6 years.

Anthony Bourdain died 6 years ago, on June 8, 2018. 6 years doesn’t sound like that long, but I think it probably is. A lot can happen in 6 years. Geez, WW II was 6 years long.

So much has happened in the passed 6 years. So many things that I’m sure we would’ve loved to have heard Tony’s thoughts on; ALL of the Trump trials, BLM, the Barbenheimer summer, the war in Ukraine, Canadian Wildfires, the Titan submarine implosion, Coronavirus… So much insanity. Hundreds of things.

I always find myself reading something and thinking, “what would Tony say about this?” I can always imagine it, but I loved hearing his voice. I loved hearing him working out his thoughts. Conversation was always the rehearsal of whatever bit was occupying his mind at the time.

The thing that I’ve been thinking of mostly today is that now Tony has been dead longer than he filmed Parts Unknown. That’s a wild thought right? There have been so many people trying to “fill his boots.” I usually find their lack of creativity uninspiring, but maybe it just shows that people are still inspired by what Tony did.

What has happened in the past 6 years that you’d like to sit down with Tony and talk to him about? What do you think he would’ve found interesting?

Anthony Bourdain, 2016, age 59 - Houston, TX - photo by David Scott Holloway