A Lot On Your Plate - S4 Ep15: The last disco

Episode Date: May 21, 2024

This week on ALOYP we have a big FAT, overdue, catch up. Zoe tells us all about her time in New York with her mum, including the many mishaps that happened along the way. Jess also shares something that's really been grinding her gears recently and we want to know your thoughts?? Enjoy🫶🏻 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back Podpiggies to a lot on your plate podcast. We've missed one another. We haven't seen each other for aging. 16 days. Not like you're counting or anything. I counted earlier. Only for the purpose of us. Yeah, whatever.

We, like we say, we haven't seen each other since we last recorded. We've got so, so much to catch up on. It's been a long time. You've been here and everywhere, Gallivans. There's just a lot that's happened in that time. as well to speak about. So we've decided that this episode we're going to have to split it into because there's just far too much on this lovely long list of hours.

So we're going to carry it on into Patreon as well this week. So if you'd like to join us over there, please do. Come see us, come see, you know, hire. Please like and subscribe. Me and Zoe have been singing a song on morning because TikTok lives rent free in our head. It's a joke. I'm looking for a man in finance. Trust fund.

Six five, blue eyes. But we've made a new version. That suits us better. Should we say bloke or man? I prefer bloke. I'm looking for a bloke in workwear. Rough hands, manbag, blue eyes. Take from that what you want.

Oh, fucking hell. I had my own version for Jason. Yeah. And I'll just put jammies and fluffy socks out there and you can make it your own. Everyone's ever looking for a man in SpongeBob, pajamas, floppy socks, blue eyes. Blessing we just like to be pumping.

Right. Anyway, spit or swallow today. Here we go. We visited the new bare bones store. It's new, isn't it? Mm-hmm. Like a few days, I think. Which is chocolate.

Glasgow's chocolatier. Just near the... Just near the... What is it? That is called, what is that called again? It's like there be archways near King Street Car Park. Where Shwama King is and that dough donuts. Anyway, their original, their factory is just around the corner

and the other archways. We had a little nosy there they did, didn't we? But we've got the 287 Club Limited Edition Chocolate, which is the best bakery that we spoke about. A few episodes ago. Oh my God, that's wild cute. Show the camera. gorgeous right should we get a bit of

I'm assuming that's white chocolate are we also got the iced chocolate as well chocolate chocolate thank you very much oh you're quite bad are we asking this morning haven't we

oh it's salty that is nice in the inside for me chocolate needs to be in the fridge just saying I like it quite that's too

moist what is it you're laughing what is it you're laughing I think what I said moist fucking grow up with the innuendos I've just got a filthy mind

okay right grow up Jessica I know I really should so we've got their bare bones iced hot chucky-wocky straws look nice that was good she gave us two straws for you to wrap those fucking lips on the both of them you in these

fucking phrases today says I've missed it been my mum for a week I'm rebelling now mm gorgeous my mum said to me um wrap those lips on the journey at some point I think you should really try stop swearing as much No, listen, I actually agree with you, Mother. I don't think I'm that mad. No, I am. I really am. And I don't know what it is.

It's not that I can really switch it off if I want to. And we'll seem. But I just feel comfortable in this space. And around my friends, I swear a lot. So do my friends. I know me too. But my mum never swears, my nan would never. What does she call it?

Blasphemy. Even if I say the word bloody, it's like, Jessica. or if I say Oh God Don't say the Lord's name in vain I know I'm like fucking hell Like I can't say anything

Bark I know But I just really She really My nan gets really upset with my swearing My mum I couldn't never swear in front of my nan I think she would actually drop to the ground Yeah

I agree It's terrible That's why we don't allow her to listen to this But my dad's a swearer My dad's a swearer My dad's side But my mother Oh no

But she does swear around me a little a little bit she's trying to act cool though for sure fit him with the onions yeah but no I don't think it's big or clever I don't no it's not and it's actually thick it is you know how I slagged everyone for saying the word like over and over the word fucking in between every other word is the same and I'm that person so anyway anyway it's disgusting and I need to rein it in yeah we should have a swear jar

what we should do is have a swear jar right and then we can put a pound in every time we do it and we then is well then that's a really that's an incentive to swear no it is like fun money we need to put a makeup product in it every time fuck money it'd be gone everything would be gone anyway um we don't have flowers this week no that's my fault just forgot them but to be fair we're off we're off routine so they usually get delivered to my house on a Monday for the sorry a Tuesday for the Wednesday but I was in London this week.

Richard messaged me saying you've had a big huge bunch of roses arrive because I was thrown off I was like

oh my god who the family is I'm just currently cutting the stems putting them in the vase I was like no there for the pod so because they were

in the vase somewhere in the house I haven't saw them interesting anyway it's actually currently a Friday so we don't usually recording this day

so we're about but the good thing is though this means the podcast episode will be out on Tuesday which means when you're listening

it's only been a few days ago which I like that you know I know because sometimes I feel like what we were talking about was ages ago yeah by the time it comes out because I was saying oh somebody we should speak about baby reindeer but I'm like oh that will be out I know we spoke about it but the interview

the interview which everyone spoke about but I'm a bit bored of it now like like everything on the internet people overdo it a bit like that bloody Charlie and the chocolate factory thing in Glasgow like all right after a while it's not funny anymore it was iconic but that woman's doing podcasts and that I know I said we should get somebody on for that No, we'd have been slag silly. Right, anyway, Zoe, let's begin with you because we're going to be here all bloody day.

