Eating your way through a city
I went to Boston over the weekend with two of my girlfriends, so this week's newsletter will be a little shorter--which you'll see below. But first, let's talk about Boston . Have you been?
The food in Boston is the bomb, yes I am still using this phrase. I had some really good french fries at South End Buttery, and the best Steak, Fries and Arugula salad at Stella which my friend Stephanie suggested. I suggest you go to both places.
If you end up going to Stella, make sure you check in on Yelp--you can get a free dessert. Here's my food below:
Now to the highlights this week.
Music I Listened To:
Do you remember Meet the Band? Lately, I've been watching old episodes of the show on YouTube--I miss Danity Kane and when Dawn and Q were together. Watching the show has made me revisit both Danity Kane and Day 26 music although I consistently listen to Day 26 "If It Wasn't For You" because the drums. Listen to the both and catch up on the old episodes of Meet the Band with me.
Podcasts I Listened To:
The story of writer E. Jean Carroll and her rape allegations with Trump is an interesting saga--also a repetitive one in fact. On New York Times' "The Daily" podcast they spoke with her, and her friends about the incident and I was sipping my tea. You can follow her obligations here but of the incident Trump said "She's not my type," like bruh, get over yourself.
My boo, my second celebrity crush (Travis Kelce is first) Lil' Rel was on Jemele Hill's podcast, "Jemele Hill is Unbothered" and it made me love him even more. In the interview, they talk about Rel being America's Best Friend, his show which got cancelled, and the importance of people standing together. Aw, Rel. Listen to the episode here.
Kind of a podcast, but not really a podcast, I listened to this great interview with Bay Area royalty, Raphael Saadiq on the Breakfast Club. If you're from the Bay Area OR just a fan of good music, I recommend you listen to this interview. Hearing about his life, made me gasp slightly--so much trauma, but how he worked around it was fascinating to me.
What I Read:
I finished reading More Than Enough by Elaine Welteroth and I have mixed feelings about it. I love that she's a bay lady, and I like her and her story in general. I just don't feel I learned anything useful from the book, granted, she lets it be known this book is not a guide or a handbook in any sort. I think in general, these types of books are fluffy and I find that I never really like them for whatever reason.
Nonetheless, this part really stuck out to me:
"Our lives are a series of dreams realized. We don't say that enough. Instead, we repeatedly ask children what they want to be when they grow up?" As if one answer, one dream, one career path can define you throughout your whole life. The truth is, job titles are temporary. But purpose is infinite."
It's true. Maybe we should stop asking kids what they want to be when they grow up because I'm a prime example of a kid who was all over the place. I wanted to be an author who also did the following:
Play in the WNBA although I was never the best in basketball--technically this was because of my glasses and being too vain to wear the string to go around my neck.
Train dolphins although I can not swim, and have recently learned that Dolphin's are the rapist of the ocean. I also can't tell you where I learned this fact because I don't remember.
Brain surgeon when I hate blood, anything related to science, and sometimes people.
Fashion designer - I have nothing here to say.
Just give kids time to decide and be like us, figuring it out as we go. In addition, here were my other reads for the week. I'm also curious, what did you want to be when you grew up? Reply to the newsletter and let me know.