Friends news: 3 Mexico City tips 🍋

Published about 1 year ago • 3 min read

Hi Reader, from your friend Nick Gray, author of The 2-Hour Cocktail Party (paperback on sale!) and Founder of Museum Hack.

In this issue: my 3 best tips for Mexico City, Singapore politicians and their watches, Jake Lodwick, BBS sysop stories, 52 things this one guy learned in 2022, the type of love that makes people the happiest, and 3 bonus songs at the end.

Why you’re getting this: I'm Nick Gray and this is my Friends Newsletter. I send this every month to interesting people I’ve connected with and friends I want to keep in touch with. You can un-subscríbe any time and I won't be mad. I won't even be notified!


Random Links

Twitter thread of Singapore politicians and their watches

Almost all of them are under $100 😂 I love Singapore and want to go back. RIP Lee Kuan Yew

🎳 PlayPhrase.me: Site for cinema archaeologists

Desktop only. Super fun! Type any phrase. I tried "name tags" and "cocktail party" and it was neat to see. But doesn't work well on mobile, desktop only: "Website that lets you type in a phrase and shows you clips from movies where characters say that phrase" via Siddhesh

🖥️ My secret life as an 11-year-old BBS sysop

Revisiting the wonder and betrayal of online life circa 1992, via Casey McN.

💑🏻 The Type of Love That Make People Happiest

"All the data and studies aside, the best evidence I have about happiness and companionate love is my own life."

💲 Why William E. Heinecke Is Betting On The Middle East's Travel Markets

Neat profile of an overseas billionaire entrepreneur- born in America, then naturalized as a Thai citizen- who is now going big in the Middle East. I want to go back to Thailand! I worked for Mr. Heinecke one summer in college.

💡 52 things I learned in 2022

"Fun, useful, random, and mind-expanding facts" via Auren Hoffman

🐥 How to Host a Baby Shower: Tips, Tricks, Checklist

You should use name tags for the adult guests at a baby shower. Different friend and family groups coming together: it makes sense! Also plan for your group photo, and consider using Guest Bios.

🌴 How to Host a Digital Nomad Happy Hour

Shaggy read my book in Bali and then used it to host meetups there and in Utah. He mostly used coworking spaces as his venue, which I thought was cool. These are his lessons learned.


My 3 Mexico City Tips

I will give you three simple tips for Mexico City that you can do at any time and around any schedule:

1. Churros from El Moro

2. a bottle of Peñafiel seltzer with salt and cucumber

3. the cafe at the National Museum of Anthropology

My article here also lists a hotel that I liked, and one fancy restaurant:


My Friend Jake Lodwick

I’m friends with Jake Lodwick. He’s the co-founder of Vimeo. Jake spent the past few years in New Zealand. He was largely removed from the public internet: no posting, minimal scrolling, and enjoying down time.

But Jake recently returned to America! We hung out in Miami and I made a little blog post about it. He's a neat guy.


300 reviews

My book about how to make new friends and build your network recently hit 300 reviews on Amazon.

Update: 318 now! See it on Amazon, Kindle, Audible, Bookshop, Apple Books, or Kobo.

That seems like a nice excuse to smile. Thank you to everyone who has bought a copy or told your friends.


The End

Thanks for reading my Friends Newsletter.

Three bonus songs for you that I love:

🎧 Welcome to my Island by Caroline Polacheck on Spotify and YouTube - upbeat song I have on repeat

🎧 Love by Facesoul on Spotify and YouTube - mellow, pretty

🎧 Care (with Omar Apollo) by Benny Blanco on Spotify and YouTube - indie, haunting

Have a great week.

🤠 Nick Gray

p.s. Add me on Instagram and look at my story from last night! Here's the About Me on my website if you forgot who I am. We met [HOWWEMET GOES HERE].

Want to read more of my newsletter? Archive of the past few issues here.

An investor, entrepreneur, and author of The 2-Hour Cocktail Party. I started and sold two successful companies: Flight Display Systems and Museum Hack. Join 20,000 CEOs, investors, and founders and receive business tips, productivity tools, and other resources from me.

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