List 53

Love: Jazz on a Summer's Day, the 1960 documentary about the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival. Killer performances abound, Anita O'Day could not look any cooler, and there are wonderful atmospheric shots of the crowd.

Like: Skirt steak on the grill, paired with Robert Sinsky's Vin Gris.

Discovery: "Cape Dory" by Tennis. The single came out last year and sounds like summer to me. If you close your eyes and listen, it's easy to imagine you're on the deck of a boat somewhere, watching the sun set. Or rise.

Obsession: Finding the right weather-resistant fabric for our 1960s iron patio dining set. I was very excited to read about Link Design Solution's outdoor fabric collection, which aims to marry modern and vintage and evoke "the golden age of the American pool scene."

Complaint: That it's not really summer yet - nor will it really consistently be summer for us in the Bay Area until August.