I live with a whole new cast of wonderful roommates, and I'd love to introduce them all to you. Lucas and Eveline who have been touring the country looking land art before arriving last week. Rivkah, a painter who is returning to New York from Berlin. Izzy and Jonah, who are part of the magic behind Franklin Chthonics, and Jenn, who just finished a book about the Raincoats, which you should read. Kengo is traveling! We'll see him again in 2018.

To celebrate, Simone will be helping me make some cocktails to toast with Jameson Caskmates, a whiskey made by pairing barrels with local beer breweries. We'll also have some local on hand. The Trough will be catering, like always.

Thanks to Jameson, and their #lovethyneighborhood campaign, all you have to bring is yourselves, and the rest is on the house.

We've been doing some deep cleaning, so got more living rooms than ever, and I'll be pulling out some more posters and artwork to put on display. Simone has a bunch of photos and video from Iceland she'll be navigating those at the bar through.

Since I'm deep in Friends (withfriends.co) these days, I wonder. Would you be interested in helping make these things happen without sponsorship in the future? A dinner party a month or so?

If so, become a member when RSVPing and we'll start putting our brains together at the house about how to put on the next round in November.