Emily and NEYO

I recently downloaded the Celebrity Playlist podcast from itunes, which had an episode by the Indigo Girls. The podcast asks celebrities what their favorite 10 songs are, and in this episode both Emily and Amy contributed 10 songs. Amy's list included some folk, rock, and (of course) Prince.

Emily, on the other hand, couldn't have picked songs farther away from what I had expected. Her list included MIA, Sia, Rihanna, NeYo, Public Enemy, and some new rap I had never heard of. It made me immediately feel like everything I have ever assumed about Emily is wrong, and it probably is. I was compelled to do a little research on Ms. Emily, and here's what I found.

Emily is the co-owner of Watershed restaurant in Decatur, Georgia.

The menu is upscale southern food, including fried catfish with hush puppies, okra pancakes with yellow squash and cucumber salad, and pimento cheese sandwiches. For desert they serve warm cookies and milk, which I imagine would be the best milk and cookies ever.

Aside from the restaurant, Emily has co-written a book with her father Don, a theology professor at Emory University, called A Song to Sing, a Life to Live: Reflections on Music as Spiritual Practice.

She also scored the short film One Weekend a Month, which is perfectly gorgeous and delicate. She certainly has another career option if she every gets tired of touring.

But seriously though, she loves NEYO, and that makes me love her. How wonderful would it be to run into her at a Neyo concert?