1. Dinner parties.
2. The first latte of the day.
3. Nap time with a book just good enough to lull you into sleep.
4. A decade-old magazine.
5. Day three of a thirteen- day trip. When you've hit your stride but are not yet longing for home.
6. Parisian almond croissants.
7. Magicians' miniature pennies.
8. Finding folded twenties in a forgotten pocket.
9. A hair cutter who hands you a stack of magazines rather than impose unwanted conversation on you.
10. Movie matinees.
11. Finding the just-right stretch that works out the nagging knot.
12. Escaping to somewhere tropical after a long winter.
13. Hearing "The Boys of Summer," in a shop, which happens to me without fail once a year.
14. Crawling back into a well-worn movie.
15. Velvet.
16. The smell of cologne tempered with cigarette smoke.
17. Cards and cocktails on a Sunday afternoon.
18. Marcona almonds. Truffled popcorn (this one is a tie).
19. The hour immediately after a safe landing, a personal new year's day.
20. Etymological dictionaries.
21. Feeling too tired to fret.
22. A crisp white wine and a dish of olives.
23. Finding out someone I like hates the same things I do.
24. Unexpected free time.
25. An awareness of the arrow of time.
26. Honeysuckle.
27. Long days, short nights.
28. Rock flute.
2. The first latte of the day.
3. Nap time with a book just good enough to lull you into sleep.
4. A decade-old magazine.
5. Day three of a thirteen- day trip. When you've hit your stride but are not yet longing for home.
6. Parisian almond croissants.
7. Magicians' miniature pennies.
8. Finding folded twenties in a forgotten pocket.
9. A hair cutter who hands you a stack of magazines rather than impose unwanted conversation on you.
10. Movie matinees.
11. Finding the just-right stretch that works out the nagging knot.
12. Escaping to somewhere tropical after a long winter.
13. Hearing "The Boys of Summer," in a shop, which happens to me without fail once a year.
14. Crawling back into a well-worn movie.
15. Velvet.
16. The smell of cologne tempered with cigarette smoke.
17. Cards and cocktails on a Sunday afternoon.
18. Marcona almonds. Truffled popcorn (this one is a tie).
19. The hour immediately after a safe landing, a personal new year's day.
20. Etymological dictionaries.
21. Feeling too tired to fret.
22. A crisp white wine and a dish of olives.
23. Finding out someone I like hates the same things I do.
24. Unexpected free time.
25. An awareness of the arrow of time.
26. Honeysuckle.
27. Long days, short nights.
28. Rock flute.