I know, I've got a lot to talk about. Tell us, and I genuinely haven't, we haven't really spoke about New York. We've spoken a lot, but we haven't spoken about New York. So, let's dig right in. I would love to know everything. No, but firstly, I need to talk about two things I did before I went there. Okay. That are quite important to this life.

So I went to see Sister Act. So you did. theatre and um it was really good i think everyone should go and see that show i think that's a really good show consider it's about nuns yeah good show yeah like you don't expect it you don't know if that's appropriate um then i went to see take that they've still got it told you i questioned it you did on the pod a public apology they've still got it what i didn't know when i spoke about it on here was ollie marge was a support act brilliant i don't think that's a support act i would go and see him I'm pretty certain I've been to see him.

I would actually go see him in a solo concert. I think that's really good. Anyway, I went on the Sunday and they were in Glasgow, Friday Saturday Sunday, Friday night, all emerged flight gets cancelled to Glasgow. Saw this on Glasgow Live, I'm sure. And a guy... And a guy came and did it. Yep, from Radson Redd.

Oh my God. He was probably getting paid 200 quid to be there for a few hours and then he was in the hydro stage. I'd have done it for free. Oh, sorry, he got paid. Right. Well, he was probably getting something like that from Radisson Redd. then someone yanks him out and puts him on the hydro stay that's shut myself what was people really supportive did he explain the situation yeah i think so i'm not really sure but i've been i looked him up after it and he's been on like the radio and i tv what's his name then morning

thing or whatever i bet you forgot no i kind of mind dan we should have said that producers fast his finger first daniel runy daniel runy well good congratulations to him anyway that's the the things I was up to before I left. So anyway, yeah, I went to New York last week. The big NYC, the big apple. The city that never sleeps. And how was it?

Wonderful. It was really good. I had a great time. Loads to talk about, so me and my mum would never do something together that's not eventful. Yeah. It doesn't go smoothly. I don't think I'm the luckiest person. I don't think she is either. I think just

inconveniences happen to us. Anyway, so we were flying from Edinburgh at London, London to New York. I think there was just better times instead of a direct flight. Can you get a direct flight from Scotland to New York? From Edinburgh you can, yeah. Love that. I think it was either shit times or just like double the price. I can't remember, but we did non-direct.

So anyway, we get to the plane and you know that way you don't really notice, but it's about 40 minutes late and you're still not taking off? Yeah. because you just you don't realize the time so anyway we were in the air and I said to mum by the way whatever time it was we our flights not that long away

from now so anyway long story short we spoke to the station she was like it's fine it's the same terminal blah blah blah like you won't miss your next flight it will actually take you ten minutes we're just about to land whatever oh so you're connecting like you mean sorry

yeah so when we get to London this was just us going to London at this point so in the plane lands there's this woman who is quite erratic trying to get like off the plane but we were near the back but the back door was now open and she eventually was saying to people can you stop letting everyone go like I need to go off this plane

I've got a connecting flight and we're just looking at it like fucking calm down and then eventually I thought but she's on her flight I was like maybe we should be doing that like maybe we should be panicking because at this point it was 40 minutes until our flight took off

and we were still on the plane bear no mind they shut the gates before that anyway got off the plane I'm running ahead in the airport all dramatic and I was like I'll find out where we need to be you just fall it was a fucking bus away you're joking you know how it's still the same terminal but you need to get that wee shuttle train bus thing so we had to go on that run to the gate what was it a connecting flight or was it a flight that you no it's connecting okay so either way

they would have sorted you out if you missed it yeah probably but who can be asked no totally yeah and it was like we would only adjust the miss it's that's annoying yeah so we ran and just made it on the flight we get through scattering board and passes mum gets pulled for a fucking emergency security check shut up

we weren't even New York at this point drama anyway we're on the flight there's about 10 kids in front of us so that was fun I also wanted to try and wangle a wee cheeky upgrade as well

after speaking to Chloe last week you were like right yeah and I just thought you never know how much they would say it is like it could be so unaffordable or maybe if it's last minute no one else has done it they'll give you a couple hundred pound or something.

So anyway, we didn't have time to do that and they don't let you do it once you're on the flight. It needs to be down on the ground. And it was empty at that area. And we were crammed in at sardines. Anyway, get to New York and we're getting our baggage. Nowhere to be seen. JFK customs, is still as long as ever.

No, we went to Newark. Did you? The other airport, which, by the way, is closer. Yeah, I've been to Newark before. That's actually better. Because we flew back from JFK. Remember when I used to fly to New York all the time and I flew to that random airport and we did it once and it was 300 pound a flight? Oh yeah, where was that?

Was that not New York? No. It's like two hour, two and a half hour taxi away from New York. Anyway. Interesting. So an announcement came over. Your bag isn't here and I just thought. Was it just you and your mom or was it other people as well?

