So Highschool 💛

Intergenerational Friendships, Drew Afualo, Ride

Hi friends,

How are ya? I’d be remiss if I didn’t start this newsletter by congratulating the happy couple! Congratulations to Taylor and Travis on their engagement, and all my friends who are convinced they will be on the invite list for their nuptials!

More importantly, I made a love connection this weekend. I went on a day trip to Philadelphia and fell in love with every apartment I saw. Walking into my friend's apartment (read: townhouse) and learning that they pay a quarter of my rent made me reconsider my staunch “New York or nowhere” stance. I might be paying an obscene amount of money on my rent compared to the rest of America, but what can I say? New York City and I are endgame!

In today’s newsletter, we’ll talk about safety tips for living alone, finding your voice at work, and intergenerational friendships.

Let’s get into it!

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📚  RESOURCES  

• 40 Vacation Spots We Love — And So Will You

• Work Advice: How To Help Young Women Find Their Voice At Work

• Women Who Live Alone Are Revealing The "Everyday Safety Tips" They Wish More Women Knew

• The 50-20-20-10 Budgeting Method Claims to Make You More Money

• Do Hangover Prevention Supplements Really Work?

📰 READS 

• Drew Afualo Knows Exactly How She Got Here

• How—And Why—You Should Form Intergenerational Friendships

🍿  LISTEN AND WATCH 

• I watched Overcompensating and made it my entire personality. As I wait for the second season to be announced, I’ve been tuning into the podcast of Benito Skinner and Mary Beth Barone. The duo played siblings on the Amazon original, but are also co-hosts on Ride. Every Wednesday, the two best friends talk about their ridiculous thoughts. Every episode is full of an endless amount of new vocal stims. I haven’t stopped saying “this girl woke up in my house” since Benito first said it on the pod in June. I’m sure Travis Kelce has been saying the same since he popped the question.

  

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• Not to be a real estate executive, but being in the office does have some perks! Most recently, I had a water cooler chat with my coworker about a new movie, Lurker. I hadn’t heard of the psychological thriller, but now it’s on my watchlist! In the film, a retail employee infiltrates the friend group of an up-and-coming artist. Obviously, they get too close too fast. The movie takes parasocial relationships to a whole new level. Lurker is in theaters now!

💼  JOBS FOR RECENT GRADS 

• Venue Operations Coordinator, Live Nation Entertainment (Chicago)

• Community Management Associate, M Booth (NYC)

• Convention Sales Coordinator, Visit Denver (Denver)

• Project Manager, Civic Joy Fund (San Francisco)

• Event Consultant, Parlor Social Club (Houston)

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Do you have recs for other Holdette readers? Tell us what you’re reading, loving, and learning this week below!

See ya next week! Same time, same place!

💖 Cassie, Holdette Communications Manager