After avoiding Walmart for years, about ten days ago I entered one near Roanoke VA in the early hours of a cross country drive (somehow interested at 8pm on a Sunday evening that we needed dry dog food for the journey. Hello Walmart). It was my second time ever inside that behemoth of a store and man...just color me awestruck.
I managed to stick to the dog food plus an iced coffee for my son/co-pilot and leave the store feeling less tainted than expected.
Really regret giving them even that little bit of business now.
Damn.
Excited to make up for it via the 2025 gift guide🎉🌚
This is jam-packed! I can't wait to look through these gift guides, but you and your left testicle better let these kids have something innocent like Santa to believe in....LOL!! And I can't wait to Bite The Power with y'all in Charleston soon!! Also FWIW, a lot of companies are outwardly professing to be ending DEI initiatives because given the landscape, discontinuing front-facing efforts under that categorization is plain ol' risk mitigation....but trust, for MANY companies, it's a game of "how to keep right on doing DEI work w/o calling it that and without looking like that's what you're doing." Which I believe is what is likely happening here.
Love all of this. I’d like to share this entire newsletter with my online gated community. Is this version above free to the public? Not all of them are on this platform but the info is so valuable. I’m also not sure I’m investing in CHS Wine and Food this year. I loved your event last year but I’m still in thinking mode about all of it. I’m sure it’s going to be a success!
I'm with you on the *hate* for the commercial aspect of Christmas. I stopped buying Christmas gifts years ago, and I wish I'd done it sooner. As a child I was also quite skeptical of the whole Santa thing and refused to keep the lie going with my kids for all the reasons you stated.
The 2025 gift guide is 🔥 though, because I'm all for supporting Black-owned businesses.
After avoiding Walmart for years, about ten days ago I entered one near Roanoke VA in the early hours of a cross country drive (somehow interested at 8pm on a Sunday evening that we needed dry dog food for the journey. Hello Walmart). It was my second time ever inside that behemoth of a store and man...just color me awestruck.
I managed to stick to the dog food plus an iced coffee for my son/co-pilot and leave the store feeling less tainted than expected.
Really regret giving them even that little bit of business now.
Damn.
Excited to make up for it via the 2025 gift guide🎉🌚
Thank you as always for sharing‼️
Thank you for reading!
This is jam-packed! I can't wait to look through these gift guides, but you and your left testicle better let these kids have something innocent like Santa to believe in....LOL!! And I can't wait to Bite The Power with y'all in Charleston soon!! Also FWIW, a lot of companies are outwardly professing to be ending DEI initiatives because given the landscape, discontinuing front-facing efforts under that categorization is plain ol' risk mitigation....but trust, for MANY companies, it's a game of "how to keep right on doing DEI work w/o calling it that and without looking like that's what you're doing." Which I believe is what is likely happening here.
I’m sure that’s what it is! The work will get done in the dark.
Uplifting a criminal is right on brand for our country 😭
Very American 🇺🇸 🤣
Love all of this. I’d like to share this entire newsletter with my online gated community. Is this version above free to the public? Not all of them are on this platform but the info is so valuable. I’m also not sure I’m investing in CHS Wine and Food this year. I loved your event last year but I’m still in thinking mode about all of it. I’m sure it’s going to be a success!
I didn't make this a paid-subscribers only post so you should be able to share with anyone.
I'm with you on the *hate* for the commercial aspect of Christmas. I stopped buying Christmas gifts years ago, and I wish I'd done it sooner. As a child I was also quite skeptical of the whole Santa thing and refused to keep the lie going with my kids for all the reasons you stated.
The 2025 gift guide is 🔥 though, because I'm all for supporting Black-owned businesses.
HEY TWIN! 🤣
Respect