When traveling in Greece (13 years ago — ack!) my friend Adam came up with a list of his ten favorite things in the world. They weren’t big things, no lottery winnings or sports cars. The ones I remember were “grey T-shirts” and “olives.”

I can’t think of everything on my list at the time, but I do remember it featured “breakfast.” That one is here to stay.

My revised and updated list:
1. Breakfast
2. Brand new notebooks
3. Colored paperclips
4. Chocolate Arts truffles
5. Swimming in lakes
6. Secret rooms
7. Cheese
8. Foghorns
9. Marmots
10. Roll-top desks

What are the top items on your list?