DELIA CAI'S LOVE/HATE LIST (XL EDITION)

Delia Cai is a New York based writer. She writes the Deez Links newsletter, where she is currently publishing the internet-acclaimed Hate Reads series, where writers anonymously rant about the things they hate. She is also a senior vanities correspondent for Vanity Fair and author of the novel Central Places. Eye contact with babies The Fragonard Room at the Frick Remembering my dreams in vivid detail Bringing my own food to the movie theater (paninis, a slice of pie, a Haagen Dazs single-serve MiniCup...all is possible) Having imaginary conversations with my older self (she looks and sounds like Sandra Oh) Laughing so hard you get a little stressed out because of how much your back hurts Fresh lychees on Canal Street in June A party that epitomizes the transcendence of belonging When someone says, "okay, tell me EVERYTHING." Where pink bleeds into purple Yu & Me Books, obviously Hal’s New York Seltzer Water (Black Cherry) When someone else does all the planning Brooklyn Bridge Park, e

Delia Cai is a New York based writer. She writes the Deez Links newsletter, where she is currently publishing the internet-acclaimed Hate Reads series, where writers anonymously rant about the things they hate. She is also a senior vanities correspondent for Vanity Fair and author of the novel Central Places. Eye contact with babies The Fragonard Room at the Frick Remembering my dreams in vivid detail Bringing my own food to the movie theater (paninis, a slice of pie, a Haagen Dazs single-serve MiniCup...all is possible) Having imaginary conversations with my older self (she looks and sounds l