Line	Speaker	St Time	Content	En Time
1	DCB_int_01	0.5642	And your birthday?	1.5018
2	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	2.1733	December fifteenth.	3.5012
4		4.0017	You need the year?	4.6657
5	DCB_int_01	4.6891	[Please.]	5.2296
6	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	5.0294	[Oh] gosh.	5.8435
7		6.3006	Nineteen eighty-six.	7.5960
9		7.7062	<laugh>	8.4068
10	DCB_int_01	10.2453	Awesome. Where were you born?	11.5499
11	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	12.1872	Um, I was born in Arlington Hospital actually.	16.0084
13		17.1795	Arlington, Virginia.	18.1471
14	DCB_int_01	20.5103	What neighborhood do you claim?	21.7248
15	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	23.0060	Um, <sigh> so, I'm DMV.	26.1766
17		26.3101	That's what I tell everybody, [I'm DMV.]	28.3840
18	DCB_int_01	27.5479	[Mk- Mkay.]	28.3854
19		29.7901	Um, have you ever lived in DC proper?	31.5760
20	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	32.9140	No, never actually lived in DC, have a lot of family in DC, so	37.8963
22		38.0999	kind of like stayed at grandma's house in DC but never actually lived in DC.	41.6366
23	DCB_int_01	41.6233	Okay.	41.9620
24		42.1471	And where do you stay?	43.1271
25	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	44.0031	Um, right now I'm in Maryland, in, um, Temple Hills, [Maryland, so.]	48.4241
26	DCB_int_01	47.7768	[Mm-hm.]	48.0768
27	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	48.9721	PG County.	49.7896
28	DCB_int_01	49.9831	I know, y- yup.	50.7939
30		56.9640	Where'd you go to school?	57.6681
31	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	58.9827	Um,	59.4932
33		59.7835	I went to school a couple places, mainly in Maryland. [Um,]	62.7372
34	DCB_int_01	62.0988	[Hm.]	62.2411
35	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	63.3044	I was born in Virginia	64.5055
37		64.6724	because	65.3897
39		65.5499	my-	66.3273
41		66.5575	my mom's family and my father's family are actually from Alexandria.	69.6480
43		70.1452	Um, they're from O town. But then we moved to Temple Hills just as I was born. So with	76.1852
45		76.6757	family still being in Alexandria then moving into Temple Hills, uh, I went to school in Maryland. I went to /RD-SCHOOL-4/,	83.5766
47		84.2072	uh, /RD-SCHOOL-6/ and /RD-SCHOOL-8/,	88.2653
49		88.8692	which ironically like,	90.3582
51		90.5884	my kids are going to now. It's so [funny.]	92.6380
52	DCB_int_01	95.0227	And what do you do?	95.7568
53	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	96.4608	I'm a wedding planner.	97.4718
55		97.7228	I do weddings and events. I started my own business, it'll be four years in January.	102.3104
56	DCB_int_01	103.1323	Do you love it?	103.6628
57	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	103.8430	I absolutely freaking love it, it's so awesome.	107.1283
59		107.5399	Especially in this area.	108.4941
61		108.6343	It's really fun.	109.3449
62	DCB_int_01	109.7862	I can [imagine.]	110.5203
63	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	110.4235	[Yeah.]	110.7082
64	DCB_int_01	111.1943	I used to work at a bridal shop,	112.5789
66		112.6891	um, and I just love- I love that aspect of it.	115.9230
67	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	115.9330	Yeah.	116.2767
68	DCB_int_01	116.5703	Um, and I'm not a	117.9617
70		118.3020	super detail detail orient person, I could never probably do events.	121.1314
71	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	121.2424	Yeah.	121.5837
72	DCB_int_01	121.5527	But I love getting them ready and hearing about their	123.9150
73	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	123.8883	[Yeah.]	124.5669
74	DCB_int_01	124.1952	[big day.] And so they would bring in little things to talk about it, and I'm just like, oh my god I love this. (whispered)	128.5286
75	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	128.5637	Yeah, it's- it's very exciting for everyone involved because it's like,	133.1166
77		134.1266	everybody wants a reason to celebrate.	135.6981
78	DCB_int_01	135.7682	[Mm.]	136.0985
79	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	135.9116	[And] then you have this	137.2629
80		137.3664	big moment, and everybody's going all out to celebrate it. It's just really beautiful to see people in love.	142.7358
81	DCB_int_01	143.3130	[So what-]	143.6717
82	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	143.3697	[Yeah.]	143.6700
83	DCB_int_01	143.8268	uh, and this is not e- we not even in the question section yet, but	146.0965
84	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	146.0899	<laugh>	146.3067
85	DCB_int_01	146.4168	what got you into-	147.4979
86	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	148.1952	Um,	148.8492
88		149.1628	what- well, um, it's funny because	151.5860
90		152.0098	I didn't- it's not like I went to school for it or anything. I always wanted to do events, I actually worked for a catering company for a little while, R and R Catering based in Springfield.	160.4305
92		160.8892	And I liked it, but I- I just wanted to be more hands on in the planning part of it.	165.5846
94		166.2520	I was working for a used appliance store when I decided to start my business. So I was nowhere near on the scale of what I wanted to do.	174.7511
96		175.1089	I just decided, you know. And because I was working for a small business owner I was like, hey, he- he got this store,	180.6343
98		181.2190	if he can do it, I can do it.	182.7438
100		182.9040	You know, I'm helping him run his business, I can do a business.	185.9236
101	DCB_int_01	186.0370	Mm-hm.	186.3544
102	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	186.5308	So I kind of just put myself out there. Craigslist	188.5103
104		188.8673	helped me get my first gig,	190.1085
106		190.2586	um, as a wedding planner. It was a lady, um,	192.9946
108		193.7762	she had posted a ad saying that she was looking for a day of coordinator, no experience needed, um, she was gonna help somebody start their portfolio.	201.1008
110		201.7048	She interviewed me via Skype,	203.6834
112		203.8402	I got it, her wedding ended up being this beautiful	207.2677
114		207.3811	Ritz Carlton wedding in Pentagon City. And the girl was a model.	212.2033
116		212.6704	Like,	212.9073
118		213.1843	real live like,	214.0518
120		214.5189	cover of magazines like, she's a model.	216.3907
122		217.1122	And so her pictures just came out- Her wedding, everything, it was just so gorgeous. And I think in that moment like,	223.3249
124		223.9831	once it started coming together and I could see that I could actually do this, like I could put something together like this, like I was able to help her, I was like, I could do this. And I just-	231.7281
126		232.1652	I- I	232.6190
128		232.8325	started researching how to start my business. And that year I took some classes, um,	237.7948
130		237.9984	<ts>	238.0918
132		238.2887	like registering my business and all of that and	240.5817
134		241.0522	I been rolling ever since.	242.2233
135	DCB_int_01	242.3935	Is she the quote in your e-mail?	243.7315
136	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	244.2753	Um, [she- it- th-]	245.9002
137	DCB_int_01	245.2763	[Is that the testimonial?]	246.3016
138	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	246.1571	[No], that's actually another bride that I did. Th- um, /RD-NAME-3/ is the- is the quote in my e-mail. /RD-NAME-3/ was so amazing. Um, she came to me and it was like maybe like four months before her wedding and she was just like,	258.4207
139		259.2290	I know <sigh> it's gonna be good but I don't think it's gonna come together like I i- like I have it in my mind. She was like, I'm just afraid that everything won't come together.	266.9040
141		267.2343	She was so nervous that on her wedding day,	269.4965
143		270.1972	<ts> this girl was literally trying to cut bangs into her hair.	272.5470
145		273.0475	<laugh> She was like,	273.7955
147		274.2186	I don't know, I hate my hair, I think I'm gonna cut bangs into it. Like, that's-	277.8396
149		278.1599	that's how anxious people get before their [wedding.] They're like-	280.8259
150	DCB_int_01	279.9684	[Right.]	280.3254
151	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	281.8468	Like, girl you've never wanted bangs [before, why do you] want bangs now? No, I'm not gonna let you cut bangs into your hair before you walk down the aisle. Just cool out,	289.6461
152	DCB_int_01	283.7395	[Ever.]	284.1062
153	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	289.7829	everything's fine, you look beautiful, it's okay.	292.3487
155		292.8158	Like that- that's the quote in my e-mail, I love her.	295.0981
157		295.6361	Yeah.	295.9430
158	DCB_int_01	296.3001	Wow.	296.7405
160		296.9340	Um,	297.5379
162		297.6814	okay so we're gonna talk a lot more about that cause I think that's amazing, and I'm sure you have some crazy stories.	302.1266
163	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	302.1833	[Yes.]	302.8973
164	DCB_int_01	302.5303	[Um], where were your parents born?	304.1919
165	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	304.6357	Um,	305.0761
167		305.2663	both my mom and dad were born in [Alexandria.]	307.4000
168	DCB_int_01	307.2424	[Okay] they both were. And that's what I- You said they grew up there so I was wondering if they were born there as well.	311.0194
169	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	311.1495	Yup.	311.4264
170	DCB_int_01	312.7018	And what do your parents do?	313.8730
171	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	314.7839	Um, my dad has his CDO so he does t- uh, like, kind of like the dump truck	319.6194
173		319.7562	[drivers] that	320.9373
174	DCB_int_01	319.9164	[Mm-hm.]	320.3034
175	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	321.4579	you see all over DC right now.	323.3897
177		323.5174	[<laugh>]	324.0037
178	DCB_int_01	323.6467	[I do] mm-hm, construction everywhere.	325.4653
179	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	325.4893	Yeah.	325.9697
180	DCB_int_01	326.1799	What does your mom do?	326.7972
181	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	327.2343	Um, my mom manages a deli at a grocery store.	330.4808
182	DCB_int_01	330.5008	Okay.	330.8078
184		336.5283	Excellent.	336.9843
186		337.5226	I think that's all I have for right now /on/	339.3911
188		339.6380	the writing piece.	340.4688
189	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	340.7992	[Okay.]	341.0761
190	DCB_int_01	340.9426	[So,]	341.4698
191		342.1004	tell me a little bit about	343.6361
193		343.8530	<clears throat>	344.2250
195		344.4936	growing up. So you moved out.	346.1385
197		346.5122	[So you were in] Alexandria but you p- you were really little.	348.6309
198	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	346.5597	[Mm-hm.]	346.8354
199	DCB_int_01	348.8353	And-	349.1056
201		349.2023	[or Arlington], so then you moved to Temple Hills but that's probably what you remember.	352.1285
202	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	349.2090	[Yeah.]	349.5983
203		352.3654	Yeah, so th- Okay,	354.4641
205		354.7010	um,	355.3458
207		356.1900	and m- this is just my story, so I'm gonna put- Cause I'm a [a hundred] percent honest [person.]	360.7110
208	DCB_int_01	359.0761	[Put it out there.]	359.6374
210		360.4574	[Put it out] th- I love it.	361.4521
211	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	361.4626	Um,	361.9430
213		362.3868	so, my mom	364.5256
215		364.9593	had me when she was fifteen.	366.4307
217		367.2590	My grandparents became my parents. They kind of were like, you know what,	371.2830
219		371.4731	we're gonna take her,	372.7177
221		373.0822	you don't know what you're doing. So I was-	374.8039
223		374.9240	You know, at the time my grandparents, they hadn't expected a new child.	378.9813
225		379.4426	They- they were-	380.6938
227		380.9040	their children were teenagers, they weren't expecting a new child. So they-	384.6977
229		385.3525	they went ahead and	386.3034
231		386.5036	got a house in Temple Hills, Maryland to move to. Um, they left their- th- my- they had two children, uh, my uncle and my mom,	394.1485
233		394.4989	and they left, uh, their son there cause he was about eighteen, nineteen. And, you know,	399.3344
235		399.7581	my mom and I we went,	401.1595
237		401.6200	uh, to Temple Hills, so that is the part that I do remember.	404.6804
239		405.0475	But, um, my grandparents raised me. So,	408.0771
241		408.4349	I grew up in a household where	411.0341
