Girls in White Dresses with Blue Satin Sashes

A moment of utter delight - a recent episode of Will and Grace (a good show, but I have lost interest the last couple of seasons), when Karen and her new beau (played by the sublime John Cleese) suddenly broke into "I Must Have Done Something Good" from The Sound of Music.
"For here you are, standing there, loving me
Whether or not you should,
So somewhere in my youth or childhood
I must have done something good."

Brown Paper Packages Tied Up with Strings
And now let me share with you a few of my favorite things:

The movie Amelie (Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain). It has to be the sweetest movie I have ever seen, next to Billy Elliot of course.

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory - Classic psychadelic fun. Gene Wilder is amazing. I understand they are planning a remake with Johnny Depp. I actually think that could work.

Arthur Rackham illustrations. I first discovered him when I purchased a notecard at a shop in Edinburgh. It was an illustration from A Midsummer Night's Dream. I soon discovered that he was quite a well-known early 20th century illustrator. I love his fairy illustrations from Peter Pan, but he has also done Alice in Wonderland, The Night before Christmas, and lots of Shakespeare.

Becky Kelly illustrations. They are just so darn whimsical. She has a lot of notecards and stationary sold through Papyrus, and the barefoot children and twinkling stars get me every time!

Carl Larsson watercolors - simply delightful.

The White Stripes song "We're Going to Be Friends." This has got to be the cutest thing I have every heard:
"Tonight I'll dream while in my bed
when silly thoughts go through my head
about the bugs and alphabet
and when I wake tomorrow I'll bet
that you and I will walk together again
'cause I can tell that we are going to be friends
I can tell that we are going to be friends"

Strawberry margaritas from Chevy's. No explanation needed.