These are a few of my favourite things….

Having grown up in Salzburg every year a friend or two calls me tellingme that they just watched “Sound of Music” again. No difference this year. And then it makes me think of the song “My FavouriteThings”. If Julie Andrews andOprah can do it, why not me? Sohere are a few in random order, without a drum roll and without rhymes:

• Chartreuse green and robin’s egg blue

• Sincerity and honesty

• Sexy shoes and cashmere

• Compassion and passion

• A charming smile

• Dark chocolate Teuscher Champagne truffles and Black Forest cake from Schubert’s Bakery

• Innocence

• Leopard print, horn and tortoise

• Good manners and punctuality

• Silk comforters and fluffy down pillows

• Reality shows

• Puppies and kittens

• Mother Earth

• Châteauneuf du Pape and Veuve Clicquot

• Fishnet stockings

• Timeliness and timelessness

• Good food that makes you swoon

• Creativity and Eloquence

I could go on……