243		411.9483	they weren't really parents because they were grandparents.	414.8278
245		415.1623	Like they parented me, they gave me wisdom, they ga-	417.7982
247		418.0518	they grandparented me, I [should say.]	420.1171
248	DCB_int_01	419.5566	[Mm.]	419.9369
249	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	420.4875	And so,	421.5151
251		421.7328	I kind of-	422.9340
253		423.4679	<ts>	423.5379
255		424.1752	I grew up with this really kind of older world view.	428.4602
257		429.0708	Uh, my great-grandmother was ar- live when I was young, my great-great-grandmother was alive when I [was young,]	433.6161
258	DCB_int_01	433.2924	[Oh wow.]	433.9208
259	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	433.7462	[and] she was born in nineteen eleven.	435.5947
260		436.1419	Um, she, too was from Virginia and, um,	440.1165
262		440.3301	you know, a lot of	441.7214
264		441.8282	my mother, you know, family is from Virginia.	444.2673
266		444.6576	Uh, my grandmother is actually from North Carolina so I have roots down there too, it's like	448.9927
268		449.1495	this- this funny blend.	450.6918
270		451.2590	My grandfather was in the Air Force and that's how he met my grandmother, so they-	454.5189
272		455.0594	they kind of- um,	456.5642
274		457.2023	<ts>	457.2590
276		457.6061	they taught me everything I knew.	458.8773
278		459.4979	But at the same time- Um, I was the eldest of four children, my mom just kept	463.6728
280		463.9264	going along having kids. So, um,	466.3587
282		467.4498	I was always independent, in charge of everybody else, kind of in a leadership position	472.8492
284		473.0027	early.	473.4765
286		473.6900	Um,	474.2906
288		475.3892	what I remember though, specifically, about	478.8125
290		478.9426	growing up in the DC, Maryland, Virginia area is that people would always aks you	484.5956
292		485.0127	where you're from.	485.8335
294		486.6576	And	487.3725
296		487.5627	the thing about it is, DC at the time had this	491.6934
298		491.8268	era of pride	493.5727
300		494.0698	where if you were from DC you were automatically better than being from Maryland or Virginia.	500.5536
302		501.0541	You were more credible somehow, you were more cool somehow, your swag was better,	506.5870
304		506.8606	ev-	507.0908
306		507.2743	If you could claim DC, it was a thing that- that people would do.	512.4636
308		512.8539	Like, it was almost like, um-	514.8259
310		515.6433	And it's funny because they used to say Maryland girls were bamas.	518.9707
312		519.2910	And I know that's like one of the terms, I read it on the website, that people say they didn't	524.2033
314		524.5837	really know was a DC term. But th- yeah, they would call Maryland girls bamas because DC girls had this city swag.	531.6881
316		532.5422	And, um,	533.4832
318		533.6967	the thing about DC	535.3550
320		535.9297	and their pride and- and one of the reasons that I think like, DC was kind of hyped up in the head like they were is because we've always	544.4755
322		544.9526	had our own	546.0637
324		546.5509	culture. Like, we've always had our own thing going.	550.0217
326		551.5199	Forget the rest of the nation, we are the closest to the Capital.	554.8760
328		555.4912	Who do you think is gonna know if they government goes on strike first?	558.6985
330		559.0021	Somebody in a small town in Oklahoma or the people in the city?	561.9050
331	DCB_int_01	562.2720	Mm.	562.6657
332	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	562.7858	We know (laughing) what's going on in the world, we know what's going on in our country	566.9140
334		567.2410	cause we're here in the /midst/ of it. We're right next to the President, we d- we have no choice but to know what's going on.	573.0708
336		573.4278	So it always put us-	574.8425
338		575.2529	You know,	575.8929
340		576.4875	we were in our own world.	577.8430
342		578.0365	DC had it's own thing going. We weren't worried about New York.	581.7367
344		582.0570	New York had it's fashion, New York was fashion capital. Okay whatever, DC implemented it's own [style.]	587.4698
345	DCB_int_01	587.0461	[<laugh>]	587.4364
346	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	587.9436	Um, you know, even to the point where- you know, where you look at Baltimore and DC and it's such a distinction there.	595.3183
348		595.6761	Because Baltimore actually did decide to take more of a New York	599.8769
350		600.0504	take	600.4941
352		600.8820	to how they approach culture.	602.6604
354		602.8906	Whereas DC had it's own thing, and that's why there's still a distinction between Baltimore and DC.	608.0231
356		608.8406	Um,	609.5613
358		611.2596	another thing	612.1638
360		612.4241	like,	612.8945
362		613.1823	growing up in DC	614.4569
364		614.6437	people don't understand, people aks about go go music.	617.8824
366		618.3615	They have no clue. They don't understand what it is, what it means, why we love it,	623.9202
368		624.1338	what it is.	624.9888
370		625.7495	Um, <clears throat> the reason why go go was so	628.4822
372		628.6457	popular growing up because	630.6243
374		630.7677	it was our artist.	631.8397
375	DCB_int_01	632.3901	Mm.	632.6237
376	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	632.8973	It was people that were our brothers, our cousins, our-	635.8135
378		636.1171	our family members. These were people that we knew, these were neighborhood members	640.0227
380		640.3287	forming bands and singing about our neighborhoods in the songs.	644.4402
382		644.7338	I tell people- I also do Lyft part time, so	647.1962
384		647.5532	I tell, um,	648.5642
386		648.7686	gentrifiers, as they're called, when they get in my vehicle, um, when they aks me about DC, I say, if you hear	655.6461
388		656.0965	the name of your street mentioned in a-	658.6257
390		658.9360	a-	659.0361
392		659.2329	a old go go song, just know your neighborhood used to be	662.6337
394		662.8272	hood.	663.2677
396		663.7148	It's nothing wrong with that.	664.8592
398		664.9760	Just know,	665.6867
400		666.0270	that whatever street you're on,	667.6094
402		667.9063	if it was mentioned	669.0842
404		669.4412	by Backyard,	670.6924
406		671.0127	RE,	671.9670
408		672.3173	any of those bands back in the day,	674.3401
410		674.6404	just know there's a reason why that name is in that song.	677.2863
412		677.6166	These were neighborhoods that people rep, these were streets that people would die for, these are people that-	683.0160
414		683.3597	The-	683.5833
416		683.7668	they were fighting.	684.7210
418		685.3892	These were actual like, neighborhoods that were against each other, and you can hear each neighborhood named in	692.3268
420		692.6571	one of these go go songs.	694.1485
422		694.7291	That's one of the reasons why there were so many fights at the go gos. There were so many fights cause they would start calling out one territory,	702.0337
424		702.5450	another territory would get upset.	704.0598
426		704.2834	And even within DC they had their own factions.	707.1762
428		708.0904	There was uptown	709.2182
430		710.3167	guys.	711.0274
432		711.4312	And,	712.0518
434		712.2653	you know,	712.6757
436		712.8325	the Southeast	713.7167
438		713.9303	crew.	714.3807
440		714.6710	And then, you know,	715.9397
442		716.5069	nobody- nobody really, you know, wanted to say it, but the only real difference was	723.6814
444		724.0484	the fact that the uptown	725.9436
446		726.2072	or the,	726.7944
448		726.9588	you know, the crew that was in the north was really just-	729.6647
450		730.2653	they were around more schools and education, they were	733.8630
452		734.1199	more educated	735.1409
454		735.6981	black people.	736.4381
456		737.5156	They were in Columbia Heights, and, you know what I mean, not far from Howard and	743.5966
458		743.9970	they had access.	745.5118
460		745.9697	Southeast,	747.2543
462		747.6614	east of the river,	748.6724
464		748.8025	doesn't have that kind of access. They don't have schools in Southeast.	752.4802
465	DCB_int_01	752.8239	Mm.	753.1642
466	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	753.4045	So it was a difference in the- in the- in the- even in the sanctions of DC, so.	759.3010
468		760.4388	It w- it was a big deal to be from DC back in the day. And now,	765.1008
470		765.6414	because	767.0227
472		768.1071	everybody was kind of forced out into the surrounding areas of Maryland,	772.5923
474		773.0194	Maryland	773.9903
476		774.3907	then-	775.2349
478		776.1199	PG County I should say, cause PG County	778.9093
480		779.5199	kind of surrounds that part of DC	782.0413
482		782.6671	that was on the borderline.	784.5389
483	DCB_int_01	784.6757	Mm.	784.9526
484	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	785.0094	So,	785.8602
486		786.5008	as people started to move in- And you can look at the cities	790.2286
488		790.5289	that are next to DC,	792.0737
490		792.5942	from Capital Heights,	793.9564
492		794.3268	Suitland, Forestville,	796.8859
494		797.1261	Temple Hills, Oxon Hill, all of these go in a line around the DC line.	801.2944
496		802.3387	And all of these communities is where	804.2005
498		804.8220	the black people from DC got pushed out into.	807.2176
500		807.9216	And so then PG and Maryland	809.9202
502		810.1872	then had a connection	811.5794
504		811.8530	because-	812.7105
506		813.3044	Well, PG and DC then had a connection because	815.9803
508		816.7878	yeah I'm from DC but I live here now, so now this is a cool area. So then,	821.4898
510		821.6934	PG started to get it's own thing, and I guess	825.2677
512		825.5980	that was like the era that I was coming up in because there were go go bands and they would do go gos in places like Marlow Heights Shopping Center.	832.2890
513	DCB_int_01	832.3754	Mm-hm.	832.8525
514	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	832.8492	You know what I mean, and then they would ha- I remember when they started playing at the Brandywine Firehouse.	837.6247
515		838.0151	And I was like, that's a little deep down the road for a go go, [but okay.]	841.8296
516	DCB_int_01	841.0522	[<laugh>]	842.7071
517	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	842.3501	[Um,]	843.0875
518		843.3177	<ts>	843.4145
520		843.5980	and then, you know, just watching, it kind of transformed to the DMV.	848.3868
522		848.6437	Now Virginia,	849.7448
524		850.4855	interestingly enough, cause I- like, my family is from	854.1733
526		854.3668	this old town, Alexandria [area. And] that has it's own history	858.9646
527	DCB_int_01	856.4522	[Mm-hm.]	856.9255
528	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	859.3692	and culture	860.3501
530		860.7338	in itself. So like- and I think	863.4598
532		864.1772	that's the-	864.8612
534		865.2724	that's the one thing that kind of- excuse me, <clears throat> kind of separates me from like,	869.7234
536		870.9146	like the- like the	871.8863
538		872.1766	girls that kind of just grew up in PG only, that didn't have access to Alexandria.	877.5794
540		878.7705	It's co- it was completely different.	880.3053
541	DCB_int_01	880.5389	Mm.	880.7891
542	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	880.7591	My grandfather, he worked for Northern Virginia Community College,	884.1766
543		884.5903	and one of the things he did was have me at the college all the time.	887.8068
545		888.4274	And it exposed me to Annandale,	890.2934
547		890.7171	Tyson's Corner,	891.8516
549		892.4622	um,	893.1295
551		894.1238	just a mass area of just,	896.6760
553		896.9674	this is a whole nother world.	898.6967
554	DCB_int_01	898.7191	/?/ yes.	899.7000
555	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	899.7167	So it kind of gave me perspective,	903.5813
557		904.0618	um, knowing that there was something else out there, not to be limited to just what I saw around me. Um,	910.0651
559		910.4054	and I remember- And there were- there- there- there were hoods in Virginia too,	914.2033
561		914.6037	Old Town.	915.2176
563		915.6080	Um, the house that my grandparents owned	918.0704
565		918.1805	in Virginia before they moved, they just recently sold it. I'm talking about maybe, like the- the paper just-	924.1338
567		924.6109	paperwork just finished this year.	925.8430
569		926.4802	Um, and they been selling that house for the last	929.0094
571		929.1261	four years because	930.6151
573		930.8620	there's a developer that wanted to buy the entire block.	934.0351
575		934.3954	And so first he had to s-	935.6059
577		935.7401	buy out all the individual homeowners, and then there's a section owned by the state which were section eight housing	941.5108
578	DCB_int_01	941.6033	Mm.	941.9269
579	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	941.9736	that they had to get approval to move all of those people	944.8473
581		945.1709	and have somewhere for them to go	946.7458
583		946.9693	before they can get that whole block. So this process took four years just for my grandparents to sell their house.	952.6423
585		952.9326	Because the block that my grandparents was on	954.7886
587		955.0722	it was worth a lot because it sat right across from Braddock	957.7014
589		957.8716	Metro Station.	958.7791
591		959.2062	That house- that- that block was there before that Metro Station was there.	962.3368
592	DCB_int_01	962.3301	Yup.	962.5670
593	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	962.7672	So that was like- like, I'm talking about	966.0936
595		967.3158	clothes drying out on a string	969.8115
597		971.0561	in the- in the back alley	972.9148
599		973.1523	neighborhoods, because that was the projects in Alexandria.	977.1147
601		977.4398	So-	978.3507
603		978.7085	and there- and there were- there- there- there were projects, and in the section eight in Alexandria funny enough, it was very integrated, it was a bunch of black and white people. I remember	986.6004
605		986.9574	my dad had a place, um, there. And my- um,	989.9536
607		990.3006	<ts>	990.3607
609		990.4374	and his next door neighbors was these two white ladies named Lynda and Brenda.	993.9650
611		994.1052	They were twins.	994.9093
613		995.4832	Um,	996.1772
615		996.3340	and Lynda and Brenda they were home all day they just sat around, they always had the candy, we always used to go over there and get snacks.	1001.8268
617		1002.3006	[Um,]	1003.0046
618	DCB_int_01	1002.4708	[<laugh>]	1003.2649
619	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	1003.4159	so like it was- it- it was- it was different in Alexandria. It was still like, the lower	1009.7195
621		1009.8530	i- income community, section eight, poverty, but it was- it was just-	1015.0330
623		1015.4693	it was different. It wasn't like a whole bunch of crime,	1018.4955
625		1018.8459	it was just us hanging out. Like I remember,	1021.1948
627		1021.5760	um, hanging out with my dad. And at one point,	1024.3020
629		1025.0394	my dad's house was like one house on the block, two houses down was his sister, and two houses down from that was his aunt and uncle.	1031.4665
631		1031.7901	And so like our family was lit- almost like that whole block. And [we would] go to the park behind the house,	1037.2663
632	DCB_int_01	1035.2556	[Hm.]	1035.4327
633	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	1037.6266	and play outside	1038.7477
635		1039.0355	past dark.	1039.7929
637		1040.0231	Never had to worry about nothing. We would roam Alexandria, we would walk from-	1044.5418
639		1045.5026	we would walk all the way down to Del Ray, which is all the way down the other side.	1049.5599
641		1049.8035	So we would just be [out, um, walking around through Alexandria.] So- um,	1055.5332
642	DCB_int_01	1051.0055	[<laugh>]	1053.7481
643	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	1055.7801	and that was like weekends for me. So like weekdays was back to PG County. It was back to, um,	1061.5199
645		1061.9236	you know, just	1063.0055
647		1063.3358	a whole different set of things. Because now PG County, it was starting to	1068.6877
649		1069.0088	grow with this DC influence so it was like a new mix, um, of-	1074.8812
651		1075.6661	of just what it was to be from DC, it was like- And-	1079.5299
653		1079.9369	and honestly, my uncle- and h- there's a- there's a article online, my uncle- I have that uncle that swear he came up with the phrase DMV.	1087.2082
655		1087.8163	He literal- and it- they s-	1089.1876
657		1089.4912	someone published a article on it, like they literally coin him being the first person to come up with the term.	1094.7672
659		1095.1142	And he's a producer, he's been into music, so it d-	1098.0170
661		1098.2839	it doesn't surprise me that unc woulda been saying one day, yeah the DMV, the DMV. And it catch on,	1104.1238
663		1104.4583	and people not even realize. Because again,	1107.0174
665		1107.3411	he was- you know, he- he was on my father's side, he's from- he has family in Virginia,	1112.8706
667		1113.1876	his mother lives in DC, Kenilworth Ave. Like, I just know like,	1116.7344
669		1117.1523	he's also a part of this mix where it's DC, Maryland, Virginia. He lives in Maryland now, he lives	1122.7844
671		1123.0388	like across the street, oddly enough, which is	1125.2777
673		1125.3778	ironic, he lives like right across the street from me still.	1127.6900
675		1128.1271	Um,	1128.7586
677		1129.1456	<ts>	1129.2390
679		1129.6961	and so	1131.0215
681		1131.3711	DMV grew because there's a bunch of us that's like,	1135.4326
683		1136.7305	there's really no difference.	1138.2553
685		1138.3754	I- I m- I may	1140.0437
687		1141.1548	have grown up in PG but I spent time in Alexandria, I partied in DC, I used to come- Oh man, when I hit- when I hit	1148.2400
689		1148.8906	nineteen about, when I was nineteen and I- and I realized that I- literally from where I was in Temple Hills it was a	1155.4779
691		1155.6781	fifteen minute ride to downtown DC,	1158.6143
693		1159.1056	straight down two ninety-five.	1161.1008
695		1161.6447	When I [realized] that,	1163.2029
696	DCB_int_01	1162.4522	[<laugh>	1162.8592
697	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	1163.3397	I was in	1164.4608
699		1164.6009	the clubs like every weekend because it was so much fun to just go out into the city.	1170.3807
701		1170.8420	And you know the U Street crowd and the Adams Morgan vibe when it- when it w- used to be just like a bunch of people standing around,	1179.4712
703		1179.8549	saying hey, having fun,	1181.8335
705		1182.0837	drinking.	1182.9254
707		1183.1690	Not e-	1183.5727
709		1183.8797	Adams Morgan was the first place that I saw	1185.9650
711		1186.1652	people just out	1186.9326
713		1187.3063	and about	1187.8101
715		1187.9970	drunk, and the police didn't care.	1189.5933
717		1189.9063	Like cause they knew	1191.1242
719		1191.3244	that this is what people were here doing. They're- everybody's here getting blasted, as long as nobody's hurting anybody,	1197.2310
721		1197.6414	do what you want.	1198.5923
723		1198.8993	And that was the first place I seen that, was Adams Morgan. And /?/ I was like, what?	1202.4836
725		1202.9707	D- that man is drunk. And he is just	1205.3430
727		1205.7234	stumbling around the street, and ain't nobody gonna say nothing. Okay,	1208.6738
729		1208.8239	I'm gonna keep partying, so.	1210.2486
731		1211.3330	That's how it was, it was like we would-	1213.4084
733		1213.9030	me and my friends we would- we would go to Iverson Mall,	1217.1228
734	DCB_int_01	1217.7835	Mm.	1218.3381
735	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	1218.3440	we would go grab us, um, a couple of outfits,	1221.6247
737		1221.9850	and then we would figure out what we was gonna wear that weekend, and we would be out every weekend. It was- it was so much fun.	1228.0718
739		1229.4164	And so like- And then I've worked in DC. Oh my gosh, who hasn't had a job in DC where you had to commute	1235.5499
741		1236.0971	for freaking-	1237.1531
743		1237.6528	So Metro has always been jacked up. Let me just say that, it's [never- it's never been good, like Metro has] never been good. It's always been horrible. And I just remember,	1248.3373
744	DCB_int_01	1240.8420	[<laugh>]	1244.1733
745	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	1248.7077	years ago before I became an entrepreneur just that commute to DC.	1253.4231
747		1253.7401	And it was like, okay,	1254.9112
749		1255.2590	park my car at Southern Avenue Metro Station and take the green line into to transfer over to the red line so I had to ride to L'Enfant Plaza.	1265.1929
751		1265.4731	And you can actually see on the train the difference	1268.9373
753		1269.2844	of	1269.6614
755		1269.8749	the people as th- as you go from stop to stop, you're like, okay everybody	1274.1165
757		1274.4502	that's sitting next to me looks like me, and then all of a sudden you turn around and you look and you're like, nobody looks like me.	1279.6933
759		1280.2834	You can see the difference once you flow into certain parts of the city through the train.	1285.2849
761		1285.8096	Just like,	1286.7171
763		1287.2643	ride one of the trains to the last stop and you'll see, at each s-	1290.9479
765		1291.3617	one of those last stops it's a different-	1293.8003
767		1294.5623	like I'm talking about different ethnicities for every like- almost at every different area.	1298.8906
769		1299.4612	So,	1300.1052
771		1300.6624	it was like,	1301.6733
773		1301.8769	you know, you ride into the city,	1303.5249
775		1304.0098	<ts>	1304.0865
777		1304.3501	you would go ahead and- and- and put on your armor, cause you're in the city now, you gotta put on your armor.	1309.5418
779		1309.9330	And you get ready for this hustle and bustle. I worked, um, at a temp agency	1313.9102
781		1314.4574	and we	1315.4284
783		1315.5493	would pretty much just, you know, help people find jobs, staffing and stuff like that.	1319.9136
785		1320.3774	Um,	1320.9679
787		1321.5894	and that was interesting because that kind of showed me,	1325.7434
789		1326.3106	um,	1326.9012
791		1329.1209	like-	1329.5880
793		1330.3721	The CEO of the company used to come by,	1333.2182
795		1333.5160	um,	1334.0031
797		1334.2300	every now and again.	1335.3113
799		1335.5880	Little old lady.	1336.4722
801		1337.0928	And she was the CEO of a Fortune five hundred company.	1340.9006
803		1341.3411	And she would just come by and go to Au Bon Pain across the street and get us all some danishes and stuff. And I'm-	1346.3001
805		1346.5949	and I'm wondering like, if the person in the line behind her	1350.3018
807		1350.8891	knows that this woman	1352.4606
809		1353.0320	owns this massive	1354.7136
811		1354.9872	corporation across the street.	1356.5955
813		1356.9258	Cause she's just sitting here buying pastries. You don't know who's in DC with you. You don't know.	1362.9592
815		1363.6665	You could be standing next to	1365.8461
817		1366.0230	somebody that just like, owns half the daggone	1369.7199
819		1370.0444	block and you're just standing there next to them at Panera just getting a sandwich. And that's the crazy part about DC. There's so many people that come to DC for so many different reasons.	1379.4143
821		1380.0483	So many different reasons. And especially now,	1383.2222
823		1383.7293	it's like-	1384.4701
825		1386.0116	And this is how I know when people aren't from here cause-	1389.2856
827		1389.4090	like, I told you I do Lyft.	1390.7470
829		1391.1874	They get in my car,	1392.4186
831		1392.7356	we're talking for a bit and they're like, oh,	1394.5949
833		1394.9686	are you from here?	1395.6493
835		1396.4133	I'm like, oh, you're not.	1397.4443
836	DCB_int_01	1397.7472	[<laugh>]	1402.1865
837	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	1399.8175	[Cause (laughing)]	1400.5415
839		1401.3556	[if you have] to aks [me]	1403.4036
840	DCB_int_01	1402.7637	[<exhales>]	1403.4243
841		1403.8814	[<exhales>]	1404.2351
842	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	1404.2518	if y- if I'm from here, then you're not from here. I know you're not.	1409.0540
844		1409.3176	So,	1410.1269
846		1410.3285	It's like a dead giveaway. And I get people that- they're like from all over the place like, Alaska, Utah, Nebraska, Miami, New York.	1418.6583
848		1418.9186	Had one guy from LA in my car, he's like-	1420.7337
850		1421.7847	he's like- um,	1422.7394
852		1423.0759	he was like, man I hated it there, I love it here, I was like, really?	1426.0964
854		1426.5034	Like, man I'm trying to go to LA. He's like, nah you're not gonna like it. I was like, okay. You know, it's just	1430.9753
856		1431.3490	crazy cause people just- they're like	1433.3543
858		1433.7613	from all over and they're coming here. And so,	1437.0453
860		1438.4500	like now with the whole process of the gentrification and like people-	1442.8315
862		1443.4891	It's so funny like, especially like in the black community cause people don't know how to feel about it. They don't know if they wanna be mad or w- if they wanna be happy about it. Like,	1450.5568
864		1451.0540	you know you like this new structured building they're building here, you know you like all this clean architecture and stuff, you know it.	1458.8958
866		1459.3362	The part that really gets me is that, okay,	1461.8728
868		1463.1541	<ts> let's take it back.	1463.9615
870		1464.3953	you know, people are mad it's no longer Chocolate City. You know, I think- Even my uncle the one that	1469.3376
872		1470.2118	made up DMV, he po- he posted a post on Facebook, he was like,	1473.1188
874		1473.5425	it's no longer Chocolate City, it's Chocolate chip City, and you know, he got a couple of laughs for that.	1478.1970
876		1478.6516	But I'm like, look,	1480.1664
878		1480.5235	you know,	1481.0875
880		1481.4377	the chocolateness has nothing to do with the fact that	1484.0502
882		1484.7317	we as the nation's	1485.8928
884		1486.2098	capital have to set an example.	1487.9382
886		1489.1460	If I am from anywhere else in the world,	1491.4124
888		1492.2198	and I come to the city that's supposed to be	1494.6889
890		1495.3670	the city that houses the leader of the free world,	1499.4577
892		1500.2118	I don't wanna see no homeless guy pissing on the corner.	1503.1588
894		1503.6960	I don't wanna see	1505.0373
896		1505.4443	potholes the size of my car.	1507.2895
898		1507.6273	I don't want to see	1509.3657
900		1509.9062	the- the- the- just the griminess. Like I think DC needed to be cleaned up, like honest to goodness, like it just- it just needed like a facelift. And I don't think there's nothing wrong with that.	1520.9119
902		1521.3123	Now,	1521.8595
904		1522.7804	I'm also looking at it from a business person's point of view. I don't see anything wrong with all the money that's coming into the city.	1528.9339
906		1529.2975	Because that's what people miss.	1530.5955
908		1530.8524	people miss the fact that with all this migration of, um, these millennials, cause that's who it is, the millennials with money	1539.8061
910		1540.1364	that are coming to the city that are- are	1542.5221
912		1542.6856	doing nothing but increasing the property value. Well, they're bringing their money with them.	1546.6369
914		1547.1340	And it just so happens, me as a wedding planner, I welcome	1549.7733
916		1550.0711	the- the-	1550.9219
917	DCB_int_01	1551.2322	Come [on in.]	1551.7794
918	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	1551.3723	[the- yeah, exactly], I- I welcome the millennials	1554.3753
919	DCB_int_01	1551.9796	[Come on in.]	1552.5329
920	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	1554.5855	with the money to spend	1555.7588
922		1556.0269	that should soon be getting married	1558.3733
924		1558.6102	after they live this life in the city and they decide they're ready to settle down. Because this is where they come and meet.	1563.9863
926		1564.4033	They come and meet at the little bar on the corner or the little restaurant or the little- You know, they come and meet here and they're like, oh my god I'm in love. And then they getting married.	1571.3176
928		1571.8781	They start their families and then they move somewhere else.	1573.8867
930		1574.2546	That's what- that's the migration of DC. People come to DC for what, for work and school.	1578.1017
932		1578.6355	They come- they- they will come to DC for work and school.	1580.9853
934		1581.3556	Very few people	1582.1798
936		1582.4500	will stay	1583.2508
938		1583.5378	in DC.	1584.2818
940		1584.9692	That's the thing. There- they'll come, work and school, I got my degree at Georgetown, and I gotta, /you know what I mean,/ and now I'm gonna go	1591.4697
942		1591.5864	move here.	1592.3071
944		1592.7751	Once I got my degree and my husband and my everything that I wanted I'm gone.	1595.8681
946		1596.9725	And then, you know, it's just a new flux of people coming in.	1600.1498
948		1600.8037	And it's always been a revolving door like that, it's always been that way.	1604.8251
950		1605.4291	The only difference now is that	1607.3743
952		1608.4487	you can see <exhale> DC is trying to	1611.1888
954		1611.6359	capitalize on this.	1613.1284
956		1613.4477	That's why they're building so many condos.	1615.9434
958		1616.3680	That's why they're building so many freaking apartments.	1618.4234
960		1619.0473	They're trying to capitalize on this wave of people that they know just wanna come here for a little while. Because come on, be real, if you really wanted to keep people in your city you would be building houses.	1628.2904
962		1629.2088	You would be building long term things not short term spaces.	1633.2836
964		1633.7608	Come on.	1634.4368
965	DCB_int_01	1634.8185	Mm.	1635.1421
966	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	1635.6726	It's very simple.	1636.6803
968		1637.0873	They wanna capitalize on it.	1638.3753
970		1639.1360	As- as should they.	1641.2956
972		1641.4824	Because after all, it's a market.	1643.5624
974		1644.1617	S-	1644.4053
976		1644.8357	business,	1645.3629
978		1646.2279	so.	1646.6216
979	DCB_int_01	1646.7918	What do you do with the- <clears throat> what do you do with the people though that are getting pushed out?	1649.5545
980	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	1650.1250	<ts>	1650.4420
981	DCB_int_01	1650.4487	How should they feel?	1651.2913
982	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	1652.3981	The people <sigh> that are getting pushed out,	1655.2041
984		1657.4271	<ts>	1657.5005
986		1657.7241	I understand how they could feel hurt.	1659.2161
988		1659.9329	I- I- I truly do. I understand it	1662.1584
990		1662.8991	and	1663.6932
992		1664.7217	I get how	1666.0797
994		1666.5201	just having something taken from you that's always been yours and	1670.4581
996		1670.8785	kind of feeling victimized by it, you know what I mean. I get it, I understand it.	1675.9168
998		1676.8151	But I've just-	1678.2832
1000		1679.7947	I guess like I said, because i- like that sliding door experience, if it wasn't for the fact that I already knew	1686.9024
1002		1687.4430	that there w- there is a different way of living, that you could have a different life.	1691.6579
1004		1692.0182	And that's the problem.	1692.9592
1006		1693.2695	See, I don't think-	1694.1812
1008		1694.4815	You know, people always talk about	1695.8762
1010		1696.1431	people in poverty, and, you know, how they're lazy and this that and the third, and they don't-	1701.2889
1012		1701.6493	they don't want	1702.4934
1014		1703.0073	to do anything.	1704.0216
1016		1705.1760	Um,	1705.8041
1018		1705.9776	I think <exhale>	1706.9686
1020		1707.0820	what people kind of forget is that	1710.0816
1022		1710.9358	we have a society	1712.5349
1024		1712.9386	that's kind of set up where	1714.7136
1026		1715.1607	we need people like that. That's the way capitalism is set up, [that's the] way that it [is.]	1719.8028
1027	DCB_int_01	1718.4448	[Mm.]	1718.7714
1029		1719.6693	Mm.	1719.9729
1030	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	1720.7837	That is the way that it is done. People that don't understand economics fall to the bottom of the list.	1727.8981
1032		1729.0926	And unfortunately it's not enough people taking notice of what the real problem is. What is the real problem? Well, it's not the gentrifiers, it's not the money coming into DC. That's not a problem.	1740.9758
1034		1741.4096	You gonna tell me that's a problem? That's not a problem, the problem is is that you don't know how to capitalize on it because nobody has ever taught you.	1747.1927
1036		1748.3246	That's the problem.	1749.1388
1038		1749.7994	You don't even-	1750.4968
1040		1750.9939	you don't even understand	1752.8791
1042		1753.3162	that this	1754.2749
1044		1754.6783	is a good thing.	1755.6059
1046		1757.0306	Because	1757.8581
1048		1759.3595	right now,	1760.5273
1050		1762.0396	you can honestly	1763.5278
1052		1764.1884	get in	1765.1727
1054		1765.4797	for- with nothing. Li- okay, <sigh>	1767.7360
1056		1768.9372	right now <exhale> somebody could	1771.4263
1058		1772.5982	come up with a vegan juice smoothie bar.	1775.5745
1060		1776.5488	A little cart,	1777.2127
1062		1777.4063	set it up	1778.1245
1064		1778.8618	on the corner somewhere.	1779.9863
1066		1780.1698	And make a killing.	1780.9818
1068		1781.9448	And still keep their regular job.	1783.3228
1070		1783.6832	You could open	1785.0787
1072		1786.1564	a pilates place, anything fitness.	1789.2528
1074		1789.5931	Bicycles,	1790.3146
1076		1790.4314	ooh,	1790.6717
1078		1790.8518	open a bicycle repair shop.	1792.4767
1080		1792.8805	Oh my gosh,	1793.6646
1082		1793.9015	you could just sell	1795.4530
1084		1796.1470	accessories	1797.1922
1086		1797.5859	for workouts,	1798.7170
1088		1799.3509	and make money right now. You get what I'm saying, like there's no-	1802.6041
1090		1804.1097	there's no way that you can't kind of grow from this if you're not open to growing.	1809.4057
1092		1810.7804	You can grow from this.	1812.2551
1094		1812.3853	You can grow to the point where you don't have to worry about nobody pushing	1815.9796
1096		1816.3032	anybody else	1817.1007
1098		1817.3176	in your lineage	1818.3119
1100		1818.5688	around	1819.1026
1102		1819.3329	anymore.	1819.8167
1104		1819.9768	Cause they will have what they need.	1821.2522
1106		1821.7027	See the difference is	1822.7770
1108		1823.2275	again	1823.8448
1110		1824.0983	like	1824.5454
1112		1825.0059	I was shown- And I- and- and I consider myself blessed.	1827.7427
1114		1828.1231	My grandfather is- is the type of person	1830.9178
1116		1831.0246	that- and I guess this is what we d- we need more of is that	1834.8171
1118		1835.4710	he works	1836.2018
1120		1836.5454	with making sure	1838.1603
1122		1838.4915	that tomorrow is good.	1839.7460
1124		1841.2909	We don't look at tomorrow, we j- we just see today.	1843.8000
1126		1844.6983	He- he's looking at tomorrow.	1846.5201
1128		1846.7570	My grandfather is the type of person that he already has money set up for when	1850.6083
1130		1850.9719	my- my daughter is old enough to get a car,	1853.8314
1132		1853.9915	and she's twelve.	1854.8795
1134		1856.3413	So,	1857.4491
1136		1858.2065	he has money set up for her when she's eighteen for her to go- for her first year of college.	1862.2009
1138		1863.5759	She's twelve.	1864.2499
1140		1865.1607	She's already aksing me, mommy-	1867.1827
1142		1867.7674	Like she's already going on college tours,	1869.4991
1144		1869.6993	she understands how credit works.	1871.0139
1146		1871.2041	That little girl can explain to you	1872.7156
1148		1872.9825	how to improve your credit,	1874.6083
1150		1875.0554	how t- how- what things damage your credit,	1877.0773
1152		1877.7079	what a credit score is.	1879.0693
1154		1880.3413	You understand? [Like she] gets that	1881.8328
1155	DCB_int_01	1880.8819	[Mm-hm.]	1881.3189
1156	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	1882.2765	at twelve.	1882.9939
1158		1884.0716	She- she aksed my grandmother the- the other day, how do you buy a house?	1887.5458
1160		1887.9262	Cause she aksed me and I was like, you know what, I don't know anything about that, I'm gonna let you talk to, uh, your gran- your great-grandmother over there cause she's done it	1895.2575
1162		1895.7446	three, four times before,	1897.0025
1164		1897.2661	and so she knows.	1898.3772
1166		1898.7317	So- but that's her level of curiosity.	1901.3042
1168		1901.4677	She wants to know.	1902.3252
1170		1904.5982	<ts>	1904.6529
1172		1904.7241	It's a difference in mindset.	1906.0563
1174		1906.9405	It's a difference in mindset.	1908.1339
1176		1908.6222	And so,	1909.4129
1178		1910.8652	I don't think	1911.8528
1180		1912.8071	that anybody ever really took the time to- to give them	1916.5905
1182		1917.6092	that	1918.1865
1184		1918.9605	different mindset,	1919.9325
1186		1920.7523	to actually	1921.4897
1188		1921.9134	instill that in them.	1923.3256
1190		1924.4767	I- it was instilled in me whether I wanted it or not because my grandfather exposed	1928.6550
1192		1928.7555	it to me.	1929.3002
1193	DCB_int_01	1929.4803	Mm-hm.	1929.8407
1194	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	1930.0843	Um,	1930.7916
1196		1931.4556	<ts>	1931.5156
1198		1931.7926	and it's-	1932.1529
1200		1932.2931	it's one of the things that kind of like,	1935.3068
1202		1935.4670	propelled me	1936.4313
1204		1936.9951	into business probably, just that understanding, knowing that it's possible.	1940.8155
1206		1941.3402	Um, a lot of people	1943.3788
1208		1943.4723	just don't view things as possible,	1946.0114
1210		1946.7288	and so they get stuck.	1947.9575
1212		1949.1553	Um,	1949.7225
1214		1950.1730	but again, it's like	1951.9836
1216		1952.6921	<ts>	1952.7521
1218		1953.0524	there's this program this young lady has where she's working with DC public schools and DC charter schools now to get financial education into schools.	1961.1453
1220		1962.3498	<ts>	1962.4032
1222		1962.9270	I reached out to her to see if she could do the same thing for PG County.	1965.4881
1224		1965.6572	Um, I need to talk to,	1967.4322
1226		1967.7525	you know, like	1968.3898
1228		1968.5366	PG County school board, I don't know how that process would work.	1971.4370
1230		1971.8307	I just wanna get them linked up where we could start the process because I know if my twelve year old can learn credit,	1976.5720
1232		1977.3836	the rest of the twelve year olds in PG County can learn credit.	1979.6191
1234		1980.2130	Cause	1980.7335
1236		1981.4475	it-	1981.5843
1238		1981.9180	it can be taught.	1982.5853
1240		1983.5137	Um,	1984.0876
1242		1984.7082	and that's like a project that I would love to help with, just like getting more financial education out there, getting	1990.5314
1244		1991.1153	people to understand that it's possible. It's one of the things on my	1994.6220
1246		1994.9765	website, one of my goals for my business is to	1998.6167
1248		1998.9337	start more	2000.0381
1250		2000.2291	female entrepreneurs.	2001.4870
1252		2002.1009	Like just to help them get started. Like I feel like	2004.4977
1254		2006.3451	with entrepreneurship	2007.6672
1256		2008.2277	we can start to shift the balance	2010.7001
1258		2011.0653	because	2011.8828
1260		2012.8671	the whole	2013.9682
1262		2014.8098	slave thing,	2016.0710
1264		2016.5982	well,	2017.1187
1266		2017.2589	we need people	2018.0563
1268		2018.1697	to be slaves.	2019.4543
1270		2020.2192	If you are financially free,	2021.8808
1272		2022.5915	meaning,	2023.2155
1274		2023.4857	you make your own- you set your own income, you establish.	2026.6196
1276		2026.9366	And see, and that's the thing like, people like, oh I make good money with my job and this /and other/ things/, Yes, but you're-	2031.8914
1278		2032.1225	the government has his hand in your pocket before you do.	2034.9586
1280		2035.6325	He's already collecting what he wants	2037.5110
1282		2037.7579	before you even see your paycheck.	2039.4846
1284		2040.3947	It's different as a entrepreneur.	2041.8294
1286		2042.4867	It's different, it's a whole different mindset. It's like,	2045.0667
1288		2045.5105	let me pay for what I need to take care of first,	2047.7260
1290		2048.0296	then you get yours.	2049.2723
1292		2050.7064	What?	2051.1601
1294		2052.4147	You can do that?	2053.1688
1296		2053.3289	Yes you can do that.	2054.4467
1298		2054.9205	You can do that.	2055.8769
1300		2056.3560	It's possible.	2057.0760
1302		2058.2445	And it- you know what I mean, it's just-	2060.1063
1304		2061.9556	<sigh> it's a difference in mindset.	2063.7741
1306		2064.6716	<ts> And not to say that there's like-	2066.5501
1308		2068.6897	you know, there's not things out there. There are very positive programs in DC. My grandmother on my father's side, she had a program called We Can.	2076.8051
1310		2077.4757	It was Washington Enrichment Cultural Arts Network.	2083.5858
1312		2084.3165	And she literally- like, that woman slaved for that program, like that's all I remember	2089.2989
1314		2089.7527	about that is that she	2091.0106
1316		2091.1774	always was there dedicating her time to teaching things like	2095.5825
1318		2096.0730	music and dance and	2098.1125
1320		2098.3527	anything arts related. Like she was just getting kids	2101.3957
1322		2101.7160	off the street	2102.6202
1324		2102.9038	into something	2103.8013
1326		2104.0424	positive, creative, influential,	2106.7684
1328		2106.9085	fun,	2107.6159
1330		2107.9796	freedom,	2108.5835
1332		2108.8237	just	2109.0606
1334		2109.4343	change your mindset.	2110.4661
1336		2110.8532	There are great programs like that.	2112.1652
1338		2112.9485	There are some,	2113.7293
1340		2114.0062	but there are not	2114.8371
1342		2115.0172	as many	2116.2626
1344		2116.4261	as there need to be. And it's not as much as a push as there should be for	2121.3943
1346		2121.7755	like actually focusing on, okay-	2124.2879
1348		2125.3189	You know, what's done is done.	2126.8270
1350		2127.3843	DC is gone. Y'all can f- forget about	2129.9709
1352		2130.2712	getting whatever y'all want back, because they gonna slap so many zeros behind that tag, it's r- it's gonna be ridiculous.	2136.7383
1354		2137.4223	What you need to focus on now is building	2140.0482
1356		2140.4361	for what's next.	2141.6239
1358		2142.2545	Because	2143.1652
1360		2145.2174	if we don't learn anything from this (laughing) then	2149.2522
1362		2149.7360	what's-	2150.3666
1364		2150.5434	you know what I mean, what's the point of bitching and griping? I'm sorry,	2153.1835
1366		2153.8942	what's the point of complaining?	2154.7917
1368		2155.2488	/Whatchu/ complaining for?	2155.9762
1370		2156.6002	Oh no, they pushed us out. Well, whatchu gonna do next time they push?	2160.5315
1372		2161.2322	You just gonna keep moseying?	2162.2798
1373	DCB_int_01	2162.4051	Push back.	2163.0172
1374	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	2163.3509	Exactly, you have to learn something from it. So,	2166.7317
1376		2167.2322	As much as I like- I sympathize with people,	2169.3776
1378		2169.5953	I get it,	2170.2726
1380		2170.6597	but at the same time I'm like,	2171.7941
1382		2172.4848	wake up.	2172.9648
1384		2174.0663	<snaps>	2174.6702
1386		2174.9271	Wake up.	2175.3717
1388		2176.7064	You ain't woke up by now?	2177.8408
1390		2178.1811	You ain't up yet?	2178.9352
1392		2179.5792	Get up.	2180.0997
1394		2180.5868	Whatchu waiting on?	2181.3809
1395	DCB_int_01	2181.7579	Mm.	2182.0424
1396	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	2183.5572	What- <laugh> what more do you need? They're- they're literally	2186.6869
1398		2187.0473	building buildings on top of overpasses in DC to get people in here.	2191.3158
1399	DCB_int_01	2191.5658	Yes. (whispered)	2192.0378
1400	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	2192.3532	[Exactly.]	2193.1451
1401	DCB_int_01	2193.0072	[Yes.]	2193.5911
1402	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	2193.7021	Do you understand how th- that [works? They are- they don't] give a damn, they want to fill the city.	2199.0706
1403	DCB_int_01	2195.2602	[/inaudible/]	2196.0042
1404	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	2200.8231	To the point where they're building buildings on top of something- it j- it- it shouldn't even- Why are you building a building on an overpass?	2206.8165
1406		2207.5505	And then patching it up calling it safe. I don't think that's safe, I don't think there should be a [building up there.]	2212.4428
1407	DCB_int_01	2211.7087	[I'm not gonna live] there, I'm not [going there.]	2213.6973
1408	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	2213.2002	[That's what I'm] saying, like it's j- it's that- DC is that desperate.	2217.0940
1409		2217.8255	DC offer all kinds of money to grocery stores to open up.	2220.9849
1411		2222.0429	<ts>	2222.1130
1413		2222.2064	That's why- why you think they finally let Walmart in DC?	2224.1692
1415		2226.1578	Why you able to-	2226.7884
1417		2226.9586	Th- you have- the things that they are doing is to get people in the city.	2231.4905
1419		2232.4014	They're bringing them here, they're drawing them here like a magnet.	2235.1748
1421		2236.0491	And it's gonna be that way for a while	2238.1211
1423		2238.2345	because they figured out what works. Oh, these young millennials, they like that DC is city	2243.4504
1425		2243.7240	but still urban.	2245.1054
1427		2245.3790	Just like,	2245.7794
1429		2246.0062	you know, suburban, like they can still walk,	2247.9923
1431		2248.2493	you know, home and	2249.3303
1433		2249.5806	ride their bikes to work and	2251.2021
1435		2251.5625	th- you know, go out and have a good time and,	2253.9278
1437		2254.2092	you know,	2254.6597
1439		2254.8498	still be	2255.5038
1441		2255.6439	safe and,	2256.4381
1443		2256.6883	you know. They love it.	2257.8528
1445		2258.3766	They love it.	2259.1941
1447		2260.0157	They figured it out.	2261.0934
1449		2262.0610	They got a formula.	2262.8918
1450	DCB_int_01	2263.7727	What happens when it moves to east of the river?	2265.4674
1451	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	2266.4027	<ts>	2266.5128
1453		2267.2903	Oh boy, it's gonna get ugly.	2268.9319
1455		2269.1621	<ts>	2269.2388
1457		2269.5091	I- you know what, I don't really-	2271.2975
1459		2274.0110	I don't really think that	2275.7178
1461		2276.8337	they can fully take east of the river.	2279.8074
1463		2280.6783	I don't think they can. I think they are trying to,	2284.4318
1465		2285.0334	But I think	2286.3480
1467		2286.9052	even if they put all the buildings that they wanted up,	2291.3637
1469		2291.9376	and they did everything they could to kind of make it this new, shiny space,	2298.6015
1471		2300.0163	east of the river has a	2301.7655
1473		2301.9089	disconnect from the rest of the city so it's never gonna quite be like downtown	2307.4440
1475		2307.9056	or uptown or anything like that. East of the river was always it's own kind of thing.	2313.4718
1477		2314.1392	And	2314.7130
1479		2315.0767	there is	2316.2646
1481		2316.4781	a very, very strong historical	2320.6530
1483		2320.7731	black presence in east of the river. I'm talking about like Frederick Douglass home strong, you know what I mean. So there	2327.3537
1485		2327.7407	is something there	2329.2956
1487		2329.7193	that they can't fully take away from	2332.5896
1489		2333.0033	the people that were there. And even just the fact that everything that's around	2338.1792
1491		2338.5195	east of the river it's	2339.7641
1493		2339.9476	it's still gonna be those people. Even if you push them they not going far, they right there next to you.	2345.0691
1495		2345.4738	Cause you can't do but so much w- they- once they hit that Maryland line. They still gonna come right across the street,	2350.7164
1497		2351.1234	and come on down and hang out.	2352.7584
1499		2353.0119	Like right now on m- um, on Minnesota Avenue, they got that big beautiful building on Minnesota Avenue, you walk and you look past and it's just a bunch of a- black people standing outside.	2362.4328
1501		2363.5138	They just standing there not bothering nobody.	2365.5758
1503		2365.8561	They not bothering nobody, they out there though. They're not- they- you know what I mean, they're gonna still-	2371.3890
1505		2372.4967	I th- I feel like they just gonna still like kind of linger in that area, I don't know.	2376.1645
1507		2377.3456	/Um/ that's my guess for east of the river.	2378.8970
1508	DCB_int_01	2378.9171	No that's-	2379.4545
1510		2379.6754	in fact I work- um,	2380.9766
1512		2381.1501	I work over there.	2382.0744
1514		2382.2646	Outside of	2382.7917
1516		2383.4223	school here I work	2384.1764
1518		2384.5067	over, um,	2384.9372
1520		2385.0740	at /RD-WORK-4/ on Benning Road.	2386.3727
1521	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	2386.5362	Uh-huh.	2386.9095
1522	DCB_int_01	2387.1868	So every day I	2387.9752
1524		2388.1811	drive by	2388.8751
1526		2389.0053	[<clears throat>] Shrimp Boat.	2390.1030
1527	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	2389.1921	[Mm-hm]	2389.5348
1528		2390.4533	Mm-hm.	2390.8004
1529	DCB_int_01	2390.8004	<ts>	2390.8738
1531		2391.7421	It's got a facelift.	2392.8098
1532	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	2393.0600	Mm-hm.	2393.3703
1533	DCB_int_01	2393.3336	That ain't Shrimp Boat.	2394.2096
1534	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	2394.4014	Yeah.	2394.8184
1535	DCB_int_01	2395.9262	Um,	2396.7303
1537		2397.0706	the condos right there.	2398.1225
1538	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	2398.3160	[Yeah.]	2398.5262
1539	DCB_int_01	2398.4394	[They're] adding in that right from- across from Dorothy Height Library.	2401.0234
1540		2402.7269	Where'd this come from?	2403.4777
1541	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	2403.6153	Yeah.	2403.8771
1542	DCB_int_01	2403.9123	Then corner of Minnesota and Benning.	2405.4738
1544		2406.2946	W-	2406.4586
1546		2406.5515	what is this?	2407.2822
1547	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	2407.2655	Yeah.	2407.6426
1548		2408.6769	[Yeah.]	2408.9156
1549	DCB_int_01	2408.7303	[It-]	2408.8571
1550		2409.0439	it doesn't fit,	2410.1859
1552		2410.2960	[right? It-] not to say that they can't fix the area up,	2412.6360