No, it was other people. I think it was maybe anyone who got on that from a connected flight. and to be fair I did kind of think to myself I mean if we only just got on the flight what's the chances of bags are and funnily enough that's never happened to me

and weirdly the couple days in the lead up I was thinking this is just going to be the time that I lose my bag are you got an air tag? No right well now you need one I'm going to get one now

not that I know an air tag would make you miraculously get your suitcase any quicker but at least you know where it is yeah and also I think when you're trying to get through to the airport and you want to find out of your bags there

At least you could just check in the morning but like, right, my bag is at the airport. If I just make my way there, or I know they probably delivered it to you, didn't they? Yeah, they eventually delivered it, but it was a very efficient process. Like, the women gave us a form. We wrote, put down where we were staying.

It'll be delivery tomorrow. It's coming on the first flight out in the morning. Yeah. So I was like, right, fair enough. So the next day we just accepted it. We got, like, a fresh pair of pants, a tooth brush from the reception. Zoe, you, of all people are like me,

and we drill in people's heads that you should pack at least two outfits in your carry on one of you do it I didn't of us when I say I had in my hand luggage

I had a face mask for the flight which I used which was gorgeous I wasn't that girl for one minute and then I had poops obviously

came with me a wee pig it's just safe to blanket I had like I got an inhaler because I'm weezy so that was with me I had my wet wipes

obviously for the plane two books my AirPods and I think that that was possibly it. I didn't have one piece of makeup, no skincare, no socks, no

nothing, not a single thing. Big error. I know, but see when you're packing and everything fits in your case, it's quite a luxury, not having a heavy hand luggage. I do agree. I do agree, but then you've had two days of hell of just feeling trampy. I know. So anyway, we got fresh underwear and

I was like, but I can wear these joggies and a wee cardigan thing, whatever, for tomorrow during the day, like it doesn't matter. And it's quite comfy anyway. So that was fine, but we went to Central Park and cycled around it, which was lovely. We got lost and it took us double the time, so that was argument-be-roon. It wasn't easy to find, but anyway, and my mum done that in high-heeled boots. Of course she did.

She wasn't really fazed. And actually she puts some photo dumps on Facebook, bless her. And one of her pals commented, like, why did you even have heels withy to New York in general, No, never mind Central Park, and I thought, I actually gave me him. Because your mum's just, she's that girl. She just walks about in heels all the time. She's Carrier Bradshaw. Yeah, it doesn't phase her.

Honestly, I feel like if you could walk in heels and it was comfortable for you, I've got a friend like that as well. And I just think, fair fucks, they look great all the time. No, I know, and I haven't my wee trainers on. Yeah. Anyway, we were going to see Billy Joel that night, which was amazing, by the way. I didn't really know much about him, so, you know, it'll be after you put on to Google, haven't.

11, so now I do. And he's from New York. So, just as such, like, a strong accent. Just, like, quite cool that it was there. And it was his birthday that day, so I sang happy birthday, but a cake out. It was nice. Oh, that's nice.

Anyway, I was like, to my mom, I can't go to that concert with these joggers on. Like, I need these off. Yeah. My body now. At least she had jeans and a wee heeled boot on and, like, a leather jacket. So she could kind of change it up.

And to her makeup, by the way, might I mention. So she was fine. Yeah. So we went to H. and M and not one single thing in size because it's obviously just so busy and I think the women said they were renovating that

store soon they were just trying to get rid blah blah blah I ended up with this long I don't mind I'm actually dressed in holiday like just floaty floral like I'm fine with that with trainers but I didn't have anything to put on top so I had like a grey jumper style cardigan with this fucking dress no a scrap of makeup

my hair was starting to go that like frizzy curl in different A is, but it meant to be straight way. No hair products, no hair, nothing. No makeup. Mom was like, why do you just put a wee bit? Like, I've got my makeup. Like, why do you just put a wee bit on?

I was like, that brush, I can't. And then she was like, well, but even just a wee bit about mascara. And I was like, right, well, what mascara have you got? In what way? Like, I could see her start to laugh. And I was like, Mom, what mascara have you got? She was like, pre-mark.

And I was like, of course, you've got fucking pre-marked mascara. Why? I know people are chatting in at Freemark But of course she'd pre-mart skin Oh, I love her I just needed a wee bit of Mabeline or something, do you know what I mean? So I was like, no I just, I'm just...

What are you just in having? No, I just accepted defeat. Like, I'm not going to try and make something work here. Mascar was mascara going to do? True. True. At this point, I looked at I'd been dragged through fucking blush back. Anyway, I was starting to get annoyed at this point because shopping I don't find the joy about the best of times.

Like, nothing fits me. well, I don't, you know, we've spoken about it before. So even jeans, like, tried on a million pairs, all too big or two small. And you just think, on my point of me wasting my money. I know, and also... You're going to get some compensation or what? Well, that is what I said. And loads of people messaged me when I put it on my story saying they're quite good

at just giving you, like, compensation. But I think my mum's filled out of form and sent our receipt from the stuff that we did buy from H&M. Yeah, you won't get the money back. So you take about six months more. I know, but I don't just want that. I want, like, inconvenience compensation, do you don't know. that. Have you got travelling insurance? Yeah, we do so we gave our details. Yeah.

