Recommendations

In Books:
Smashed, Story of a Drunken Girlhood
The Year of Magical Thinking

There could be one more book here but McSweeney's won't answer my e-mails. Send me my damn book, already!!

In movies:
The Weatherman
Lord of War
(Wait, baby, what's going on with your netflicks? Is this a running Nicolas Cage theme or what?)
Four Rooms

In restaurants:
Latina Cafe on Fairview: banana tacos!
Pepino's Italian Restaurant: the booths are big and they don't care if you sit together on the same side
Ya Ya Mary's: for obvious reasons

In entertainment:
Sitting on the bridge over 45 and watching the cars whiz by
Sissyfight
Get on the guest list

In work:
Prioritize
Go to lunch with a friend
Your professional best interest is the success of your team; do what it takes, even when its not sexy

In life:
Be a person people want to be around
Get rid of negative influences
Spend more time with a dog