Trip to Savannah Introduction

Speaker 2 0:11

welcome, welcome, welcome everyone. We're back from a weekend trip in savannah. We should be tanned and relaxed, but it literally rained every day that we were there yes. Yes, so unfortunate, but we had no sun. However, we're dried out and ready to dish about our shenanigans.

Speaker 3 0:31

I think you mean savannigans.

Speaker 2 0:34

Yes 100% Savannigans and there were many. But first I think our listeners want to have a hummingbird update.

Speaker 1 0:42

Are you serious Like how much of a hummingbird?

Speaker 2 0:45

do we need?

Speaker 3 0:46

We know my DMs are blowing up.

Speaker 2 0:48

Are they here?

Speaker 3 0:50

Okay, I have a hummingbird update. Unfortunately, no hummingbirds. However, I've got some new bait. I went to Costco this morning. I found these flowers. I'd never seen them before before they're called lupines or is it lupine?

Speaker 2 1:10

I could be lupine I don't know, I don't know, are you talking about a peen?

Speaker 3 1:14

no, not, not a little peen a lupine or lupine, I don't know, l-u-p-i-n-e, it's like a tall p-like blooms. So anyway, I got them the minute. You know how, when you go into costco there's stuff up front or whatever. So I got them in my cart first, and then I went around the store and people were like commenting on them, const. And then I came across this sweet elderly woman who was doing free samples. I love a sample what was she saying? Well, she was I don't even know oh, you didn't, she wasn't it wasn't food, because it was over in the uh, cosmetic beauty area.

Speaker 2 1:54

So I don't know, but it's probably that vitamin drink like. Yeah, I'm sure you know I know, the sam's.

Speaker 3 2:00

They usually have the vitamin on that yeah, but she her comment to me as I pass by.

Speaker 2 2:05

She's like oh, those are beautiful, those will track the hummingbirds and I'm like, oh no, you were trying to get hummingbirds, I exude it I exude humming, god, I exude hummingbird.

Speaker 3 2:19

And so I said, well, I'm like well, I actually was like, really are you? Wow, okay, great, because I'm like. Well, I actually was like, really, are you, wow, okay, great, because I'm like I'm after these hummingbirds. I said I already have my feeder out and she said, yeah, oh, they will love them. And she proceeded to give me advice on how to attract Orioles through grape jam and all this oh, wow, right, so they are.

Speaker 2 2:41

This is a long conversation.

Speaker 3 2:46

Oh, I right, so they are a long conversation. Oh, I couldn't. I was trying to get away and she's like yep, and I was like waving, I'm like thanks, and she's like yep, just yep, you've got a great start she also is like, just so you know. I haven't seen them yet either. The weather's been bad, so I'm holding on to hope. Perfect good, so we'll leave it there.

Speaker 2 3:01

All right, sounds great.

Speaker 1 3:03

Yeah, I mean, I think that we had enough with the hummingbirds. Well, for me, I just think that. I'm sorry, go ahead. Yeah, I'm just thinking that, from the hummingbirds flying out like trying to get to Michigan, missing your house, I think we just need to talk about our flight into Savannah.

Speaker 3 3:22

Yes, why don't we talk about that? But side note real quick. According to the chat GPT I've got till the end of May before the birds show up. Oh God, there's still there might be a flight pattern over to my house, but yes, let's talk about our flight to Savannah.

Speaker 1 3:36

What are the chances that we're going to get another update in the next episode? I think they're pretty high.

Speaker 3 3:41

Are we going to allow this, megan?

Speaker 2 3:42

the listeners are asking for it.

Speaker 1 3:44

I know I gotta give them what they're asking for, but okay, like let's just talk about a flight to savannah let's talk about that flight because this is that kind of goes into like so that people know a little bit about us, especially me, when it comes to flying. Uh, matt knows, maddie knows this very well. Um, I get very nervous about the whole process.

Speaker 3 4:05

I'm a nervous flyer. Why don't you tell our listeners?

Speaker 1 4:08

how maddie helps you with that. Oh, he gives me a xanax every time I didn't know you needed a xanax and I'm also always nervous about asking my doctor about the xanax, because I feel like ashamed that he's like is this really just for you flying? Well, it's common, I think a lot of people take Xanaxes to fly.

Speaker 3 4:30

I mean a Xanax helps.

Speaker 2 4:32

Well, you probably need it with those short shorts on a plane.

Speaker 1 4:35

Well, I did. I did go in short shorts, but she went in like for the juggler, she went in straight.

Speaker 2 4:41

When I saw you arrive in savannah I was like this was your plane outfit the short short.

Speaker 3 4:46

Imagine when I picked him up, I mean it was like you were gonna have that much of your leg touch that seat on that plane it gives me joy in the middle of me being stressed out going to to that gives you short shorts, gives you joy, because if you're gonna go down, you might as well go might as well go down in short shorts, yeah, yeah.

Speaker 2 5:05

I get cold on a plane, so I'm typically even in the summer like covered up with a blanket.

Speaker 1 5:11

Megan, we had the smallest plane. It was 40 people. It was very warm. Matt knows about this.

Hummingbird Update

Speaker 3 5:17

It was Well, then you were lucky. On top of that, we were. We were right outside the shitter.

Speaker 2 5:21

We were right there. I can't with this.

Speaker 1 5:25

Yeah, and if we didn't listen to episode two, we've had some shenanigans when it comes to shitting. We don't need to go back to episode two, but my point is we got there. Turbulence was so bad and I'm the flyer that my palms start getting sweaty.

Speaker 3 5:44

I can tell when he does it. He starts to do this. You guys can't see me, but he rubs his hand and then he starts rubbing them on his short shorts.

Speaker 1 5:51

Yes, this is not good, it was bad. It was to the point that I usually just rely on, because Matt usually is just confident he's reading his book minding his own business, confident, I would say comfortable. Well minding his own business. I would say comfortable, well, comfortable.

Speaker 3 6:06

There was a moment, matt, and you should testify to that he closed he shut his book and he's like this is going to be a shenanigans for sure well, it's hard to read when you're bouncing a little bit, but I was doing it, and then we did have a significant drop oh, the drops are tough yeah. Like you know, like you can feel it in your heart or stomach or whatever.

