James' favorite...
music:
Changes day to day. Lately it's Grandaddy or Pink Floyd's Meddle or Anal Cunt
restaurants:
Lisa's Lobster Shack
Vong
Al Di La
Luche
Kura
Katz's Delicatessen
beer:
Anything out of the Anchor Brewery
books:
Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek