fun

my wild new year party?  reading a nourishing book (elizabeth gilbert's "big magic:  creative living beyond fear") and eating warm, comforting vegetables (olive oil, onion, bok choy, zucchini, yellow squash, mushroom, tomato, cayenne pepper, fresh oregano).

what better way to celebrate than to type up some just plain fun things about the last year as i look forward to more whole-hearted living in 2016.  here's 20 things that i just really enjoyed:

1)  spice:  turmeric
2) place:  manhattan, new york
3) beauty supply:  coconut oil
4) practice:  asking store clerks, "how is your day?" and listening to their response
5) lifestyle:  4-on/3-off workweeks (revolutionary, i tell you!)
6) art tool:  white pigment pen
7) restaurant:  burrasca italian, portland
8) food:  mussels in saffron and garlic sauce
9) book/magazine:  "creative confidence" by tom & david kelly/"1859" (all about oregon)
10) sports: a three-way tie between bike commuting, kayaking and T@b trailer camping
11) winery:  domaine drouhin, dundee (or the one in france)
12) local store:  nw fresh seafood
13) gym:  first street yoga
14) event:  abbey music festival
15) movie:  "brooklyn"
16) painting:  corot's french village (pictured here) i just stood and stared at it in the getty museum
17) song:  "you matter to me" duet with sara bareilles and jason mraz from "the waitress" musical soundtrack
18) housewares:  le creuset pan (currently containing the aforementioned comforting vegetables)
19) spa:  salt therapy
20) quote:  "reading, the lifelong pursuit which made one more temperate as well as more loving and kind."--from nina george's "the little paris bookshop"

resolution?  to have even more fun next year (is that possible?!) i'm willing to give it a try...what are a few of your most enjoyable things?