Food: Grilled octopus with olive oil, sea salt and lemon
Music: Joy Division
Television: Football
Book: Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer and The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard
Misc: A good pair of shoes fitted at a specialty sports store and “be on your feet more often”
Books: How Children Succeed by Paul Tough or books by funny women like Amy Poehler’s Yes Please
Food: Shrimp
Music: The Grateful Dead
Film: Galaxy Quest
Misc: Grandchildren!
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Music: Braggtown by Branford Marsalis
Book: The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Food: San Tung in San Francisco; the dried fried chicken wings
Tv: Shark Tank
Misc: Flying First Class
Music: Gustav Mahler's "Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen," which means “I Have Become Lost to the World”
Book: A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes by Stephen Hawking
Food: Sushi (specifically toro)
TV: Madam Secretary
Misc: “Appreciate time--life is short”
Food: Dark chocolate salted caramel
Music: Anything by Jack White and obsessed by Beyonce’s Lemonade
Book: Catch 22 and Lolita; for decision making The Success Equation by Michael J. Mauboussin
Film: Lion
Misc: Exercise every single day
Film/Tv: HBO Documentaries
Music: Loudon Wainwright III's “Daughter”
Books: Bruce Springsteen autobiography Born to Run
Food: Detox diet on the Goop website
Misc: Marriage
Music: Bob Marley's Legend
Book: 10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works--A True Story by Dan Harris
Food: Ramen at Ippudo in New York
Film/Tv: The Adventures of Baron Munchausen and Westworld
Misc: "Pick up an instrument (even if you are bad at it) and play your heart out"
Books: Morgan Parker's Other People’s Comfort Keeps Me up at Night and There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyonce
Film: Guy Maddin's films The Saddest Music in the World and Careful
Food: Squid at the local Chinese fish store
Music: Kamasi Washington and Duke Ellington’s Latin American Suite
Misc: Rubber tube that peels garlic
Book: The Island at the Center of the World by Russell Shorto
TV: Law & Order and The Sopranos
Food: Homemade popcorn with a little good quality salt & butter in a copper bottom sauce pan, starting with just three kernels
Music: Bob Dylan Blood on the Tracks
Misc: Swimming long distance
TV: Cubing and card trick videos, Fox news, Real Time with Bill Maher and Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Book: Geek Love by Katherine Dunn (wants to make it into a movie)
Food: Whole30 created by Melissa Hartwig
Music: Pick Withers who was the drummer for Dire Straits and Philip Glass and Laurie Anderson
Misc: Mr. Toast card game and Ticket to Ride board game
Book: Buffering: Unshared Tales of a Life Fully Loaded by Hannah Hart
Food: The Cheesecake Factory: Skinnylicious Long Island Iced Tea and salads or Malo Cantina Mexican restaurant in LA fake beef and pickle taco
Film/Tv: The Dancer documentary; Westworld and on YouTube Miranda Sings and Anna Akana
Music: Girl Talk
Misc: Meditation app called Headspace
TV: Better Call Saul
Book Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Food: Surayah @ Alhambra Palace in Chicago
Music: Lil Uzi Vert and Chance the Rapper
Misc: Pepper Spray
Book: A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara for fiction and for nonfiction, The Death of a President by William Manchester about the assassination of John F. Kennedy
TV: The last season of South Park and vintage episodes of Oprah
Food: McDonald’s cheeseburger and Sam’s in East Hampton: "a medium mushroom and onion well done and a big bowl of salad with two glasses of pinot noir"
Music: Grateful Dead
Misc: Disco balls or anything glittery, any kind of vape or THC product and a cocktail “Fresquila”--a mix of Fresca and tequila with ice
Food: Clancy's Restaurant in New Orleans: “start by having a sazerac on the rocks and end with their peppermint ice cream, and in between just tell the waiter to give you the best stuff”
Music: Listen to "Jessie's Girl" by Rick Springfield and “Stacy’s Mom” by Fountains of Wayne back to back
Book: The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov and The Strangler Vine by M.J. Carter
TV: Vice Principals on HBO and Transparent
Misc: In San Francisco go to Mike’s Bikes in Berkeley and ride to Mt. Diablo
Music: The Blues especially Buddy Guy
Book: System of the World by Sir Isaac Newton
Food: Pepperoni pizza and strawberry malted milkshakes or for fine food: rack of Lamb and red wine
Films/Television: The Matrix, The Twilight Zone and Contact
Misc: Fountain pens
Food: Brussels Sprouts (with butter and a little greasy)
Book: Being a Beast by Charles Foster and Wonder of Wonders: A Cultural History of Fiddler on the Roof by Alisa Solomon. "Great for anyone who wants to make art!"
TV: Louis C.K.'s Horace and Pete
Music: Elle King "Ex's & Oh's"
Misc: Manhattans made with rye on ice - perfect drink!
Book: True Grit by Charles Portis - "a perfect book"
Film: Fargo directed by Joel and Ethan Coen
Food: Fresh Raw Oysters - with lemon
Music: One Ring Zero a modern music group led by Joshua Camp and Michael Hearst. Their country song “Blessings”
Misc: Small Collection of coin purses made from animals - kangaroo scrotum coin purse or a cane toad purse
Food: Burgers and Sushi (Spicy Tuna Rolls)
Music: The Fall
Books: The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
TV: Narcos on Netflix
Misc: Robert Crumb Comics
Film: Zootopia is brilliant!
Book: Caleb Carr’s Surrender New York
Music: Leon Bridges and Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats
Food: Le Coucou in New York City or Franklin Barbecue in Austin, Texas
Misc: Uni-ball Signo gel 207 rollerball pen medium point and a Moleskine Diary. Also, handwriting a note every day to someone different
Book: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
Music: Franz Schubert's the String Quintet in C major
Food: "Not Mexican"
TV: Broadchurch
Misc: Stressless Norwegian Recliner by Ekornes