Speaker 2 6:31

And so.

Speaker 3 6:31

I closed my book and I took a little breath, but we made it.

Speaker 2 6:34

Yeah, I had some. I flew in slightly earlier than you two did and I had some turbulence on my flight, but nothing with drops, just a lot of shaking, which I kind of enjoy.

Speaker 3 6:45

it kind of makes it feel like it's a roller coaster ride.

Speaker 2 6:49

It's like you put a corver in your yeah I just kind of close my eyes and I'm like, oh, I kind of like this little ride I'm on what a great idea.

Speaker 3 6:56

We should. We should sell that like here. Like your airplane seat, you can put a quarter in it. The drops, the drops can be terrifying, though I get the drops okay yeah well, I have to say, um, I have a confession.

Speaker 2 7:10

So I arrived first before you guys and we were staying in our friends who live in savannah. They have an airbnb and we were staying in it. So I had arrived and had made myself at home, and then then I saw on the ground, by the door of our house, this like bug on its back, and at first I'm like what kind of bug was it?

Speaker 2 7:38

Well, I, didn't know at the time. It looked like a cockroach, but a really big one. But it looked like it was dead and so I left it there, ignored it for a while, and then I went back because I'm like my eyes playing tricks. Is it just the wood grain? I'm like, no, that's a bug well, and so then I'm like I don't want them to arrive and see this bug and think this is like a bug infested place.

Speaker 1 8:00

Yeah, I didn't even know that they. It's a confession.

Speaker 2 8:02

They were there, oh wow, so I got some paper towel and I like, scooped it up without touching it and threw it in the trash and thought nothing else. But then, several hours later, another one was discovered in the house, once you two arrived.

Speaker 3 8:20

I'm like well, cat's out of the bag so we obviously, over the course of our time there, so ended up seeing several of these. So it's not a surprise to us in general that they existed within the home we were sleeping in. It was a full community this initial cover-up we didn't know about cockroach cover-up was, and when we talked to them about it this is what kills me is immediately the hosts were like we call them palmetto bugs.

Turbulent Flight to Savannah

Speaker 2 8:49

I'm like, okay, so they've been rebranded in savannah, but they're cockroaches, it's well yes, but the one thing that made me feel safe and secure is they said they get um sprayed every month for palmetto bugs and spiders, et cetera, whatever it is, and all the ones that we would see. All were dead, so it's like they were crawling out of their crevice, dying Right.

Speaker 2 9:16

But, like well we saw five maybe over the course of the week, yeah, but they had just sprayed and I know we've had things that we've sprayed at our house and like initially sometimes you see a lot, but they're always like dead.

Speaker 3 9:27

But these, these ones were like desperately crawling across the floor and then we lose it on their back.

Speaker 2 9:34

Wait, no one. No one saw one crawling.

Speaker 1 9:36

No, they were all on her back.

Speaker 2 9:39

Yeah, they're all dead. When we saw, I felt them.

Speaker 3 9:42

There was twitch, there was some twitch.

Speaker 1 9:44

There was a lot of leg twitching, yes a lot of leg twitching I've seen a version of this bugs before in puerto rico I have found in puerto rico, see, yeah but there they fly well, that's worse, I don't want them flying around me. They're fine if they crawl.

Speaker 2 10:00

I don't want them flying, yeah I don't want them, period.

Speaker 1 10:02

So I don't want them in the air, I don't want them on the back. Well, I agree, I don't want them flying. I don't want them, period, I don't want them period.

Speaker 3 10:06

I don't want them in the air, I don't want them on the backs. Well, I agree.

Speaker 2 10:09

I don't like them, but I think sometimes, when you live in warmer climates, those types of bugs are common and you just have to spray to get rid of them.

Speaker 3 10:17

I appreciate that education.

Speaker 2 10:20

Well, as you know, I'm a nacho aficionado, and our first night in Savannah we were desperately looking to get food somewhere and by the time Maddie and JJ got into town it was already like nine o'clock at night.

Speaker 3 10:35

Because our turbulent flight got a little delayed. Yeah, but yes.

Speaker 2 10:39

So we were I'm like well, we can go to Broughton Street, which is like kind of the main street and has a lot of you know, quick food places on it and a lot of shopping.

Speaker 1 10:47

Which Megan told us is going to be like a minute or two, and it turned out to be like about 30, 35 minutes, no like 20 minute walk.

Speaker 3 10:54

Yeah, but it was also like, oh, it's going to be vibrant, no it was, everything was closed.

Speaker 1 10:59

It was a ghost. Yeah it, it goes down.

Speaker 2 11:01

So we ended up finding this bar, which was actually hopping, because I think it was one of the few places open that had, you know, pretty extensive food menu and of course, it had nachos. So we decided, oh, we'll get some apps, including the nachos. We are super excited about the nachos. And then they arrived, were we? Yes, well, I was.

Speaker 3 11:21

I don't know that. I would say I was super excited. Well, I don't know that I would say I was super excited.

Speaker 2 11:25

Well, I was Okay and these nachos arrived and literally they just had shredded cheese on them and lettuce and the cheese was not melted, it was literally dry. And so we questioned the bartender about it, like, oh, we think these, you know, didn't get heated or whatever, and he said no, that's how they serve them.

Speaker 2 11:43

Well, his argument also was that there was melted cheese like a queso, like a hot queso, yeah, on top of which, which I don't remember seeing it I think it was cold, so that when it went on it didn't melt the shredded cheese where, if it had been hot, it would have just melted and and he offered to take them back.

Speaker 3 12:03

And you know like no, you don't want to take them back. And you know like no.

Speaker 1 12:05

You don't want to take it back to the kitchen. You never want that, Nope.

Speaker 3 12:07

So we're like nope, this shredded cheese straight out the bag. Just what I ordered, just what I ordered, but he did give us $7 off at the end.

Speaker 2 12:17

So it was a win in the end, I guess A total win.

Speaker 3 12:21

Okay, so that was the nacho gate.

Speaker 2 12:24

Yeah, well, I mean, I think it was a very big scandal, personally, because we really didn't eat the nachos because they were just cold shredded cheese on a cold tortilla chip.

Speaker 3 12:35

Yeah Well, the good news is, it could only go up from there, right?

