old school

CINQUE TERRE  Ligurie Italy

“To sit alone or with a few friends, half-drunk under a full moon, you just understand how lucky you are; it’s a story you can’t tell. It’s a story you almost by definition, can’t share. I’ve learned in real time to look at those things and realize: I just had a really good moment.”

— Anthony Bourdain, In his Final Interview

"I'm never a reliable narrator, unbiased or objective. I set up ludicrous goals, unreasonably over-romantic objectives, in the hope that by leaving myself open to misadventure, disaster, and the happy accident, that good things will happen.

I brought a lot of prejudices to the table. ... I try to be aware of those prejudices myself because one of my principle pleasures is being proven wrong.

I'm not afraid to look like an idiot. That feels good sometimes, to have it demonstrated that: no, it's not like that at all."

-Anthony Bourdain