Here are some of my favorite things. Looking at this list is like looking at a snapshot of me!

Movies

• Why Did I Get Married
• Why Did I Get Married, Too
• Jumping the Broom
• Woman, Thou Art Loosed
• It's Complicated
• Waiting to Exhale
• How Stella Got Her Groove On
• Cooley High
• Steel Magnolias
• Little Women
• For Colored Girls...
• Two Can Play That Game
• To Kill A Mocking Bird
• The Color Purple
• Their Eyes Were Watching God

Books

• The Color Purple by Alice Walker
• The Temple of My Familiar by Alice Walker
• Along Came A Spider by James Patterson (actually all of his books)
• Crushed Ice by Eric Pete
• Consequences by Linda R. Herman
• All of Terry McMillan's novels, except The Interruption of Everything and Getting Back to Happy.
• Addicted by Zane
• Six Days in January by William Fredrick Cooper
• There's Always a Reason by William Fredrick Cooper
• A Private Affair by Donna Hill
• Gettin' Hers by Donna Hill
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Dr. Maya Angelou
• Any book by Stephen King
• Any book by Nora Roberts
• The Blacker the Berry by Thurmond (can't remember the first name)
• Zeelie
• Gal
• The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
• Beloved by Toni Morrison
• Any book written by yours truly :-)

Horror/fantasy/thriller

• It
• Friday the 13th (all of them)
• Halloween
• Candyman
• The Crazies
• 30 Days of Night
• Harry Potter series
• Jaws

Songs

• Chocolate Girl by The Whispers
• Between the Sheets by The Isley Brothers
• Let Me Cry by Ronald Isley
• Candle in the Wind by Elton John
• Benny & the Jets by Elton John
• Imagine by John Lennon
• Anything by John Legend
• Can't Let Go by Anthony Hamilton
• Sister Big Bones by Anthony Hamilton
• Single Ladies by Beyoncè
• Any and everything by Mary J. Blige <---that's my girl!!

Foods

• Maryland steamed crabs with my special dipping sauce
• Fried chicken (loves Popeyes and KFC)
• IHOP's Country Fried Steak & Eggs with Pancakes
• Triple Delight (chicken, shrimp, beef with veggies in a black bean sauce)
• Fettuccini Alfredo
• Caesar Salad
• Ledo's Pizza
• Vanilla milkshake from Chick Fil-A

Places

• Relaxing on Horseshoe Beach in Bermuda
• Riding mopeds in Nassau, Bahamas
• Pocono Mountains
• Orlando, Florida
• New York (city that never sleeps...I literally stay up 24 hours while I'm there)
• Los Angeles (would love to live there)
• The cross-country trips I took as a child with my family every summer
• Emporia, Virginia (hot rolls, smoked ham and my Aunt Johnnie, Aunt Lydia and Aunt Fena--the best place to be sometimes)

Restaurants

• America in New York (I think they've closed *sad face*)
• Carrabbas in Bowie, Maryland
• The Capitol Grill, Washington, DC
• The Cheesecake Factory
• Roscoe's Chicken & Waffles, Los Angeles

Musicals

• Memphis
• Rent
• West Side Story
• Fila

Television shows

• Project Runway
• Seinfeld
• Housewives of Atlanta
• Housewives of New Jersey
• Housewives of New York
• Housewives of Beverly Hills
• Housewives of Washington, DC (don't think Bravo is bringing this one back)
• Sinbad
• The Braxtons: Family Values
• Good Times
• The Andy Griffith Show
• HawthoRNe
• Men of a Certain Age
• I'm a serious reality show junkie!!  There, I admitted it!

Time of day

• Sunrise (at the beach)

Cocktail

• Moscato
• Ciroc & Cranberry
• Long Island Iced Tea