Realest sports book and maybe fully best memoir I’ve ever read. Coming of age, the immigrant story, fame, sport, psychology, addiction, relationships- something for everyone. You will think about it daily.
Last summer, I caught some major tennis fever after listening to the How Long Gone interview with Caitlin Thompson, publisher of Racquet Magazine. My girlfriend Zoe and I always gift each other books during the holidays and she really *aced* her gift last year with Open. It’s a wild read that is written with the vulnerability that only a tennis prodigy with an extremely demanding father from Iran (no shots at Dadvali) could possess.
It's an insane autobiography of the Tennis players life with some of the strangest passages I've seen in a memoir. Truly fascinating even if you don't care about tennis.
The only slice shop you should hit if you’re anywhere near Gramercy, Kips Bay etc. Scarrs/L’industrie level slices on a random scaffold-hidden midtown block. Plus the Pacman machine is turned on free mode 💥
Embrace the rule of law and society. Old people in the crosswalk will frequently thank you and you’ll feel superior to all the PPOS 🐷running the light and cutting people off. Plus the lights come in waves so you’ll probably catch up anyway.
