Know your best
The best car is a teal Bug convertible.The best scooter is a teal Vespa.
The best color is, well, teal.
The best pasta sauce is Rao’s marinara.
The best jeweler is Tony Malmed at Spirit of the Earth in Santa Fe, New Mexico. And Johan van Aswegen.
These are the best stuffed creatures that I long for.
The best yogurt is without a doubt Fage 2%.
The best chips are Mango Chutney Papadums.
The best singer is Johnny Cash or Joan Armatrading or Paul Potts.
The best poet – I’ll give you one guess.
The best actor is well, you know.
The best book is The Recognitions by William Gaddis, though I’m tempted to list many more.
The best movie is way too hard to pick. You?
The best TV show is House. Or Charlie and Lola. Or Lazy Town. I really love Lazy Town. Makes me want to jump and flip and speak Icelandic.
The best teacher is Louise Smith, my fourth grade teacher, though there are others – like Sheridan Simon – who come in a close second.
The best sandals are Naot Montereys.
The best tea is Revolution Earl Gray Lavender.
The best summer camp for girls is Green Cove.
The best college is Guilford College.
The best graduate English professor is the amazing Dan Albright.
The best way to spend an early Sunday morning is with the New York Times and black coffee on the porch.
The best watering hole is Sliding Rock.
The best Art History professors are Paul Barolsky at UVa and Dieter Kuhnel in Munich.
And now, I found out that 37days was nominated by a wonderful artist, Aurora, as "the best blog of all time." Whew. That’s a big one. I’m humbled by that one, for sure.
And since my mother will not stop nagging me ceaselessly sweetly reminding me to tell people to vote for her daughter until Everyone In The Universe votes for 37days, please do if you feel the spirit, the mojo, the urge, the inescapable desire. You’ll need to register at the site first, then vote. It’s a tiny bit confusing to find 37days, so I’ve tried it out first and hopefully have got it right. It appears that you can vote for 37days as many times as your little heard desires.
Many thanks, Aurora, for the nod, and many thanks to those who vote for 37days. And many thanks to Mama, who actually believes I can win it.