Posts Tagged With: favorite things

favorite things 2.16.22

Posted on February 16, 2022 by robynbird

Time for a game of favorites.
I’m looking at favorite junk foods.
Y’all wanna play?

What’s your:
favorite chip
Route 11 Salt N Vinegar

favorite color Starburst
Y E L L O W
in fact I only like the yellow ones

favorite fast food item
McDonald’s french fries

favorite not chocolate candy

Béquet Confections Celtic Sea Salt caramel
good Lord this caramel is so delectable I could cry

favorite way to eat bacon
by the pound
(at first you chuckle but then you begin to think about it and realize I may not be joking)

What about y’all?
What are some of your favorites?

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favorite things 1.12.22

Posted on January 12, 2022 by robynbird

Time for a game of favorites.
Y’all wanna play?

What’s your:

favorite ice cream flavor
Target’s Favorite Day Caramel Waffle Cone

favorite pie
cherry pie all the way

favorite place with a great view
the towers at the National Cathedral

favorite U.S. state
Virginia
I was born here.
It’s in my DNA.
It’s a remarkably beautiful place.

“To be a Virginian either by Birth, Marriage, Adoption, or even on one’s Mother’s side, is an Introduction to any State in the Union, a Passport to any Foreign Country, and a Benediction from Above.”—Anonymous

Perhaps we Virginians take ourselves a bit seriously…?

favorite literary device
absolutely adore alliteration

favorite Hobbit from the Lord of the Rings
Samwise Gamgee all day every day.
Frodo wouldn’t be shit without Sam.

favorite makeup you can’t live without
Benefit BADgal BANG mascara.

favorite piece of jewelry
my wedding rings
I know it seems obvious or trite even, but it truly is my favorite

favorite thing about winter
S N O W!

favorite thing to do when it is snowing
go for a walk and take photos
and
drink hot chocolate as I watch out the window

What about y’all?
What are some of your favorites?

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favorite things 12.15.21

Posted on December 15, 2021 by robynbird

Time for a game of favorites.
Y’all wanna play?

What’s your:

favorite place to dine out
in VA: Mike’s American or Trummers
Mike’s is delicious but the nostalgia is also a big draw for me.
I taught the eldest son of the Trummer family, so they always hook us up special when we’re there.
in DC: Woodward Table
I mean, just YUM!

favorite show
(currently) Only Murders in the Building
if you haven’t seen this Hulu series yet, I encourage you to watch

photo credit: Hulu

favorite bar
(currently) Lazy Dog
it’s right across the street and I love that we’re building relationships with the bartenders

favorite letter of the alphabet
E
the four people I love most in the world each have the letter E in their name

favorite haircare products
kerastase curl manifesto
this collection changed everything for my curly/wavy/’witch imprisoned in Azkaban’ hair

favorite type of hat
I’m a huge fan of a knit beanie – oftentimes with a pom-pom on top

favorite day of the year
May 12
because it’s M Y B I R T H D A Y!!

favorite cover song
Live and Let Die
Guns N Roses
it brings so much more to the table than the original could even dream

favorite midnight snack
a bowl of Cap’n Crunch
and I don’t even GAF if you judge me it brings me such random joy to eat that junk cereal

favorite idol

photo credit: Las Vegas Magazine

Billy
See what I did there?
(still smirking)

What about y’all?
What are your favorites?

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favorite things 11.11.21

Posted on November 11, 2021 by robynbird

Time for a game of favorites.
Y’all wanna play?

What’s your:

favorite ethnic food
Afghan food – specifically this little hole in the wall called Kabul Kabab House in Bristow

favorite hiding spot when you need time alone
When I was a little girl, it was high up in the branches of the maple tree in our front yard.
As a grown up girl, it’s in my car.

favorite type of bird

favorite boss
Dr Jeff – I ran his chiropractic practice and he paid me peanuts, but he made me laugh.

favorite childhood movie
The Scarecrow is still my favorite!

favorite magazine to read
depending on my mood it’s either the The Atlantic or Southern Living

favorite thing about summer
being at the ballpark

music venue
This is a no-win tie between two great DC venues: The Lincoln Theatre and The Anthem

casual wear
a sweater, jeans, and boots

pizzeria
Tony’s in Bristow – their lasagna pizza is my all time favorite
(lasagna ingredients: seasoned ground beef, tomato sauce, ricotta, and mozzarella, on pizza instead of with noodles)

What about y’all?
What are your favorites?

