Genre: Memoir/Humor
Description:
“After purchasing a new electric car to avoid catching the coronavirus
on mass transit, Charles St. Anthony needed to come up with some money fast.
Hoping to rake in some big tips, Charles decided to do Postmates in the areas
the rich and famous play.
In this humorous short read, Charles explores Beverly Hills and the
neighboring areas of Los Angeles using food delivery apps. He takes you down
the rabbit hole of Beverly History, and introduces affordable things to eat in
America's most glamorous zip code: 90210! Charles serves up "Beverly Hills
on a Budget" by introducing economical (but delicious) food he discovered
in Beverly Hills—foods that taste expensive but come at prices everyone can
enjoy.
After completing more than 500 deliveries via Postmates, DoorDash, and
Uber Eats you'll learn what people in LA—a city known for health and
fitness—truly eat. The answer might be greasier than you're expecting! Also,
Charles answers pressing questions such as what was the most popular type of
Taco Bell sauce packet, what food truck has the most devoted fan base, and what
was the total number of French fries ordered in his 500+ deliveries. It's a
feel-good, laugh out loud short read that shows how food delivery apps offered
a path to dignity to people who needed to eat and people who struggled to make
money in the pandemic era.”
Author:
Charles St. Anthony is the author of several short humorous reads. He
also has a humorous podcast called “T with Charles.”
Appraisal:
I’d enjoyed reading Uber Diva, Charles St. Anthony’s humorous
memoir about his time as a driver for Uber, Lyft, and other rideshare programs
in San Francisco, so giving this new humorous memoir a try was an easy decision.
The two books have some obvious similarities and a few differences. The author
is operating a bit farther south in California this time with his focus being
on Beverly Hills in the customers he was aiming to serve and the restaurants he
aimed to do deliveries for although the area he worked sometimes slid into
nearby areas of the Los Angeles metro. In this book he’s still driving all
around based on what a customer has requested via an app (actually multiple
apps), but the humor in the story doesn’t come from his passengers, at least
not directly (those Big Macs, cupcakes, “famous garlic noodles”, and the lemon
chicken plate from California Pita don’t even talk), but St. Anthony still
finds lots of humor. The reader also learns some interesting history of Beverly
Hills, including the answer to the obvious question, “who the heck is Beverly?”
I suspect many of us have used Uber Eats and apps like it much more in the
recent past. Here’s you chance to see what the person leaving the food on your
doorstep thinks. Be sure to tip them well.
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FYI:
Some adult language and subjects.
Format/Typo
Issues:
No significant issues.
Rating: ****
Four Stars
Reviewed
by: BigAl
Approximate word count: 8-9,000 words
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