1. Anthony Bourdain, I aspire to his blueprint for living.
2. Trader Joe’s Scandinavian Sour Swimmers and so many other products for the trail and home
3. Haruki Murakami
4. spaghetti carbonara
5. composition notebooks
6. mountain biking
7. The Freedom Manifesto by Tom Hodgkinson
8. low stakes craps
9. green curry, well make that all curries
10. Supergrass
11. public libraries
12. Outside/In, The Wild, Goofballs, and so many other podcasts
13. postcards, send me them, because I’ll keep them fondly
14. survival shows, especially Dual Survival, Alone, and Bear Grylls Survival School
15. Smokey and the Bandit
16. everything tiki: bars, mugs, cocktails, velvet paintings, lamps, but especially Hale Pele
17. traveling anywhere, you can find something compelling in any destination
18. King Arthur’s sourdough starter
19. ice Cream, any kind, anywhere
20. New Mexican cuisine and New Mexico in general
21. Mk1 VW Sciroccos
22. knives: pocket, fixed blade, kitchen; it doesn’t matter
23. mezcal margaritas
24. waffles, I make the best eggless, dairy free sourdough version. I’ll happily send you the recipe