Speaker 2 12:39

Yeah Well, it didn't deter from my evening. I enjoyed the Cool Ranch chicken tenders. Those were good, even though I didn't deter from my my evening. I enjoyed the cool ranch chicken tenders. Those were good, even though I didn't notice too much cool ranch dorito flavor in the same food theme.

Speaker 1 12:52

I think that because we've already, you know, described that our time in savannah was like full of rain and the weather was not the best, one of the things that we exactly totally um, one of the things that we kind of gravitate towards was like okay, so where can we find a good place to eat? You know fun places to just like find, like good coffee, breakfast, bagel, something fun. And right around the corner, when we were doing our grocery shopping, we found this little. I would call it like a hobbit coffee shop.

Speaker 2 13:27

A hundred percent. It looks like a hobbit house.

Speaker 3 13:29

It's cute, though. I mean it's like a little dwelling. It's cute.

Speaker 1 13:32

Yeah, it was out of a Lord of the Rings movie.

Speaker 3 13:36

Yeah, Like you go in there and there were like little nooks.

Speaker 2 13:39

Yeah Right, crannies.

Speaker 1 13:47

And it's all wooded up. It's all wooded up. Yeah, and before we went there, it was just mad and I, maddie, and I, um megan, had warned nick warn us. He's like I'm. This is not my favorite place. I've been here before. They might not have the drinks that you're looking for, but we took a chance well, and it was the closest option as well.

Speaker 2 14:03

So I mean like that was like a local place because there's a Starbucks in the Kroger down the street.

Speaker 3 14:08

Yeah, but yes, but like. This is a place that in our mind is like you're not going to find on every street corner. Very true, it's like.

Speaker 1 14:16

One of those things that I always say is like when you're visiting a new place, when you're going to a new restaurant don't go to like the normal that you would get at your own town. Don't go into a new restaurant. Don't go to the normal that you would get at your own town.

Speaker 2 14:25

I agree.

Speaker 1 14:26

Explore, expand your horizons, go in.

Speaker 3 14:28

And we went in Find a hobbit.

Speaker 1 14:30

Try to find a.

Speaker 3 14:32

Make a new hobbit. Make a new hobbit. I need to mention.

Speaker 2 14:35

the place is like anti-sugar and they have what. It's cacao or no, it's Cacao.

Speaker 1 14:42

Cacao cacao or no, it's cacao cacao. And they have yerba mate which is like argentinian yeah, so you met yerba mate, but you said cacao.

Speaker 2 14:50

Yeah, I couldn't remember the name I just remembered when I went there before it was.

Speaker 3 14:55

It had a weird vibe and by before you mean previous, previous, correct. All right, yeah.

Speaker 1 15:01

So man and I went we had an amazing time Interesting moment, but we thought it was great.

Speaker 3 15:09

A great experience. I loved my sandwich.

Speaker 1 15:13

Yeah, me too. But the next day I went by myself After going for a workout and the first thing I noticed was like Saturdays they had their hours displayed in hours. The saturday hours were they were going to be closed and that just like kind of triggered like I wonder why because?

Speaker 3 15:36

you would think that would be a busy day a hundred percent typically yeah, yeah.

Speaker 1 15:40

So I'm like I wonder what's happening. So I was like you know what? I just need to Google. What is this hobby cafe?

Speaker 3 15:49

shop. Do we know the name?

Speaker 1 15:50

Yes, oh no, it's Mate Factor.

Speaker 2 15:53

Oh, is that the name? Oh, I've never known the name, like M-A-T-E, I just know it has a weird vibe.

Speaker 1 15:58

M-A-T-E Factor.

Speaker 3 15:59

Okay.

Speaker 1 16:00

M-A-T-A, and I have a picture. We can post it on our social so you can see what this place is about. Well, all of a behold, I noticed that this place is owned by a cult. It's called the Twelve Disciples Tribe.

Speaker 2 16:16

And I love a cult.

Speaker 3 16:18

Wait, hold on, before you get into your love of cults. Are we sure we're comfortable calling it a cult, or is that like an interpretation, like they might call it a religion? They didn't I don't want them coming after us website.

Speaker 1 16:32

I don't want to say religion, it did not say community why don't we use the word allegedly?

Speaker 3 16:38

allegedly, I agree.

Speaker 1 16:39

Allegedly, yeah, I mean it's, but I know for a fact that their name is a 12-disciple tribe. Well, that does, and they congregate on Saturdays.

Speaker 2 16:52

Okay, see.

Speaker 3 16:53

Oh, that's why you can't get the sandwich.

Speaker 2 16:54

And my local friends before had told me it was like associated with a cult or a cult owned it or something weird which made me think Go ahead.

Speaker 1 17:02

Do you remember the first?

Speaker 3 17:04

I was just going to yes.

Speaker 1 17:06

What did you notice?

Speaker 3 17:09

I was just going to say, when we were checking out and the lady was friendly and cordial or whatever and ringing us up, and this man comes over and puts his arm around her and squeezes her toward her and looks up and smiles at us. But she was like like handmaid's tale yeah, like she didn't like it, she didn't want it, but we commented in the moment like that was awkward yeah but I mean we didn't associate that to anything to do with, like this religious she was very cold, but then, in retrospect we were like well, that probably why, like she didn't like what was going on there, so that was interesting to see.

Speaker 3 17:51

So savannah, did you so well? Can I? Do you want me to ask you this question?

Speaker 2 17:55

because, I.

Speaker 3 17:56

So you went there day one with me. We both loved it. You went there day two. You got your coffee or whatever, fine. Then you did a little research and then I asked you okay, now that this has come to light, are you going there on day three? I pulled it out immediately pulled it out it was a pull out, you're done, yeah, as I mean it's yeah, that's too bad, right, because it's like you find a cute hobbit.

Speaker 1 18:25

It gave me a memory from my Savannah trip.

Bug Encounters in the Rental

Speaker 3 18:28

I checked that box. Yeah, yeah, well, and it left a good story Right, so move on from hobbits and coffees and on to the next.

Speaker 2 18:38

Well then, we went to Abe's Bar, which is on the corner of Lincoln and President.

Speaker 3 18:45

Do you guys get that connection? Abe's Bar, which is on the corner of Lincoln, and President, do you guys get that connection? Abe's Lincoln, yep.