1553	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	2410.4261	[Yeah.]	2410.7130
1554	DCB_int_01	2412.9152	but fix it up where it's- it's authentically	2415.0372
1556		2415.2475	present and it makes sense. [Not-]	2417.0167
1557	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	2416.7831	[Yeah.]	2417.1868
1558	DCB_int_01	2418.5615	don't put,	2419.7927
1559	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	2421.0973	Yeah.	2421.3509
1560	DCB_int_01	2421.3442	you know, [a Christmas tree-]	2422.9933
1561	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	2421.8355	[And that's what I notice.]	2422.9833
1562		2423.2469	They- they- Like even on Minnesota Avenue there's a Popeye's right there.	2426.4233
1564		2427.9189	I noticed [that. They di-]	2429.2202
1565	DCB_int_01	2428.5128	[Just to make sure] it's-	2429.8074
1566	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	2429.8508	Yeah, you know what I mean, like I- I noticed that. There's little things	2433.5311
1568		2433.6687	and I think they will- See,	2435.7073
1570		2436.6683	the thing is, there's also with this whole process, um, and with everything else going on in the nation and all these	2444.3299
1572		2444.5601	racial issues that really	2446.3393
1574		2446.8031	isn't-	2447.2178
1576		2447.9943	Like	2448.2445
1578		2448.6783	honestly <exhale>	2449.9556
1580		2451.4176	the way that people	2452.9333
1582		2453.7474	are approaching racism right now is just-	2457.4743
1584		2457.9281	<ts>	2457.9915
1586		2459.0500	I don't know, like I feel like people aren't really-	2462.3099
1588		2463.5653	All these debates that I see on social media- I guess I should say /?/ they're on social media. I saw- I saw actually a funny one the other day.	2469.1507
1590		2469.7354	It was a- it was a post	2471.4905
1592		2471.5872	that somebody posted and it said, dear white people,	2473.8061
1594		2474.5801	aks any question you've ever wanted to aks a black person.	2477.5372
1595	DCB_int_01	2477.4771	I saw.	2477.9442
1596	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	2478.0210	You [saw it?]	2478.5648
1597	DCB_int_01	2478.2012	[My-] my	2478.8918
1598		2479.0420	cousin put one up on his [page.]	2480.5835
1599	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	2480.4667	[Yes,]	2481.1227
1600		2481.2374	okay.	2481.6353
1602		2481.9957	So if you go to the original post-	2484.1745
1604		2484.2879	Cause there's	2484.8384
1606		2485.2822	hundreds of	2486.4934
1608		2486.6035	comments on there.	2487.7454
1610		2488.9967	It was good- it was good to see people like posting funny stuff and trying to get down to the root of little, um, stereotypes and things like that.	2498.3065
1612		2498.7403	But I think that	2500.4461
1614		2502.7917	when we start	2503.7593
1616		2503.9662	trying to	2504.9972
1618		2506.0657	genuinely understand each other	2508.6149
1620		2509.7860	/?/	2509.8694
1622		2510.0897	/?/	2510.2064
1624		2510.4300	and not assume we [know] each other	2513.0638
1625	DCB_int_01	2511.5386	[Mm-hm.]	2512.1800
1626	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	2514.0443	then we can approach racism.	2516.1230
1628		2517.6520	Then we can approach racism. That's the difference, that's the difference. If you're approaching it as	2523.1707
1630		2523.4818	I already know everything about you, tell me something I don't know,	2526.5448
1632		2527.9996	that's not-	2528.4956
1634		2528.7503	that's not-	2529.1674
1636		2529.4877	what?	2529.8144
1638		2529.9256	No.	2530.3056
1640		2530.9366	That's not how you do that.	2531.7207
1642		2532.6750	You have to approach it with	2534.3733
1644		2535.1740	I know stuff but it	2536.5395
1646		2536.6997	could be wrong. [Can you help] me understand so I know better?	2539.7593
1647	DCB_int_01	2537.8108	[Mm.]	2538.2212
1648	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	2541.6253	That's how you approach it.	2542.7464
1650		2544.4514	It's not hard.	2545.1421
1652		2545.2789	It's just a- just-	2546.0997
1654		2546.2331	just a slight-	2546.9238
1656		2547.2308	you know what I mean, sw- slightly different approach.	2549.6806
1658		2550.0844	And you will get a much different	2552.2598
1660		2552.6736	response.	2553.8829
1662		2555.8842	So	2556.4722
1664		2556.7117	with like,	2557.6050
1666		2559.5119	the w-	2559.8145
1668		2559.9590	the way that people are in this area,	2562.8284
1670		2563.5758	<ts>	2563.6259
1672		2564.7870	you can kind of see it, like you can see that there's-	2567.8942
1674		2568.1845	And it's not even that	2569.4924
1676		2570.9972	we hate each other in this area it's just we don't understand each [other. It's] like the way that	2576.6836
1677	DCB_int_01	2575.0653	[Mm.]	2575.4324
1678	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	2577.7388	the white people look at the black people in this area and the black people look at the white people, it's just- you just- you don't understand each other.	2584.5028
1680		2584.8832	Because	2585.6373
1682		2586.8351	there- now there are a lot of white people in this area that are from places like-	2591.3770
1684		2591.5639	you know what I mean,	2592.7717
1686		2593.1120	they're- they're from all over the country.	2594.6374
1688		2595.0706	They grew up in these small towns, these rural homes and they just- they don't	2600.2098
1690		2600.4400	understand. They just never had encounters where	2604.4948
1692		2605.2855	they can see it from a different perspective. A lot of times this is their first time in a city.	2610.1444
1694		2610.5448	This is a city to people, DC is a city to people. And yes it is a city, but its like nowhere near like New York or something. You know what I mean, [DC] is still manageable.	2619.0473
1695	DCB_int_01	2617.7360	[Right.]	2617.9662
1696	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	2619.5778	And people	2620.2459
1698		2620.5863	still come here and they're like in awe of DC. So,	2623.5925
1700		2624.0096	like I think if- like if we just	2625.7780
1702		2626.2292	you know,	2626.6163
1704		2627.1168	took the time to do more to understand each other. And you- you can see it all over DC. I remember,	2631.5711
1706		2632.0624	um,	2632.7998
1708		2633.2803	seeing Trump signs up and then somebody spray painted over the Trump sign, fuck, so it say fuck Trump.	2639.7641
1709	DCB_int_01	2639.7807	Mm.	2639.9643
1710	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	2640.3947	I remember, um, it was very tension- uh, the tension was thick in this area when- when that election went down. That was-	2646.9485
1712		2647.3556	that was the most contentious I've ever seen [race] in this area,	2651.2469
1713	DCB_int_01	2649.9723	[Yeah.]	2650.2693
1714	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	2651.6573	um, was at that time.	2653.2689
1716		2653.7527	And	2654.6168
1718		2655.2408	but at the same time,	2656.5362
1720		2656.7698	I know	2657.8911
1722		2659.9829	lots of people	2661.2108
1724		2661.8355	who	2662.6964
1726		2663.0300	like	2663.5806
1728		2664.6049	have friendships like,	2665.9695
1730		2666.1397	you know what I mean, /interracial-/ int- interracial friendships and it's nothing.	2669.2269
1732		2669.7407	Like because they grew up in this area too. So [you know]	2673.1173
1733	DCB_int_01	2672.0723	[Mm.]	2672.4341
1734	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	2673.5611	that they get it,	2674.6463
1736		2674.7831	like they understand it's certain things you can and cannot say, it's certain things you can and cannot do.	2678.8738
1738		2679.2475	But I think people from the outside coming in	2681.6673
1740		2682.2312	don't really get that. So I don't think it's like a- uh, a race thing in this area, I think it's like a- like a inside outside thing.	2688.6216
1741	DCB_int_01	2689.6959	Mm.	2690.3053
1743		2692.5395	That's a interesting perspective. So,	2694.2979
1745		2696.4066	what's something that you can do on the inside?	2697.9256
1746	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	2700.1557	<ts>	2700.2921
1748		2701.1754	Something that's inside, um,	2704.0149
1750		2705.4438	that's particular to this region. Okay so like,	2708.7670
1752		2711.7007	inside stuff for us that we know and that, um,	2715.5244
1754		2715.7212	kind of we all understand together is like,	2718.6883
1756		2719.2455	the policing system in the area.	2720.6608
1758		2721.7546	Like,	2722.2459
1760		2722.3660	if you talk to anyone,	2724.1878
1762		2725.0320	and this could be black or white,	2726.9211
1764		2727.8756	they know that,	2729.7240
1766		2730.0243	okay,	2730.8643
1768		2732.3132	in Virginia,	2733.7545
1770		2733.9123	you may get pulled over for less	2735.8808
1772		2736.5448	and held for more.	2738.4054
1774		2739.1874	Like they will- they will	2740.5462
1776		2740.7664	pin- pull you over for next to nothing,	2742.8264
1778		2743.3523	and pin you with everything they can.	2745.1040
1779	DCB_int_01	2746.0290	Mm.	2746.3794
1780	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	2747.3770	Doesn't matter.	2748.1578
1782		2748.2812	If- if i- if you get pulled over in Virginia, just know that they're gonna throw the book at you. That's something that	2753.2703
1784		2753.4771	we know.	2753.9505
1786		2754.7350	Versus driving	2756.1130
1788		2756.7403	in	2757.6579
1790		2758.1024	DC,	2758.7898
1792		2759.6173	whereas	2760.7383
1794		2762.0563	you have to be doing something	2764.1158
1796		2764.6697	almost extreme	2766.5115
1798		2766.8151	for them to really mess with you.	2768.6469
1800		2768.9805	Because	2769.6245
1802		2769.9123	people buck U-turns in the middle of DC streets.	2772.9886
1804		2773.6893	Nobody cares	2774.7445
1806		2775.1273	about driving in DC.	2776.5095
1808		2776.6496	People- they will buck a U-turn in a heartbeat and just keep it going going about their way, in front of an officer.	2781.7313
1810		2782.4061	Police officers do it too.	2783.7507
1812		2784.4481	It's a difference. But you wouldn't do that in Virginia cause you know	2787.8814
1814		2788.0791	it's just a U-turn, but they're gonna get you, they're gonna throw the book at you.	2791.1554
1816		2792.4500	Versus, you know, being in Maryland, driving through certain ar- areas in Maryland. Like certain areas, the State Troopers are waiting for you in Maryland.	2799.9481
1818		2800.1592	They're waiting for you, they have traps.	2801.8041
1820		2802.5815	It's a inside thing. We know. So w- if we- if we-	2806.1191
1822		2806.4995	you know, if we're talking about police in our area and how they behave,	2811.7313
1824		2812.0357	it's not a race thing, it's not saying like, oh white cops is always on our back.	2815.4602
1826		2815.7460	No it's a area thing, like no, it's just a- it's a- it's a- it's a inside thing. We know, we know better.	2820.4145
1828		2820.8952	That's a inside thing.	2821.6432
1830		2822.4100	So if I say,	2823.2833
1832		2823.5244	police are press in- press in Virginia,	2825.2903
1834		2825.7507	they're like- you know, somebody from the outside must be like, oh wow maybe cause that's a predominantly white area, you think police are more	2831.5038
1836		2831.9809	likely to pull you over cause you're black in Virginia. No it's because the police are literally more annoying in Virginia.	2837.3070
1838		2838.1678	[It's not-] (laughing)	2838.7450
1839	DCB_int_01	2838.6449	[<laugh>]	2840.0496
1840	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	2839.5391	[it's not a race] thing.	2840.8671
1841		2841.6111	You know what I mean, [that's-] that's kind of like a- I guess that's a- a way to put it in perspective, like we don't-	2846.6902
1842	DCB_int_01	2842.4928	[Right.]	2842.8262
1843	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	2847.9189	It's not necessarily a race thing it's just like the different areas to us, it kind of blends together. And we know it's some- some stuff that's just like,	2856.1578
1845		2856.9452	you know,	2857.5191
1847		2857.6392	like some- like when we- when we make fun and we see white people running around in DC we know /what they like,/ they like to run, they like to jog. You know, you used to go into Virginia you'll see automatically	2867.9442
1849		2868.4314	bike trails and paths and stuff like that, you don't see a whole lot of that in Maryland.	2872.0315
1851		2872.5362	You have to go to a park area to find a trail almost.	2875.1688
1853		2875.5558	Like you gotta go to like a regional park like it's gonna be like a county park or a state park just to get a trail to go	2881.6592
1855		2882.6435	jog if you wanted to.	2883.6979
1857		2884.1125	Different, it's regional.	2885.3870
