- Live at Massey Hall, Neil Young
- Bucolics, Maurice Manning
- The complete works of Toni Morrison
- taking the bus
- libraries
- The Köln Concert, Keith Jarrett
- Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin, and Paco de Lucía live in San Francisco
- "Truth," Alex Ebert
- Andrew Bird live at Bonnaroo (2006)
- vanilla rooibos tea
- wearing natural fibers, especially bamboo
- Reborn, Susan Sontag
- Simone De Beauvoir's letters to Nelson Algren
- Def Poetry Jam
- an afternoon on the beach
- multi-day bike rides
- Ang Lee’s filmography
- grapes
- swimming holes
- The River, Bruce Springsteen
- Before Sunset
- the nap after a long run
- smoothies
- The Madness Vase, Andrea Gibson
- Tidal, Fiona Apple