Favourite Things

Here are some of my favourite things. Looking at this list is like a snapshot of me!

Movies

• The Holiday (although Cameron Diaz is poorly cast in this movie)
• Toy Story
• High Society 
• Serendipity
• French Kiss
• Two Weeks Notice
• Overboard
• Fools Rush In
• Arsenic and Old Lace
• The Bourne Identity
• Eat Pray Love
• The Dressmaker

Books

• Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (Loved the audiobook)
• Any “In Death” by J.D.Robb.  I am addicted to this series.
• Wild by Cheryl Strayed
• Trudge by Lori Oliver-Tierney
• The Great Alone by Kristen Hannah
• Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
• Tracks by Robyn Davidson
• Slow Journey South by Paula Constant
• Becoming by Michelle Obama (Loved the audiobook)
• The Letter by Kathryn Hughes
• Annie Freeman’s Fabulous Traveling Funeral by Kris Raddish
• The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
  

Songs that cause me to sing out loud unashamedly

• Raise your glass by P!nk
• Beautiful Trauma by P!nk (the video is great!)
• Never Had by Oscar Isaac
• Take Me Back by Noiseworks
• If You Leave Me Now by Chicago
• Anything for You by Gloria Estefan
• American Pie by Don McLean
• Sorrento Moon by Tina Arena
• It’s My Life by Bon Jovi
• Anything by Adele
• Freedom by George Michael

Foods

• My husband’s fish curry or lemon risotto.
• Butter Chicken with Garlic Naan
• Paella
• My Mum’s lamb curry with all the trimmings
• A quality steak with fresh garden peas and homemade baked sweet potato fries
• Pizza Nachos (yep, it’s an amazing creation that’s terribly bad for you)
• A lamb doner kebab with tabouli, hummous and garlic sauce
• My homemade carrot cake
• Lemon Cheesecake.
• Apple Crumble Pie with vanilla bean ice cream
• Chocolate Ginger Cookies

Places

• Anywhere in Tasmania, Australia
• Florence, Italy – walking, looking at art, eating
• The Camino Frances, Spain
• People watching in any piazza in Italy
• Snorkelling on the Big Island of Hawaii
• The San Juan Islands (Washington, U.S.) for the remoteness
• New York City for the craziness of a city
• Sydney Harbour – New Years Eve especially
• A Turkish shop in Myrtleford, Victoria for the discoveries I always find
• A farm we owned in the Hunter Valley that is no longer
• Anywhere with good friends, where I feel relaxed and I’m laughing.
  

Television shows

• Orphan Black
• M*A*S*H
• Blacklist
• Grey’s Anatomy
• This is Us
• New Amsterdam
• Ozark
• Sex Education
• The Good Place

Time of Day

• When in nature, dawn
• At home, after 10pm when all is quiet.
  
  

Drink of Choice

• Mexican Martini
• Rioja red wine