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Cool people like cool things, which is why we asked William Mahony to share a taste of his taste on Perfectly Imperfect.
William Mahony(aka the handsome gangsta)is a CEO who was born and raised in Astoria, Queens. Last year Tiktok randomly decided to keep showing me videos of william, his boys, and this interview he did with Joeyy (PI #331), and it wasn’t until much later that I realized this swaggy fella has a magazine called HAVE A GREAT DAY. In previous issues they’ve featured people like Chloe Cherry (PI #181) and Austin Babbitt, and they’ve also dropped epic merch such as tac vest hoodies, photo zines, an operation table game called operation 2, and shoplifting jerseys for Joeyy’s most recent tour. William tells me that “it’s the only magazine worth reading.” Lucky for us, Will is here to tell us what he’s been into.
Renaissance fairs cost like $40 for admission. With that you get to spend all day with your buddies walking around a sort of ratchet medieval town. A mix of disney, Pirates of the Caribbean, and a nice dose of traveling methhead carny. I went to one a few weeks ago 40 minutes outside of LA. A couple beers on the drive over, a buzzball in the parking lot and some shooters in your pockets to avoid the taxed prices of drinks inside and you’re good to go. Have so much fun.
🥪 BLT Sandwiches
Good white bread, juicy tomato slice, airy lettuce, and crispy bacon.
Optional: Avocado.
Not Optional: Diet Coke w/ Lemon
Extremely Not Optional: Mayo
Preferably enjoyed amidst beautiful conversations with a beautiful woman with whom you are in love.
😎 Tom Ford Fragrances
Ever wonder what a greasy Ferrari driving, espresso sipping, woman-seducing Italian son of a rich guy smells like?
Tom Ford cologne.
My personal favorite is ‘Tuscan Leather’ which smells like doing a line of blow in your Porsche 911 GTRS outside a fancy ball in Monaco with notes of throwing your keys extremely hard at back of the head of the valet driver.
That’s the vibe we’re going for this summer.
🌞 Public Drinking
People don’t public drink in NYC because they’re afraid of tickets. “OH NOOO! I might get a $25 ticket!!!” Bro what? I’d rather pay 25 bucks for drinking a tall boy and people watching at a park then spend $30 on a shitty espresso martini from any number of New York’s sardine can bars. Stella in a Brown bag, people watching, cigarettes, talking with your best buds, and vitamin D.
🍿 Big TVs
Living in the city amongst broke 20-somethings for so long has made me forget about Big Ass TVs. But whenever you go to somebody's crib with a TV over 70 inches, you think “Wow, this is dope.”
“It’s fine I'll just watch it on my laptop.”
Trust me. It’s not.
Pairs well with: Sport Betting
🤑 The Hamptons
A general rule of life is that whatever is regarded as gaudy, and douchey is probably really fun and awesome. (Ex: fast loud cars, midtown Manhattan clubs, extremely expensive cocktails.)
The Hamptons is a short 2 hour drive, or ride on the Hampton Jitney from the city. Get some friends together, rent an Airbnb, and make the trip.
So why don’t my contemporaries make the trip? Mostly to keep up appearances amongst their lib friend groups that no, they don’t enjoy sitting on the beach and sipping wine, they prefer sitting adjacent to the currently jerking off homeless guy in quote-on-quote Dimes Square. And no, they don’t enjoy linens and kitten heels, and no they don’t like oysters, and no they don’t enjoy bonfires, used book stores, sex on the beach, pretending to be rich, renting convertibles, overpriced cocktails, and drunkenly stumbling through cobblestone streets.
NO!? You don’t like that stuff? Go get lobotomized because you’re obviously a violent threat to society.
But if you do—please make the trip out to the Hamptons during the dog days of summer. DO IT. Let your annoying friends rot in the pisshole that is dimes square. Go have fun.
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