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fictional faves

Posted on June 16, 2021 by robynbird

I haven’t done a favorites list in quite some time and I realized I missed it.
So, I thought: what the hell, let’s do one.
This favorites list focuses on all things fictional. Any- and everything made up.
Buckle up for my fictional faves.

fictional place
The Wood between the Worlds
(The Magician’s Nephew, Chronicles of Narnia – C.S. Lewis)

fictional fam
The Dashwoods
(Sense and Sensibility – Jane Austen)

fictional couple
Gomez and Morticia Addams
(The Addams Family – Charles Addams)

fictional animal
Appa
(Flying Bison from Avatar: The Last Airbender – Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko)

fictional character – male
Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce
(M*A*S*H – portrayed by Alan Alda in the television series)

fictional character – female
Pippi Longstocking
(Pippi Longstocking, et al. – Astrid Lindgren)

fictional villain
this one is a no-win tie between:
Iago
(Othello -William Shakespeare)
and
Maleficent
(Sleeping Beauty – Disney 1959 animated film)

fictional world
Neverland
(Peter Pan – J. M. Barrie)

fictional name
Ramona Geraldine Quimby
(‘Ramona Series’ – Beverly Cleary)

fictional duo
Margo and Eliot
(The Magicians – Lev Grossman)

AND
Sherlock and John
(BBC Sherlock)

AND
Jay and Silent Bob
(Clerks, Dogma, et al. – Kevin Smith)

Yeah, I know. There are three fave duos…
But I honestly couldn’t choose!

What are some of your fictional favorites?

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favorite things: December edition

Posted on December 17, 2020 by robynbird

Here’s more of my favorite things!
Y’all wanna play along?

What is your:

favorite holiday
C H R I S T M A S!!

favorite non-traditional way to celebrate the holidays
Christmas Eve at Church of the Motion Picture
YBW and I love to go out for drinks

then to the movies on Christmas Eve

favorite holiday outing
visiting the creche exhibit at the cathedral

favorite sign of the season
Christmas trees on cars

favorite Christmas song
Brian Setzer Orchestra’s Santa Claus is Back in Town
*hangs up fishnet stockings*

favorite Christmas hymn
O Holy Night
When I was a little girl, I thought ‘fall on your knees’ was ‘aww yawn ya ynee’ and that was how I sang it for years.

favorite holiday tradition
new jammies and a book opened Christmas Eve

favorite item on your holiday to-do list
wrapping pressies!

favorite Christmas movie
Miracle on 34th Street

(the original with Maureen O’Hara and Natalie Wood)

favorite holiday baked goods
crispy gingerbread men

What are your holiday faves?

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favorite things: November edition

Posted on November 16, 2020 by robynbird

Time for a game of favorites.
Y’all wanna play?

What’s your:

favorite advice
trust your gut

favorite outdoor smell
a no-win tie between: freshly cut grass and that crisp smell in the air in Autumn

favorite quote
“Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can; all of them make me laugh.” ~ W H Auden

favorite card game
Phase 10

favorite thing about a rainy day
wearing my monogrammed rain boots

favorite Dr. Seuss book
Fox in Socks

favorite store
depending on the day, it’s either Home Goods or Target

favorite day of the week
Monday
I like the beginning of things…

favorite punk band
The Clash

favorite gif

Please play along, what are your faves?

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what’s your favorite

Posted on October 12, 2020 by robynbird

Time for another round of faves.
I’m hungry this morning so I’m going to do food and drinks.

Y’all ready to play?

What’s your:

favorite breakfast food
french toast with butter and powered sugar

favorite Thanksgiving food
stuffing (not cornbread and no oysters)

favorite cereal
Life (but I only eat it dry)

favorite Asian dish
tom kha soup and khao pad bai kraprow

favorite way to eat bacon
I will eat it on a train
I will eat it in the rain
I will eat it in the house
I will eat it (but not share it with) a mouse
I will eat it here or there
I will eat it anywhere
(Props to Dr Seuss)

favorite comfort food
my grandma’s macaroni and cheese (mine is *almost* as good as hers was)

favorite alcoholic drink
(currently) this delicious concoction of cranberry vodka, dry apple cider, vanilla and spices, garnished with sliced apples, dried cranberries and a cinnamon stick

favorite thing to cook
breakfast
(and I mean a big ass farmer’s breakfast for a house full of folks)

favorite cake
angel food garnished with mixed berries and sometimes (homemade) whipped cream

favorite fast food restaurant
Nando’s or Chipotle

What are your favorites?

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favorites or tricking myself to write

Posted on September 22, 2020 by robynbird

Y’all I’m so distracted.
Between the construction and a house full of people I just don’t stop and do any of my normal things.
You know it’s serious when I’m over here like, “I’m going to need you to get it together.” to my own damn self. I keep recognizing that I need to, but don’t quite seem to get around to doing it.

You hear about the glorification of busy…I’m not there. I’m not enthusiastically embracing being busy. I am simply more busy than I’ve been in a while. And the kind of busy that isn’t actually accomplishing much, you know?
Toddler in the house keeps us all on our toes.

I’m making the time to write today.
Of course I sit with my fingertips on the keyboard and wait…where are the words?
My brain is simultaneously empty and full.
Full of ‘stuff’. Empty of words.
In the hopes of jumpstarting the writing, I’m tricking myself by doing a random favorites list and inviting y’all to join me.

Favorite pasta dish?
cacio e pepe
all day every day

Favorite vacation you’ve taken?
Barbados
hooooon-ey-mooooon