NOTE: all ranked within their respective categories.

NOTE: there are some some Hot Takes here (especially in coffee shop and steak section). If it’s left out, chances are it was intentional (e.g. you will not here me hyping Tinker Coffee, St. Elmo’s/Harry & Izzy’s, or most of the Cunningham restaurants…)

FOOD

• Bakery and Pastry
• Coffee Shops
• Best Steak
• Chicken Wings
• American Grub
• International

DATE NIGHTS

• The Arts
• Local Activities and Events
• Sports and Conventions
• Concerts

FAMILY OUTINGS

• Fruit picking farms
• FARMER’S MARKETS

BOOKS

• BEST BOOK EVER WRITTEN
• Books that Josh Claims Changed the World
• Philosophy
• Short Stories
• Unconventional/Comics (listed in order of importance/engagement if you’re just starting out reading comics)
• “Self Help”

PODCASTS

• Philosophize This! by Stephen West
• Classical Stuff You Should Know
• New Polity
• The Thomistic Institute
• Tetragrammaton by Rick Rubin

PARKS

• Fort Harrison Park
• Eagle Creek
• Newfields and 100 Acres
• Garfield Park
• Broad Ripple Park
• Holliday Park

What is Josh inspired by or reading now?

The Two Towers, first time to reread in 10 years

The Art of the Commonplace by my guy Wendell Berry

Death Note is my current graphic novel. So good.

The Power Broker is a long, steady burn. Reading a chapter per month.