38 things M. Adler from Brooklyn, NY actually loves
- The first sip of coffee before anyone else is up
- A perfectly ripe peach in August, the kind that drips
- Joe's plain slice, folded, eaten over the paper plate
- Prospect Park at 7am on a Tuesday
- The weight of a good hardcover
- People who have a take and can defend it without raising their voice
- 88% dark chocolate, the kind that makes you wince a little
- Walking home across the Brooklyn Bridge at dusk
- Inter Tight at 400 weight
- Mint Milanos
- Nora Ephron
- The Paris Review interviews
- A blank text file and an idea
- The way a room feels when the product finally works
- Zadie Smith's essays, especially the one about joy
- Frank Ocean's Blonde, the whole thing, in order
- People who build things instead of talking about building things
- Lucali on a Wednesday night when there's no wait
- A well-set table
- The idea that taste is a moral category
- Saturday mornings with nowhere to be
- My grandmother's handwriting
- Coltrane's A Love Supreme, side two
- Simplicity on the other side of complexity
- The Brooklyn Public Library, the one on Grand Army Plaza
- Scrambled eggs, very soft, with chives
- The Long Now Foundation's clock project
- A perfectly kerned wordmark
- Fort Tilden beach in September when everyone's gone home
- Patti Smith's Just Kids
- The way old couples walk in the park, slowly, together
- Radiohead's In Rainbows
- Di Fara's square slice
- Products that explain themselves
- A handwritten note on good stationery
- The Strand Bookstore, the dollar carts outside
- People who are generous with their knowledge
- The moment between finishing a thing and showing it to anyone