Tomorrow · the whole day

A day out
with Sabri

One plan, five stops. We eat far too much, talk about everything, play Comfortably Numb at full volume, watch something good, and lose at games until it is late.

See the plan
David Gilmour performing at the ancient Roman amphitheatre in Pompeii, bathed in stage light
The reference point · David Gilmour, Live at Pompeii

The run of show

The schedule

Tap a stop to open it · check them off as the day goes

0 of 5 done

  1. Start heavy. Erdinç Etliekmek first, then Ali Baba Fırın Kebabı if we are still standing. The plan is calories, and a lot of them.

    Stop 1

  2. Çay, a quiet corner, and the kind of conversation that wanders into the things you only say to a real friend.

    Stop 2

  3. Comfortably Numb, Live at Pompeii. Gilmour's second solo in that ancient arena. We listen to the whole thing and say nothing until it ends.

    Stop 3

  4. Something with a point of view. Watch it through, then take it apart over the credits and disagree about the ending.

    Stop 4

  5. Best of seven, loser gets roasted. Keep going until one of us calls it and the day is officially great.

    Stop 5

Stop one · the food

Eat like it is the only meal that counts

High calorie, high protein, unapologetically Konya. Two legends, one afternoon, zero regrets.

Long thin Konya etliekmek flatbread topped with minced meat
First stop

Erdinç Etliekmek

A metre of stone-baked etliekmek, blistered at the edges, ground meat and parsley the whole length. We order one more than we should.

≈ 950 kcal · 48g protein

Konya fırın kebabı, slow-roasted lamb on a plate
Second stop

Ali Baba Fırın Kebabı

Lamb slow-roasted in a wood-fired oven until it gives up and falls apart. Bread to mop the fat. This is the heavy hitter.

≈ 1100 kcal · 62g protein

Stop three · the music

Comfortably Numb,
live at Pompeii

The conversation always ends up here. Gilmour walks out into a two-thousand-year-old arena, the band holds the room, and that second solo does what it always does. We play it loud and let it land.

The afternoon playlist

  • 015 A.M.warm-up, instrumental
  • 02Rattle That Lockfor the walk over
  • 03Wish You Were Hereeveryone sings, badly
  • 04Comfortably Numbthe whole reason we are here

Stop four · 20:00

A film worth arguing about

Lights down, phones away. We pick something with a real point of view, then spend the credits taking the ending apart.

Stop five · 22:30

Games until it is late

Best of seven. The loser gets roasted, the rematch is mandatory, and we keep going until the day is officially a great one.

心 · heart and spirit · the point of the day

Same time
tomorrow?

Eat too much, talk too long, play it loud, watch something good, lose at the games. That is the whole plan, and it is a good one.

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