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Harlem Day Trip: Schomburg, Biscuits & Jazz · D-constructing Topics

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What's going on, everybody, and what's going on, folks?
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And welcome to the legendary, legendary podcast of the Deconstructing Topic
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Podcast, where today, you know what I would normally say, wait a minute,
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we got a little bit of that jazz going on in the background,
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because in this episode, and rightfully so, and suited for the occasion,
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in my podcast, and my name is David, by the way, nice to meet you.
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But anyways, we're doing a nice little podcast now In my podcast,
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we tend to grab a topic and we just,
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But today we got like a little sort of a little gumbo going on A little bit of,
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how can I say, a little bit of everything And the fact that on this past weekend,
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and I'm the boy deconstructing topics It's trying to do one of those things
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that I've been wanting to do And it's kind of sightseeing, especially in New
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York City and certain parts.
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We kind of tend to forget. And this weekend, I decided to, hey,
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why not link up with my sister in arms, Nisi, from her podcast on Filter.
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I will put the links in the description.
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My sister, my podcast sister in arms.
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And I think we're going to be sightseeing buddies, you know,
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now that she's, you know, and just to give you a little bit background,
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she's actually from the South, from the DMV area. If you saw all the episodes
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and the little episode that we did, she's from the Washington, D.C.
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Area, North Virginia, all that good stuff, Maryland.
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So the fact that she's been living here for a few years, she's,
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hey, listen, what New York City is all about?
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And, you know, what one better place?
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And there's a lot of great places that one could go to in New York City.
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But what better place than Harlem?
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And in this case, West Harlem, the fact that, you know, I did an episode in
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regards to Arturo Alfonso Schomburg,
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the Puerto Rican gentleman who is into the African or the Black,
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how can I say, studies and so on.
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And he is one of the grandfather of Black History Month.
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Shout out to Alfonso Arturo Schomburg. Let's go.
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So the fact that we was on a mission to, yo, let's make it happen.
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West Harlem and then we know we kind of before we
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went to West Harlem it's not like we went there without a
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plan we had a plan but the beautiful thing about doing
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these sightseeing is that sometimes you have a plan and you go along with the
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plan and the plan works but sometimes hey you got a little detour so in my podcast
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we kind of talk about my uh ventures here in regards to West Harlem places that
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I recommend places that I visited and I you know I want to say to people out there,
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especially whether you're living in New York City, especially if you're living in New York City.
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But if you're not living in New York City, you're listening to this and you want to head here.
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West Harlem is an interesting place.
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It's definitely an interesting place, not too crowded for those people out there,
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like, you know, want to go to Times Square, obviously, if you're a tourist or
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outside of New York City.
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But if you want to eat and you still want to enjoy something cultural,
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then what better way than to West Harlem?
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And we was on a mission to go to the Schaumburg Center for Research,
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you know, up there on 131st Street.
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And the fact that when we took the the two
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train there once you get off voila the library's
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like right smacking you and we was like
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you know what we looking at each other like you know what the game plan is
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to do that thing but we was starving
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and we was like you know what we already had
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a place going you know a place in mind if
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you're if you're feeling this conversation already hit that
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like share comment feel free if you've
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been to harlem let me know where in harlem you've been again harlem
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got the west harlem where we was at and you got
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the east harlem where it's more of the spanish harlem which is would be let's
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say lexington line or so on which is the sixth train west harlem would be markham
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x boulevard and so on both beautiful places but the landmarks and the historical
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places would be in west harlem so once again hit up the hit up the kid with all that good stuff.
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Hit that comment section. Let me know what place in Harlem that you've been
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or have not gone and share that information.
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And what we decided to do, because
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he's from the South, is to get a little bit of that biscuit action.
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Let's go. So we hit up the Harlem Biscuit Company up there.
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And it's, you know, how can I say it? I was starving.
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But the Harlem Biscuit Company that's in the Adam Clayton Power.
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Again, I'm going to put all the information on my description so that those people can visit.
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You know, if you're like a biscuit person with the gravies, and I'm a biscuit person.
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You know, the gravy's, hey, wonderful. But I ordered myself a little bit of
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the egg chicken with gravy biscuit going on, and it was very hearty. It was very good.
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The service was wonderful. I mean, extremely, extremely wonderful.
