Friday's Five ✋ #447
One day or day one.
Happy Friday! ☀️
Back in Vienna after a week in Belgium and every minute of it was good. Started at my sister’s where our daughter reconnected with her cousins and spent most of her time on the trampoline. The next day, graced by fantastic weather, our second now-traditional garden party on my mother’s side of the family. Topped off with a few days in my hometown and some firsts for our daughter: first jump into a pool, first time on a horse, and first time in her own airplane seat.
What I’m reading 📖
David Grann’s The Wager is the kind of book that makes you stop and remind yourself it actually happened. A British naval vessel wrecks off the coast of Patagonia in 1741 and what follows is an extraordinary story of survival, disintegration, and mutiny among the stranded crew. Grann reconstructs the ordeal with cinematic detail–the conditions, the characters, the impossible decisions. By the time the survivors make it back to England and the courtroom drama begins, you’ve lived through enough with them that the ending hits hard. Couldn’t stop listening. More about the book.
What I’m listening to 🎧
The perfect spring album. Hiss Golden Messenger's new record I'm People is the soundtrack for your next road trip, day in the garden, or jump in a lake.
What I’m watching 📺
At a dinner on Wednesday, a friend mentioned QT8, the documentary covering the first eight films by Quentin Tarantino. It sent the table into a long conversation about which films we loved most, favorite scenes, moments that stuck. The realization that we all grew up with his movies, that they were a shared cultural backdrop for a whole generation. Tarantino has said he will stop after ten. Whatever number ten turns out to be, Wednesday's conversation made the wait feel more loaded. Watch the trailer.
What I’m thinking about 🧠
"One day or day one." — unknown
What else?! 💯
For my 40th birthday in 2019, friends and family gifted me a voucher for the only fine dining restaurant in my hometown. Then the pandemic hit, life moved on, Vienna happened, a family started. Six years later, this week, the voucher was finally redeemed. Worth every year of the wait. If you're ever in the area, try it out.
Thanks for reading, have a great weekend!
David
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