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the hallmark of any vacation book - somehow getting it wet by the pool and fucking it up
really loved this book. ive been a fan of keith's writing (mostly his instagram captions) for a while now and i'm glad I took a stab at this.
i finished it in 3 sittings - very rare for me - and i walked away with a much deeper appreciation for visionaries like keith. it's brutally honest, quite sad, clever, and had me smiling throughout. the way he describes his approach to dreaming up restaurants, and the twists n turns of his career, left me feeling inspired.
need to try more of his NYC restaurants beyond balthazar, any recs?
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My dad read this and wonāt stop talking about it! Popping by Pastis after a visit to the Whitney is top tier
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This was the second book Iāve ever read thatās written in the 2nd person. Previously, I found it hard to get used to, and honestly a little clunky. Somehow McInerney achieves to make this flow as easily as anything. It truly feels like you are the subject of the story. BL.BC follows you, a fact checker wanna-be-fiction-author at a big publication in Manhattan, as you waste away to late nights of coke binges and crowded parties. Praised often as one of the first great anti-quests, BL.BC achieves the great feat of making you care about, and enjoy, the miserable journey of such a win-less character. This is one of those reads that just feels iconic.
Aug 3, 2021
if youāve ever found your interest even marginally piqued by the mystifying world of fine dining, or maddened by their insistence upon āsimplifyingā and ādeconstruction;ā appalled by the authoritative techniques of one Gordon Ramsay; or affected by the devil-may-care sincerity of Anthony Bourdain; the work of Marco Pierre ā for better or worse, depending on who you ask ā is often credited as their genesis.
as someone who works in hospitality (an important distinction from merely being in āfood service,ā as iāve been frequently reminded), i have an admitted bias towards food-centric novels and the oft-eccentrics that bind them. growing up in a hispanic household that often preferred to cook all the things they couldnāt say (you might not get an apology, but best believe thereād be enough arroz con gandules for seconds and thirds that night), i believe in its capacity to mend hearts and operate as an extension of the love we have for those close to us.
for all his ābollockingsā ā as Pierre White himself puts it ā he clearly believes in this capacity for magic as well, and his passion, though definitively excessive in its shouty, cheese-hurling manifestations, can at least be empathized with. his ascension, storied intensity, and startlingly frank instances of vulnerability make for a really unique read, and a must for anyone in The Industry(ā¢).
iām also re-reading Dune :P
Sep 26, 2024
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been deep in beat lit for the past year+ and somehow didnt stumble across this one until now. deeply new york, deeply of the 50s/60s, and some of the most inventive prose style ive read. highly, highly rec. thereās a film w jennifer jason leigh which i will be watching tn
Jan 12, 2024
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tomorrow PI.FYI launches to the public
this project is the result of thousands of hours spent coding everything from scratch after I got laid off six months ago
no thiel-bucks or weirdo outsider money, just a pure desire to make something fun and true to Perfectly Imperfectās day one goal of helping people find new things from real human beings, not algorithms or AI
a pure labor of love that Iāve been quietly plotting for two years and itās completely self-funded from my (rapidly) dwindling savings account
so thank you for coming along for this weird ride š«¶ let's see where it goes
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