Anyway, but in that H&M, we were against the clock as well to get to Billy Joel in time. So it was just stress, stress city. Yeah. So anyway, it's an absolute right, but so did everyone else there from being honest. Everyone's quite casual over there. Yeah. The people had crooks and socks on. That needs

to stop. Yeah, it does. See, if you're on holiday, I'll allow crocs. It's easy. Your feet can breathe, whatever, right? Out and about on the streets, especially with socks, stop doing that. The barry pumps need to stop. No, they need to stop as well. Quite a few things are not okay right now. Wells. I could go on. Anyway, that was great. The next day we were meant to go to, oh right, suitcase update. So we then had a tracking link. So we phoned the women on that in the verification field. There was another thing. We're middle of Times Square, shouting down the phone and she's like, the verifications field. And we're like, yeah, but what part can't tell you? Great. So we'd go back to the hotel after H&M, Palava. phoned again and it was the phone number

because they'd put the hotel one instead of like one of ours so got through all that well I can see that your bags were meant to go on a flight this morning from London but New York haven't confirmed receipt

so I don't know where they are oh thanks so much that's perfect but I was tracking a flight that they were meant to be on and had arrived so I'm thinking hopefully they're on that

then during Billy Joom I'm saying to my mum have you checked your phone like if you had any update I'm not checking it now like we'll just leave it and sitting like that shaking in my seat like where's my fucking clothes

anyway we then get back to hotel and at half ten had been picked up by a courier so I phoned the deception at midnight still no bags and I thought surely through the night surely two days later please woke up and they were there

love it I think that's the happiest ever been in my life so you finally got to enjoy New York yeah then I was enjoying myself to be fair I didn't let it ruin it but it's just inconvenient no skins no nothing But Zoe, you've only got yourself to blame in this situation

No, I know, I've definitely learned my lesson, absolutely You haven't got your own self to blame, that is a shitter But when it is a connecting flight It happens a lot I know, and I get it, see to be fair I get it, we only just made the flight So how...

How the fuck was your case meant to? But I think it's just, it all was very efficient The woman was really convincing Like it'll be with you between They said like one and nine Tomorrow, so we were expecting it hopefully before we went out at night if not by the time we got back and because it wasn't you've then get radio silenced you've got a tracking link that doesn't show you anything so

then you're just about like are we ever going to get it yeah it's more like the uncertainty at that point and that's when an air track would be good exactly because at least then you know anyway the next day we'll tell us about new yoke then yeah well so anyway that was the first day we went to central park cycled round it um past bryant park on the way hadn't been there before yeah gorgeous grand central station i hadn't been there before what i know I hadn't been there. Love it. So quite a few touristy things, but just kind of passing by.

Then we went to the Boat House in Central Park for lunch. Yep. Which is quite famous in films. I think it's in when Harry met Sally a few times. And in Sex and City. Anyway, it was really nice. I got just a tomato pasta. I'll cook a wee glass of wine, whatever, in our joggies.

And then we went back, got ready to concert. Billy Joel, perfect. The next day we were meant to go to Brooklyn, but it was Pishneryne. Oh, yeah, you said that. So I thought, let's not do that, because we don't want to walk across the bridge and it's meant to be sunny the next day. So we ended up going to that new place, the Summit 1, Vanderbilt viewpoint thing. Okay.

So it's next to Grand Central Station. And it's just like the typical viewpoints you see right out over all the city, but it's got like different rooms. Yeah. When you walk through it all, it's all like glass, flow. floors and ceilings but with mirrors through it right so it just looks like people everywhere it's quite scary actually I had kind of like jelly legs when I was at the edge of the window like looking out yeah you know what I mean even though I know that's going to happen and then

we went into another room and did you see my story and it was all the silver balls yeah I've seen that before and somewhere else's right but this is quite a new thing it's it's quite good for like kids in that it's not really my sort of thing and I've looked at a viewpoint New York before but it was just quite a good thing when it was like quite a rainy day and whatever and then at the top we've got a bar. So we've got a wee cocky up there. Gorge. And we chip and zip. Mmm.

The crisps and fries thing is quite confusing over there. Yeah. Because I say chips and then they'll bring you potato chips. Walker's Crisps. Anyway so we did that that day and then we walked back through some shops went into like Sephora. Got a couple of bits.

And then what did we do? Or we booked our last minute show because it was raining. To say. Let's fit another show in. Why not, hey? Book of Mormon. You went to see it? I didn't see it.

Thoughts? Loved it, loved it so much. What I loved the most, though, was the people in the audience gasping. What do you mean? When they said out-order things, people going like, there was a few women in front of us that just kept being like, oh my. No way. Just because it's so out-order.