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The fact that you go to a place and get a good food and still manage to kind
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of be surrounded by individuals that, you know, you feel like you knew them, you know what I mean?
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Just that fact because a lot of them was, you know, from the local shop or the local areas or whatnot.
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So they were just going in and out and different people from all different backgrounds
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just going in and into that biscuit.
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And then again, the Harlem Biscuit Company, Nisi had a biscuit and gravy.
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You know what I mean? She was kind of like looking at me like,
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damn, man, I should have added some chicken. I'm like, come on, sister.
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Come on, come on. You're from the South. You should know better, but I get it.
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If you specifically grew up with something And I want to say,
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as one from Puerto Rico, hey, listen, if you want to go to a place that you
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are so accustomed, let's say with me, with the rice and beans,
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then my natural nature, okay, if this place that's a little bit different has
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the good rice and beans or the arroz con gandule,
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I'm going to order that without, you know, without anything else.
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I just want to taste that.
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But in hindsight, it was one of those situations.
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Hey, listen, I had to get down pack. Like, let's go.
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Had to throw in that extra crispy chicken because I'm a big crispy chicken guy
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in the morning, in the night, in the evening, whatever the case, 24-7.
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Great place. I suggest that people go to the Harlem Biscuit Company.
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And then again, the information is going to go there, in my information.
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But the fact that when you get out from 135th.
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A historical, very historical, you got the YMCA building.
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So, you know, the Young Christian YMCA, Young Men Christian Association,
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for those people out there.
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And the YMCA in Harlem, it's a thing.
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It's a big thing. It's very historical.
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And they still have the awning from, like, God knows.
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So that's one of the first things that kind of hits you is the YMCA in Harlem.
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And, you know, the YMCA in Harlem.
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Again, it has been a staple in West Harlem for quite a while.
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So just to see that, like, wow, like, you're looking at history.
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So we over here doing our thing. You know, we got our bellies full and whatnot.
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So we, you know, our next kind of, hey, listen, let me kind of take you a little
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bit, set up the mood a little bit with the jazz.
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So as we walk in to West 129th Street, we're actually going to the Jazz Museum,
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which is the Harlem Jazz Museum.
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And, you know, now my understanding is that it's free to enter,
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but you make a little donation.
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There was a beautiful young lady there looking at me like, hey,
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listen, I made a donation and just looking at me like.
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Okay, you know, another donation would have hurt. So, you know,
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sometimes, hey, listen, you want to keep places like that open.
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It is a small space. Again, if you just want to kill a little bit of 30 minutes
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of your time, then that place, I mean, it might not have a lot of exhibition,
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but it does have little things here and there.
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And I think the time would be that if you read the signs, and then,
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you know, we had Duke Ellington in there, what is it, Maggie Mayo,
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something to that effect.
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And we had so many Billy Holidays You know,
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La Fania All-Star, Ray Barreto There was these good displays Tito Puente,
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you already know El Machito from Cuba I mean,
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it was just so much information To one kind of, you know Get a sense of,
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you know, something that's there So,
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you know, as we walk in now This is my thing What's happened, crazy Something,
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some crazy events happened Some random events that were just crazy One of the
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things prior to going to the museum there on West 129,
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we were passing by this coffee shop, and the coffee shop is called 787 Coffee. Shout out to 787 Coffee.
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For those people out there, there was a couple of Puerto Ricans.
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787 would be the Puerto Rican Harakot, just in case. Heads up. Let's go.
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So hence, it's a Puerto Rican coffee shop, and there was a sign that says.
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Rum r-u-a-m r-u-m yes rum
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infused espresso the sister
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nissi look at that uh sign and she said well let's go look at that and you know
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me being uh um you know a spirit guy you know an adult beverage drinker that
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got me hyped so i was like you know what let's do the jazz thing matter of fact
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if it's 30 minutes there let's do 28 minutes there let's go let's go to this uh coffee shop but.
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Lo and behold, the rum-infused coffee, it's not liquor-based or it's not an espresso with rum.
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My understanding, I believe the gentleman said something that some of the beans
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were infused with, you know, in the Don Quo barrel. Something to that effect.
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Don Quo or Don Quo being a Puerto Rican rum and the number one rum in Puerto
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Rico. for those people out there
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that for some reason get it mixed up with Bacardi. Hello, don't cool.
