Guilty Pleasures...  

Heh-heh. . .
re no 5:
Stuart Woods: Smoothly-spun formula yarns, contemporary east coast settings. They march right along -- predictable good entertainment. Lots of plush upper-class entourage.
Ruth Rendell: Goes way back -- find the early ones. British settings, more social/psychological commentary than just murder most foul. Addictive; no two alike.
John D MacDonald: Florida, c 1970. Good old go-get-em amateur detective/professional "salvage specialist" Travis McGee. Ancient but reliable. Dozens of titles, all with a color name in the title.
Others ? PS:None of the above are badly written -- Rendell verges on actual literature !

My list (not in any special order)
1. Breyer's natural mint chocolate chip.
2. Old "Truckin'" music, especially Red Sovine. I like old Country and Western like Porter Wagoner, Slim Whitman, George Jones, Hank Thompson, and Roger Miller, but I have a special place in my heart for "Truckin'" music. Made for, by, or about long haul truck drivers from the 1950s through the "CB era" of the 1970s. Nothing like listening to "Teddy Bear" or "Phantom 309" late at night on a long road trip.
3. Childhood TV shows: Ultraman, H.R. Pufinstuff, Speed Racer, Hawaii 5-0, Sigmund the Sea Monster, Land of the Lost, Rocky and Bullwinkle, I Dream of Genie, Gumby, I could go on....
4. Cigars. I used to live in Tampa, Florida where there is a large Cuban community and you could get good fresh hand rolled cigars inexpensively. I got into them in college and then the cigar fad hit. Not being a wealthy fat cat (and having a huge contempt for Rush Limbaugh) I felt self conscious about enjoying a good cigar (plus the prices went through the roof!) so I indulge only at home, and since our son came along, only rarely.
5. Hats. I have a lot of hats but I never wear them. I have vintage fedoras, straw hats, baseball hats, winter stocking hats, a cowboy hat... all kinds of cool hats, But I can't wear them in public without feeling like I have a costume on.
Other than the hats (fashion) I don't know that they are design related (though I guess the music and TV could relate to aesthetics) but they are my small pleasures. There are others I'll freely admit to. No guilt involved. These are just five that are more personal indulgences.
p.s. I reserve the right to amend this list at any time in the future. These are just five that came to mind.

Sweet Summer Lashay
Is she still single? I am.
She certainly does not need silicone implants.
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Pegboard, re: your number...
Pegboard, re: your number two, Trucker Music, how could you not mention the legendary C.W. McCall!
Mine are mostly TV or media related. I've wasted a lot of my life watching 60s/70s television, thanks to reruns and Hulu. Green Acres, the Hillbillies, the cop and detective shows of that era, Columbo, H 5-0, etc.

10-4 good buddy!
Looks like we got us a CONVOY!

And I forgot Hee Haw. Lots...
And I forgot Hee Haw. Lots of Hee Haw, which, if you don't count every single song sung by the Hager Twins, was probably time well-spent.

10 of mine..
1. Fine marijuana.
2. Stubbs & Wooten mens shoes (probably have 50 pair..).
3. Black licorice.
4. Afternoon cocktails.
5. Assorted overpriced skin care products that I would give up most anything to continue to afford.
6. Whacky greeting cards/post cards.
7. Spanking my piano.
8. Lilly Pulitzer sport jackets, preferably vintage.
9. Nag inscense.
10. Gardening.

"Guilt" being the operative word:
> I admit that when I find myself near one of those Hollywood tabloid magazines (you know the ones I mean-- "worst beach bodies" is a reoccurring feature) I can't RESIST. Never bought one, but I relish finding one discarded somewhere, like on a bus seat. (But, only if I'm sitting towards the back, where nobody can see me-- THAT'S how guilty I feel in even touching one!)
> I'm a sucker for The Real Housewives of NY, Atlanta, or Orange County. These shows have a hypnotic effect, I simply CAN'T change the station until my husband says something appropriately condescending, once he catches me in the act. Same with schlocky movies, like Showgirls or Stayin' Alive (the follow-up to Saturday Night Fever).
> Smoking, which I'm too weak-willed to quit, once and for all.
(I share a taste for Slim Whitman, but for that, I feel no guilt.)

hmmm...
~Nat Nast shirts
~Mephisto shoes
~WWII John Wayne films
~Any recipe from Lee Bailey's Southern Food and Plantation Houses (recipes of Natchez, MS)
~Fried Italian Sausages sauteed in green, seedless table grapes (a peasant dish from Italy)
~Listening to Sean Connery say, "Pussy" in Goldfinger
~Spring salmon cooked and eaten the day it is caught from the Rogue River
~Lobsters and refritos in Baja
~Barry's Gold Tea from Ireland
~Old Willis and Geiger Safari clothes, not the new crap
~Filson oilcloth
~Barbecue I used to eat at Arthur Bryants in KC as a boy, and now can only guiltily fantasize about (yes, yes, the place Calvin Trillin liked)
~Radon boats
~posting about my favorite basketball team
~an ancient green rabbit fur Rex Barbisio hat
~a coin collection that is worthless that I continue to keep from my childhood--my "Rosebud"
~blue and white seer sucker suits that should only be worn in San Francisco one brief time of the year
~and so much more

For me
> 1920's and 1930's original jazz and dance music 78's (have over 10,000 of them)
> 1960's obscure garage, frat and punk 45's
> late 1960's and 1970's psych and progressive music reissues on CD
> 1960's and 1970's pre-Disco R&B...the more obscure the better
> George Nelson
> Birkenstock sandals and their Footprints shoes (the only confortable shoes for my flat feet)
> Polo Ralph Lauren clothes
> 1930's movies on DVD
> Eva Zeisel
> 1950's Melmac dinnerware

Guilty pleasure title is...
Guilty pleasure title is reserved for those things you might not care to admit methinks... in that case:
1. Gordon Lightfoot's "Sundown"
2. travel trailers
3. hard cider
4. Heywood Wakefield
5. gold, ornate frames

c'mon... where's the vice?
The key word is "guilty". There's no shame in loving Jazz or pricey moisturizer. Alright, here are a few of mine:
- Snarky punk retread bands (Bowling for Soup, Blink 182)
- Taco Bell
- TMZ
- 3D slasher movies
- tourist traps (the London Dungeon, mystery spots, Vegas, etc.)
- street food - especially the combo ghetto car wash / barbeque

Nicorette gum. I quit...
Nicorette gum. I quit smoking 6 years ago, but still chew the gum all day,. every day. I'm a nicorette junky......better gum than heroine, I guess 😉

Guilty, guilty, guilty
Real OC and NYC Housewives and related blogs and boards
McDonald's cheeseburger, fries & Coke
Buying beautiful and/or functional things at auction just because I can get them for cheap and in spite of having NO MORE ROOM in my house (I'm actually getting this under control)
lazing around until noon or later on weekends even though I have a huge long list of stuff that needs doing
buying gorgeous upholstery fabric that I don't need and will never use, just because it's cheap (also under control for the time being but always at risk of going wild again)