• riding my bike everywhere, especially up the mountain (for the ride back down) and late night rides.
• lazy picnics in Westmount park with J.
• front porch hangouts with music, sangria & Simon on a leash.
• jazz fest, Piknik Electronik, Oshega, Camp Bisco. Music, music, music all summer long.
• swimming in Jill's pool late at night under a million stars.
• eating lots of fresh fruit and vegetables & making an effort to go to markets.
• terrace-time. A lot of it. Especially the Queen Elizabeth.
• climbing up the mountain to the secret spot J and I found & drinking beers and watching the city below.
• summer Fridays at work!
• moving into our new place and making it ours. Decorating my new room.

(no particular order)

• The Sparrow and Children of God, Mary Doria Russell
• Lolita, Nabokov
• Disgrace, J.M. Coetzee
• Divisadero, Michael Ondaatje
• Ghostwritten, David Mitchell
• How to Breathe Underwater, Julie Orringer
• Indigenous Beasts, Nathan Sellyn
• Geek Love, Katherine Dunn
• the Boat, Nam Le
• The Shell Collector and Memory Wall, Anthony Doerr
• Dead Girls, Nancy Lee
• All of Haruki Murakami
• All of Banana Yoshimoto
• the Collector, John Fowles
• My War Gone By, I Miss it So and Another Bloody Love Letter, Anthony Loyd