Favorite albums of 2023
Deer Tick - Emotional Contracts
boygenius - The Album
Burna Boy - I Told Them…
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Weathervanes
Joy Oladokun - Proof of Life
Tyler Childers - Rustin’ In The Rain
The National - First Two Pages of Frankenstein
Tallest Man On Earth - Henry St.
Abraham Alexander - SEA/SONS
Del Water Gap - I Miss You Already + I Haven't Left Yet
Best live performances I saw in 2023
Goose - The Capitol Theatre
Tallest Man on Earth - Music Hall of Williamsburg
The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window - BAM
Titanique - Daryl Roth Theatre
Father John Misty - The Capitol Theatre
Just for Us - Hudson Theatre
Pete Holmes - City Winery
The Beths, Nickel Creek, My Morning Jacket, Goose, Del Water Gap, Margo Price, Jason Isbell, Remi Wolf, Billy Strings - Newport Folk Festival
Hiss Golden Messenger - Webster Hall
Stereophonic - Mainstage Theatre
Deer Tick - Warsaw
LCD Soundsystem - Brooklyn Steel
Favorite books of 2023
The Sullivanians - Alexander Stille
Unscripted - James B Stewart & Rachel Abrams
Killers of the Flower Moon - David Grann
Fleishman is in Trouble - Taffy Brodesser-Akner
Trust - Hernan Diaz
Norwegian Wood - Haruki Murakami
The Wager - David Grann
After Steve - Tripp Mickle
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin
Heaven and Earth Grocery Store - James McBride
Best places I ate in 2023
Cosme (Manhattan, NY)
Casa Mono (Manhattan, NY)
Oxalis (Brooklyn, NY)
Herb and Wood (San Diego, CA)
Bonnie’s (Brooklyn, NY)
Patti Ann’s (Brooklyn, NY)
Breg (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
St. John Bread and Wine (London, UK)
Otto Lenghi (London, UK)
Margot (Brooklyn, NY)
Olea (Brooklyn, NY)
Cocina Abierta (Rincon, PR)