1859		2885.6806	It's not- it's not-	2886.8318
1861		2887.1688	it's not black and white in my mind.	2888.6435
1863		2889.5844	It's not because	2890.5562
1865		2890.8966	the black people that lived in Alexandria got to jog when they wanted to so, you know what I mean, (laughing) they had access to the same bike trails.	2897.4471
1867		2897.7607	We used to walk down that bike trail to go to the Seven-Eleven. So it's not-	2902.0883
1869		2902.7464	it's not really black and white it's like,	2904.3212
1871		2904.4814	more like	2905.0186
1873		2905.2722	just regional distinctions to me.	2907.1107
1874	DCB_int_01	2907.8088	Do you think-	2908.5429
1876		2908.6597	<clears throat> So you said you're a Lyft driver, is that-	2910.7650
1878		2911.1087	is it fun?	2911.5500
1879	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	2912.0730	Oh I love Lyfting.	2912.9850
1881		2913.5586	I meet the funniest people	2915.2302
1883		2915.3503	Lyft driving.	2916.1543
1885		2916.2679	Yeah, I do like it.	2917.3990
1887		2917.5091	It's-	2917.7427
1889		2918.0930	it's cool because again, I'm one of those people that need freedom, I need to be able to do it when I want to, so	2923.1411
1891		2923.3156	it's good for me.	2924.1097
1893		2924.3866	Um, it's flexible.	2925.1400
1895		2925.2942	And then,	2925.8522
1897		2926.1992	the people that I meet	2927.2402
1899		2927.6973	are always interested and curious about	2930.7036
1901		2930.8771	growing up here. They always wanna know	2933.6640
1903		2934.0944	where are you from,	2935.0820
1905		2935.4490	and what's it like.	2936.3933
1907		2936.8838	As if there is some	2939.0901
1909		2939.2335	epic story to growing up	2941.3189
1911		2941.4824	in DC that is- d- every- every DC native has, they must have some epic story about DC.	2947.1454
1912	DCB_int_01	2947.9429	But that's the perception, right? That's-	2949.7121
1913	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	2949.7154	It [is.]	2950.7912
1914	DCB_int_01	2950.0524	[People think] that it's-	2951.4674
1915		2951.8975	w- I think there's two reasons, right? B- [one], I think because-	2954.8058
1916	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	2953.4957	[Mm.]	2953.8594
1917	DCB_int_01	2955.9423	because there's the DC of CNN,	2957.9075
1919		2958.1778	and there's the real DC right? [Because once] you walk outside of	2961.0973
1920	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	2959.5692	[Yeah.]	2959.8761
1921	DCB_int_01	2961.3142	three or four blocks, it's not like that.	2963.0869
1922	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	2963.0934	Yeah.	2963.5054
1923	DCB_int_01	2963.5939	And so,	2964.3980
1925		2964.6783	once people are here and they see that they're like, oh wait I've been deceived all my life [cause it's not] that way.	2968.9866
1926	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	2968.0824	[Yeah.]	2968.3694
1927	DCB_int_01	2969.2769	And the second thing is because you get the myth that there are no people from DC.	2972.3036
1928	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	2972.5534	Yeah.	2972.9205
1929	DCB_int_01	2972.9572	And so when you meet somebody who's from DC or even from this area that grew up in this area,	2976.5515
1931		2976.8618	wait I didn't think there was anybody from here, so now li- like, there must be a story.	2979.8155
1932	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	2979.8088	[Yeah.]	2980.1425
1933	DCB_int_01	2980.0124	[So] when you have those two things coming together,	2981.8775
1934		2982.2312	like, oh my g- there has to be some amazing crazy story that happened to you.	2985.7279
1935	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	2985.8989	[Yeah.]	2986.2296
1936	DCB_int_01	2985.9857	[Did you have] like, playtime at the White House every day? Did you-	2989.1054
1937		2989.4490	You know, I [mean, like it has to be] something crazy, like, right? Did you [have like-]	2992.2893
1938	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	2989.7260	[<laugh>]	2990.3666
1940		2991.7788	[Yeah.]	2992.3026
1941	DCB_int_01	2993.0133	I don't know. But people in their minds make [up this] big [whole thing] like,	2996.2598
1942	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	2994.8051	[They make-]	2995.2555
1944		2995.4957	[Yeah.]	2996.0157
1945	DCB_int_01	2996.4700	dude I just	2997.0506
1947		2997.2775	did the same shit you did, [like-]	2998.5629
1948	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	2998.3293	[Exactly.]	2999.4071
1949	DCB_int_01	2999.2602	[like] that's just kind of how it-	3001.0962
1950		3001.9195	But in their minds because- because	3003.9990
1952		3004.1125	these other factors come into play,	3005.8108
1953	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	3005.8375	Mm-hm.	3006.2245
1954	DCB_int_01	3006.2445	you-	3006.6349
1956		3007.0787	it becomes this whole thing.	3008.6736
1958		3009.0573	How'd you- how did- how did we- I mean, I know how we got connected but how did	3012.4450
1960		3012.7884	you and /RD-NAME-1/ start talking to get-	3014.4800
1962		3014.8871	to get us here to this [point?]	3016.4461
1963	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	3016.1925	[Oh] man, so	3017.6973
1964		3017.7841	that particular night that I met /RD-NAME-1/ I was catching a Lyft,	3021.2908
1966		3021.4051	so.	3021.9723
1967	DCB_int_01	3022.4361	[<laugh>]	3023.6573
1968	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	3023.3437	[<laugh>]	3023.5605
1969		3024.6683	[What had happened was-]	3025.8628
1970	DCB_int_01	3024.6783	[Which is totally different.]	3025.7356
1971	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	3026.1797	I know it was totally different. Um,	3027.9682
1973		3028.4294	it was a Friday night,	3029.5828
1975		3030.1144	I had got published in Capitol Romance that day. Um, one of my s- photoshoots got published.	3035.4838
1977		3035.8208	I said, you know what, screw it, I'm going out tonight, I'm gonna hit U Street.	3039.8614
1979		3040.5062	Went out,	3041.4752
1981		3041.7874	looked for parking for forty-five god darn minutes.	3044.9305
1983		3045.3108	Couldn't find not s- stitch of parking near U Street. So I drove all the way down	3049.4223
1985		3049.6893	to Constitution Ave.	3050.7503
1987		3051.0906	I said, I'm'a go over here by the government buildings where I know my car's not gonna get broken into and I'm still in the city,	3056.2632
1989		3056.5167	and I parked my car and I called a Lyft from there.	3058.8031
1991		3059.4237	The difference is if I woulda went all the way home	3061.8594
1993		3062.2031	to Temple Hills and called a Lyft and parked my car at my house, that Lyft woulda been like twenty dollars.	3066.5715
1995		3066.9686	I called a Lyft from Constitution Avenue to U Street, it was four dollars and sixty-seven cents.	3071.0555
1996	DCB_int_01	3071.9576	<laugh>	3072.5642
1997	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	3072.6149	Big damn difference.	3073.6759
1999		3073.9896	Using my noodle.	3074.7570
2001		3075.0506	So,	3075.4476
2003		3075.7279	I was like, I'm going out,	3077.0067
2005		3077.4337	I had called a Lyft.	3078.3877
2007		3078.7917	Um, I was talking to the Lyft driver, it was a Lyft Line of course, and /RD-NAME-1/ got in. Um,	3083.4071
2009		3083.8208	and- and I was just talking and,	3086.7937
2011		3087.3642	you know, it was one of those things where	3089.5105
2013		3091.7093	I was being me,	3092.6535
2015		3093.0581	talking about my publishing in Capitol Romance and everything like that. And then it was just like, one thing led to another and it was like,	3100.4261
2017		3100.6196	you gotta do this-	3101.6640
2019		3101.8141	this interview because	3103.4524
2021		3103.6192	I'm very curious to hear more of your story.	3106.4995
2023		3107.4037	And that's usually like, you know,	3109.0086
2025		3109.1621	how it happens.	3109.9629
2027		3110.6535	I start talking (laughing) and people are like, what?	3112.5696
2028	DCB_int_01	3113.7207	No, it's been-	3114.8351
2030		3115.2989	Just to hear-	3116.4367
2032		3117.3317	So I'm really interested in how people think about DC.	3119.6706
2033	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	3119.7674	Mm-hm.	3120.1544
2034	DCB_int_01	3120.1578	And to hear your thoughts on DC and the way you've	3123.1335
2036		3123.9089	painted the picture and thinking about how people think about	3127.8828
2038		3128.1664	the change	3128.9805
2039	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	3129.1749	Mm-hm.	3129.4785
2040	DCB_int_01	3129.4585	has been absolutely amazing.	3131.0334
2041		3131.1201	Like,	3131.5441
2043		3132.2512	um,	3132.8618
2045		3133.0853	<clears throat>	3133.5587
2047		3135.1107	different,	3135.8320
2049		3136.1125	um,	3136.9199
2051		3138.0577	and	3138.3177
2053		3138.7150	I have just really enjoyed it. Because I think-	3140.5801
2055		3140.8137	I [think] one, sometimes either-	3142.7276
2056	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	3140.9405	[Mm-hm.]	3141.2516
2057	DCB_int_01	3143.3470	And you're young, like we're almost the same age. [And] I think-	3147.0539
2058	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	3145.5291	[Mm-hm.]	3145.9118
2059	DCB_int_01	3147.9790	But you've seen a lot of things, one with Lyft but I also think	3150.1511
2061		3150.2879	being-	3150.6382
2063		3150.9519	And your whole thing about you love the /millennials/ coming in, meeting at the bar.	3154.0279
2064	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	3154.2860	[Mm-hm.]	3154.6196
2065	DCB_int_01	3154.2860	[and getting] married.	3155.1300
2066		3155.3637	Because I think that shows that	3156.6783
2068		3157.9595	instead of being upset with the system, make the system work for you. And that's one of the things I tell	3161.4071
2070		3161.7741	k- I work with kids.	3162.9101
2071	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	3163.0587	Mm-hm.	3163.3756
2072	DCB_int_01	3163.6592	All the time like,	3164.5167
2073	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	3164.6802	Mm-hm.	3165.0539
2074	DCB_int_01	3165.0039	don't get mad at the game, play it,	3166.5064
2075	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	3166.6163	Yeah.	3167.0434
2077		3167.6439	[Yeah.]	3167.9276
2078	DCB_int_01	3167.7407	[and] win.	3168.3213
2079	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	3168.5348	Yeah.	3168.8852
2081		3169.7593	Pretty much.	3170.4867
2083		3171.0514	That's it.	3171.4652
2084	DCB_int_01	3171.5286	Like people get mad at the game because they don't- they aren't good at it.	3174.4481
2085	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	3174.5081	Yeah.	3174.9586
2086	DCB_int_01	3175.5725	That's the only reason you get mad at it because you don't know how to play.	3178.4161
2087	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	3178.5596	Mm-hm.	3178.9766
2088	DCB_int_01	3179.1935	Like if you're playing /scrapple/ with /monoboly/-	3180.7550
2090		3181.1921	playing Scrabble with Monopoly money you're gonna lose every day of the week.	3183.8447
2091	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	3183.8355	Mm-hm.	3184.2289
2092	DCB_int_01	3184.2092	But as soon as you get you some /scrapple-/ some Scrabble tiles you're gonna start winning cause you're gonna start making words,	3188.3099
2093		3188.6202	and you're gonna start getting those points just like everybody else.	3190.7965
2094	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	3190.8298	[Exactly.]	3191.4365
2095	DCB_int_01	3191.0834	[But when people] don't know how to play the game-	3192.8051
2096	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	3193.0486	That's it.	3193.4980
2098		3194.3666	And the thing is, there's a lot of people that don't want people to know how to play the [game. It makes] it easier for them to play.	3200.1531
2099	DCB_int_01	3198.1144	[Mm.]	3198.6597
2100		3200.6869	Yup.	3200.9389
2102		3201.1707	[And using that advantage.]	3202.4495
2103	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	3201.1816	[It makes it easier.]	3202.0922
2104		3202.5362	[Yes.]	3203.3503
2105	DCB_int_01	3203.1735	[So] tell me how you- Okay so, talked about the wedding,	3205.2522
2106		3205.4891	what has been your craziest w-	3207.1173
2108		3207.4710	experience in the whole wedding planning business?	3209.2536
2109	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	3209.5572	Oh man.	3210.3025
2111		3211.1754	Um,	3212.0963
2113		3212.4800	craziest experience.	3214.6230
2115		3215.8508	So, <exhale> um,	3217.4668
2117		3220.1759	I- I once did a wedding.	3221.4504
2119		3222.0543	Mm, gosh.	3222.8584
