I mean, I get it. If I got to watch the Stanley Cup finals from the owner’s box in a personalized jersey, I’d be shouting it from the rooftops too. I guess I was expecting something more akin to Yes, Please – more, ‘how I got here’ memoir, less ‘what I’ve done since’ – and that threw me. It got a little too name-drop-y, if that makes sense? But if I was doing shots out of a Grammy with Daveed Diggs … yeah, I’d probably dedicate […]
Do I look like I drink water?
I think most of us know Retta from Parks and Rec, where she played Donna Meagle and was part of the TREAT YO SELF phenomenon of 2011. I also knew she loved the LA Kings and Hamilton, but really didn’t know much else about her before listening to her audiobook. Now I know a lot about her…but I still don’t really feel like I know her. RETTA, WHO ARE YOU? You love handbags. You love your hardworking, immigrant parents. You love Duke University. You are […]
Learn From My Mistake and Get This as an Audiobook
Between this book and Gabrielle Union’s, I have realized that celebrity memoirs may be one of the genres I have a harder time reviewing, especially when they use more of an essay style than writing a straight up bio. It’s a nice mix between sharing more of her background and how she even got into acting, revealing some of her more entertaining interactions with celebrities, and gushing over her hand bags. She mentions that “Treat Yourself” has become the phrase she is most associated with, […]
Treat Yo’ Self to this perfect Summer read
I’m beginning to think it is a requirement for all Parks and Rec cast-members to write books and I am really OK with that. At this point I think Worst Chris, Rashida Jones and Jim O’heir are the only series regulars who haven’t published! Anyway– this review is mostly going to be Parks and Rec gifs. In the meantime, I am embracing “Treat Yo’ Self” because it will likely be on my tombstone. It’s my “Dy-no-mite!” My “Kiss my grits!” My “Norm!” My “Whatchu talkin’ bout Willis?” My “Yadda […]