A Lot On Your Plate - S5 Ep4: Long Beach vs Pleasure Beach

Episode Date: September 24, 2024

This is our first virtual zoom pod with each other...Jess is living it up in Long Beach LA and Zoe was living it up in erm....Pleasure Beach, Blackpool. We catch up all about our week so far in contra...sting destinations, mile high clubs, back door families (lol) and an inspiring story for the girlies. Enjoy piggies and remember to join our Patreon for extra episodes every week, monthly specials, early access to events, giveaways and AD free episodes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Starting point is 00:00:58 just kidding. Jess is on the big screen so God, look at my big face She's over in the LVey We are so professional guys What the hell Los Angeles
Starting point is 00:01:13 I've got an earpiece in And I've got a little microphone I'm clicked onto my tinnies Feeling profesh I'm in a hotel room at the moment So it's not a nice view If you're looking on YouTube But I do think it's quite a nice background
Starting point is 00:01:24 Like it could be a lot worse If it'd be in a hotel very true it's actually quite a nice hotel actually um i'm not meant to be staying in a hotel so what happened was i landed and then my friend charlotte didn't even tell me this because she just didn't want to stress me out which you know me i'm not going to ask about anything and she says i'm having my whole house redecorated um she lives in long beach which is with l a traffic about an hour away she just says listen i don't want you to come back to my flat whilst we're all up in the arms with painting and decorating.
Starting point is 00:01:57 So I'm going to give us a two-day staycation, less so she treated me to it. And it's in the west side of L.A. So a lot of my things on my list that I sent her wanted to do was around this side of L.A. So she was like, let's stay here for two days. We can do a little food tour. And yeah, so she was staying in this nice hotel called Hotel June.
Starting point is 00:02:16 It's really cute, actually. Very minimal but chic, you know. Got ASOP bath stuff in it. That's all you need. When you see that, you think this is a good hotel. So are you in West Hollywood at the moment? No, no, no, I'm not up that way. I'm like near Abakini, like Venice.
Starting point is 00:02:32 Not far from Venice, like 10 minute drive. So you're not from all the celebs houses? No, no. That's a shithole around there, don't you think? Like, the Walk of Fame and all that is dumb. I don't like it. But then again, Venice Beach is a bit crazy. Curis.
Starting point is 00:02:50 I do love America. When I'm here, I'm always like, oh. on this episode we're going to just catch up with what we've been up to since we've partied ways at the weekend and then a couple random thoughts
Starting point is 00:03:04 what's been a lot on your plate is Oz what's been a lot on my plate quite a lot actually I don't have my cue card today I do apologise but I was in Blackpool at the weekend so you were which I forgot to mention last week it just slipped my mind
Starting point is 00:03:21 I don't know why Anyway, I went down for the night on Saturday and went to the Pleasure Beach Pleasure Beach where she's Long Beach No difference there And actually had a great time Tell us what you did I went on all the big rides
Starting point is 00:03:39 I was very brave But what did a sister in that was I had anti-sickness bands on So the band dried each wrist That apparently touches like the pressure point I don't know how all that shit works magic and then I had two anti-sickness tablets and I was also sucking on
Starting point is 00:04:01 shut your mouse a lot of you I was also sucking on ginger sweets the whole day and either all of them is a combination or one of them worked wonders because I don't feel sick on the rides having a great time that's brilliant I need that for car sickness I know it was just stuff off Amazon
Starting point is 00:04:19 and in Holden Barrett I think Jason's mum sorting me right out. But we did that. It was me, Jason, his mum, his mum's boyfriend, Gary and his sister, Lisa, husband, Chris and niece Millie. They were like a last-minute add-on. So that was quite nice because then there was like
Starting point is 00:04:36 a kid and it's just funner in it. Yeah. We also met SpongeBob. We met SpongeBob, Patrick and Squidward and Jason's face was the best thing I've ever seen in my life. That's his hero. He said that SpongeBob actually shaped his personality. What square? Just fucking nuts.
Starting point is 00:05:04 So we did that and then we went back and got ready. Well we had to do a full bloody blow dry because we went on the water slide last. And I must have been, you know there's always one person in the worst position. so I think I was shielding everyone else they did still get a bit wet head to toe drenched hair wet everything bought my jeans trainers soaked was drenched I had to actually blow dry my hair nightmare and then we just went for dinner got a chippy got to be done and then went to amusements did you win yeah I actually won um 60 pounds in the slot machines what like just £60 pound coins?
