As many bikes as we have, I really don't have a "THE" bike bike. The only bikes that are "mine" in the garage (my size, my choices for bars etc) are the Gary Fish Mt. Tam from 2000, and one of the folding Bromptons. So really it's the Fisher all the time. It was converted to a 1x9 by the previous owner, one of my bosses, who used to commute around Portland on it. I swapped the 3 degree carbon sweep bars for a MUCH more swept bar, the Velo Orange "Postino." I have a rear rack on it, because it does a lot of grocery runs as well as taking me to and from work pre-Covid.
So it's great around town, on paths, singletrack, and is comfy for me more or less all day. But it doesn't have fenders, nor can it really with a front shock. And the shock... really isn't what I want on pavement or gravel. I've ridden it probably 30 miles in a day before, and I'm comfortable, it isn't SLOW slow, but it has a lot of tradeoffs when you aren't needing that shock.
If I had a magic wand, I would have a properly sized, aluminum framed, carbon forked, 700x45 ish (maybe 650B x 2, aka 27.5"), generator front hub with hardwired lights, handlebar bag, fenders, and a frame bag that I can attach when I want more storage. Hydraulic discs, really just an entire GRX setup from Shimano, though I'm not opposed to that Alfine 11 internal hub, I just don't love the weight and lack of low-end as it comes stock.