WEBVTT - Second Cup: Eat BBQ in Memphis

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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<v Speaker 1>tip is to enjoy whatever is special about the places

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<v Speaker 1>where you find yourself. There is no point getting distracted

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<v Speaker 1>by what's not available. Reveling in what is available can

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<v Speaker 1>make life more enjoyable. This past summer, I spent a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of time eating funnel cakes because three of my

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<v Speaker 1>kids chose to spend their one on one mommie days

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<v Speaker 1>with me at an amusement park. If you are at

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<v Speaker 1>an amusement park, eating funnel cakes is just what you do,

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<v Speaker 1>so that is what we did. We also spent Labor

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<v Speaker 1>Day weekend in Maine. I ate lobster every day there

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<v Speaker 1>because hey, when in Maine, when I'm home, I go

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<v Speaker 1>weeks or months without eating lobster, so getting it fresh

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<v Speaker 1>is a real highlight. I feel like that is a

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<v Speaker 1>pretty straightforward approach to travel. Eat barbecue in Memphis, have

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<v Speaker 1>traditional French food in France. If you are at a

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<v Speaker 1>restaurant on the water, probably you should order the seafood.

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<v Speaker 1>And yet I have been around people who do not

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<v Speaker 1>feel this way. I was once overseas on a trip

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<v Speaker 1>where someone in our group complained about our group's plan

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<v Speaker 1>to eat at a restaurant serving the local cuisine, and

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<v Speaker 1>he high tailed it to a ubiquitous fast food restaurant afterwards.

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<v Speaker 1>Now I am a fan of that fast food restaurant too,

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<v Speaker 1>don't get me wrong, but it struck me as strange

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<v Speaker 1>since he could have eaten at that restaurant every single

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<v Speaker 1>day back home, but he was unlikely to return to

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<v Speaker 1>that particular country anytime soon. There will always be opportunities

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<v Speaker 1>in the future to eat at chain restaurants or to

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<v Speaker 1>have lucky charms for breakfast. When you find yourself somewhere new,

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<v Speaker 1>it is better to get excited about what they do

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<v Speaker 1>have than what they don't have. That means reveling in

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<v Speaker 1>the excellent beers you can get in Eastern Europe, for instance,

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<v Speaker 1>And then if the breakfast they serve there isn't your favorite, well,

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<v Speaker 1>oh well. This mindset can make exploring the world more fun,

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<v Speaker 1>even if that is just local exploration. If you go

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<v Speaker 1>to a brew pub with a friend, there is really

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<v Speaker 1>no point getting upset about the limited wine list. Why

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<v Speaker 1>on earth would you be ordering the wine. When you

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<v Speaker 1>go to Memphis order the barbecue. There is no point

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<v Speaker 1>lamenting that you'd rather have seafood and you are disappointed

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<v Speaker 1>in the offerings. You can eat all sorts of seafood

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<v Speaker 1>next time you go to a coastal destination. Of course,

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<v Speaker 1>this is one thing with travel. It is a little

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<v Speaker 1>harder when you feel something is missing more permanently. Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>you have moved from the city to the suburbs and

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<v Speaker 1>are sad that you can't pop into an art gallery

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<v Speaker 1>on your lunch break or discover a new Ethiopian restaurant

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<v Speaker 1>on your way to the subway. I get that, and

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<v Speaker 1>yet we are still better off focusing on the good

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<v Speaker 1>in where we are while making a plan to get

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<v Speaker 1>what we're missing. Chances are you can still visit whatever

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<v Speaker 1>spot you are missing from time to time if you've

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<v Speaker 1>got friends there, set up regular get togethers, and be

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<v Speaker 1>sure to do whatever it is that you're missing while

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<v Speaker 1>you are there, and then enjoy yourself in your current home.

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<v Speaker 1>Find the spots everyone loves. Enjoy what you can do.

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<v Speaker 1>I am a big fan of huge suburban grocery stores

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<v Speaker 1>where I can easily maneuver a cart down the aisle,

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<v Speaker 1>a little pleasure I rarely experienced when we lived in

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<v Speaker 1>New York City. I'd even go so far as to

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<v Speaker 1>say that once you move somewhere, you should go all

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<v Speaker 1>in on where you are. Even if you are a

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<v Speaker 1>lifelong fan of a different football team, you can get

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<v Speaker 1>your football fix by watching the local team play. If

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<v Speaker 1>you live near snowy mountains, learn to ski, even if

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<v Speaker 1>you're usual fun involves going to symphonies. If there are

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<v Speaker 1>no symphonies near those rural snowy mountains, there is just

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<v Speaker 1>no point worrying about it. You probably aren't going to

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<v Speaker 1>start a symphony yourself, So get symphony tickets whenever you

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<v Speaker 1>go to a big city and take advantage of the

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<v Speaker 1>fun you do have wherever you are. I'd love to

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<v Speaker 1>hear about what's special about the place where you are,

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<v Speaker 1>so I'll know what to seek out if I visit

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<v Speaker 1>there one day. You can tell me about it at

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<v Speaker 1>Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. In the meantime, this

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<v Speaker 1>is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making the

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