Starting point is 00:05:52 60 pounds notes. Oh. Yeah, I went into the adult bit. This was like at the end of the night. You just put all in, they go around the bottom and it all falls out again. No, we were doing that and we were doing like, you know, the ones where a guy's standing. It's like pound for a shot, shot for a pound or whatever it is. And the horse racing one and it's whoever gets the horses to the front fastest with the balls.
Starting point is 00:06:18 We did that a couple of times. didn't win them I'm just not quick enough and then um later on moving into the adult slot machine section which i got ided in love it sleigh still got it um so that was marison and then i was playing on those machines and that's where i won 60 pound oh my god love that i know quite good um and then the next day we just went a walk it was absolutely pissing it down the next day like the we were at the pleasure beach the sun came out and it was bloody roasting we were all like stripped him off and the next day it was peeing down from the heavens above and we just went to some amusements again they sat and watch the football and then we come up the roads
Starting point is 00:07:02 love it what i will say is the pleasure beach and stuff is quite good and good fun if you're into that sort of thing but blackpool is a whole and i don't want to offend anyone here but it is a fucking shit hole yeah well it's it is known to be a bit of a shithole isn't it but just like Like, you know, that way when I was in places, and I know I'm a bit of a germifold anyway, but I felt like my hand sanitizer was coming every two minutes because I was just a bit like, and when you're touching all those machines and like coins and all that, like it's a bit, it's a bit much. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:07:37 Anyway, it was great fun. And then apart from that, really, I went and got my nails done yesterday. For nashy nash. for nashy nash I just got like red tips I was going to go all cowboy on us but I don't know I thought I'll regret that yeah you would
Starting point is 00:08:00 especially because they have to stay on for a few weeks after only get back as well and you're just like no I want these off I know and it's only a week yeah feel like my mum's French nails yeah like once the moment's gone the moment's kind of gone you're like get them off now embarrassing
Starting point is 00:08:14 I know but if anyone noticed the last couple episodes I had really long nails they were long they were like a witch and then they were long and round like what like fake nails would look like I had to get them off so now I can like pick my nose and that again without any
Starting point is 00:08:31 trouble do you know what I mean love it I can pick things and have you bought anything for Nashville um well an order to arrive at the house as we speak hopefully so just
Starting point is 00:08:47 just like a few wee pairs of shorts because see when I was on holiday this year all I wore was linen trousers and they're no going to go with the cowboy boots so I had to get some shorts ordered so just some shorts
Starting point is 00:09:00 some accessories and then I'm still needing to sort my boot situation because I was just telling Jess the boots sorted my legs don't fit in them I think a lot of girls have that issue don't they
Starting point is 00:09:11 the calf area it's the cats it's like you need to get like a wide foot I need to wear like wide foot in a lot of things because my feet aren't big but they're square so if I wear
Starting point is 00:09:25 points I have the opposite size but if it was in terms of like boots I've never really had a problem because I think my ankles are my skinniest part of my body my ankles and my wrist and that's the only thing that I have going for me. You do have a skinny ankle I know but when it comes to calf issues I think there needs to be like a
Starting point is 00:09:43 wide calf boot collection. Maybe that's a thing. Maybe some places do do that. I mean it might be... But none of the people have that issue. I know like once my foot was in I couldn't actually get the boot up my leg. Like there was just no space for my leg.
