"A lot of people would come in thinking they didn't like tequila.
To do this, we got together with Desperados (that funny beer that tastes like tequila) and Johan Karlberg (The Very Best's other part) and together we flew to Malawi to tape Esau performing.
Whenever people ask me what they should buy for a friend who likes tequila, I often reply "anything from Ocho".
No matter where I'm headed, I'm sure to have a seatmate who is either interested in photography or likes tequila, so it all works out.
The stoop of my AirBnB apartment was haunted by a lovely junkie whose life story I was slowly gleaning, one day at a time (central plot points: he liked tequila, but not so much his wife).
"People make a table at home, and on the table they put gifts for the dead, food, fruits, rice pudding -- if the dead maybe liked tequila, a shot of that -- beer and sweet drinks like hot chocolate," he said.
That doesn't mean that the most expensive is the best (I like unaged, blanco tequila, which doesn't have to be pricey), but bad-tasting liquor will make a lousy drink.
On Licorice, Bach, Jews and Penknives Things I like: fires, Venice, tequila, sunsets, babies, silent films, heights, coarse salt, top hats, large long- haired dogs, ship models, cinnamon, goose down quilts, pocket watches, the smell of newly mown grass, linen, Bach, Louis XIII furniture, sushi, microscopes, large rooms, boots, drinking water, maple sugar candy.
