The weather in Kansas City today is so so perfect.
It’s the first Outdoor Voices Exercise Dress day of the year. Tomorrow is a shrimp tostadas night. My cup feels really full.
The most exciting thing that happened this last week is that Monday morning Honey was able to escape the backyard through a broken gate. Not her fault really, but upon realization I did put out the full APB. Forty minutes later, she was returned, extremely dirty, by a neighbor who found her chasing his cat and recognized her. I told her she was going to hell, she acted just the tiniest sorry. So here she is post-bath considering reading through the Bible in a year:
This isn’t like a full thing, but in my little sentence in these newsletters, I include my Nuuly referral link. I mostly like my on and off relationship with Nuuly, it hasn’t solved all of my problems, but it has made dressing for weddings and other special occasions easier. So just as you’re looking ahead at the Spring/Summer line up of weddings, may I recommend considering renting your outfit?
Theres a Roto-Rooter “plumbing and water clean up” van parked in front of my neighbors house right now and it feels like gossip to see this on a Sunday afternoon. I shouldn’t judge, I’ve had every plumbing issue under the sun.
I wrote this sentence that contains a link to my instagram. My Nuuly referral link. My Outdoor Voices link.
Number One: Elevator pitches
My advice to soon-to-be graduates is this: approximately 2,000 people are going to ask what’s next for you, you are allowed to just make up an answer. Just a little schpeel. Even if, and maybe especially if the future is murky, just make something up, you’ll feel better. I’m not endorsing lying, but everyone’s future is unsure, and it’s just easier when you give people who will soon forget a short answer.
But I think having back pocket little elevator pitches in life is so helpful. Especially if its a question you get asked over and over, and super especially if you are about to graduate.
Number Two: Taking little videos on your phone
I have never made an Instagram Reel, I have never made a TikTok. But lately I’ve been taking little videos on my phone for some theoretical life highlight reel, and I love them. I haven’t even thought about how I would mush them together. But the little just the roommates on a walk together, I don’t know, it’s so sweet.
Number Three: The Town
Who? Weekly, my main podcast that I love, one of the hosts references another podcast “The Town” a lot, and recently talked about an episode discussing how reality TV and true crime has influenced documentary making. So I gave it a listen, and now The Town is in my regular rotation. It’s good for if you like pop culture, but want the business angle. And unlike other pop culture podcasts I love (The Toast) the host cares about journalistic integrity, accuracy, etc.
Number Four: A thoughtful piece on drinking in America
This article has a click-baity headline “How to Save American Drinking in Five Easy Steps” but I’ve been thinking about it all week. Especially the drinking ages and serving margaritas in flights part. Both serious and fun.
Number Five: Picking baseball games with your sister
Our dad is a part of a Royals season ticket group, and since I moved to Kansas City, I’ve gone as his proxy to the game picking night. Except last year when just Laura went. But in 2021 and this year we went together and it was a delight. I love being friends with my sisters, I love saying “we’re Dave!” I love diving into spinach and artichoke dip that we sure aren’t going to pay for. I love seeing the other men in the group exactly once a year. I took a little video at this years picking night, and Laura asked, “is this going to be one of your Five Things?” Sure is.
Bonus: Exercise Dress discussion
I own both the Outdoor Voices Exercise Dress and the Girlfriend Collective Poloma dress. The GC dress is overall more supportive, I don’t have to wear an additional bra, the shorts stay down. I would say that it is decidedly more premium, HOWEVER, it is next to impossible to get on and off. When I wore it in Portugal last summer, the next day my arms were covered in bruises from trying to move the dress up and down with one hand on my “international travel has hit the digestive system” day. The Poloma is also more low cut, so I usually end up wearing a tee shirt over it.