Starting point is 00:10:04 And it has buckles like on the side at the top so I thought maybe they would loosen off but it didn't. It was just for sure. So that's kind of annoyed me because now I'm like sort of boots. well I do have a pair of cowboy boots they're pointed ones but I wanted these were more like Western boots I think you would describe them as
Starting point is 00:10:23 like kind of square toad they're the flat ones are the buckle aren't they? Yeah so that's a bit of an issue but apart from that I feel like I've got enough stuff I've not packed then yet obfes I wouldn't be that organised and then I've got
Starting point is 00:10:39 going to go get my toenails done tomorrow which is my birthday by the way everyone and then my brows and lashes on Friday so I'll be all spruced up holiday ready I hope the weather's nice it's quite chilly here actually is it
Starting point is 00:10:57 I mean it's boiling now but at night time you definitely need a jacket so I would I don't know if Nashville will be the same but at night time you definitely need a jacket because it is cold do I think we'll need a jacket in Nashville then maybe I've got two with me That's about stress, so right
Starting point is 00:11:15 A wee leather A denim denim, wee leather jacket Right Yeah One of my leather jackets says quite light actually So that wouldn't take up too much weight or room To be fair I could shove that in
Starting point is 00:11:30 You could always just put it on in the airport now Yeah, I could We want to go through with like 10 jackets on Yeah That's what I did In my boots Yeah Joggy's tucked into the boots
Starting point is 00:11:42 I was thinking by the way because last night right we went to this bar and it was like a rooftop bar called Irwin Hotel it's in Venice Beach and it was like really nice she wanted to take me for the sunset and there was this woman
Starting point is 00:11:59 that was there I would say she was in her 50s she was quite glam she had all a cleavage out she looked like a little bit of a rock chick and yeah she came up to us both because we were taking a selfie.
Starting point is 00:12:12 She said, oh, do you want me to take a picture of you both? And we were like, yeah. So she did. And then we were like, oh, what are you up to? And she went, I'm actually waiting for my date.
Starting point is 00:12:20 And I'm like, oh my God. Bear mind, we're all sat next to her. So it's like the perfect view. She went, but he's 15 minutes late. And I was like, oh, okay.
Starting point is 00:12:29 I really hope he turns up for you. And she said, yeah, me too. We've been speaking for months, but it is actually a first date. But he has just text me to say that he's a bit late. So I said to Charlotte, we were just about to leave at this point. after we got a picture. I said, I can't leave. I've got to witness this. And she was
Starting point is 00:12:46 like, okay. And then she went, I went, oh, what's he looked like? She went, he's basically a Caribbean king. I was like, oh, gee. I was expecting this big, sexy man to walk through. And I was like, okay, but he's late. She was like, yeah. So anyway, she went back to her table after she took the picture and he'd called her to say, I'm on the way up. And honestly, the anticipation to me, I watched her down in her drink. She was getting so nervous. You were watching this unfold. Yeah, I was, like, trying not to look. I was like,
Starting point is 00:13:14 I was like, yeah, basically, the lift was quite far away, so then he started walking down. And I was like, oh my God, oh, my God, here he is. He had on a fucking string vest, you know, the people that go to those gold gyms. And he was not a Caribbean king. I mean, he was like five foot nothing.
Starting point is 00:13:37 And, I mean, he was quite dead looking, but when I tell you he was probably about late 20, 20s, early 30s, I shit you not. I was like, oh my fucking God. Even this is a catfish or she just loves young men because it was not what I was expecting at all. And just the first, you know, when they first watched them hug and stuff,
Starting point is 00:13:55 it was so awkward. I can't watch. I can't actually watch this situation involved. So I said, Charlotte, we need to fucking leave. But it actually got me thinking about a little random thought because when I was on the plane, I sat next to two people that didn't know one another and by the end of the flight
Starting point is 00:14:14 they were like laughing, joking, like besties it was a male and a female and it made me think about flight romances and I wondered if I'd ever had one because I had one once and I wondered if it's ever happened to you or anyone you know or any of my listeners
Starting point is 00:14:33 does it end once you get off the flight no I'm talking about on the plane yeah but once you leave the plane at the other side yeah is that it stopped yeah well no I mean you could obviously exchange numbers or whatever but I mean more so than likely I suppose you probably would if it was like a flight romance but yeah true well I did um I was just about to say no there and then I remembered when we were going to Ibiza like
Starting point is 00:15:02 I don't know it must have been about five years ago obviously before I was with Jason like five or six years ago. Obviously those flights are like rowdy and there's just like lads lads, lads, lads, boosin and all that. And there was a guy, I think he was sitting behind us with these group of pals. Or was he sitting alone? I think he was sitting alone. So then we were chatting to him, obviously, keep him company. And that was a bit of like
Starting point is 00:15:24 a flirty romantic situation. And then when we were in Ibiza we kept like messaging and we're going to meet up. We actually never did. Like it just didn't really work and actually wasn't really that interesting. It's just we were quite drunk on the plane it's quite a buzz but he was it quite a nice guy in that so that was probably the max of my flight romance experience I always thought like you know people say that they do like um my oh high club my high club and I thought I don't know anyone that's done that but
Starting point is 00:15:56 that's a lie I have and it's not me but there was a friend of mine I'll tell you off camera who we went away one time and we went away with her boyfriend as well And they definitely went off and did that. And the toilet. And I was like, yeah, I thought, just to say they did it and they did it, I think we might have been in not first class or business, but basically we knew somebody that worked for the airline and they managed to upgrade a couple of them up on the flight.
