The Reality of It Is: Recent Episodes
Maria Salmeron
Unspoken, relatable topics. Everyone has stories to tell. My purpose is to record those stories to share with everyone to hear. You're not alone in what ever it is you are going through.
Chef Brendan discusses the changes that restaurant businesses have had to make during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Brendan is one of the Head Chef’s at Old Thousand, located in Austin; Texas. Bonus* Brendan also shares how to make starter to bake your own bread!
“Obviously, stay home, stay safe, and stay sanitary. Keeping yourself healthy keeps the community healthy. Be dope, use soap. Distance socially. I hope you're doing well.” - Brendan
Old Thousand is providing 20 meals a day for unemployed service industry workers. Email your name, place of unemployment, and any food allergies to brendan@oldthousandatx.com to reserve a meal.
@Minamotofoods is also providing meals, and can be reserved by INSTA DM
A Taste of KoKo & MYLK Collective launched Hundred for Hospitality to raise money to provide 100 meals a day to service industry workers that have been laid off by a restaurant affected by COVID-19. Here’s how you can help:
- Make an individual donation here to contribute to stipends for restaurants to feed more of our friends in the service industry 2 If you’re a restaurant who is able to donate food, email chelsea@365thingsaustin.com
- If you or your company are interested in sponsoring a day of meals, email jane@atasteofkoko.com
If you’re a service professional in need of assistance, please join our meals directory here: https://forms.gle/Xt9EqBsuEkuRjBfP8
More info here: hundredforhospitality.com www.gofundme.com/f/hundred-for-hospitality
More Resources: -https://theaustinspirit.com/2020/03/17/resources-for-austin-service-industry-affected-by-covid-19-closures/ -https://form.southernsmoke.org/smoke/application/ -https://ofwemergencyfund.org/
Book Referrals: -Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking by Michael Ruhlman -Flour Water Salt Yeast: The Fundamentals of Artisan Bread and Pizza by Ken Forkish -The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science by Cherie Mason & J. Kenji López-Alt -The Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity, Based on the Wisdom of America's Most Imaginative Chefs Kindle Edition by Karen Page
The Atlantic: “During the Great Recession of 2007–2009, the economy suffered a net loss of approximately 9 million jobs. The pandemic recession has seen nearly 10 million unemployment claims in just two weeks. Some states are convulsing at a rate of one Great Recession every few days….Our economic data, like our public-health data, are shrouded in uncertainty: In many cases, we simply don’t know whether our more dire statistics are measuring reality or we have simply maxed out our capacity to measure in the first place.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/04/economy-ruined-it-didnt-have-be-way/609334/
OldThousandatx.com Bartonhillfarms.com
Work, Work, Work
What do you want to be when you grow up?
Jordan and I discuss the difficulties of societal expectations and how they’re tied to work and debt. This was recorded before Covid-19 spread in the United States.
“The price tags for tuition and fees at colleges and universities have risen twice as fast as wages, if not more, in recent years. Rental costs are outpacing wage gains by a percentage point or more a year. Health-care costs have grown twice as fast as workers’ wages. And child-care costs have exploded. These cost pressures are particularly acute on young Americans who have seen worse employment prospects and smaller raises than their older counterparts.”
Lowrey, Annie. (2020, February) The Great Affordability Crisis Breaking America In one of the best decades the American economy has ever recorded, families were bled dry. The Atlantic. Retrieved from https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/02/great-affordability-crisis-breaking-america/606046/?fbclid=IwAR1dwzPLRY4QBVCBdfPW-K2lXMPCPK7ykuSBOsqlHT49uUuYCC-hjKVgBJ4
The Reality Of It Is with Pants Optional PantsOptional.Co
Expectations and reality are sometimes different. A good friend explains how becoming a new dad was different than what he anticipated and incorrectly learned from media.
Matt and I discuss what it was like growing up with a single parent, and how he chooses to see life not as a victim, and live life intentionally.
Life doesn't always turn out the way you had planned. Leila and I talk about how to handle change, and how life can turn into something greater than what we make up.
Most people would guess Renado had life working against him, but he proves to be the kindest person and being able to always live in the moment, happily.
I tell my story of being diagnosed with a terrifying virus, but later find out that it was a false positive. Despite the good news, PTSD set in.
This story is much more than a story about getting sober, but more on on my friend's willingness to do what it takes to get back on track.