I’ve been lazy about updating everyone on what’s good, so there are more than 10. Sue me.
1. The nursing staff at Mount Sinai Hospital who are taking excellent care of my father
2. Hydrangeas
3. This 2005 bottle of Corton-Charlemagne I had shipped back from Burgundy
4. This 2008 bottle of Corton-Charlemagne I obnoxiously ordered at lunch on someone else’s tab
5. The lunch that Eric Ripert prepared for me and Bernardo at Le Bernardin
6. The view from our cabin on my brother’s new boat
7. The fact that Joseph Mazzarelli thought this outfit looked good
8. Dinner at the Landmarc
9. Late-night lamb-chops at Wolfgang’s on Park Avenue
10. This picture of me, the jaguar, and Mimi Stith at the Stone Zoo
11. This commemorative bar of chocolate to mark the Queen’s Jubilee
12. Watching Siggy the Capuchin monkey get a bath at Helping Hands
13. The world’s best fried clams at the Landfall in Wood’s Hole
14. This rainbow over Chilmark
16. This crew
17. This view
18. This day