on recs and insecurities and starting something new
“Sal you should start a food blog!”
“ugh, I know, I know.”
I’ve dreaded this for so long. Not because I don’t love this. I’m obsessive, in fact—making lists, curating collections, blocking out itineraries, scouring the internet for the most chic, most delicious, highest rated, most regarded, most authentic. Giving recs. I absolutely live for it.
I’ve dreaded this for all the reasons anyone who is set out to do something thats already been done dreads the thing they’re about to do. For the beginning of it all. Also, I don’t want this to be some contrite, Carrie Bradshaw style collection of self-serving questions and self-absorbed musings. I don’t want people to read essays that, ultimately, really are just about me (and me and me). I truly would like this to be a give and take. I give rec, maybe tell you a little about my experience with said rec , you take rec, you experience and enjoy and maybe you tell me how it went.
I’ve dreaded this because how the heck can I start something that I’ve been doing forever? Think of the back log of trips and restaurants and art and mind-blowingly beautiful scenery and humbling human interactions, and earth-shattering bites, complex sips—or the simple yet sublime ones that remind you why simple is best. I’ve experienced so much already. Eaten SO much already. How can I start mid-experience? How can I begin mid-bite? How can anyone begin anything at 32 when it seems the train has left the station and is kicking up dirt and funneling fumes in your direction (shit, I’m already Carrie Bradshaw-ing).
Well, here’s how you do it. You just do it. And you say, “I hope you like my recs! I really like them! They’ve enriched my life and I hope you get out there and give them a shot and that you enjoy them or that you at least experience something new that maybe you wouldn’t have otherwise.”
There are so many food blogs. So many travel blogs. So many. But hopefully my little corner of the food and travel world is one you enjoy; one that is aligned with your tastes and hopes and dreams.
You need recs? I’ve got recs.