Speaker 2 18:49

On the corner. Yep and it's known for everyone makes little pictures of Abraham Lincoln on cocktail napkins and hang them all over the bar.

Speaker 3 18:59

It's a hundred. It's a small bar. It's all over every inch of the bar. And what's interesting is I the story that our hosts, our friends that are that hosted us were there. They said that during covid, something required them to like take all of it down. And so this is just like two plus years and it's still packed inch to inch. And JJ did an Abe drawing, can I?

Speaker 1 19:31

interrupt for just a second. Yeah, of course, because on our way to the Abe's bar, we were walking from our friend's house to the bar. Hold and behold, we spotted an Uncle Kathy right on the wild.

Speaker 2 19:50

Oh, an Uncle Kathy. Yes, what is that?

Speaker 1 19:52

An Uncle. Kathy is a type of lesbian.

Speaker 2 19:54

Really.

Speaker 3 19:54

I cannot with this.

Speaker 1 19:56

Yes. So if you think about it like if an Uncle Kathy Break, it down for us. Yeah, and I learned this from Andy and John Hill.

Speaker 2 20:08

Andy Cohen Andy.

Speaker 1 20:09

Cohen. Yeah, shout out to them. Yeah, they gave me some insight on Uncle Kathy. Uncle Kathy is like you know that it has this uncle like. Have you heard of the term funcle?

Speaker 2 20:21

Like a fun uncle yeah, a fun uncle yeah. Or gunkle A gunkle's a gay uncle yes.

Speaker 1 20:27

So this lesbian has this motherly fun kind of vibe.

Speaker 3 20:34

Motherly or fatherly.

Speaker 1 20:36

No, it's motherly. It's uncle-y no shade, yeah, but it's a Kathy. It's uncle-y no, shade, yeah, but it's a Kathy. You know, you come in, you see her and she's got this fun. She's got this connection with her nephews and nieces. She's very present on the life of those two. Okay, but she's a Kathy.

Speaker 2 20:56

Kathy looking.

Speaker 1 20:56

So when we were walking through it, I was explaining to our friend about this, uncle Kathy, and lo and behold.

Speaker 2 21:05

And lo and behold, she's screaming. She yelled at us across the street.

Speaker 3 21:07

Oh my gosh, she's like you people need to calm down.

Speaker 1 21:12

And she's like and I immediately said to our friend oh, that's an Uncle Kathy on the wild.

Speaker 2 21:20

But did they know her?

Speaker 3 21:21

Yes, oh, so they knew she was pairing.

Speaker 2 21:25

Oh, the two things that make up?

Speaker 1 21:27

uh, I think an uncle kathy.

Speaker 2 21:29

Yeah, sorry, I just had to point it out because I love an uncle. Kathy, I didn't realize. You saw one in the wild, they're so lovable you want to keep them you want to keep them around.

Speaker 1 21:39

They're like rooting for you. That's an uncle, kathy I love it.

Speaker 2 21:44

Well you know, if andy cohen and john hill are talking about it, so is anderson cooper oh I love name drop, name drop. I know, so that was on our way to the apes bar which I, you know, we really well, didn't you guys then go to the gay bar and there was a whole hula baloo going on because our friend insisted on foxtrotting and it was a gay bar.

Speaker 1 22:09

This is the thing. So we were in this Aves bar and we did our drawings and we put some drawings and our friend was like you know what?

Speaker 2 22:21

I just need some dancing yeah, well, of course, a gay bar is where you would go well, and there was so okay, one option, there was one option for a gay bar yeah, so this hullabaloo that you talk about, wait, wait, wait wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

Speaker 1 22:38

But I wait, wait, wait. What I there? There we go. There's another word that I've never heard in my life.

Speaker 2 22:44

Hullabaloo, stop it.

Speaker 1 22:47

Hullabaloo, Hullab. I can't.

Speaker 3 22:50

Hullabaloo. I don't think I can Hullabaloo.

Speaker 2 22:53

It means, it means like causing a like scandal or disruption or craziness.

Speaker 3 22:58

Never heard in my life.

Speaker 2 23:00

I mean this is it might be a little more of a Southern word, which is why I think I thought of it or it came to mind, you think.

Speaker 1 23:07

But I've never heard any of you saying that word before.

Nacho Disaster at the Bar

Speaker 3 23:11

I use hullabaloo. I use hullabaloo, Never Hullabaloo, Okay well we need a new segment. Like does JJ know it exactly? Yeah, hella below. So it means like a ruckus okay, okay and if you so, you were there, yes I was. Do you think he was causing a?

Speaker 1 23:32

right, 100. Okay, so it was a hollow below. It makes sense now. It was a hollow below. No, it makes sense now. But when you're saying that word, I was like like what in the world? So?

Speaker 3 23:42

he is there with his partner and she so, like he's a straight man, he's there with his uh, female partner. They are so much fun and shout out to them Cause they were amazing hosts. Um, but this, by this point we'd been drinking pretty much like eight hours or something, slow but like steady Right, and he wanted to dance, but little did we know. Like we're sitting there and suddenly he gets up and says to his wife or partner Sorry, it says, honey, this was to karaoke. By the way, honey, come with me, let's foxtrot you can't make this shit up no, no, no, I was there in a gay bar ever, I mean

Speaker 3 24:28

like who even knows how to foxtrot like we're.

Speaker 1 24:31

It's 2025 at first I was like, is he like a dancing with the? Stars fan like is. That's the only time that I would just even is. Is Foxtrot big on TikTok right now? I don't know.

Speaker 3 24:42

But then I Foxtrotted. He won every song, every single song that came on, it didn't matter, and it was again karaoke. So we were having ballads, we were having your typical Johnny Cash songs or the songs you know by heart. And he won the Foxtrot to everything and I foxtrotted with him.

Speaker 2 25:04

But let me ask you was it really a foxtrot?

Speaker 3 25:07

It was not.

Speaker 1 25:08

It was just twirling around.

Speaker 3 25:09

I couldn't find one trot that resembled a fox at all.

Speaker 1 25:13

To the point, megan, that our friend's partner she said this happens all the time. Every time that we're out he wants to foxtrot. My shoulders are hurting in the morning.

