Over the course of Bette Midler’s long and active career, there are few artistic feats she hasn’t achieved. For more than 50 years, she has been a steady presence on screens and stages of all varieties, and she has the accolades and awards to show for it. A lifelong environmentalist, Midler has devoted many of her nonworking hours to the New York Restoration Project, the nonprofit organization she co-founded in 1995, which revitalizes the city’s parks and community spaces. This month, she returns to Disney+ with Hocus Pocus 2, the sequel to her 1993 hit film. On the occasion, she shares her thoughts on the key components of the good life. —Ashley Baker
Airline: Braniff.
Airport: Hollywood Burbank Airport.
Alibi: If I tell you, I won’t be able to use it again.
App: The New York Times.
Bag: Paper.
Birthday: My daughter making a Mexican feast.
Boyfriend: Jann Wenner.
Breakfast, weekday: Two cappuccinos with oat milk. I’m so embarrassed.
Breakfast, weekend: Waffles. My dad’s waffle recipe, a vintage waffle iron, and our own maple syrup.
Car: The green Prius my husband gave me for my birthday in 2012, painted in 1950s Porsche Auratium green. I’m a goddess to every valet in Los Angeles.
Child: My beloved Sophie Pinkie Flower Pie Fredericka Alohilani von Haselberg.
Cocktail: Gin-and-tonic. Sarah Jessica Parker introduced me to Empress gin. Lavender-colored; it’s like drinking the sky.
Cocktail appetizer: Marinated anchovies with paximadia, which is dried bread.
