Cooking, travel, history, Vladimir Nabokov’s ‘Lolita’, interior design, architecture, anthropology, the ocean, sticky summer nights, smoking, street food, seaside towns, exposed brick, Boston, Portland Maine, claw foot tubs, fireflies, antiques, thrift stores, dinner parties, candlelight, handwritten letters, dogs, fishing, bike rides, libraries, Asia, big comfy sweaters, camping, Arabic, Nan Goldin,  tattoos, lingerie, orchids, the northwest, vinyl, rosaries, tire swings, weeping willows, thunderstorms, the 60’s-90’s, India, postcards, yard sales, compasses, John F. Kennedy, coffee, gardens, red lipstick, denim, brunch, botany, napping, perfume, Russia, animals, world music, museums, train rides, the Sunday paper, Ryan Gosling, breakfast for dinner, Jane Birkin, men in suspenders, history, surf, kimonos, DIY, burlesque.