Speaker 3 25:28

Because what he really just wants to do is spin you around and do like a little like it's uncoordinated, sorry, man.

Speaker 1 25:35

I know if you're listening to this.

Speaker 3 25:37

We love you, we love you, it was you really ripped my sockets out I loved it.

Speaker 2 25:43

I loved every minute. He's the best.

Speaker 3 25:45

Oh god, that is too funny I'm glad um well, I'm sorry I missed it, but honestly, I was happy in bed asleep well, from here on out, we're calling them fox trot fridays you know you've had a good night if you're foxed because it was Friday, yeah.

Speaker 2 25:59

I love it, perfect. Well, the next day I was wide awake and we did some shopping and we were walking down the street and I heard a shriek out of JJ that I don't know if I've heard very often, because there was this OMG shop that is, I guess, on TikTok, and they were advertising this like candy that they apparently had created or have their own mix of or something, and it's a freeze dry candies. So they take like everyday candies and freeze dry them and then sell them.

Speaker 1 26:36

Yeah, I saw it on my way back to the Airbnb from the gym and they had a sign out and it just reminded me of that TikTok trend that I've seen that video. It says TikTok trend and I'm like, oh my God, this is something that I've seen before, and we tried it.

Speaker 2 26:54

Yeah, we tried them and we didn't like it. No, no, we didn't. We tried the Skittles, the Charleston Chew.

Speaker 3 27:02

The Charleston Chew was a huge disappointment for you.

Speaker 2 27:05

I love a Charleston Chew.

Speaker 3 27:07

That's what you kept saying constantly. You're like boy. I love a Charleston Chew and this is not good.

The Hobbit Coffee Shop Cult

Speaker 2 27:14

No, and I love a Skittle too. And I thought, oh well, maybe.

Speaker 1 27:17

I like the Skittles. I do love the.

Speaker 2 27:18

Skittles. I do love the Skittles.

Speaker 3 27:19

No, they were not good All right, so we moved on from that shop.

Speaker 2 27:21

Yeah, but didn't you? We saw them when we came home, like it's a hot new trend.

Speaker 3 27:25

Well, I went to my local grocer it's not a like chain grocery store or anything and lo and behold a full insert rack Like it's not in the shelf. So what's happening is they're selling them in as like a kiosk, full blown, these candies.

Speaker 1 27:44

Interesting Because they're a big thing, Maybe for the Gen Zs right.

Speaker 2 27:48

Maybe it's a Gen Z thing.

Speaker 3 27:51

What's the next Gen? That Gen, the lower than Gen Z.

Speaker 1 27:56

I don't know. I think it's that, that Gen Z.

Speaker 3 27:59

No, there's another Gen Gen A, all right. Gen Z no, there's another gen Gen A, all right, google it, let us know. Let us know.

Speaker 2 28:06

Then the next day we were it was Sunday, so we were out drinking.

Speaker 1 28:12

Sunday fun day. Yeah, this was.

Speaker 2 28:15

And after brunch we went to there's this hotel right next to Forsyth Park that used to be called the Mansion, which I always have thought was like such a great name for a hotel. It's an all brick hotel and so I'm like let's go there for a drink. It has now been renamed I don't know if as new owners or what happened but they call Hotel Bardo, but I think that's kind of it doesn't. That name doesn't do much for me, so I still call it the Mansion. So we go in there, we're in the bar, we're having a drink. It was raining so we had to buy our time having drinks and luckily they had really good drinks. We had a great espresso martini there, so shout out to them. But I noticed when they served us our drinks they gave us these cocktail napkins that were actually pure white linen.

Speaker 1 29:04

Never seen them, were they pure white linen?

Speaker 2 29:06

Well, pure white linen. But then they had a green like outline on them, like a dark green, and then a picture like a hand-drawn picture of the mansion on them, with no names, just this picture. So they were really cool looking and I'm like these would make like a great like Savannah souvenir, Like I want to use them for the next cocktail party I have. So when the bartender wasn't looking, I spotted that he had a stack of these napkins on the bar.

Speaker 1 29:34

So I see, always do.

Speaker 2 29:35

Yeah, as they always do normally, but normally it's just like a paper black or white napkin, but these were a whole stack of these great linen napkins. So I went over there when he was busy making a drink and talking to people and grabbed a handful and then came back. Well then JJ and Maddie were like yeah, we kind of want some of these too.

Speaker 2 29:56

So we took turns where we kept going back to take a handful of these napkins when the bartender wasn't looking to the point where my purse, like I, couldn't even shut it, I had so many napkins in it and I'm like we're going to get busted trying to walk out of this hotel because these napkins.

Speaker 3 30:16

Excuse me, ma'am, yeah, exactly.

Speaker 2 30:17

I was worried.

Speaker 3 30:24

yeah, exactly, I was worried um, and then beyond that this container at the bar, which was stuffed full when we arrived, literally now. Have like if you were the bartender you'd be like what is going exactly? Why is this my stock person? Not like what's happening here? Well, where'd they go?

Speaker 2 30:37

exactly, and at one point I went to the bathroom and walked along the backside of the bar hoping to find another stack of them so I could take another handful, but there was no other.

Speaker 1 30:46

Where would you put them?

Speaker 2 30:48

Well, I didn't know they were going to deal with that after the fact and can.

Speaker 1 30:51

I add that we were doing this while in the middle of what it seems to be like a conference.

Speaker 2 30:57

Yes, that they had in checking in in front of us. And that they had in checking in in front of us and we're back and forth trying to get this cocktail napkins. Yes, yes.

Speaker 3 31:06

You guys were too old for this show.

Speaker 2 31:08

No, because I love the best. I do have like a good stack in my armoire. Can.

Speaker 3 31:14

I tell a story from the trip. Okay, so this is probably my favorite story, so we are okay, let me give the again. Rain, rain, rain. We're having a conversation. You know I had mentioned in the last podcast that we lost Henry, but we're all dog lovers, we all have dogs or had dogs, and our friend from Grand Rapids just got a new dog. It's a Bernadoodle.

Speaker 2 31:41

Is that?

Speaker 3 31:41

right.

Speaker 1 31:42

Yeah, okay.

