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The Monthly Report: July 🎆🍻🎉

What We’re Reading, Eating, Playing, Obsessing, Recommending, & Treating

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Welcome to the Monthly R.E.P.O.R.T. → July Edition! ☀️😎🍦

That’s right, everyone, it’s July, a.k.a peak summer season! While neither Emily or Maria snagged an invite to Michael Rubin’s White Party, we’re still enjoying the sun, fun, and everything in between.

In other travel news:

Maria has been all over this month hitting Prague, Amsterdam, Berlin, and Edinburgh. She’ll be in Europe throughout the rest of the month!

Emily had a busy month between concerts and travel! She went to Montana and Nebraska. She also moved!! 💃

Resources

Funding 💰

Podcasts, readings, and other fun things on the VC funding landscape

Good Reads 📖

A few of our favorite essays, short stories, and writings that we read this month

Your Career in VC 👩‍💻

Check out these links on helpful tools, tips, and resources for starting or advancing your career in VC

The Monthly R.E.P.O.R.T

What We’re Reading, Eating, Playing, Obsessing, Recommending, & Treating

READING 📚

Emily’s Reading: Pretty Boys Are Poisonous by Megan Fox

Lately, I’ve been loving celebrity memoirs. Megan released this poetry book last year. It highlights the highs and lows of some of her previous relationships.

Its witty, dark, mysterious, and a great quick read.

Maria’s Reading: Still finishing a few things!

Sadly, I have no fresh reviews this month as I am finishing the Defining Decade and Down the Drain!

EATING 🍴

Emily’s Eating: The Coffee House Cromelette

I visited The Coffee House, home of The Cromelettein Lincoln, NE. This is a routine stop anytime I’m in town.

It’s made of a flaky croissant crust that’s basted in butter with rosemary and salt. The inside is perfectly fluffy eggs, gouda cheese, and a meat of your choice!

Willing to sell my soul for this recipe 🤤

Maria’s Eating: Bagel

I can’t think of a better breakfast than a Bacon, Egg and Cheese on an everything bagel. I stopped by Bagel Boy in Amsterdam twice last week for their BEC + avocado as the breakfast to fuel my morning adventures.

PLAYING 🎲

Emily’s Playing: House of the dragon

Y’all I am such a HOTD fan. Dragons? Say less. Castles and armor? Say no more. 🐉

Season 2 is out!!

Maria’s Playing: Parks

There’s something so beautiful about public spaces. I love to see different people using the space for different things. I’ve been spending a lot of time just hanging out in public parks! Sometimes I pack a little snack or a book; other times I’m just people-watching (I promise it’s not that weird lol)

OBSESSING 🤩

Emily’s Obsessing: Montana!!!

I went to Montana’s Glacier National Park this summer with my high school bestie, Caitlin.

We stayed in an airbnb “tube tent” and went on lots of hikes and saw tons of animals.

Highly recommending Montana - so many jaw dropping views.

Maria’s Obsessing: 99 Astral Drawings

While in Amsterdam, I visited the Rijksmuseum! The collections here are second to none, and I fell in love with Kees de Goede’s 99 Astral Drawings. de Goede used 99 newspapers from 1954 to 2023 as subject matter and as image support to respond to the world’s biggest headlines/events. 65 were on display at the Rijksmuseum.

RECOMMENDING 🏁

Emily’s Recommending: Astrology Session

I try to do an astrology forecast session every year with an astrologer.

It’s a great way to get a good look at the year ahead across career, relationships, spirituality, finances, and more.

Go check out my astrologer, Meredith at Earthling Astrology, for a virtual session. She’s the BEST!

Maria’s Recommending: brat

By now, everyone knows it's a brat summer, but for those who are blissfully unaware, you still have time to lock in. Charli XCX’s album has been dominating my Spotify morning, noon, and night. If you ever need some extra motivation to finish up some emails, go ahead and turn on brat; that inbox will be at 0 in no time!

TREATING 💫

It’s wedding season!! 👰 I’ve been on the hunt for a cute wedding guest dress.

I found this dress at Abercrombie. It’s PERFECT! It’s flattering on any body type! Highly recommend.

Maria’s Treating: Dry Cappuccinos

If you know me, you know I love a dry cappuccino, and I’ve been treating myself a LOT recently. There’s nothing like some foam, a little bit of raw sugar and that espresso shot to really get me revived! ☕

 

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