On March 15th, 2020, the Governor of California, Gavin Newsom, ordered the closure of all wineries, nightclubs, brewpubs, and bars in the state to prevent the spread of Coronavirus. The closure was initially anticipated to be temporary, but it was longer. I’m Traci Ramos, a bartender in San Francisco, and this series follows my story of when I lost my job due to the pandemic. Through interviews with bartenders, servers, owners, and other professionals in the service industry, I’ll shed light on how the pandemic affected the bar and restaurant industry in San Francisco.
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Monday Nov 08, 2021
Monday Nov 08, 2021
In honor of Filipino Appreciation Month, my guest today is James Pennington. The world-famous Filipino!
James is a personal chef in San Francisco and taught English in China when the coronavirus broke out. We discuss lockdowns, the rising hate towards Asian Americans, and Jolly Bees fast food.
I'm a little bit late with this particular interview. I wanted this interview in October in honor of Filipino Appreciation Month. However, the editing took a bit longer; those things happened, but my guest is the excellent James Pennington. Yes, you guessed it - he's my favorite Filipino in the world and a talented personal chef who was in China when the coronavirus broke out, which I will talk about later. I met James probably about 15 years ago. Shockingly, we were in a bar, and I first noticed him because he hugged all his friends goodbye when he left the bar. The next time I saw James' I commented on his hugging abilities, and then he hugged me! And we've been friends ever since.
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