it is important for a functioning society to have rituals that exist outside of the logic of the day to day grind and capital, otherwise you're setting yourself up for a life of misery
There are two types of 1-star Michelin restaurants and being able to distinguish the two at a glance is a key restauranting skill. I will not elaborate.
new theory of hangovers I'm working on
if you're life is not good, you'll have hangovers
but if you live a life you genuinely enjoy you won't get hangovers (unless you drink very excessively)
Casablanca was very meaningful to me when I was in college because it’s about people wistfully reminiscing about distant events that happened 18 months ago