Meals or Drinks

  • Taqueria Ramirez (Brooklyn)

  • Elena (Montreal)

  • Hoagie Room at Pizzeria Beddia (Philadelphia)

  • Boia De (Miami)

  • Golden HOF (New York)

  • BRAT (London)

  • Bar Birba (Brooklyn)

  • Radio Bakery (Brooklyn)

  • Royal Izakaya (Philadelphia)

  • Cozy Royale (Brooklyn)

  • Small Oven Pastry Shop (Philadelphia)

  • Royal Omakase (Philadelphia)

  • Taverna Naxos (Naxos)

  • Taverna Axiotissa (Naxos)

  • Mountain (London)

  • Uchi (Austin)

  • NOVEMBER Brasserie (Berlin)

  • Noma (Copenhagen)

  • Sinne gas bageri (Copenhagen)

  • Lille (Copenhagen)

  • The Tamil Crown (London)

  • Popina (Brooklyn)

  • Place des Fêtes (Brooklyn)

  • The Red Dog Saloon (Joshua Tree)

  • Turkey and the Wolf (New Orleans)

  • Saba (New Orleans)

  • Francie (Brooklyn)

Misc. Moments

  • Copacetic at The Salt Shed

  • A-Side Growth: Cory became a partner, we hired Mike and Renan, and Ally promoted to manager after starting at the company from scratch

  • Sydney Rose’s “We Hug Now” moment after being dropped by Elektra and having Public Consumption closed

  • Cavetown playing Eugene among Grace’s family

  • Near-courtside seats for Warriors @ Knicks game with Kirk, Carly, and Grace

  • Finally visiting the Hoagie Room for my birthday with Grace, Thomas, Ashley, Emily, and Jeff

  • Birthday trip to Miami with Grace

  • The Denver Zoo

  • Expanded the Many Hats team with a new hire while not compromising on the rates we give to artists and labels

  • RIP Bonnaroo weekend in Nashville and Dee’s

  • Sydney Rose crowd at Hyde Park

  • Fire Island Friends Trip

  • Seeing Taking Back Sunday with Fred Mascherino

  • Started running more successfully and did my first of many 5Ks (and beyond)

  • Tremendous Wax Bodega growth alongside the release of Hot Mulligan’s new album, plus a personal milestone of releasing a Moving Mountains record on the label

  • Grace deciding to take time away from her job

  • Fitting in a Copenhagen visit on my last international trip of the year

  • Pietramala was awarded a Michelin Green Star

  • The switch started to flip at Many Hats

  • Got to see LeBron likely for the last time

  • A quickly launched and successful Kickstarter for Kevin Devine

Flights 

  • 1/10: PHL->ORD*

  • 1/12: ORD->PHL*

  • 1/16: LGA->CLE*

  • 1/17: CLE->LGA*

  • 2/12: EWR->PDX

  • 2/16: PDX->EWR

  • 2/21: PHL->DTW

  • 2/21: DTW->PHL

  • 2/26: JFK->LAX

  • 2/27: LAX->PHL

  • 3/1: PHL->YUL

  • 3/3: YUL->PHL

  • 3/7: LGA->BOS*

  • 3/8: BOS->LGA*

  • 3/26: PHL->DFW

  • 3/27: DFW->BOI*

  • 3/31: BOI*->SEA->PHL

  • 4/5: PHL->BNA*

  • 4/6: BNA->PHL*

  • 4/13: EWR->MIA

  • 4/18: MIA->EWR

  • 4/25: PHL->ORD

  • 4/26: ORD->PHL*

  • 5/7: PHL->DEN

  • 5/11: DEN->PHL

  • 5/21: JFK->LHR

  • 5/30: PHL->CLE

  • 6/1: CLE->PHL*

  • 6/11: PHL->BNA

  • 6/15: BNA->LGA

  • 7/1: JFK->LHR

  • 7/6: LHR->JFK

  • 7/24: PHL->DEN

  • 7/25: DEN->PHL*

  • 8/23: JFK->LAX*

  • 8/25: LAX->PHL

  • 9/13: JFK->ATH->JNX (9/14)

  • 9/20: PAS->ATH->DUB

  • 9/21: DUB->LHR

  • 9/26: LHR->PHL

  • 10/10: PHL->AUS

  • 10/12: AUS->PHL

  • 10/18: JFK->LHR->BER (10/19)

  • 10/21: BER->CPH

  • 10/22: CPH->LHR

  • 10/25: LHR->PHL

  • 11/19: JFK->LAX*

  • 11/23: LAX->JFK*

  • 12/3: PHL->ORD*

  • 12/6: ORD->PHL*

  • 12/10: PHL->MSY

  • 12/13: MSY->LGA*

  • 12/21: EWR*->PHX*->EUG

  • 12/28: PDX->EWR

* = Upgraded

TV

  • The Pitt

  • Bad Sisters

  • Paradise

  • Dope Thief (abandoned)

  • Adolescence

  • MobLand

  • Daredevil: Born Again

  • The Studio (abandoned)

  • Your Friends & Neighbors

  • Murderbot (abandoned)

  • Dept. Q

  • Adults

  • Stick

  • The Eternaut

  • The Pacific

  • Eastern Gate (abandoned)

  • Task

  • The Chair Company

  • Pluribus

  • Death by Lightning

  • Down Cemetery Road (abandoned)

  • The Beast In Me

Books

  • String Theory by David Foster Wallace (started)

  • Fahrenheit-182 by Mark Hoppus and Dan Ozzi (finished)

  • There’s Always This Year by Hanif Abdurraqib (started)

  • Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Guidara (finished)

  • Barbarians at the Gate by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar (started)

Movies

  • The Substance

  • Den of Thieves

  • Manhunter

  • Mr. Monk’s Last Case

  • Alien

  • The Wrong Trousers

  • Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

  • Erin Brockovich

  • Man on Fire

  • Apocalypse Now

  • Blackhat (abandoned)

  • The Insider

  • Conclave

  • Thief

  • The Brothers Bloom

  • Sinners

  • Thunderbolts*

  • Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

  • Companion

  • Den of Thieves 2: Pantera

  • Superman

  • Casino

  • The Fantastic Four: First Steps

  • The Brutalist

  • The Color of Money

  • Black Bag

  • Weapons

  • Warfare

  • Highest 2 Lowest

  • One Battle After Another

  • Anora

  • Mickey 17

  • A House of Dynamite

  • The Player

  • Punch-Drunk Love

  • Frankenstein

  • Eloise at Christmastime

  • Home Alone

  • Eddington

  • 28 Days Later

  • 28 Weeks Later

  • 28 Years Later

  • True Grit

  • The King

  • Caught Steeling

  • Sorry, Baby

  • Marty Supreme

  • Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

  • Double Indemnity

  • Titanic