For the eighth summer, I’ll be spotlighting little aspects of life here that I love. To see the previous Valentines, click the Valentine tag at the end of the post.

After swimming in the morning, I usually get a macchiato at Kaffe 1668, but I don’t drink it there—the energy is too much after the meditative swimming. So I usually stand outside Whole Foods, where I no doubt have to pick something up. Standing amid the many birds that nest outside the supermarket makes me feel like Cinderella. There have been times when the chirping is so loud that I’ve wondered whether it was piped in. UPDATE: As per a request, I added a video at the end.