Sophia Basaldua-Sun The Metropolitanist
JACQUES REVIEW would like to welcome Dr. Sophia Basaldua-Sun (The Metropolitanist) to the Scholar Edition of Spotlight. Spotlight is a series featuring in-depth conversations with interviewees of various backgrounds and occupations. It provides a look into the planning and unique personal career journeys of each individual. It even offers small glimpses into their private lives. The finished product hopes to convey that every story matters, is worth hearing, and has a great deal of significance to the mosaic called humanity. Sophia and I have been digital pen pals for a little over three years now. I ran into her Instagram page in
Marc Thevenin Jr.
Spotlight is a series featuring in-depth conversations with interviewees of various backgrounds and occupations. It provides a look into the planning and unique personal career journeys of each individual. It even offers small glimpses into their private lives. The finished product hopes to convey that every story matters, is worth hearing, and has a great deal of significance to the mosaic called humanity. JACQUES REVIEW would like to welcome Dr. Marc Thevenin Jr. to the Scholar Edition of Spotlight. Marc received his doctorate in dentistry from Meharry Medical School. I first encountered Marc in my 20s. He was one of a
At The Shed with Guitelle
Jacques Review sits down with Guitelle S. for a review of The Shed Restaurant. Guitelle has been posting reviews on Yelp since 2017. She became an elite reviewer in 2021. As of today, she has done 223 reviews and posted 643 pictures. You can find her reviews here. On Sunday, Sept 4, Guitelle and a few of us met up at The Shed Restaurant in Plainview. It was part one of the get-togethers for my brother's birthday. There was initial frustration in that it did take some time for us to be seated. I was already there for an hour
Life with Polo: The Emperor’s New Clothes
Life with Polo is a series detailing my experience as a father. The first part of the series can be found here. It was the morning of September 3, 2022. I was asleep. Perhaps I was having one of those dreams that I usually don’t remember when I was suddenly awakened by my new somewhat sporadic alarm. Polo was moving around in his June bed - what we call his bassinet in honor of a beloved friend. The sounds were that of one who had enough and wanted to feel the embrace of one of the two people he