Starting point is 00:16:27 And yeah, they went off and did it. And I was like, that's so bullsey. And I know a lot of people have done it. And I really want to know if any of our listeners have either had a flight romance or doing the mile high club and I need to understand the ins and outs of how they managed it if they got caught if they got away with it just want to know you get done if you get caught do you not I think so yeah I need you know where people do it if like even in the toilet you can't swing a cat in there you can hardly wipe your fucking arshul never mind shig so um I was thinking
Starting point is 00:16:58 about my flight romance right and this is not anything to write home about and weirdly we never exchanged a single word with one another. Oh my God, right. I went to Disneyland, Florida when I was, I think I was 14. I'm trying to think of the era because I was listening to Jojo's album. You know, Jojo? Yeah. And I remember I read the Angus Sons and Fullfuntil Snogging book whilst I was there.
Starting point is 00:17:31 So this was my era. I was just thriving, going into like a, you know, trying to figure out who I'm not a girl, I'm not yet, one. And anyway, I was in the queue with my uncle, my cousin Kelly, and then my mom was on the trip as well. And basically, we got on the fly and there was a super, super, super, super hot guy. He must have been probably 15, 16. He was so gorgeous. And you couldn't write it, but we ended up sitting.
Starting point is 00:18:03 and being put next to each other. So it was four rows in the, four seats in the middle, and it was like us, too, and then two people beside us both. Right. And the whole flight, he just, like, we had blankets over us. He kept sort of, like, touching my leg.
Starting point is 00:18:16 And then I just sort of, like, touched his leg back. Right. And then by the end of the flight, Zoe, I shit you not, we were actually holding hands like that. We were holding hands like that, hadn't spoke one fucking word to one another, never knew his name. We were tending to be asleep for 10 fucking hours.
Starting point is 00:18:32 And when we got off the flight, his family went one way and I went my family and we're just looking at each other in passport control like never ever spoke to him again how fucking weird is that he didn't speak at all not one word to each other nope but we're holding hands
Starting point is 00:18:49 yes that is the weirdest fucking thing I've ever heard isn't it it all came back to me I was thinking oh my god remember when I was that weird teenage and I did that with that guy but what the fuck he was so gorgeous as well I wonder there he is hi if you're out there get back in touch
Starting point is 00:19:08 yeah remember holding a random girl's hand on a flight back in fucking 20 but even know when it was 2002 yeah anyway that was my random thought on the plane and I thought I need to know
Starting point is 00:19:23 if any of our pub pigs have done anything come on try and top me try and make a weird a fucking thing I think a lot of people that have went to Ibiza will have stories on that people were taking drugs in my flight and everything no shame
Starting point is 00:19:37 really you must have put it up their asshole to get on the plane probably that's what you do is it not so when I was on the plane yeah well yeah they do
Starting point is 00:19:49 drug smuggish right are you tell me about what you've been into then yeah so on the plane I watched a quiet place
Starting point is 00:20:00 day one a quiet place as in the scary film? Yeah. Not really my sort of thing, but I quite liked it. I mean, I watched Beetlejuice for the first time, and I think this might shock a lot of people. I've not seen it either.
Starting point is 00:20:12 And I need to discuss it with you and anybody else. I wish Murray could hear this conversation. It can. But, okay, I'm sure all they have watched it because they just give me that vibe. Nods of approval. Guys, that has to be one of the shittest films I've ever watched, and I do not understand.
Starting point is 00:20:32 but I do not understand why everyone is raving about it. And I think, do you know what it is? I think what it is, is back in the day, there was probably not a film quite like that. And if somebody watched it now and they had anything sane about them, they would be watching it like, what the fuck is this?