Speaker 3 31:43

And it Franny. Shout out to Franny she is a great dog, she has a lot of energy though, a lot of energy, right? Well, our friend just associates that and equates it to the poodle mix part of the Bernadoodle and says that she has done her research and that poodles by nature, or a poodle mix part of the Bernadule, and says that she has done her research and that poodles by nature or poodle mix by nature is aggressive. Okay, I'm not, we don't. We can debate that all day long, cause I don't agree. I've had two dogs and they're not, but anyway, we're talking. That conversation comes up in our Uber.

Speaker 2 32:18

Yes.

Speaker 3 32:19

And we're going back and forth about it and megan says from the back seat she's like, because she's doing her hair right, she goes, we'll get my hair wet and you'll see an aggressive poodle.

Speaker 2 32:33

Yeah I have naturally curly hair and if it gets wet it becomes like Susie Q curls and shortens like 20 inches.

Speaker 3 32:42

So correct. So then we were like oh, aggressive poodle, aggressive poodle, aggressive poodle, right. And then we're. We took a boat ride at one point and we are waiting to get on the boat and once again, our hosts gracious hosts who lined us up, we get there 10 minutes early, like we're supposed to. The hosts are running a little late, that's okay, but then it's starting to get close to the wire and and we're standing outside and this there are clouds curly. Sue's hair is getting a little wet and she's getting a little.

Speaker 3 33:13

She's just concerned at that point she well, her hair is getting a little wet. She's a little concerned about missing the boat. Yeah, you could see a change in her and so the energy change yeah, and I'm like oh I'm like oh, aggressive poodle just became moody poodle, moody poodle and jj.

Speaker 1 33:32

Then she turned into like a service animal did, because she was just calm and collected right next to me until, like a lady was in somewhat of a situation. It seems like she was. She probably had her sugar dropped or something. But you know she becomes an investigator in a second.

Speaker 2 33:52

Well, I popped up to see if they might need help or what was going on, just like an alert poodle, but then the captain came out Like an alert. The captain of the ship came out and gave her water and they her water.

Speaker 3 34:00

And when he did his little clap, you're like he must be a gay captain. He did?

Speaker 2 34:03

He was talking to the women and all of a sudden he started clapping kind of like aggressively.

Speaker 1 34:08

I wish you could see Megan clapping. That was a judgmental poodle. According to Megan, that is a gay clap.

Speaker 3 34:14

It was a gay clap. I wish we could show the gay clap.

Speaker 2 34:16

And Uncle Kathy wouldn't clap like that.

Speaker 1 34:20

Her clap would have been a hard dress up, unless there was nieces or nephews I got to give you that I got to give you that.

Speaker 3 34:27

That is true, these claps would be completely different, exactly.

Speaker 1 34:32

Oh gosh, all right, what a trip, what a trip.

Speaker 3 34:35

What a trip. Yeah, I'm so glad we all went. I was so glad we all went. I was so close Like literally, literally, when I was like two days from the trip, I was looking at that forecast. I mean it said 90%, 100%.

Speaker 1 34:52

Every day.

Speaker 3 34:53

And I was like could I do a last minute cancellation? Oh my God, Like send a quick little text.

Speaker 2 35:01

So you would have texted a cancellation.

Speaker 3 35:03

Yeah, Well, I don't call people. I don't like to talk on the phone. So yeah, I would probably. I mean I didn't do it, I probably wouldn't do it. I'm just saying the thought crossed my mind.

Speaker 2 35:14

Well, canceling last minute, especially text. I feel like that's a hot topic.

Speaker 3 35:19

Well, yeah, Well, that is a pretty hot topic. Yeah, Well phone etiquette. I think in general.

Speaker 2 35:27

Yeah, no, I think in general, yeah, no, I agree, I agree, but again, I didn't do it. No, you didn't.

Speaker 3 35:32

And thank God we went. But like yeah, there's a canceling at the last minute.

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Speaker 1 35:37

or just like I mean, but if we were to talk about, like the texting, whole etiquette and things like that? As soon as I saw that group text being created for the trip, you know, I muted that group text being created for the trip, you know I muted that group text.

Speaker 2 35:48

I can't deal with your muting of group text because you don't seem to be that responsive or remember what's been discussed oh well, he doesn't remember because he didn't read it as soon as I am, as soon as I'm added into a group text, I mute it immediately I

Speaker 3 36:03

mean just listen to me just for a second, all right this is my thought process.

Speaker 1 36:19

The thing is that with our friends, even though we made this group text just for a specific purpose, it just derails into other things and I'm working and it's distracting, so I'd rather just put it on mute and I go and select whenever.

Speaker 2 36:28

I want to be part of it, that's it. Whenever I want to be part of it, that's it. Yeah. But sometimes I think you are not answering questions or responding to things that we need you to respond to because you have it muted, like sometimes I literally have to like, put in all caps, jj, take us off mute.

Speaker 1 36:43

So that I get a response and I love that so much. I appreciate Megan you saying that Maddie sends me an immediate like individual text and said just FYI, take a look at the group text.

Speaker 3 36:55

Yeah, I do. I sidebar him. Well, look at all the extra work you have to put in.

Speaker 2 36:58

I know exactly he loves this.

Speaker 3 37:00

He's not fucking Gen Z up in here Because I feel like this is Gen Z behavior, because I it's a trend in society where Gen Z doesn't see any of this is necessarily inappropriate or rude. They just see it as like efficient and like listen, I don't need to like invest a bunch of time Like, I'll just be straightforward.

Speaker 1 37:21

I might not be Gen Z, but I'm younger looking though.

Speaker 3 37:24

Oh God Mute that let's put that on mute. Let me tell you this.

Speaker 2 37:30

I know that the Gen Zers are not a fan of the thumbs up they find that to be very passive, aggressive 100%. And we have some friends who are a little aggressive with those thumbs up, like almost everything they do.

Speaker 3 37:43

Maddie is on the border of like no, I don't know that I'm in the same camp as you guys.

Speaker 2 37:50

Like I'm okay with it. Yeah, I find that people use a thumbs up like not appropriately. They're using it as like an okay, and in my mind an okay is just as quick and easy to type in.

Speaker 1 37:57

Why don't you type in a thumbs up emoji.

Speaker 2 38:00

Oh, okay, fine, Use that.

Speaker 3 38:02

I do with you too, cause I don't want to suffer the wrath to suffer the wrath.

