Surf's Up

Still feeling no pain, rushing to my grave, the allure of the steakhouse, McNally's rules, 2020 wrapped, a memory from county, the passing of a pop music legend, mushroom humor, some random quotes I came across, and people needing people. Stuff mentioned: Novocaine (2025), Lawry's The Prime Rib (100 N La Cienega Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90211), Keith McNally I Regret Almost Everything (2025), The Odeon (145 W Broadway, New York, NY 10013), Balthazar (80 Spring St, New York, NY 10012), Minetta Tavern (113 MacDougal St, New York, NY 10012), Jay McInerney Bright Lights, Big City (1984), Bright Lights, Big City (1988), The Kinks "Better Things" (1981), The Kinks Give the People What They Want (1981), James Fogle Drugstore Cowboy (1990), Volbeat "The Bliss" (2016), Volbeat Seal the Deal & Let's Boogie (2016), The Beach Boys "God Only Knows" (1966), The Beach Boys "Break Away" (1970), The Beach Boys "Time to Get Alone" (1969), The Beach Boys "This Whole World" (1970), Laura Delano Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance (2025), and Casey Schwartz "After Years of Prescription Pills, She Is Unmedicated and Unapologetic" (The New York Times Book Review, March 20, 2025 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/books/review/unshrunk-laura-delano.html)