This is not about a sexy lifestyle.

This is not about the most expensive wines.

This is about living a connected life, about interacting with the world on all sides of you. It’s about actually peeking through the $787 billion bailout plan or discovering the beauty that comes when you build a new, functioning Constitutional Court of South Africa on the charred grounds of a failed and brutal government. Yet, it’s also about the beauty and musculature of Swan Lake at the San Francisco Opera House. It’s about flying from Paris to the moon with Adam Gopnik. It’s about opening a bottle of burly Petite Syrah, firing up the grill and infusing the air with the scents of lamb, rosemary, wine and friendship.

Life is eminently livable.

Today’s a great day to start.