Guest Picks: Mark Ettinger

The Leonard Lopate Show | Aug 30, 2010

How would Mark Ettinger would spend his last day in NYC? Find out what he revealed after his recent appearance on The Leonard Lopate Show.

What have you read or seen recently (book, play, film etc…) that moved or surprised you?

I’m reading Consider the Lobster by David Foster Wallace – such brilliant writing

What are you listening to right now?

-The AC in the waiting room

-Serge Gainsbourg

-Iva Bittova

What’s the last great book you read?

Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

What’s one thing you are a fan of that people might not expect?

Kimchi…or maybe wood carving. Love it.

If you only had one day left, how would you spend it in New York City?

Wandering the Highline; picnic by Bethesda Fountain; rob the stock exchange; best seats for the symphony; dinner at the soup nazi; then the Milennial Territory Orchestra in some village dive

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