Starting point is 00:20:50 And I think what it does for people that have watched it in the past, it's more of like a nostalgic thing for them. Yeah. Because it is honestly, the weirdest storyline, the weirdest sort of like how they've tried to create scary things it just looks like
Starting point is 00:21:06 not any form of good technology and AI in this day and age which I think is probably quite funny like I was laughing at it but it just didn't make any sense to me and it was not at all what I thought Beatle Juice was about and I thought this is weird as fuck
Starting point is 00:21:21 oh that's a shame because I was going to watch it when I got back from Nashville to get any know like the Halloween Atominal feels because I've never seen it either but it's like what's it on the plane on the way out then I feel like I'll be watching like was it ends with us on the plane
Starting point is 00:21:39 um no but all of nothing but you or something it was on it you know the one with Sydney thingy yep I watched that on the way in New York I'm just going to download stuff my phone I think because I've still not watched Love is Blind UK so I'm going to download the whole series of my phone and watching and then I also watch Zoe
Starting point is 00:21:59 blended which you said to me about I fucking loved it and I was watching it thinking I feel like I recognise this storyline but I don't really remember it an awful lot so maybe I watched it once and that was it what about the guy that sings we're blending blending blending blending blending he's the guy from white chicks yeah um yeah so sorry that's what I did and then I came to LA I was so tired I didn't manage to sleep once on the plane And, yeah, I think being pregnant on a fly is pretty savage for your lower back. I really wish more than anything I upgraded or told them and had the balls to say, hi, I'm really struggling.
Starting point is 00:22:44 Please, can I have a seat somewhere else? But, yeah, it was quite tough, actually. My lower back was hurting me a lot. I know you should have said. I know. I just didn't have balls. I don't know why I was just embarrassed. But, yeah, I'll probably be on the way back because it's fucked me up for a day.
Starting point is 00:23:01 Do you know what I mean? It's kind of you're in the whole day. Guys, buying your own house and flat can be so stressful. So stressful. And I feel like as adults were just supposed to know all this stuff. Did you know that it's considered one of the most stressful things you can ever do in your life? I can believe that, by the way, all the paperwork, lawyers and all that. It's too much.
Starting point is 00:23:20 It's a total minefield. Well, don't worry, I have a solution that will make everything feel easier. Just let our sponsors, Watermans, handle it all. Well, they pack my boxes too. not quite lizzie but they'll definitely take care of everything else perfect we got we landed she took me to the hotel we checked in and then we went to air one and got the basic bitch love it fucking movies and she was laughing like it's got to be done you're going to love air one it is an amazing supermarket yes not of everybody in l a that actually lives their shops there but it is so good and we went in
Starting point is 00:23:59 and she had never had a smoothie before. So she had the Haley Beaver one and I had the mango passion. $20 a fucking smoothie, can I add? That's nuts. When I tell you, it was the best $20 I've spent, no fucking lie. Like, it really is actually worth it.
Starting point is 00:24:14 I'm a tourist and I don't care. Love it. It's monopoly money, as you said. It's not real money. Yeah. And then we went down to Aberkini, which is one of my favorite areas of L.A., but it's in Venice.
Starting point is 00:24:27 lovely shops like every single shop you could think of that like really nice ones are down there but more small boutiquey vibe and lots of nice restaurants we went to a really nice place called um it begins with begins with g can't remember but i'll share it on my story really recommend that so she we went there and sat on the roof and that was lovely but i was starting to fall asleep at nine o'clock and she was like i can't believe you're still awake at this point i'd been awake for 27 hours Oh, Jesus. That is rough. Woke up yesterday and then we just had more of a chilled day.
Starting point is 00:25:05 We went back again to Venice. What did we do? We went for breakfast. I had a burrito at a place called White Shark, I think it's called. Went down to Venice Beach. Went on the beach. Went in the water. Didn't actually go fully submerged, but I put my feet in.
Starting point is 00:25:19 Nice. We splash a bit. Yeah, it was nice and warm, actually. Lots of surfers. And then we did a bit more shopping. some gorgeous new bits actually um from a place called book mason never heard of it before beautiful store um and then we came we had some fed some food where did we go we went back to irwin rooftop watched the sunset where we saw the lady on the date um and then we came back to the hotel
Starting point is 00:25:49 and had some food here it was really good and then i was ready for bed again but today is a full day I feel refreshed, I revived, and I'm ready to have my massage. She's booked me a massage at 10 o'clock at her house. And then we've got a full week of just fun stuff. I'm having an in-and-out bag of tonight. I can't wait. Yum. I'm jealous.
