Eat at a local restaurant tonight.

Get the cream sauce.

Have a cold pint at 4 o’clock in a mostly empty bar.

Go somewhere you’ve never been.

Listen to someone you think may have nothing in common with you.

Order the steak rare.

Eat an oyster.

Have a negroni.

Have two.

Be open to a world where you may not understand or agree with the person next to you, but have a drink with them anyways.

Eat slowly.

Tip your server.

Check in on your friends.

Check in on yourself.

Enjoy the ride.

– Anthony Bourdain

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