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That's more Puerto Rican as official as it is. So hence 787.
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There was a nice menu with lattes and one of them was the Coquito latte.
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And I just say it's this, for some reason, for some reason, it's like we are looking at the menu.
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We did order the rum espresso, but we also did the, we did a horchata latte.
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For some reason, I guess we were just looking at the menu thinking in my mind or in our minds.
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We'll come back again another time. So we're going to knock that latte thing.
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And let me tell you something. So the latte, the horchata latte,
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you know, it's a Mexican drink. But let me tell you something.
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Wow. That's all I can say. Both coffee was wow. I'm like, oh my goodness.
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Nice. I like the fact that they actually want to say that regular milk,
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it doesn't do the body good, nor my belly good.
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So we did the old thing going on.
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And the young sister also kind of opted to like, yeah, yeah,
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I'm not doing regular milk as well.
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But let me tell you something. Delicioso.
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Delicioso. ese cafecito and you know me
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for some reason uh i'm not gonna go crazy
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i just kind of went outside and spiked up the rest of that uh oh chat the ice
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cold that was yummy i think i i was taking the bad bunny song a cafecito con
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ron to the extent of the next level of the next level but we made it happen
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seven eight seven coffee let me tell you something wonderful what's interesting And again,
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us, as we're hitting these doors, as we're in this shop, we see different people
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from all walk of life, wonderful people, all walk of life.
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As a matter of fact, there was a couple of gentlemen there. I'll get to that story in a few.
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But the fact is that, as I Google, 787 is actually a very popular viral coffee
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shop to go to when it comes to those in the coffee world there.
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That loves the cafecito, ya tu sabe.
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So I just didn't know. My bad.
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Again, I'm not a coffee lover. I'm trying to gain, I'm wanting to hunt more
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of a beer places, beer garden, you know, let's go.
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But the fact is that we were there in a place that, again, we kind of enjoy the whole environment.
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Now, interestingly enough, once again, 787 Coffee, I'll put the links in the description.
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There was these two, there was a gentleman, but, you know, then it was two.
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And they had an accent. And I asked, I'll take it back, because the gentleman,
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we were talking, and he asked me if I know where Cap USA is at.
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Keep in mind, it's that. But Cap USA, for those there locally,
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and for those there who are in the hat, sports hat game, Cap USA is a place
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to go up in Harlem, West 125th.
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And the fact that this gentleman, and he's up there in age, has a little accent, right?
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And for me, he looked a little bit, how can I say it to you?
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Because he said he's from England. I did ask that question because I was curious
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because for some reason he sounded a little bit...
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Not from England, more like New Zealand, but then he had that kind of Maori
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people, kind of Polynesian kind of look.
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And the fact that he's asking me for Cap USA, it tells you how popular this
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place is when it comes to certain things.
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So the fact that he reminded me and I reminded my sister-in-arms,
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there's a popular, popular, viral hat shop that has.
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I don't know how many hat collections that's there Thousands And if you're a
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sports fan and you're a hat fan And you love jackets That's definitely the place
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to go So we headed to Cap USA And lo and behold, the couple of gentlemen They
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saw us and hey, okay, you're here too,
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And my niece picked up a hat Nice hat Shout out to the D.C.
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Area Once again, she had to pick up a Washington Wizard Hearts with the D.C.
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Thing going on I'm like, okay I'm already wearing a hat, Notre Dame,
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let's go So we made that way.
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Once again, if you are from the area or whatever the case might be,
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or if you're listening to this and you'd be like, you know what?
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I'm a hats person. I love collecting hats.
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Perhaps not wearing them. Then I'm going to say that CAP USA would be a place to go.
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So as we're doing this, we're doing that, we walk in, kind of,
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you know, we kind of was full. Like, okay.
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Like, you know, and then the weather started good. And one of those things is
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like, okay, now is that time.
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To hit the place that we wanted to hit, which is the Schomburg Research Center.
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And the Schomburg Research Center is on West 135th, and it has the goods of the goods of the goods.
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But the fact is that the Schomburg Research Center, it's a library.
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And let me just tell you something. When you go in there, you know you're in a special spot.
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And I mean, I'm going to say this. So sadly, there was parts of the center that
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was closed for renovation and that would be the gallery.
