Bartender, Co-Owner of Whoopsie Daisy and Fiasco! and Co-Founder of Speed Rack

I educate myself through travel. Traveling the world, eating & drinking in other places, and seeing how they use flavor and how they approach hospitality is the only way to keep learning.

I look to hire the person who gets that certain scratch itched by serving people. The best hospitality professionals get a giant serotonin boost and a dose of gratification after giving a patron something that they want. It's a specific type of person who loves to give and feels good doing so.

I find inspiration when looking at successful people in any industry. I find success within politics or art particularly inspiring. For flavor inspiration, I tend to study perfumeries and also pastry bakers, to see what kind of interesting flavor combinations they may work together.

For self-care, I invest a lot in keeping my body and mind in as best health as I can. I regularly go to the acupuncturist and chiropractor and get many massages sprinkled in. I also have an arsenal of therapists who I talk to regularly.

I opt to listening to political podcasts to get the information that I need and to stop doom-scrolling various news apps. Daily I listen to: The Daily, NPR Up First and the NPR Politics Podcast (and some others sprinkled in). I also use this amazing news aggregator called Ground News. For work, I think reading Punch Drink is an absolute must to stay informed on what's going on.