Yeah. But that made me like it more. So I thought good on you. And the guys in it were. really good like the wee best friend one that's kind of like the wee loser he was great yeah I can't really remember it that much I looked them all up after it because they give you

that's another good thing about New York they give you a free program oh but you you literally have to pay it at a five or something and not that I really I'm that bothered but I do quite like to see who's playing who because I just like to have a nosy at them and like oh I'm glad you went to see it yeah so we went to see that that night and did you hear the song that I was talking about yeah the songs were well good

yeah I knew a couple of them because obviously I listen to the magic at musicals the radio so we did that that night which was good and then on Saturday we went to Brooklyn that day thought loved it I would definitely stay in that direction we only really stayed there because we were going to some shows and stuff like that and I mean round about that area is too much for me like time square like it is a bit of a shithole as we said like just too busy too many homeless dodgy people it's just a shame in it just because it's so touristy yeah but as good if you're going to like shows and maybe Central Park and Grand Central and all that it's close enough to them. But I feel like Brooklyn and Williamsburg are really up and coming. Well, they've always been up and coming, but

just a bit more cooler, creative sort of. Definitely. It's really nice. We got the subway down to Brooklyn and then walked over the bridge. Gorgeous, that's when I was trying to get all my cool picks. Yeah. My mom was really annoying me.

She just couldn't get the angles right. I was like, come on, mom. And I'm quite difficult getting pictures of myself anyway, so that we were kind of falling out at that point. And then I took one of her, and it was like perfect. And she didn't even know to take it.

I saw her comment on. your picture and it was like this only took one dot dot dot million takes mine however was just the first shot and I thought that's because the person behind the camera is good yes what she actually said to me was

one she was like stop me so hard on yourself like you look gorgeous whatever and I was like liar um but too she was like stop blaming the person behind the camera maybe the object's the problem and I was like they're very contrasting statements mum anyway we made her way over there

and then went to time out market. Nice. We got a donut in there. Yeah. I just wanted a wee breakfast thing. Pistachio donut, mom got like some apricot one. Lovely. Then we walked along to Dumbo area. We went to the wee market

there. We like vintage market which was really nice. Then we went and had lunch just kind of like at the water. Had a lobster roll. Yeah, nice. That was good. And we'd drink. And then went up to that rooftop we recommended. Harriots. Do you like it? Yeah, I loved it. But they had. Yeah, I loved it.

but they had an event on so it was quite like pumping like it was quite like our vibe mum was a bit like like whoa but she loves a party but it was quite yeah

was it intense yeah nice nice nice but we did book a table and they couldn't give us a table because we had other's event on I know

but I booked a table how nice is the lobby smell of that hotel yeah I know that's the lovely that's a nice hotel I think that's a really nice that's called the one hotel

I think they're doing like stuff around I don't know that would be interesting the one hotel I think yeah

anyway the last thing I really have to say is we went to Mulan Rouge that night. Thoughts? Is this the first time you've seen Mulan Rouge? Yeah.

I'm going to be honest I wasn't overlooking The theatre queen has spoken. And I'll tell you why. Me and my mum both agreed the second half was better. We got into the sort of swing of it more and more it's

kind of about and whatever. But I think that's a show for people who are not really that into shows. Okay. Because it's just kind of it's almost like you know a cabaret style the way the actual

Mulan Rouge is but the music's mashups of like Beyonce Rihanna but that's the one thing I'm a little bit confused about I thought Mulan Rouge has been around for years

no the film has so why it's different music from the film as well why? I don't know I'm not really sure why that is

I've actually not seen the film the whole way through I can't get in it why are we watching people cabareting to single ladies on stage well that's the thing and they sang

single ladies I can't understand that song so I was instantly about like oh that would for me would feel like I'm watching like a magic mic type show that's the thing like parts of it were quite like that which I think threw me off and just because I love a classic musical I think it was

just a bit too far from that. I thought my remember it was all like French and it is a wee bit but to be fair I would go and see it again here because boy George was one of the main guys in it and he's no really that great is he like he's just in New York yeah you saw Boy George

yeah he was in it I love that No I know it was good But he's just a name Let's be honest Yeah He's good to his stuff But he's not really a good actor

Right okay So like that was quite pantomime vibes for me Yeah And then the main woman in it Was really good But she was one of those singers That made me nervous When she was doing high notes

You know we just get that Sometimes in a show So I think that threw me a bit I liked it But I'm not on the hype With everyone else But I just don't know If me my mum or two

like snobby now like musical geeks for that sort of show that's fair you're not gonna like everything I still had a nice night I still enjoyed it

but I just wasn't like wow this best show I've ever seen which a lot of people say because I was in London last week and I sent you a picture of Harriet's

yeah is it Harriet's no heathers Heather's sorry Heather's and I sent you a picture of it because it was like a poster

and it said voted the best show ever and you of course you'd seen it I think you might have mentioned it on this though haven't you Yeah, my dad got me and my wee sister tickets to see that

and I'd never heard of it. And didn't you say it was one of the best and you were listening to the playlist for ages after? Yeah. That was it. I always do that with shows. Yeah.

Like I'll probably listen to Book of Mormon this week a few times. Yeah. Oh, I was glad you had a nice time. And then the day we were coming home made all day so we just went down into like West Village. Yeah.

Went to like the Friends building Sex and the City building. Yeah. Went to Dante. We recommended. Had brunch day and it was really nice. Did you like it? It was also Mother's Day.