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So that's fine. But we did kind of work ourselves down to the library, did the code check in.
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But the fact that because it is the 100th centennial celebration of the Schomburg
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Center for Research in Black Culture, we got a special library card.
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Let's go, please, everybody from New York City, get a library card.
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They'll come in handy. Going to a library, to be honest with you,
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it is a staple of humanity that one can go to a place and relax and just enjoy
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and just be able to kind of pick a book and just...
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And the fact that we made it to these research center library,
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there was a couple of people there doing the research.
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A couple of gentlemen having a conversation.
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Little low, obviously, one of the library clerks kind of had to remind them,
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can you keep it a little bit low, you know, and whatnot.
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But the fact that it was just beautiful, I kind of was kind of like in that
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little kind of feeling a little bit, man, the research center.
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But the fact that in a month, as this recording takes place,
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there will be reopening and they're going to be, well, what they're doing now
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is actually expanding. In a sense, they're a research gallery center,
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so I can't wait to go back.
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But the fact that being on the Scharmburg Center for Research in Black Culture
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was wonderful. It felt good.
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I took a lot of pictures, you know, Jay's Baldwin portrait there. We head to the shop.
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A lot of goodies. I suggest people to go there.
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Now, I believe that they had an event going on there, and then they also got an auditorium.
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So I took a little peek of the auditorium and there was, you know,
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about close to 100 people in the auditorium as this speaker person was reading a book.
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So they had kind of like a reading book session thing going on there.
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But I, listen, I can't wait. Let's go. It felt good.
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But actually, we, and I say we as my podcasting crime sister,
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Nisi, we basically kind of was revolving the whole idea of the center.
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And because of the gallery place was temporarily closed, we was unable to kind
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of reap the full benefits.
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But again, we had so much fun in regards to that situation.
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So as we're doing our thing or whatever the case might be, we make a couple of stops.
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And there's another historical place, I believe, West 138, and it would be the
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Abomination Baptist Church up there in Harlem.
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Shout out. Beautiful, beautiful.
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Just the whole gives you that scene.
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I mean, I believe that the church was built somewhere in the 1800s,
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if I'm not mistaken, founded in 1801. So look at that.
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I mean, it just gave you a good vibe, a old school vibe located right in 138th
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Street between Adam Clayton Power and Lenox Avenue.
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And once again, it's a wonderful just to pass by. Wonderful place.
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You know, it just gave you some good vibe.
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And, you know, it's very famous for once again Just having so many events and so on and so forth,
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And, you know, I definitely enjoy I definitely kind of felt good Took a couple
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of pictures We took a couple of pictures And I'm like, okay You know,
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this is cool Okay, you know where we had it next And then somewhere.
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The beer person in me obviously got a kind of I cannot say it to you Before
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the beer, I'd like to mention We did hit a couple of shops and what they called,
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you know, a gift shop. There was a gift shop.
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And I'm going to use the word gift shop loosely. But again, nonetheless,
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it's what it is that you go there and they got these wonderful things.
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And this one's all it was called All Things Africa.
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And let me tell you something. The minute you walk in there now,
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first and foremost, as a gentleman playing a little bit of bongo going on.
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You already know, like, OK. And there was these beautiful ladies in there.
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And there was this beautiful coconut mango scent.
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And I'm like, and it was the incense. And I'm like, yo.
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What is that? You know, so you go in there and it's one of those things that
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you got these different little artifacts, these little things,
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intricates and all on that is Africa related.
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And let's just say there that, hey, listen, we went there empty handed.
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We left there with a couple of bags. The fact is that, once again,
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this is us and this is people.
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And I always suggest people, please support local businesses if you can.
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Even if you spend something for $5, $1, whatever the case might be, it does mean a lot.
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I always recommend people work with cash. Work with cash.
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A lot of these small business mom and pops, how can I say it?
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They still got their technology thing with credit cards or whatever it is now.
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But once again, you don't want them to be charged and you don't want them to
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charge you some type of fee just for using your credit or debit or anything.
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So I suggest that cash Unless they tell you otherwise But cash still rules Cash
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rules everything around me Let's go But in fact we went there a little bit Kind
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of happy and smelling like coconut mango And I'm saying to myself Let's make it happen Again,
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we did the Abanesian We did the YMCA And lo and behold Your boy Your boy Deconstructed
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Topic Podcast A big beer aficionado here.
