favorites

1. went to church this morning and hung around the house most of the day. 
2. made chocolate almond biscotti and finished yann martel's new book, beatrice and virgil. can't even express how much i enjoyed it.
3. watched the miss usa 2010 pageant (without commercials). so very fun. the fakeness and the stupidity always keep me entertained.

at the suggestion of my mother, i am blogging about my favorites--a list of the top three things, in no particular order, for different categories ensues...
favorite books: harry potter series, life of pi, east of eden
favorite foods: foccacia with olive oil, nachos, grilled sole with lemon-butter-caper sauce
favorite moments in history: the revolutionary war, world war two, the roman empire (note: "favorite" is not the right word here--what i mean is "most interesting to me"--will explain later)
favorite places: san sebastian, lake como, hawaii (note: does not include my favorite place ever--my home)
favorite designers: betsey johnson, oscar de la renta, diane von furstenberg
favorite disney movies: the little mermaid, sleeping beauty, mulan
so i figure that six favorite lists will give me monday-saturday to blog about each list and the choices i made. any other lists you are simply curious about, comment and i will address them later. up for tomorrow: favorite books. but for now, my bucket list item: have a piece of writing published. and not academic writing.