2121		3223.1487	And I wrote about this on my blog because it was very, very disturbing.	3226.4394
2123		3226.7931	I once did a wedding	3227.7941
2125		3228.1811	where	3228.8818
2127		3229.1487	the caterer was	3230.9672
2129		3231.1315	an absolute diva.	3232.2392
2131		3232.4862	And matter of fact I've done a couple weddings where the caterer has been a diva, but in this particular case, the- the caterer was like, really, really upsetting.	3239.8441
2133		3240.3580	Um,	3240.8117
2135		3240.9919	it's pretty standard or at least normal in	3245.2035
2137		3245.3804	my mind, /and I don't uh, I b- I don't-/ I'm only the wedding planner here,	3249.4110
2139		3249.7855	that the caterer, they usually have a team of people	3252.9452
2141		3253.3823	that, um,	3254.4634
2143		3254.7636	set up the tables and chairs,	3256.9666
2145		3257.0801	you know, get stuff ready for- You know, just at least set the tables and chairs up.	3260.6358
2147		3260.7248	And maybe they don't wanna put the linen on it, maybe a decorator drops the linen and the centerpiece.	3264.7050
2149		3265.0486	They come back and put the place settings, stuff like that.	3267.6153
2151		3267.7788	Work as a team.	3268.6063
2153		3270.2846	If not the caterer,	3271.5625
2155		3272.0196	then maybe the rental company, whoever dropped off the tables and chairs, but nine times out of ten it's the caterer, it's always been the caterer.	3278.7937
2157		3279.4952	So on the day of this woman's wedding, the caterer was there, after we had already had issues about where she was gonna set up because the bride had changed venues.	3288.9953
2159		3289.3189	And so the venue went from a indoor venue to a outdoor venue.	3292.4862
2161		3293.0901	She had opportunity to come see the venue b-	3296.8337
2163		3297.0114	beforehand but waited til the week of the wedding to come see the space,	3300.8952
2165		3301.1854	the new space.	3302.1230
2167		3302.5868	Um,	3303.3509
2169		3303.5686	decided that, you know, the way that it was set up she wasn't gonna be able to do her job	3309.8213
2171		3310.0724	as expected because the kitchen was too far from the tent.	3313.1654
2173		3313.4190	<ts>	3313.4891
2175		3313.7326	So she wanted the bride to pay for another tent	3316.5358
2177		3316.8265	so that she could have her own tent to be set up in. Again, this is something that's in my mind, why don't you have your own tent?	3322.8432
2179		3323.2703	You're the business person,	3324.6649
2181		3325.0119	not her, why you making her pay for a tent? But regardless, she- the bride paid for a tent so that the	3329.1368
2183		3329.3637	caterer could be closer to the-	3330.8084
2185		3330.9619	to the actual tent that the reception was in.	3332.8838
2187		3333.3576	So on the day of the wedding, there she is in her little tent, she's getting it all set up. Tables in-	3337.7860
2189		3337.9996	the- the tables are broken down on the floor,	3340.0156
2191		3340.5028	on the ground. I'm like, oh, you know, are you and your guys gonna get these set up?	3344.4734
2193		3345.4677	She's like,	3345.8889
2195		3346.0224	oh, no I'm not doing that, if I do it it's gonna be another hun- two hundred and fifty dollars.	3349.9128
2197		3350.6702	At this point it's this bride's wedding day.	3352.5462
2199		3352.9933	You're not gonna come to me with any additional cost that you want me to take to her because that is gonna piss her the fudge off. And my job as a wedding planner	3361.0954
2201		3361.3856	is to keep her stress free.	3363.0740
2203		3363.4084	She's supposed to be blissfully blind the entire day	3366.7484
2205		3366.9919	so that even if stuff does go wrong,	3369.1774
2207		3369.4451	she don't know about it.	3370.8098
2209		3371.0233	She just thinks everything's going according to plan. That is my job as a planner. So no, I'm not about to go to her f- for this two hundred and fifty dollar	3378.2078
2211		3378.5719	up charge that you wanna charge on the day of her wedding.	3380.8355
2213		3381.6958	That was one thing.	3382.3398
2215		3382.9136	You know, even after the tent thing I had to calm the bride down after that.	3386.6081
2217		3387.4355	Even, you know, now on the day of, th-	3389.3641
2219		3389.4909	the tables, I grab some- the groom and the- some- some- some groomsmen, hey- hey guys.	3394.0995
2221		3394.3631	Can you get these set up for me?	3395.6110
2223		3395.8979	I know you guys got a couple more minutes before you gotta get dressed,	3398.6748
2225		3398.8917	just throw these tables up,	3400.0762
2227		3400.5199	throws these chairs up,	3401.4699
2229		3401.8379	and we're good.	3402.3450
2231		3402.6487	Cause the ta- chairs are stacked. That's some stuff you need- you need	3405.3288
2233		3405.5156	man arms for.	3406.4899
2235		3406.8469	So, um,	3407.7278
2237		3407.9747	I'm a wedding planner, I don't carry man arms on me.	3410.1884
2239		3410.6226	Um,	3411.1186
2241		3412.9512	they got everything all set up.	3414.5747
2243		3415.4963	Um,	3416.3045
2245		3416.7702	we were getting through the day okay,	3419.0857
2247		3419.8761	um, you know, even with that little hiccup.	3421.9751
2249		3422.9506	As they were doing the place settings, I remember her staff kept coming to me,	3428.0866
2251		3428.4652	kind of, um, asking me, you know, where do things go. That's another thing, it's like, when your staff has to come aks me questions, what are you doing?	3436.6856
2253		3437.1611	That's another issue I had. Okay, still trying to get through the day.	3440.2771
2255		3440.5931	Fast forward to dinner.	3441.6000
2257		3442.8004	<ts>	3442.8627
2259		3443.0726	We know,	3443.5941
2261		3444.1057	dinner time.	3444.6468
2263		3445.0601	Vendors come to me and aks me,	3447.1146
2265		3447.3278	because I'm the planner, they know I know,	3448.9086
2267		3449.4629	what time can we eat,	3450.6045
2269		3450.9814	where do we go to eat,	3452.1818
2271		3452.4882	what are we getting to eat?	3453.5508
2273		3454.1083	That's what they do.	3454.8004
2275		3455.1808	They gonna come to me and aks. They're not gonna go to the bride and aks because they know, they've already had in their contract they get a vendor meal.	3461.0660
2277		3461.3809	The planner should know, cause she gotta eat too. So they could all come to me.	3464.3982
2279		3464.7768	So the band is coming up to me, maybe like two by two, three by three, they coming up to me anywhere, they're- they're aksing me the same dang question.	3470.7065
2281		3471.0359	Apparently they aksed the caterer too,	3472.6495
2283		3473.4694	before they aksed me. So I- so I think I went back there to her space as she was getting dinner out to ask her. I said, hey,	3481.9702
2285		3482.2651	I know not now,	3483.6164
2287		3483.9214	but I just wanna know,	3485.3251
2289		3485.7023	you know,	3486.2210
2291		3486.4697	whenever you're ready can you let me know	3488.4511
2293		3488.6850	when the vendors	3489.7213
2295		3489.9542	can go grab their food.	3491.2462
2297		3491.9056	She	3492.7387
2299		3493.4077	literally like	3494.7407
2301		3494.9867	threw	3495.6820
2303		3496.2067	a bitch fit,	3497.1841
2305		3497.4137	and was like,	3498.1811
2307		3498.6075	oh my god,	3499.4307
2309		3499.6636	if one more person aks me,	3501.3573
2311		3501.6361	I gotta feed	3502.4462
2313		3502.7282	my- my- my- my guests first,	3504.4993
2315		3504.7223	da da da. Like she just went off, like slamming trays and like flipping out.	3508.8233
2317		3510.6141	I'm like,	3511.0601
2319		3512.0159	okay.	3512.9309
2321		3513.2031	And I walked away.	3514.2071
2323		3515.4498	That	3515.8499
2325		3516.1385	was the craziest moment, cause I had never seen	3519.2589
2327		3520.3346	a grown adult business person	3522.3451
2329		3523.0011	throw	3523.5502
2331		3523.6978	a four year old tantrum	3525.3934
2333		3525.6164	in front of me	3526.4691
2335		3527.0037	at an event.	3527.8171
2337		3528.1910	That was the craziest thing.	3529.5261
2339		3529.9030	Hit her-	3530.5439
2341		3530.7505	She- she- she- um, she had the business with her husband, her husband had to pull her away and calm her down.	3535.5684
2343		3538.4658	Maybe you shouldn't be in this business, lady.	3540.5595
2344	DCB_int_01	3541.5239	[/inaudible/]	3541.7653
2345	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	3541.5928	[Maybe]	3542.2947
2346		3542.3865	[you can't handle] the [pressure.]	3543.7157
2347	DCB_int_01	3542.4062	[/inaudible/]	3542.8686
2349		3543.3901	[That's-] that's too much for her.	3544.4396
2350	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	3544.6265	It's too much.	3545.5121
2352		3545.9745	That was the craziest thing. But I- I mean, caterers they f- I had one caterer,	3550.3248
2354		3550.6889	uh, at a reception	3551.7646
2356		3552.1516	gonna tell me, um,	3553.6308
2358		3554.0014	<laugh>	3554.3425
2360		3554.9539	when it's time to cut the cake	3556.3773
2362		3556.8430	that the bride didn't pay the cake cutting fee and he wasn't gonna cut the cake.	3560.2178
2364		3562.1116	Bruh,	3562.5019
2366		3563.2497	charge it out on the back end,	3564.6604
2368		3564.8731	cut the damn cake.	3565.8964
2370		3566.1799	We're here at the reception, it's time to cut the cake and serve it to the guests.	3569.0923
2372		3569.3251	Why you can't just charge her that on the back end and get your- Cause you- you b- Like,	3572.9801
2374		3573.1605	I can't cut the cake, I'm not food safety certified.	3576.0926
2376		3576.6764	I'm not about to touch nobody's food,	3578.5852
2378		3578.9506	it's not my job,	3580.0952
2380		3580.3084	I'm not getting paid for that.	3581.5252
2382		3582.1680	It is literally your job to cut the cake,	3584.1244
2384		3584.3537	cause you're the caterer.	3585.3114
2386		3585.4294	You handle food.	3586.4670
2388		3586.9119	Why would you not just cut the cake?	3588.8928
2390		3589.5094	No, that was another time.	3590.5187
2392		3590.6784	Like,	3590.8981
2394		3591.2031	caterers are like, crazy.	3592.7446
2396		3593.4301	They usually have staff,	3594.9574
2398		3595.3815	that are	3596.5068
2400		3597.4327	<ts>	3597.4885
2402		3597.8066	constantly revolving.	3598.9546
2404		3599.2759	because it's like a on-call thing. As you get events you- a caterer never knows, they can get booked today for something,	3605.7154
2406		3605.8466	you know, two months out. I don't- they don't know.	3607.7546
2408		3608.1457	And then they don't know how much staff they need until they figure out how many, you know,	3611.8499
2410		3611.9679	entrees or whatever the client is gonna need.	3614.0453
2412		3614.4127	So it's a- it's a revolving door. They usually have	3617.2431
2414		3617.5219	staff that don't know what they're doing,	3619.1587
2416		3619.9095	or, um, you know, the- the-	3623.1644
2418		3623.4170	the actual person who's in charge	3626.1162
2420		3626.6653	is in charge of too much. Like, the way catering is tiered is like, you got your chef,	3631.5586
2422		3631.9915	and like his assistant, and there's usually like a banquet manager that oversees,	3636.7157
2424		3637.1060	um, everything. But there should be some s- other people underneath the chef and other people underneath the banquet manager. Like it should be	3644.1208
2426		3644.4652	teams of people. And I only know this cause I worked for a catering company before, and we had at least like,	3649.2044
2428		3649.4504	two to three teams of people	3650.7997
2430		3651.1736	that would come in and do events. We had people in the kitchen that was setting plates,	3654.7288
2432		3655.0142	we had people out on the floor that was doing the- you know, the place settings and everything like that,	3659.1021
2434		3659.3940	and then we had people that was just moving big heavy stuff.	3661.9162
2436		3662.2356	Cause that's what they was good at doing, setting up, you know, all the big stuff that we d- You know, so we had teams	3667.5422
2438		3667.9259	and it was always like a- a- a smooth flowing process. And we even had a person	3672.2664
2440		3672.6108	that was over all the teams	3674.4441
2442		3674.8030	that made sure each team was [doing what they were supposed to doing.] It's like,	3678.0204
2443	DCB_int_01	3676.4429	[Doing what they're supposed to do.]	3677.5201
2444	DCB_se2_ag3_f_02	3678.3714	you're supposed to manage a catering	3680.1654
2446		3680.5603	company that way. And so when caterers come in,	3683.0791
2448		3683.4268	and it's just like, one person, one chef, and like,	3685.9194
2450		3686.0946	three people,	3686.8066
2452		3687.3934	like,	3687.6590
2454		3688.4166	you- this all you got?	3689.4766
2456		3690.0368	Okay.	3690.3941