Speaker 2 38:10

Well, because we're kind of like gen z or sometimes we are. You guys are unbelievable. We're synchronized.

Speaker 1 38:13

That's a thought thumbs down well, I think it's time to transition from thumbs to lips oh, talking about lips, it kind of brings me back to like one item that I think you guys will love it as much as I do. Um, the Harry's. You know, have you heard of the Harry's brand? It's usually a shaving products type of brand, but back in December 2024, they are actually kind of branching out. And Megan and Maddie they are big when it comes to like skincare.

Speaker 1 38:47

Maddie has introduced me to many great products when it comes to skincare and things like that more to come yeah there you go, but um harry came up with um a lip balm, a black lip balm oh, I love that black lip balm they had me put in a waiting list to get into this um lip balm. It the launching day was like january 1st 2025, but you had to get into the waiting list to be able to get this. One of the things that is very, very good about this lip balm is that it's black, but it has this tech from korea um, it is called a metal form of metal foam oh, wow interesting and it helps with the ph of your own skin so that it's not a lip tint but that your natural uh ph can create somewhat of a tint.

Speaker 1 39:39

It's not, it's very subtle, but it helps, like keep the moisture in it. I feel it's it's, it feels good on it. It's like it has a very nice packaging and design, which I find it very slick. Into that I agree, but I'd like to get into that I do have to say it's a little bit on the pricey side oh, really for lip balm, but you only have two lips wow what

Speaker 3 40:04

but you only have two lips.

Speaker 1 40:06

Wow, wow, no, no, that's debatable okay well, um, but I, I as soon as I saw it, I was like I need to get one for myself and I also wanted to get one for maddie, because he usually is the one bringing me in and like a new, like skin product and I'm like I just feel good about just me bringing in that that new product and I just love it yeah, I liked it.

Speaker 2 40:28

I tried it today and I liked it I well.

Speaker 3 40:30

So, as he said, he gifted it to me and I love it yeah a couple of things that I think are interesting and stand out to me, especially as somebody with a marketing background, is like one. It is like the experience of putting on lipstick for a woman. Yes, because, because, like a chapstick, if you imagine a chapstick, which I kind of associate this to as a chapstick right, I think it's a chapstick. You have a lid at the top, you pop off and you put it on. Yeah, this has a sheath.

Speaker 2 40:59

Oh, like a lipstick. I didn't even think of that because I'm just so used to that.

Speaker 3 41:02

So I've never had that experience. Oh, experience interesting but like so I. It kind of blends the genders a little bit in terms of like a user experience. So I didn't hate that, but it was new experience for me and I was actually, oddly enough, conscious of that when I use it out in public oh yeah, because it's like, it looks like you feel like on the feminine side, kind of I.

Speaker 3 41:26

You know, it's just where my I didn't feel any different masculinity or femininity energy, but I wondered if people seeing me thought I was putting on lipstick and I could give a kick.

Speaker 1 41:38

I didn't even think about that.

Speaker 3 41:39

No no not at all, but you know what I'm saying when you right Based on.

Speaker 1 41:44

I just saw the design is so slick and like cool, but like pull it out.

Speaker 3 41:48

Right out yeah.

Speaker 1 41:50

It's right.

Speaker 3 41:51

It's different than like taking off a cap and you twist it like a lipstick.

Speaker 2 41:55

Yeah, I didn't even think.

Freeze-Dried Candy and Napkin Theft

Speaker 3 41:56

Yeah, and the other thing that I found interesting is that at first glance, when you look at it, it's just a black. It looks like a black chapstick and I'm like where's the branding? There's no branding, literally. We all even sat here and be like, yeah, we debated why they were doing or why they weren't, but then, upon closer, look, it's black on black and you can see harry on there and it's like well then, I liked it because I'm like yeah, it's very cool it's like sleek, it's seen, makes it more luxurious of a brand and I liked it and I may add and I do love it in two last things here in general, it's a product.

Speaker 1 42:32

This product won a men's health 2025 award oh, wow um and you cannot find it in stores.

Speaker 2 42:40

It's all you have to only order it online.

Speaker 3 42:42

Wow, okay, well get out there and get it, because it's a great product and and for anyone listening that's not familiar like this has nothing to do with Harry Styles.

Speaker 1 42:50

No, it doesn't A couple of times like.

Speaker 3 42:52

Harry's and Harry oh no, this is Harry came out with razor blades first, and now they have a whole product line.

Speaker 1 43:00

So what is it?

Speaker 2 43:00

JJ Is it Harry's dot com yeah exactly. Well, and I thought it was a cute name. Harry's for razor blades Well, and I thought it was a cute name.

Speaker 3 43:07

Harry's for like razor blades. Harry, if you're listening like, slip into my DMs. Yeah, yeah, but it is harryscom.

Speaker 2 43:13

Yeah, it's great. Well, I think it's time for our slip it ins and pull it out.

Speaker 1 43:17

Yes, I'm ready.

Speaker 2 43:18

For me, my slip it in is peonies.

Speaker 3 43:22

My peonies are out, oh my God.

Speaker 2 43:23

Yes, I have a lot of peony plants, and my first peonies are out and they're beautiful. They're bright, hot pink ones, so I love them and my pull-it-out is weeds, because I've also noticed some weeds coming in.

Speaker 3 43:37

And I literally need to get out there and pull it out.

Speaker 2 43:39

Flower theme Flower theme. It's a flower theme for me.

Speaker 1 43:41

Garden. Yeah, what about you, maddie?

Speaker 3 43:44

Well, okay, so Well, okay, so my slip it in is propofol.

Speaker 2 43:50

Oh my God, who doesn't love propofol? Especially Michael.

Speaker 3 43:53

So two days ago I had an endoscopy, so I have a small throat opening.

Speaker 2 44:02

Well, isn't it really a shotski ring?

Speaker 3 44:06

Well, my first doctor diagnosed it as shotski ring. My younger doctor that took over when my first doctor retired was like no, that's not what's going on here?

Speaker 1 44:16

isn't this the same thing that sutton strack from people?

Speaker 2 44:19

yes, it is yes, from real housewives of beverly hills right, and what was it?

Speaker 1 44:23

what was it? And marie?