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Carnavasaur Sometimes I'll be saying that word Sometimes I used
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to I think I say that word When I'm When I'm more like Drinking
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something So next time I say that word I'm just And
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you already know him The word I'm trying to say Is when you're an expert In
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something Especially in this case Either a beer expert Or someone who Have been
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around the world Let's go But As we walk in I'm like you know what I'm in the
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mood for a good beer There's a There was a restaurant That says crap beer But again It's not.
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It was a restaurant. I'm aiming for a place that just sells beer,
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but you could just grab something.
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And lo and behold, I Google beer gardens or crap beer places in Harlem.
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And there's one right across the street looking at me like, I'm over here.
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And that place is called Harlem Hops. Over there, Harlem Hops.
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Let me tell you something about Harlem Hops.
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Harlem Hops is popping. And it's one of those things that,
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can I say, and I apologize for me taking a little bit of pause.
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I was just kind of Googling Harlan Hops. I just want to give the address to Adam Clayton Power.
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And it has a good selection, good vibe, very kind of rustic,
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nice, dark, you know, something where you like. You know what I mean?
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They do serve other things more than just, can I say, beer. I see that they
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do have a couple of mixes here and there for those people that do want to enjoy
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something different than just beer. But the beer selection was good.
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They do have a thing where you could grab some bites by all means.
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But I was there for the beers.
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And I'm going to say a lot of these beers were mostly, and if I'm not mistaken,
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all of them were black-owned. And I'm one to kind of...
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The issue when it comes to beer. Beer is a universal. Beer is a universal thing,
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especially for those people who enjoy the beers.
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But for the sake of that, the fact that this place just have the only,
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only selection and beautiful selection once again.
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I think we did the little press going on there and we had some black owned,
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not only black owned, but woman and black owned drinks.
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I have a lemon cake, pancake beer. I'm like, what?
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I think I tasted like six different beers that day.
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Shout out to Harlem Hops. It's very nice, very cozy.
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Again, if you are one to just want to lay back and throw a couple of drinks
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there, and I'm one to say that with beers, beers, it's more affordable than cocktails.
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And I'm one to say that, hey, listen, beers is that thing.
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Because beers, you know that you're going to have the beer. You see,
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when you go to places, in regards to cocktail, it's a hit or miss.
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Because how do you know they're actually doing the cocktail thing?
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You know what I mean? Wink, wink and charge you $15, $16, $17.
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The fact that you with a beer, hey, let me get this.
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The fact that there's different sizes of these beers because they are from the tap draft.
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So basically, if you want to have a small five ounce and spend a couple of dollars,
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by all means, do a little sampler set, by all means.
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Definitely, that's one of the crazy things there in regards to the Harlow hops.
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But before that, before I even forget, But there's an interesting story.
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So there's this building called Rennie. And it's a condo building right there in West Harlem.
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And it's interesting because Nisi likes to take pictures.
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And she's taking pictures of a sign of the rent because she likes to do the
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Google research because it's supposed to be a historical building,
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but it looks like they turn it into a condo.
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Affordable, quote unquote, you know what I mean? But anyways,
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and it was a black gentleman that was sitting or at least standing somewhere
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behind looking for a parking meter thing going on, getting that little ticket so he could park his car.
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And for some reason, and I'm not going to mention the person's name,
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but nonetheless, It was a former football player, and I kind of recognized that
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individual, a former football player legend at that end.
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I had to call his name, you know, or whatever the case, and he turned around
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and was like, yes, you better be embraced.
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And just how that day went, and DC was like, oh, my God, you met somebody that
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you grew up watching and so on and so forth.
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And I'm like, yes, that's so interesting. And just the fact that that came from
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a random thing, you know?
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So, shout out to the former football player, legendary, definitely legendary
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football player from the New York Giants.
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So, I kind of had that thing like, oh, that's you. Oh, my goodness.
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But it's just how that Saturday and our Saturday would go.
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That we were just on a mission and we just came stumbling around whether it's
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787 Coffee Shop or the Harlem Hops or the football player. But the fact that
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we're just stumbling around that, and that's what you love about New York City.
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You know what I'm saying? A lot of times, a lot of people tend to break their head.
