I’m solidly in my thirties, but I’m obsessed with the show Twenties. I was scrolling through Showtime one day and saw it. I’d never heard about it before and now that I’ve watched it, I’m very confused about how everyone isn’t talking about this show.
Read MoreI’ve been spending a lot of days watching leaves grow. Cheering on in celebration as a new leaf unwinds itself to reach the sun. Before this, I'd killed a lot of plants. More than I care to admit.
Read MoreAs I mentioned a few days ago, I’m moving over posts from my old Holy Sip site to this page. This post is from December 2018.
I spring clean in the winter, around early December.
As I mentioned a few days ago, I’m moving over posts from my old Holy Sip site to this page. This post is from September 2018. My struggles with working in the alcohol industry were so clear here.
Read MoreIt’s been two years since Anthony Boudain passed. I realized it a few weeks ago as I was buying Medium Raw, his follow up to Kitchen Confidential.
Read MoreI started keeping track around the 12th email: “Solidarity!” “Black Lives Matter!” “We hear you. We stand with you.” I’m still not watching/reading the news but these emails from every company that I’ve ever done business with…
Read MoreIf I seem calm during these times, it’s because I am. (Well, now that I’m back to meditating and doing the other things in my daily routine.)
Read MoreReading has been one of my favorite hobbies since I could read. When I was about 16, I discovered the self-improvement section of the bookstore and since then I’ve turned to books to guide me and provide me mentorship.
Read MoreThey can’t top this one…The DJ warm-up…The Jamaican national anthem to start…The fashions…Fendi Blazer (Bounty), Gucci suit (Beenie)…
Read MoreAfter yesterday’s post on “The Power of the Written Manifesto”, I realized that it might be helpful to show a few examples of manifestos that I like.
Read MoreMy biggest accomplishment last week was figuring out how to turn off my phone’s news reader. It came preinstalled when I bought my phone a few years.
Read MoreIn the middle of the night, I found myself mumbling over and over, “You can say something that’s already been said, you just have to say it your way.” After saying it enough times, I finally decided to jot it down as a draft for a blog post.
Read MoreIn November, I went to Italy for a stopover after 10 days in Ghana. I’d given myself three days and two nights to explore Rome by myself before heading back to Atlanta. On the agenda - pasta, gelato and more pasta.
Read MoreI’m writing this from my desk. Nothing about that sounds too surprising, except that I never use my desk at home. A month ago I would have set up shop in my favorite public space close to my gym.
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