Oh yeah, it was American Mother's Day. few cute bits going on, like we flowers. Was there a guy playing music? No, but there was just nice musical. And did you get a banana pudding from my agnolia bakery? And it was cookies and cream flavour. Oh, so you didn't get the banana pudding? No, it was banana pudding, but with a flavour.

So it was almost like bits of Oreo through it with bananas. Was it just fucking amazing? Me, my mom shared a wee one and I was like, we should get my one. Because that's one thing about Magnolia Bakery, right? I know it's an OG in New York, and it is one of those where I'm just not something that enjoys going to overly hyped places when it's around. But when I went,

it genuinely is worth the fucking hype. It is one of the best things I've ever put in my mouth. Yeah, it was unbelievable. So good. I could have had it all over again. Yeah, it was really good. Very good.

We also went to the tackle place, you said. Lost tackles. Love it? Loved it. We just had like one each quickly before, I think that was before. Did you go Chelsea Market one or a different one? No, we went to one.

Because there's a few, isn't it? There's one just not far from Times Square, so it's quite near us. Yeah. So we went there. Just love it. And he was quite casual. You just stand and eat it.

And I got like a shrimp one. My mom got a chicken one and it was so good. Oh, I'm glad you went. See? It was gorgeous. Giving you all the good tips. I know. But I think that's really my New York.

What you should do is write it in the Patreon chat like I did the Berlin and just do a little mini guide. A wee guide. No, I will. One thing that also happened to me is obviously I got my luggage back. So like my toothbrush was there because the hotel did give us one, which was great. So I binned the hotel one Went to get something out My toiletry bag

And my own toothbrush fell down the toilet And I thought I was Olivia, I would go What now? So I then had to phone Another one from reception My mom was like, just clean it I thought

Never, no, sorry to Zan I'm sorry, are you okay Mother? Sorry to that's not fine Right, well That's a gorgeous wrap up Sorry I'm done in Never spoke so much

Never, my breath Need my inhaler wheezy anyway what have you been up to God quite a lot yeah I have been up to quite a lot

Tell me everything I'm trying to think where to start So I think When did I go to Okay so after the podcast last week Myself and you went to Glash Who

Oh yeah Yeah that feels like 10 year ago Yeah it was So we went there that night We actually went to Kong rooftop for a drink, didn't we? And we took Chloe there for lunch after the podcast. It was a gorgeous day. It was bloody roasting.

So nice in Kong rooftop, isn't it? It is. They've really done it well there. Yes, it was a lovely day. So we went there, and then we went to Glashahoo after. And we had, like, the tasting menu. It was nice. We had, it was like six courses.

We had some wine with it. Lovely. It's very, I would say it somewhere where I would pay for my parents or someone to go on, like, an anniversary that style of menu yeah i think it's a bit older than us yeah it was nice and if you were into your wine like they came over and discussed it all with the pairing so that was quite nice and then that weekend i actually went to edinburgh on the friday night for four days to host the seafood festival in st james quarter i did that back to back every day from i think it was like half ten till five interviewing all different types of chefs um from edinburgh and beyond to be honest

Think of like Capal I interviewed Sandy Browning there who works out so he's amazing John Maltby from sushi samba there was Rohan the guy that was on Master Chef

the guy of a guy called Max from Duck and Waffle he was like the main guy from LA he was really nice Roberta from the little chart room in Edinburgh God honestly it's back to back all three days and I tried

lots and lots of seafood and I just felt like even though I was hosting it and asking them tons of questions, I learnt so much as well. And all you were seeing that, I think that's really good. Yeah. And this is what I'm like with just just food. I go through phases where I just don't cook. And if I don't post recipes, it's genuinely because I'm not forcing it.

I don't feel inspired. I'm not cooking at home. I'm not going to just pump stuff out of my arsew because I just want to post content. If I don't want to cook, I'm not going to do it. Absolutely. And I think when I go to these sort of places and when I eat out a lot is where I get inspiration from or where I think, oh my God, especially seasonal. stuff so I get a lot of um asparagus that weekend because it's

asparagus season so everybody was serving it with that or your peshment must have been stinking it was um white asparagus is lovely um then we had like scallops um trout salmon every type of fish I think I ate so great and now I've got loads of restaurants on my list that I'd like to try I did post about it on my Instagram so if you do live in Edinburgh then please check out my reel because I did tag everybody in that who I went to. So that was really fun and it was good for me as well

because I do like the hosting stuff I think I do find with this podcast and you're quite new to it as well but we're a lot more confident on the stage in front of people now it's definitely become more easier for me to stand with a microphone and speak to a crowd of people.

It's just not as daunting when it's something you do weekly like yeah we've not got a crowd but we're used to like keeping a conversation going and speaking in a microphone. Yeah and you know what I'm like I can just talk till the fucking cows come home. And I think there were some guys that were cooking that either can't cook and talk at the same time or they were really shy or their English wasn't perfect.

