At sunset or under the stars on the dock of our lake house just being with my family and pals.
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Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
Verbatim recurring item in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire; two publisher-hosted respondent pages establish institutional recurrence.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Seeing my family thrive and being underwater.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 23 November 2022 source ↗
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Being at home on a Sunday night with my husband, Will, and all of our children, eating chicken tikka masala and naan from our favorite restaurant.
Is there such a thing? I guess, for me, it’s really about life’s special moments, large and small.
A glass of wine at sunset on Fire Island. / No homework.
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