The New Trader Joe's Products You Need in Your Life

• #toc_item_0 • [The New Trader Joe's Products You Need in Your Life](#toc_item_1) • [Check it out!](#toc_item_2) • [Calabash Tea and Tonic Is Working to Decolonize Your Drinks](#toc_item_3) • [Tea and tonic please!](#toc_item_4) • [Amtrak’s Flash Sale Has Tickets for as Little as $29](#toc_item_5) • [Peep this sale!](#toc_item_6) • [Alexis Brown Wants to Take You on a Tour of Chicago’s South Side](#toc_item_7) • [Time for a tour](#toc_item_8) • [How to Create the Ultimate Mini Golf Course in Your Backyard](#toc_item_9) • [Fore!](#toc_item_10) *Header 728x90 [] The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic continues to fluctuate rapidly and impact communities all over the world. If you’re venturing out, triple-check the opening status, entry requirements, and safety protocols for both your destination and home city upon your return. Be safe out there. [] I don’t know how to say this, so I’ll just come out with it: It’s National Potato Day. I will be eating a potato for every meal. A purple [vitelotte]( for breakfast, a large McDonald’s French fries for lunch, a King Edward potato at teatime, and a giant stack of potato latkes for dinner. I hope you’re ready for a potato-filled day and a breakfast plate of piping hot Thrillist headlines to get your mojo going. Today’s stories cover everything from Trader Joe’s to decolonizing your drinks to Amtrak tickets to Chicago’s South Side to making your own mini golf course. I haven’t seen this kind of eclectic spread since early pandemic charcuterie boards! I hope your day is full of spuds and that you’re finding healthy ways to feel good and also dissociate from the overwhelming human condition of being alive! -[Ned Risely, Newsletter Contributor]( [ [( food & drink [] [The New Trader Joe's Products You Need in Your Life]( Ah, Trader Joe… always pulling a new trick out of his sleeve! From empanadas to pickle chips to Taiwanese green onion pancakes, here are all the new food products in Joe’s repertoire. I will be there later, loitering near the free sample booth and snooping in other people’s baskets to see if there was something I missed in my grocery run. [] [Check it out!]( [( [( Food & drink [] [Calabash Tea and Tonic Is Working to Decolonize Your Drinks]( Sunyatta Amen is an herbalist who started Calabash Tea and Tonic as a way of bringing indigenous healing to the modern world. As a healer and a beverage aficionado, Amen knows that healthy decisions about what we consume don’t have to just follow the latest trend. Calabash Tea and Tonic takes novel approaches to historical indigenous wisdom, and did I mention the bevs are delicious? [] [Tea and tonic please!]( [( [( news [] [Amtrak’s Flash Sale Has Tickets for as Little as $29]( You all know how I feel about train travel. My ideal state of being is boarding a train in mid-autumn wearing a tartan scarf and pretending I’m a Salinger character who’s about to have a spiritual crisis at “the Yale game.” Well, don’t worry too much about that! Check out the latest deals from Amtrak, the most stunning of which includes a trip from Florida to Virginia for as little as $29. There are all kinds of deals to be had. Chugga chugga, indeed! [] [Peep this sale!]( [( *Sponsored Ads List [( food & drink [] [Alexis Brown Wants to Take You on a Tour of Chicago’s South Side]( Alexis Brown is a born-and-bred Southsider who is the founder of Causing a Stir, a foundation that’s looking to make the bartending community more inclusive. She also knows all the best spots on Chicago’s South Side and wants to show you. Read more about the neighborhood’s history and all of the best spots for a bite or a sip! [] [Time for a tour]( [( *720x300 Ad Banner [( shopping [] [How to Create the Ultimate Mini Golf Course in Your Backyard]( Mini golf doesn’t have to just be something you do on the side of the highway on the way to a summer destination. You could pull out your putt-putts whenever you want if you make your own mini golf course in the backyard. Be the Bill Murray in the Caddyshack of your own life and create the mini golf course of your dreams! [] [Fore!]( [( *Footer 728x90 Thrillist Editorial - Favorable reviews cannot be bought. Read our [Terms & Conditions](, [Privacy Policy]( Delivered by Thrillist.com, 568 Broadway, Suite 507, New York, NY 10012 [212.966.2263]( Sent to {EMAIL}. Add themove@newsletter.thrillist.com to your safe-sender list so our emails get to your inbox. [View On The Web]( [Content Settings]( [Unsubscribe](