I came across this article on Caribbean black cake and it brought a smile to my face. I'm grateful to be spending this holiday playing taboo with my very Jamaican family while drinking improvised sorrel.
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If you’ve been doing the math, this means you’ll only be able to achieve a maximum of 4 things each year. It might not seem like a lot, but that’s an incredible accomplishment. Even achieving one goal would be huge.
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I watched the Ronny Chieng stand up on Netflix. It’s pretty hilarious. One of the bits that stuck with me the most was about napkins.
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Downtime can feel a bit foreign. I think I’ve gotten so used to that feeling of having somewhere to be, that last night, when I found myself on the couch at 7pm with no plans, I felt a bit lonely. It was a Saturday after all.
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I went to one of my favorite bars in Atlanta last night. It's located in a five-star hotel and my usual weekend stop. As I walked in and saw a woman with a rotund derriere and a twenty-dollar bill pinned to her chest…
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The other thing that this experience made clear is that sometimes it's just not time and you have to trust that you'll know when it's the right time.
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I arrived in Tokyo after 1) a five hour overnight layover in Kuala Lumpur coming from Phuket and 2) a 7-hour flight with horrible food (like seriously, the worst food I’ve ever seen on an airplane).
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Someday I imagine this will be relevant and by that time, half of these things might change. However, after looking over riders for hours, I couldn’t help but wonder what I would ask for on my hospitality rider.
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If you would have asked me to imagine my future about 10 years ago, I would have never guessed that one day I’d be responsible for fulfilling hospitality riders for a music festival…or that I would love it…or that in the process, I’d accidentally try and kick one of the artists out of their dressing room.
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On my ninth day in Ghana, I went to a restaurant that I’d visited a few times. By this point, I was already obsessed with jollof rice and this spicy fish stew made in a red tomato sauce.
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Two best posts in a row seems like a bit much, but I went to the Optimist yesterday and I remembered why if I’m craving a cheeseburger, this is the only place that I’ll go.
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It’s that time of year where most are reflecting on good deeds done, goals accomplished, and broken promises. I’ve done my fair share of that, but what I’ve been most focused on lately is all of the things that I’ve eaten this year.
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I watched the Steven Spielberg documentary and I ended up being more inspired than I’ve been in a long time. It was fascinating to watch how he threw himself into film at such a young age.
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I've been battling the flu for a week now and it's been brutal. Holistic therapies are always my go-to during moments like this. Food is medicine and all that jazz.
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