And I think for me, there was one, the two guys from the Alchemist, they were so great, two guys. They'd never done anything like this before. And the cocktail kept going wrong. Like they were doing, they were melting some sugar on a Bunsen Benner that you used to do in like science when you're a teenager. And it would have melt. And they were doing like a magic trip with it, but it wouldn't work. so we had a good 20 minutes of just fucking garbage chat

and sorry pound in the swear jar garbage chat and we just had the biggest laugh ever because that's a shame that's quite awkward that's what I'm saying like they've managed to yeah and I think because I genuinely

I'm so interested in people's life or I want to everything I think we just chatting and it was funny so I think that sort of thing is quite good and good for me to practice and understand If you are interviewing someone and it's an awkward for them or they feel you can bring them out and make them feel comfortable. Yeah.

And by day three, I was just dancing around the stage. I wasn't nervous at all, to be honest. And then my best brain came up, Holly, and we went to the opening of, what's it called? Effie. Oh, Effies. Effies. Effies, Effies. In Udingston, there's one in Merchant City.

That was quite nice. And then we did actually a half marathon on the same. Saturday. So she's training for a marathon. Deep breaths. She's training for a marathon with my friend Rebecca. Holly's doing Lisbon. Rebecca's doing Frankfurt. So they were like, oh, do you want to go on a half marathon? I thought, yeah, why not? Well, it wasn't really a said, yeah, why not? It was a, okay, got Heather to come. And the good thing, Heather's like, I'll only do it if we run at my pace. And she's, I wouldn't say she's slow at all. She's not slow anymore but she's you know

we have a nice plod and we did just that and honestly when I say to Zoe I feel like it didn't really take that long no considering took two and a half hours and we stopped halfway for a pee at Starbucks and that's what I mean considering you feel that you're going at maybe the slower

person's pace like that's not slow and we did stop a little bit like traffic lights and things because we didn't run all the way around Glasgow I was running down the Canaan Street I saw that I would have dropped dead I was like I can't I actually couldn't believe i was doing at the time i was pissing the holly was like she didn't really know what pecanon street really is so yeah me and rebecca were like this is just fucking lull we should be out getting pissed right now but honestly i took a minute afterwards and i thought

we laughed all of us laughing saying that we can't believe we've just been casually around a half marathon i can't believe and i just felt so proud of myself i thought i did actually enjoy it never did i think i'd enjoy something like that it's not something i'm going to do all the time but I did not feel sore remember when I did it in Inverness I couldn't walk though I couldn't walk for two days and I do think that's all down to the speed I was running a whole way over a minute faster

doing the Inverness one per kilometre yeah so I just felt I felt good my knee felt great we didn't overthink it the night before I was drinking beers we just had a porridge before we left I do think sometimes with this sort of stuff you overthink it and you get yourself so worked up

so definitely it's like an event you're doing it for rather than just doing it exactly if you all really needed to you could have stopped oh yeah and we did like it was it wasn't a race Rebecca was hung over she didn't get into like one the night before I can't believe she did that so yeah that sort of thing I was really proud of then we went out to again to big counter I think I spoke about this because me and you went on our south side tour but guys fuck me the menu changes all the time swear jar again and it is just so good and I can swear because and passionate about it.

Yeah, but I like it when it's passion-driven. Big counter is so good. Especially if you're a real foodie. Because I understand that some of the stuff in the menu, if you're not into it, like you say, Jason would have freaked out, Holly was saying Kane would be like, no way. I'll just have the steak and chips.

Yeah. But Rich enjoyed it and just it's the sauces they use, the taste, I really love it. It's like the stuff, the physical meat or fess or whatever that's the main thing of the dish isn't fancy such but it's like they do such amazing saucies and dressings

and that's what makes it different that's what makes it good though they did something called Café di Pari butter muscles and it's like a really I love muscles yeah you'd have loved this Zoe and it was sort of like

really really strong but it had like a bit of curry powder through it it was just unbelievable I've never tasted anything like it in my entire life oh and sorry quickly when I went to Edinburgh

I stayed at the W Hotel Gorgeous I've got an upgrade as well I can't fucking brave it I'm having to get a lot of these I was kind of passionately about it the W hotel was so nice Yeah that looks good

I really recommend if anyone's going to Edinburgh for the Fringe Festival you go and book a drink at the rooftop They're going to be taking bookings I think from June because I did ask them at the moment it's just walking There's also a speakeasy in the W called Juau's Place

again book it gorgeous view of like no idea that was there yeah I didn't either I was at the festival and some girl that worked at the festival told me to go because she knew I was staying there the spa the spa in there is one of the best facilities

I've ever seen they've got massage beds in there that there's a sand bed that is the first of its kind in in Europe or maybe the UK cannot remember but it's that's very bougie so it's all like the earth's element

wind, fire or that air thing each room's name that anyway really recommend you go because you get it all to yourself if you hire out the jacuzzi one so you could do like a hen party in there

wow you have a couples thing where they open up the massage bed room into the sauna steam jacuzzi so that was that I didn't get to use it because it was full which is a shame but I will definitely think of that next time

there is a whole recording studio in there a full blown recording studio in the the sense of like Lewis Capaldi could go and record a song I wonder why that is I think because of it's a creative space Edinburgh for the fringe right so if people want to come to the French for the month they've got a podcast people can go and record a podcast and they're all going record whatever I forget how big a thing the fringe is yeah it's huge isn't it for everyone

comedians all over the world it's like we're now one of the best it's their moment of the year yeah like I say that massage room would be amazing for Hindus and um speaking of hendos there's some something that has been... Are you throwing one? Hell no. There's something that's been really winding me up. Right.

