I know if you caught Bridge Street on Tuesday, you already know more about me than you needed to know.  So, here are "a few of my favorite things..."
 
# 1- My wife and children.  And to celebrate our family, we try to read at least a chapter or short story together every night.  Our current nightstand volume is "Holiday Treasury."  (A collection of Christmas stories from the library -- fantastic)
 
# 2 - my 22 year old coffee mugs, from a long-forgotten gift shop on Cape Cod.  A hand-painted sunset graces this favorite of mine, and if you've got a coffee mug in almost daily use that lasts this long...it grows in value every day!  (I alternate this with my OTHER favorite coffee mug, the one that says "I Love My Dad."
 
# 3- A 2006 Christmas gift which I HOPE lasts 22 years or more:  My lightweight fall and winter black jacket with the Cornell Big Red logo on it.  I've followed Cornell football and basketball since I was a kid in the very early 60's...and the love affair continues.  Look carefully for that jacket in the Cornell section at the Dome on 12/22.  It's the one game of the season where I'll root against the Orange.
 
# 4 - Timex Marathon watch.  Marathon is the model name, but it fits:  there's a 27 lap function (among many others) which allows you to recall per-mile pace on a long run.  And the original battery is into its 4-th year now.  You can't kill it.
 
# 5 - Crunchy peanut butter.  Every day.  Need I say more?
 
# 6 - Q-Tip brand cotton swabs.  Accept no substitutes. 
 
# 7 - Sauce from Angotti's Family Restaurant.  The only brand name besides Q-Tip and Timex that I choose to proudly endorse.  I LOVE IT!
 
Happy Thanksgiving!

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