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    DTLA Hustler
    DTLA Hustler
    DTLA Hustler
    Ebook53 pages30 minutes

    DTLA Hustler

    By Charles St. Anthony

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    In this short read set in the downtown LA (DTLA) Renaissance, Charles St. Anthony delivered hundreds of meals while finding out the most delicious delights in this fusion food hotbed. When moving to Los Angeles, Charles felt hopelessly overweight. After leading a sedentary life, he knew he needed to make changes. Also, needing to make some extra money while doing his day job, Charles decided to kill two birds with one stone by joining Postmates. By delivering by foot and bicycle Charles made his "latte money" (his term for extra cash) while incorporating work as a courier into his fitness journey.
    DTLA Hustler takes a close-up view of what it's like to work for this tech leader and how it can benefit your overall health. The book includes educational chapters answering these burning questions:
    1. How much do Postmates couriers really make? 
    2. What are the fabulous residents of DTLA actually eating?
    3. What lifestyle changes did Charles St. Anthony make to lose forty pounds?
    4. How does the Postmates system work?
    5. What challenges do couriers deal with?
    If you are thinking of joining the gig economy or needing to lose a few pounds, DTLA Hustler has advice for everyone while keeping you laughing. Get your hustle on and read DTLA Hustler today.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherImpossibly Glamorous Studios
    Release dateDec 24, 2018
    ISBN9780998318578
    DTLA Hustler
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    Charles St. Anthony

    Charles St. Anthony hosts the hilarious podcast "T with Charles" where he discuss the scalding hot topics in current events and entertainment. He has published several humorous memoirs and short reads. He graduated from Columbia University with a degree in East Asian Studies. After spending 12 years in Japan where he acquired his master's degree, he returned to the US where he released "Impossibly Glamorous" - his book about gay life in Japan and the American celebrities he met overseas. He followed this up with "San Francisco Daddy," which took a close up look at LGBTQ dating life in the Bay Area. "Uber Diva" and "DTLA Hustler" are humorous short reads on the gig economy where Charles shows the realities of working as a rideshare driver and Postmates courier, respectively. He continues his work as a wit and humorist maintains the handle @kingcharles0921 on Instagram and Twitter.

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      Book preview

      DTLA Hustler - Charles St. Anthony

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      DTLA Hustler

      Walking in LA

      The Hounds of War

      Three Birds, One Stone

      To Skip or Not to Skip

      The Snowball Effect

      Latte Money in My Pocket

      The Culinary Delights of DTLA

      It’s Very Expensive

      The Age of Microjobs

      Get Your Life

      Establishments Mentioned

      References

      About Charles St. Anthony

      Notes on Data Collection

      Disclaimers Yadda, Yadda, Yadda

      DTLA Hustler

      Lose Weight and Make Money as a Postmates Courier

      Charles St. Anthony

      Edited by Marcella Hammer

      Copyright 2018 Charles St. Anthony

      Images owned by Impossibly Glamorous Studios

      Published by Impossibly Glamorous Studios

      ISBN 978-0-9983185-7-8

      First Edition

      WALKING IN LA

      I’m in a complicated relationship with the city of Los Angeles. I value getting around on foot, so as an adult I had chosen to live in walkable cities such as New York City and San Francisco. I like to walk, because it is better for the environment. I also walk for vanity reasons—when I take mass transit I tend to be one or two sizes smaller than when chained to an automobile.

      Most Angelenos believe a car is necessary for daily life. I experienced Southern California’s car dependence first hand years ago while visiting Costa Mesa, a suburb in Orange County. I set out to meet a friend in West Hollywood by bus. The trek from Costa Mesa to WeHo took six hours via transit when it only takes an hour and change by car.

      Fast forward to the 2010s, and I felt Los Angeles pulling me into her orbit. San Francisco, where I was living, became too much of a struggle―I worked full-time for years with nothing to show for it. In contrast, each visit I made to LA convinced me that Los Angeles now housed the epicenter of the creative class in the United States. LA had beaches. LA had swag. LA had Lisa Vanderpump.

      Logic sat on my shoulder and said, What are you thinking? Los Angeles is the city of 3D’s: Dirty, Dangerous, and Difficult to get around. Logic whispered in my ear that these thoughts were a pipe dream―an alluring mirage masking the reality of a city populated with jaded try-hards clinging to shattered dreams.

      Intuition told me to ignore this voice. Something waited for me in Hollywood. Logic and Intuition played a tug of war in my brain until Intuition won. I decided to move to Los Angeles.

      After my contract job ended at a major Silicon Valley company, I drove for Uber to save to move to LA. One night a drunk

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