Speaker 3 44:24

and marie when she's that's not a thing I was so pissed Cause I was.

Speaker 1 44:30

I'm living it now yeah.

Speaker 3 44:34

So I've had my esophagus stretched like five times. Anyway, the thing that I came to learn through these five different stretches was I get the best nap I've ever had when I get the propofol for going under, and like I don't, I don't experience. I don't know anything that they're doing. They're shoving stuff down my throat, whatever.

Speaker 2 44:59

Well, no, you're basically out of it.

Speaker 3 45:00

Right, but I mean like I can't get that kind of, I can't pay for that kind of sleep.

Speaker 2 45:04

I know I did pay for that. Oh wow, look, sleep. I know I did pay for it. Oh wow, look at that. It's like a dream. It was like a dream, but let me tell you, I'm looking for a new surgery because I'm ready to get.

Speaker 3 45:13

I know I'm like what? Yeah, so, and then jj was my ride home because I can't drive, and so yeah I'm gonna keep it.

Speaker 2 45:20

You can't drive because of the propofol, not because you don't drive.

Speaker 1 45:24

Oh yeah, I want to keep it short but I it was a great experience just to see him, matt, waking up from that proper fall. That nurse immediately looked at him and said whatever questions you have is going to be a no.

Speaker 2 45:39

Oh, he must've been asking questions before you came in the room.

Speaker 1 45:42

Probably Cause she as as I walked in, he's like did you by any chance have a proper full happy meal? Oh my God.

Speaker 2 45:52

That's crazy. And then she's like no, she was like, I've had it with you I told you, there is your answers are going to be no.

Speaker 1 45:59

I wanted to take away and then from that happy meal went into like what about a proper full baby? Like a baby proper full.

Speaker 3 46:06

Then I asked her Apparently. Then I asked her I'm like, would you be part?

Speaker 2 46:10

of my podcast. Would you like to?

Speaker 3 46:11

get in a vote with me for our podcast.

Speaker 2 46:14

She had wanted nothing to do with you.

Speaker 3 46:16

Alright, I'll keep it moving. I pull it out and I think this would create conversation, but we can keep it moving. But like low rafter basement ceilings, I have hit my head on my rafters so many times. I had to buy a construction hat, so I have. I purchased a construction helmet and I put it on whenever I'm doing laundry or different things in my basement, because I've had a few concussions.

Speaker 1 46:43

You better take a picture and put it in our socials so that people can see. I could.

Speaker 3 46:46

I could maybe do that, but like I'm six foot tall, they are low rafters. I can stand up in between them, but otherwise they are the death of me.

Speaker 2 46:56

Bam, they scare me and I float right under them.

Speaker 3 46:59

I mean it has brought me to my knees.

Speaker 2 47:02

I hit it so hard. Oh, I've seen you.

Speaker 1 47:04

Yeah, I'm just trying to get to like a roll of toilet paper and next, thing, I know okay my sleep and text me back to one thing that my mom always used to tell me is like, just make sure that whenever you're out and about, that people know that you have a scent or like a you always have a signature. Cologne, and I just happened to fall in love with this old school, cologne, it's an Ed Hardy cologne.

Speaker 2 47:33

Oh, ed Hardy, Is that even on the market anymore? It's hard to find I think your days are limited with Ed Hardy.

Speaker 1 47:40

I found it on Amazon and it's on recruiting coming in to me, but it's hard.

Speaker 3 47:47

It's also like a TJ Maxx or a what's the other marshall?

Speaker 2 47:50

marshalls, I know, but that time I bet they're not gonna keep.

Speaker 1 47:53

Maddie knows but maddie knows every time I'm out I can't see that it drives me nuts why tell me?

Speaker 3 47:59

because I know behind the scenes he's wearing ed hardy 15 tj max and every single person we encounter was like oh my God, you smell so good. What is he?

Speaker 1 48:10

Every single time.

Speaker 3 48:11

And JJ will know oh, it's just an oldie, but a goodie, and like he won't.

Speaker 1 48:16

But I no.

Speaker 3 48:17

He won't say it, I won't tell him.

Slip It In and Pull It Out

Speaker 2 48:20

Oh, you won't tell him oh no. Because it's Ed Hardy.

Speaker 3 48:30

Another cat out the bag.

Speaker 1 48:31

It is Until that is out on the shelf at TJ Maxx and the Marshalls. I am an Ed Hardy, love and luck cologne fan.

Speaker 3 48:40

That is for sure that you brought that up. I love that. That's crazy.

Speaker 1 48:44

And my pull it out. It drives me nuts. Recently at the gym, people are bringing bringing their Bluetooth speakers. What yeah, yeah, they just place the Bluetooth speakers on a little corner and and this is on top of the gyms already music blasting.

Speaker 2 49:06

That's insane. I don't understand that. I can't imagine, like you hearing that's insane. Why I don't?

Speaker 3 49:09

understand that. I can't imagine, like you hearing that and sweating at the same time don't come near jj because he's sweating and like and uh it's he hates sweats if you're just tuning in, you didn't tune into episode one.

Speaker 1 49:24

Um, but yeah they bring in their bluetooth speakers, they place them on the floor and while they're working out and this is like two, three people at the same time- oh my god, I cannot believe the gym doesn't shut that down also like shooting content, everyone's shooting content, like creating content as well.

Speaker 2 49:42

Fitness is a pretty corporate type gym. I'm shocked that they're allowing it that's insane.

Speaker 1 49:47

It's a nightmare. It's a and it's definitely a pull it. That's insane, it's a nightmare. It's definitely need to get pulled out.

Speaker 2 49:51

Pull it out for me too. Well, as always, we want to be your new go-to for the tips you didn't know you needed, the opinions you didn't know you agreed with and the laughs you didn't know you were missing. So please reach out to us. We want to hear from you, especially your hot topics, sl. So please reach out to us. We want to hear from you, especially your hot topics. Slip into our DMs on Instagram at slipitinpodcast. Email us at slipitinpodcast at gmailcom, or call and text us at 313-437-1337. But don't forget to leave your name and where you are from. Finally, you can always follow us on our website at slipitinpodcastcom.

Speaker 1 50:36

Call me Harry can always follow us on our website at slip it in podcastcom. Call me harry.