Now
Two months down in 🗽!
The move has been energizing - having and being in person with work continues to be a priority and has provided some semblance of structure in a time of somewhat erratic change. I’ve hit the essentials - saw Lion King on Broadway, had my share of NYC Bagels (Tompkins is great, Leo is better), and acclimated to the beautiful consumerism that is New York 🙇🏽
Full recount:
Food
Wallet’s begging me to get cooking.
- Glin: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Birds of a Feather: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Scars Pizza: ⭐⭐
- Tompkins Square Bagels: ⭐⭐⭐
- Rule of Thirds: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Win Son: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Los Tacos No 1: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Lucy’s: ⭐⭐⭐
- Kuun: ⭐⭐⭐
- Boqueria Soho: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Joe’s: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Osteria Morini: ⭐⭐
- Le Industrie: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Barbocino: ⭐⭐⭐
- Atithi: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Eataly: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Kebab Aur Sharab: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Wu’s Wonton King: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Dokebi: ⭐⭐⭐
- Leo: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Popeyes: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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Reading
Elon Musk: Walter Isaacson
Halfway through. Well-written and highly engaging. Elon’s life was (is!) highly tumultuous, and his resilience in the face of constant pushback and backlash commands respect. Many of his pains seem self-inflicted, but it’s a testament to the shaping of early environment on the ethos of will and work.
Same as Ever: Morgan Housel
Housel is one of my favorite storytellers and writers, and I genuinely enjoy his simple takes on life and money. Psychology of Money remains one of the few books I strongly believe everyone should read, so excited to get through this. The premise being - we focus most attention on all that’s changing, looking for new models to predict the future without taking a step back and doubling down on those things that perpetually stay the same.
I’m a few chapters in - nice follow-on to Psychology of Money, but the lessons seem a bit less profound and a bit overdrawn.
How Finance Works: Mihir Desai
Loving it! Vanderbilt didn’t have a traditional finance major, meaning the closest I could get to the ‘business’ side of things was through economics classes. Having worked and now having seen the boom and bust of the startup market (and subsequent valuations), it’s inspired a want to dig deeper into the numbers - what does a good business look like? How is it evaluated?
It’s equally compelling mapping the terms to actuality (especially at Retool) - assets, liabilities, costs, growth targets, etc.
The Successful Technology Investor: William de Gale
Quick read. Debunks the myths of common investment approaches and clarifies principles for higher probable returns.