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And yes, New York City tends to be a little bit overwhelming if you don't have
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a plan, but it doesn't mean that you can.
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Sometimes I like to think that when you're doing the New York City thing,
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and again, for those people out there listening, whether you live in New York
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City or outside looking to visit.
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Just circle or at least mark certain things that you have an idea,
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what you want to eat, where you want to go, and always come up with a contingency plan.
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Because, again, in New York City, you're going to come across many places and
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you will stumble and you will be like, oh, my goodness, I wish I knew about this place.
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Because now let's say you want to say, OK, this place has this burger joint.
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But then to come and find out this place has a burger, a beer,
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a thing going on that is so special that you'd be like, damn it.
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But you see, that's what New York City is. So just keep that in mind.
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It is overwhelming. It is good to come with a plan. but nevertheless
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come with something so as we're
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doing our thing or whatever the case then we decided you
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know what it's time to kind of switch it up a little bit here and then we wind
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up going to the korean huff which is a korean restaurant and had a couple of
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drinks and so on and nice wings i don't know what to call these wings these
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are were like a sesame wings.
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And I want to say this, I'm a wing dude.
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You know, amen to that. And when you're eating wings, you always,
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you always want to feel like a satisfaction of something.
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There's those people that like the crunchy wings, the crispy wings,
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soft wings, barbecue wings, plain wings, the small wings so that you could dunk
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all type of Buffalo, you know, wings.
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And I'm a wing guy myself, you know what I mean? And, you know,
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when I say buffalo wings, again, it's not with the buffalo sauce,
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but just how the cut is, or let's say wingette.
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And the fact that these wings were very crispy on the outside with the sesame
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sauce there going on, little nice sweet sauce.
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It's like for those people out there that ate a sesame chicken,
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imagine a sesame wings, crispy on the outside, a little bit of that bread loaf,
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a little bit, and you bite off that crispiness and the flavors.
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But the fact that the wings and these wingettes, I'm going to say wingettes
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because they were cut. You already know what cut it is.
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But the fact that these wingettes had that a little bit of, and I'm not going
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to say a little bit, but tender meat inside, excuse me, and the fact that when
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you got this tender meat, that was a combination that you just put that wing.
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And these aren't all these wings that you're just going to put one in your mouth
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and just go, you know, just snap off the bone. No, no, no, no, no. No.
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Unless, you know, your teeth is made out of jaws or something to that effect
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because there's a lot of crispiness. But the fact is that when you took a bite,
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That bite, if you didn't have meat, don't worry about it. It has some sauce in that skin.
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And that's where that skin actually was coming in with the crispiness.
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Indeed, a beautiful, beautiful night and beautiful day.
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Because it's one of those things that, once again, I'm trying to implement some
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of these city sites here in New York City.
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I did one not so long ago, a few months ago, Puerto Rico.
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So keep this in touch. Because, once again, follow me, share.
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Because we want to kind of give you little places where you could just,
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wow, that's there. You know what I mean? That's New York City.
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Wow, like I did not know that. Oh, I did not know that. But you know what?
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Having fun and all while getting our education on in the Schomburg Center.
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The fact that we were rocking a Turo Schomburg's T-shirt with the Puerto Rican,
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with the African colors, the Pan-African colors, and the fact that people was
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just giving us shadow because of that shirt.
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Hey, listen, we over here, we was networking.
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We were promoting. We was doing a little bit of everything. And that's why you
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got to listen to my podcast, our podcast.
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I'll put all the description here. We making it happen. You already know.
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It's your boy, Deconstructing Topic Podcast.
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If I did miss something, and I'm pretty sure Nese would, reach out to me and
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say, yeah, I think you missed something.
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But that's fine. Because then I'll come up with another episode,
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another reason why to go to Harlem again. Let's Harlem.
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Let's go. But anyways, had a good time. Great people, great environment, a little bit of it all.
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I think somebody got arrested. Who knows? I'm just saying a lot of stuff happened
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because it is New York City after all. And why not?
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And why not? You know what I mean? That's what makes New York City and certain
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parts of New York City happen.
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All right. Let's make it happen. It's your boy, Deconstructing Topping Podcast.
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Once again, hit that like, comment, share. As you already know,
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saving a mind is saving a life. And we out of here. Peace.