Say YES (and hi!) to The Half Filip

Whew boy, here we go ...

I never set out to have a “personal newsletter.”

Why would anyone want to know MORE about me? I put plenty of weird stuff out there as it is.

Looking back at my 17 years writing about food, restaurants, sports, people — I realized I never set out to do any of these things.

mollyandmattphoto.com working her magic with this tall, dark bundle of awkward

I never set out to be a cook. I certainly never set out to be a sportswriter. I never thought I’d win awards or be asked to write children’s books (watch out Seuss). And y’all, I never dreamed I could be a restaurant critic and write about food for a living.

What I did do: I saw opportunities, and I said yes to them.

The Half Filip is another of those yes’s (yesses? yeses? yi?). The Half Filip is — me. Your giant half-Filipina pal, flipping things around and writing about myself. It’s me in essay form and me in recipes. It could be notes from my wholly Filipina mom and maybe my quarter-Filipino kids, and perhaps I can rope Buddy in to offer up ransomware/cybersecurity advice (I’m kidding, I would never bore you like that (lol he’s going to leave me and I’m going to be homeless)).

I have some cool projects on the horizon, and this is where you can learn about those, too.

Will it be weird? I guarantee it. (What am I doing with my hands in that photo?)

Will you know MORE about me? Omg yes, good luck with that! (Lesson 1: I have huge hands.)

But will you unsubscribe? NO. Because this is a small town, and I’m watching this thing like a hawk, and if you do, so help me God, I will find you, and I will … look you in the eye and smile, because if I AM ANYTHING DAMMIT, it’s hugely conflict avoidant.

So, YES.

Here we go.