top ten of my 2011...

1. best trip: Saint-Romain, Bourgogne, France

2. best dram: Flaming Heart, Limited Edition 10th Anniversary Bottling by Compass Box

3. best bar: The Rum House, New York City

4. best restaurant(s): Owen's Fish Camp Sarasota, FL and Oriole 9 Woodstock, NY

5. best album: American Legacies by Preservation Hall Jazz Band and Del McCoury Band

6. best book: Churchill A Life by Martin Gilbert

7. best movie: Senna by Asif Kapadia

8. best museum: Fram Museum, Oslo

9. best website/blog: AFAR Connect

10. best show: "A Syntax of Dependency:" by Liam Gillick and Lawrence Weiner at M HKA