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I wasn’t sure we would ever eat here. No, I’m serious. We had already found a few steak places in town we liked…a lot. So it was not a foregone conclusion we would try The Peddler, despite the rave reviews from long-time customers; despite the unique setting; despite the dining experience. When we moved, it still wasn’t a priority. Do we now think differently with our first visit to this esteemed establishment?

I met Peter Attia in early 2020 when we did a podcast (The Drive episode #91, he’s now past #260). He’s an exceptionally bright physician with an outstanding medical training at Stanford, Johns Hopkins (surgery), and the National Cancer Institute (surgical oncology). His career path is atypical, since he left medicine for a stretch to work at McKinsey and Company in financial credit risk, a stint that he believes gave him a better understanding of risk in medicine.

Dear hopeful reader, Years ago, when I was establishing myself as a writer and editor, I also reviewed books and posted them on Amazon and my now deleted personal site. My most enjoyable and memorable reviewing experience was of Cancer Vixen and Ann Tenna, two gorgeous, hilarious, and moving graphic novels by the great author and cartoonist Marisa Acocella Marchetto. She was so gracious and lovely in gifting me physical copies of the books.

You want to have a special date with your wife on that special day that celebrates your matrimony, and my better half and I (plus our son) decided to spend it at a place we had never eaten before, even though it was a week late. Yes, The Park Grill was our choice. It opened in 1995, and I would describe it as a dimly lit park lodge that is the sister restaurant of another popular eatery, The Peddler.

Today at 538 we unveiled our latest set of pollster ratings for the upcoming 2024 general election. This update includes grades for 540 polling organizations based on two key criteria: their empirical record of accuracy and methodological transparency. Here are the products of all our work: The interactive dashboard for these new ratings is particularly cool. I’m also proud of the extremely detailed public methodology post we put out; If we’re saying that pollsters should show their work, it’s good that we do the same.

AS I HAVE MENTIONED EARLIER, MANY TIMES, I have a bit of a problem with over-purchasing fruits and vegetables. They’re so pretty! Why would I leave them behind? Again and again, I bring them home only to realize there’s no room on my kitchen counters, which, of course, are usually covered with a virtual farm stand. This is exactly how a woman might end up dedicating her remaining years on the planet to salad—and how I became a salad newslettrist.

This week in the Tank we have Winter Mead, founder of Coolwater Capital, to discuss his background in venture capital and the challenges faced by emerging fund managers. He emphasizes the importance of understanding the LP perspective and operationalizing the fund to attract institutional investors. Winter also shares insights from his book on raising a venture capital fund and the mission of Coolwater Capital's Accelerator program. The program aims to bridge the knowledge gap for emerging VCs and provides guidance on fund formation, LP fundraising, and fund management.

Republic Bank and Trust of Kentucky and Elevate Credit came together to create a line of credit product targeted to operate a lot like a long-term payday loan. The product? The Elastic Line of Credit. Here’s more: One company offering a line of credit “solution” to emergency expenses or savings shortfalls is Elastic (in partnership with Republic Bank out of Kentucky). Here’s how they describe the Elastic Line of Credit:

Chances are, you’ve never heard of the Saratoga-based band Get Loose. That’s because, until very recently, the fearsome foursome played almost exclusively in a residential garage in a neighborhood off Grand Avenue. But thanks to some forceful lobbying by Get Loose founder and bass guitarist Joe Bunk, the middle-aged rockers have begun to push the boundaries of what a garage band can be. “I’m the kind of person that, once I say I’m going to do something, I basically do it,” says Joe, who resides in the house attached to the aforementioned residential garage and whom I first met riding up the Gore Mountain gondola several winters ago.