The Urban Elephant

Music

Air on a G String—Bach

Adagio—Barber

In the Still of the Night—Porter

Make Our Garden Grow—Bernstein

Nature Boy—Nat King Cole

Over the Rainbow—by just about anybody

Rhapsody In Blue — Gershwin

Smalltown Boy—Bronski Beat

Unfinished Life—Kate Wolf

Vincent—Don McLean

Musical Theatre

Book of Mormon

Carousel

Company

Evita

Fiddler on the Roof

How to Succeed in Business...

Les Miserables

Madama Butterfly

Miss Saigon
Sideshow

Okay 11... Will Rogers Follies

Albums

Between the Lines—Janis Ian

Close to You—Kate Wolf

Duets—Ripley and Skinner

Gold—ABBA

Greatest Hits—Sons of the Pioneers

A Night at the Opera—Queen

Rachmaninoff Vespers—Robert Shaw

Stardust—Willie Nelson

Stories—Maura O’Connell

Sympathique—Pink Martini

Bonus Tracks: Any of k.d. lang’s early stuff

Art & Photo

Marc Chagall

Charley Harper

Al Hirschfeld

David LaChapelle

Joan Miro

Pablo Picasso

Robert Risko

Herb Ritts

Henri Rousseau

Vincent Van Gogh

Food

Burgers

Bread Pudding

Chicken and Dumplings

Risottto

The Dodo’s Artichoke Pie

Mom’s Pot Roast

Roger’s Ribs

Salmon

Anything Indian

Anything Thai

Drink

Coffee

Earl Grey

Egg Nog

Gin and Tonic

Iced Tea

Lemonade (fresh)

Margarita

Pinot Noir

Sauvignon Blanc

Water

Smells  

Campfire

Clean Sheets

Clove Cigarettes

Coffee Roasting

Fennel

Lilacs

Lumber

New Car

Pinion

Rain

Oh, and here are my Books...

An Unquiet Mind—Jamison

Homecoming—Bradshaw

Little Black, A Pony—Farley

Memoir From Ant-Proof Case—Helprin

Naked—Sedaris

Of Mice and Men — Steinbeck

The Object of My Affection—McCauley

Of Mice and Men—Steinbeck

The Prophet—Gibran

The Stand—King

Where the Wild Things Are—Sendak

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