People are the best part about travelling and this is a good way to meet cool people. I think I have a lot to learn about actually engaging with a city rather than passing through it.

Books Cannery Row, John Steinbeck (random favorite of all time) Epic Fantasy (Malazan, Game of Thrones, Gentlemen Bastards, Shannara, Anything by Brandon Sanderson or Joe Abercrombie. Lots of nonfiction (positive psychology, buddhism, memoir, science and history) Music LCD Soundsystem/Atmosphere/Why?/Bright Eyes/ Drake/ Elliott Smith/ Broken Social Scene / Kanye/ Archers of Loaf/ Isaiah Rashad/ Cap'n Jazz/Guided by Voices are probably my favorites. Other than that.... Hip hop! Almost everything hip hop, from underground to mainstream. Doesn't matter. I am well-versed (see what I did there?) In everything. Movies Favorite movies are hard but here's a ballpark list: Princess Mononoke Children of Men The Count of Monte Cristo the Darjeeling Limited Big Fish Wristcutters Lord of the Rings Jeremiah Johnson Pan's Labyrinth Annie Hall Monty Python and the Holy Grail Spaceballs Amelie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Lost in Translation Etc