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So, I have an obsession with lists. Amazon has all sorts of lists created by users that I stay away from like the plague, because I like other people's lists. I wasn't so thrilled with AFI's list of the top 100 movies of all time (my own list of top movies has just hit 99), but recently I have come across several irresistable lists. Here are some lists I'd like to work my way through, and where I am today...

top vegetarian restaurants in San Francisco:

Ananda Fuara

Ganges Indian Vegetarian Restaurant

Golden Era

Greens Restaurant

Herbivore

Joubert's Restaurant

Kowloon Vegetarian Restaurant

Lucky Creation

Millennium

Vik's Chaat Corner

Screen Cuisine -- the highly recommended titles on a list of 110 Films About or Featuring Food:

Babette's Feast (1987)

Big Night (1996)

Chicken and Duck Talk (aka Chicken and Fast Food, aka Gai Tung Aap Gong; 1988)

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1989)

Delicatessen (1991)

The Donner Party (1992)

Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)

Eating Raoul (1982)

Ermo (1994)

Fallen Angels (1998)

Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

Garlic is As Good As Ten Mothers (1980)

James and the Giant Peach (1996)

Life Is Sweet (1990)

Like Water for Chocolate (aka Como Agua Para Chocolate; 1992)

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Tampopo (1986)

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)

the feminista list of 100 great 20th century works of fiction by women:

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the top 100 novels of this century from Radcliffe:

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the top 100 English-language novels of this century from the editorial board of the Modern Library, a division of Random House:

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20 great American road trips:

Little Havana in Miami, FL

Key West in Key West, FL

The Varsity in Atlanta, GA

MLK National Historic Site in Atlanta, GA

Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, TN

Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, CA

Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, CA

Wine Country in San Francisco, CA

Grand Canyon National Park in Phoenix, AZ

The Strip in Las Vegas, NV

Statue of Liberty in New York, NY

Freedom Trail in Boston, MA

Pat's King of Steaks in Philadelphia, PA

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, OH

The Breakers in Newport, RI

Sears Tower in Chicago, IL

International Bowling Museum in St. Louis, MO

Mall of America in Bloomington, MN

Space Center Houston in Houston, TX

Graceland in Memphis, TN