For single parents who need to vent...and don't we all? We're taking a few minutes to enjoy a good drink and let off some steam. We’re talking raising kids alone, doing the full-time corporate hustle, dating after divorce, delicious drink recipes and whatever else is on our minds.
As the ball drops on 2021, I'm thinking about all that 2020 has added to my life. I'm lucky, I know, because it took away a lot from so many. So I count my blessings even as I count the seconds to the new year, bubbly in hand and my girl at my side.DRINK: Rondel Brut CavaVENT: A Year of SurprisesFollow my drinkventures, share a drink or just vent with me on Instagram @singlemomdrinks and at www.drinkventing.com.
Y'all the last half of 2020 took a serious toll on my energy! But finishing this episode (recorded back in August) was truly ex-hausting. Nothing like coming face-to-face with your weaknesses in an annoyingly attractive package to remind you just how much "self" work you have left to do.DRINK: Peet's Coffee VENT: He's just not my tasteFollow my drinkventures, share a drink or just vent with me on Instagram @singlemomdrinks and at www.drinkventing.com.
In part 2 of my vent about Being Black in America, I'm going to tell you a story. About a new drinking buddy, the daily toll of single parenting while Black, something called allostasis, and the most magical of American pies.DRINK: Uncle Nearest WhiskeyVENT: At home with racismFollow my drinkventures on Instagram @singlemomdrinks, and share a drink or vent with me at www.drinkventing.com.
Black single parent? I see you. In the first of a 2-part episode, I'm enjoying a drink with deep, Black roots and sharing my point-of-view from the cubicles, conference rooms and Zoom calls of the marketing agency world. Where DEI is trending but is any real work being done? Where those who've been "hustling in place" for years are still asking: will I ever get ahead?DRINK: Hibiscus PunchVENT: Black in corporate AmericaShare a drink or vent with me at www.drinkventing.com, and follow my drinkventures on Instagram @singlemomdrinks
Recorded three months ago (before America exploded), this episode features my very first interview! We'll share her favorite drink and our wildly different fantasies...about living under rocks, fairies, traipsing through jungles and the future. There's lots of giggling, ad libbing, burping. I mean...what else would you expect when your guest is nine years old?Drink: Orange FantaVent: You never know what a kid will sayWant to share a drink...or a vent? Email me at singlemom@drinkventing.com and follow me on Instagram @singlemomdrinks.My official drinkventing.com website is coming soon!
In this episode, we're leaving winter (yes!) and entering lockdown. How is an introvert, single parent to survive the coming weeks...or (please, God no!) months?Drink: Belgian lambicVent: Travel plans and PTO...cancelledWant to share a drink...or a vent? Contact me at singlemom@drinkventing.com
2020 started off normally enough but it's shaping up to be a strange year. In this episode, we're venting about winter illness and "social distancing," or as us introverts like to think of it...normal life.Drink: My cucumber "cure-all"Vent: Sick of it: kids, adults, the whole world!Want to share a drink...or a vent? Contact me at singlemom@drinkventing.com
Hello? Is anybody out there? In this first episode, I'm taking the plunge into podcasting, pouring out my heart and a bottle of a very fun red. Drink: The cabernet of criminalsVent: Bucking conventions—the elementary school kind and the parenting kindWant to share a drink...or a vent? Contact me at singlemom@drinkventing.com
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