Tell me. Okay. So I was scrolling through ASOS looking for a wedding dress outfit, a wedding guest outfit, should I say, because it's wedding season and we all need to find

something lovely to wear that isn't a white dress. And then I came across this veil from... The brand was South Beach, actually. Okay. Name and shame. Name and shame.

And I'm outing. you here designers of South Beach because I need to understand your thought process behind this and anybody else that cares to wear it because it had over 800 people like it and save it why I need to understand ladies why

when we go on these hendos are you wearing a veil or anything that says my last disco, my last rodeo please tell me so life ends when you get married Jess exactly are we implying then that when we

marry this man or woman that we are no longer having a disco. Does the disco end because we're about to marry? Seems like it. Would your man on his stag do be wearing my last party would he fought guys? No, he wouldn't. Come on. Let's just change the narrative of that. That needs to start. Can we just have missed to missies? Yeah. Or bride to be. We are not never partying again just because we're having a ring on your finger and marrying the man. I'm partying more. Life will be harder. For sure. And he certainly is not going around in his stag do telling everyone this is my last night out lads

let's make the most of it he's probably saying he's fucking single exactly yeah it's like we're fueling the fire of the olden days relationship sort of vibe and you know me and you we're all for

Fairfucks do whatever you want to do it shouldn't be your last anything it shouldn't so maybe your last shagging but that's happened yeah but not your last disco that's what it said

not. Last disco. The desk. The disco is only beginning. The disco with your man. Why is it your last disco with your friends? I really hope not. You too. So that is the one thing that's really been winding me up this week and I was just couldn't believe it. And also I'll end on something funny because you see this on my close friends as well. So talking of running quickly. I was lying in bed on my phone and I was like on my Strava and I was like bloody hell because it told you you round up of what you've ran so far. Oh yes. And I was like um bloody hell babe i've ran over eight six i've run over 300 k this year and i felt like we know what rich is like he's very unbothered about a lot of stuff and he was like 300k babe what

and i went i know that's pretty good in it and i thought he's a bit too happy for that passionate yeah and i thought he went yeah but jess has like nearly half a million i went i know that's class you went and you're moaning about paying 600 pound a month for a car and I went what you think I just said he went about nearly half a million pound and he said I fucking wish son Jesus Christ I went I've ran a 300k and he went went back to being completely unbothered I was because obviously early that day by the way guys I'm I'm trying to find a new car and I was just saying to Zoe I can't believe how expensive they are the car that I want is going to be over 600 pound before bloody

insurance. So maybe you just get a bike. I thought I could have one of them e-bikes I'd love it. A BESPA. I love it. Right well I guess I'll see you on the Patreoni. Yeah, join us over there because I've got a few random other thoughts to talk about. And I want to hear about your London trip. Yes and I think also I want to mention this main before I leave and just look at my notes here. I know we mentioned we keep mentioning it on the Patreon but I had so much feedback so much about when I said about my eyes oh yes honestly guys I've taken everybody's advice because I had a lot of opticians in my DMs right and yeah they believe that it

could be the eyelash serum that I've been using that's not ideal no a lot of people in this life use that yeah and I'm not slating the brand at all because the product works but I do believe that basically they're saying that whatever is the ingredient is in some of these eyelash syrims it makes you lose fat in the eyes area right and that's what I'm sensing I'm feeling like a sunken eye feel I know I mentioned it could have been like the Botox had around my eyes it could be that as well I don't know it could be my allergies my cats my general hay fever it could be the congestion that I'm not using my nose spray enough could be that I'm not drinking enough water.

So I am trying everything. The eyedrops I've stopped taking, the illegal eyedrops, because somebody did message me and say, they are really bad. I mean, I was counting down the days for you going blind. They actually, your blood vessels in your eyes, whatever, these eyedrops reduce them, and then they make them swell back.

So it's like a vicious circle. Like Vaseline, a few years that you kind of start. Yeah. Yeah, exactly that. So for anybody else that may be feeling that And you know what I will say with the eyelash theorem I'm just not one of those people where I just do a little bit across it You've seen it I'm like

You also do it multiple times a day Yeah I do don't I It's about much twice a day Only twice a day My lip gloss Sometimes I think you get carried away with things like that I do Do you know when I see results

I'm like oh my God I need to keep it up I know I know And it's quite an enjoyable thing I quite like the feeling of like the cool Did you see somebody wrote in the patron chat saying if it makes you lose fat sales from you, why can't be rubble all over our body?

Was that not Kaylee? It was Kaylee, yeah. Also speaking of guests, thanks for all the lovely feedback for Chloe, by the way. Yeah, she said she's had a great response, a lot of messages, so we appreciate that. She said that she's never, she's been on lots of podcasts

and never has she seen a more engaged audience than ours and she cannot believe lots of brands aren't sponsoring us in making us rich. Anyway, we're signing off Yeah, bye For this day And we'll see you on Friday

If you join us And if not We'll see you next Tuesday See you next Tuesday, guys Bye Bye Bye!