• "My Funny Valentine"
• gaslights illuminating tree-lined streets
• seeing cows milked, chicks hatch, and lambs drink from a bottle
• VCRs and video cameras
• the Snuffleupagus on Sesame Street
• buying the first package of diapers
• Colette's flowers
• shoe cobblers
• Dr. Johnson's dictionary
• Nik-L-Nips candy drink
• the crossroads of ancient trade routes
• an antique clock ticking
• Danish oil
• motorized spice racks