Starting point is 00:26:08 Yeah. That'll be good aim. And she's actually gone to air one now to get me the strawberry glaze smoothie before we leave and get on the road because I was jealous of hers. I loved my mango passion, but hers was better. I feel like you're just living the chill, local L.A. well-being and wellness journey kind of life. Well, I've been to L.A. three times.
Starting point is 00:26:34 So I've done the Walk of Fame. I've done, not Runyon Canyon. Yeah. No. What's Runyon Canyon? Isn't that in Vegas? Don't know, but you've done that big walk-up to the sign. Whatever the fuck that's called. I've done that.
Starting point is 00:26:50 I've done, it's just on everything, all the touristy shit. I've done nobu, Malibu. Yeah. I've done all of that. And I just think it would be nice for me to experience something different. I've even done hunting some beach area. I did that with Richard and went down to San Diego. I did San Francisco.
Starting point is 00:27:04 And yeah, so I just think this time it was nice and me just to chill. And also, I am pregnant. And that doesn't mean that I can't do an awful lot, but I do get tied quite quick. And when you see me, Zoe, you're going to be like, what the fuck? I'm actually massive. I woke up this morning like, oh my God. and I don't know if it's just swell but it's big
Starting point is 00:27:24 and it's not stopping moving about as well like non-stop will I be able to feel it this time or not you know what I'm not sure but you'll probably be able to hear it maybe when it's happening I'll put your ear on my belly and we can have a little listen yeah that's what I've been up to the rest of the week we're just
Starting point is 00:27:42 we're doing another little sort of like nice trail walk on Saturday and I'm really going to downtown LA tomorrow which is I'm excited about go into a nice restaurant that I really want to go to Grand Central Market to get some proper tacos Charlotte's man here, fiance, should I say, is half Mexican so he knows all the best spots. But also, I was going to just talk very quickly about Charlotte
Starting point is 00:28:10 because I thought it might resonate with some of our listeners. But do you know this story, though, about Charlotte? And why she's here? Yeah, but you only told me that day. Yeah, so I honestly, being here and being around my friend who's just doing so well, I can't believe how much of a good life she's done for herself over in, like, America. She has done the typical American dream of what people think they want to do and aspire to, but she was brave enough to do it.
Starting point is 00:28:41 And Charlotte was basically, she's from Essex, Leon C, so South End. And she was married quite young. a nice relationship she had the whole five bedroom really nice house and me on sea gorgeous life it would probably look
Starting point is 00:28:55 picture perfect from the outside and then some sort of like lots of things happen in the relationship and she was around I met her when she was about 29
Starting point is 00:29:05 and then I lived with her for a little bit as well for about two, three months because I was moving house in London and she put me up bless her
Starting point is 00:29:14 and then anyway her and her and a husband at the time just grew apart and there was the whole question again about when you're going to have children they were married for so long she didn't know if it was happening for her she didn't even know that's what she wanted and yeah she ended up her brother ended up moving out to LA because he works in film and yeah she just came out here for a holiday absolutely loved it but her and her husband at the time are quite rocky and then she ended up coming home and leaving him and just saying like this isn't working going forward it was very much a mutual thing
Starting point is 00:29:47 They grew apart and she basically redid a whole life from a five-bedroom house to five boxes in the space of like a week. She gave up everything and she loved L.A. that much that she decided to come back again for New Year to see her brother. And when she was out here, she met Marcus on a night out just dancing. She said she was dancing to Usher, bad girl, you know, because you're a bad girl. And she just started dancing with this random guy at the bar. and he had never he never went out in this place either but his friend rang him like mate let's go out so it was a very random and she only went to this bar because her battery died in the hotel and then she was stuck charging it and speaking to the concierge guy and he said oh you should actually
Starting point is 00:30:30 go to this place when your phone is charged but she only went there it was like all fate met Marcus and yeah they ended up having an amazing connection he's 40 I think he's 46 and she's now she's 40 next May. Anyway, this was eight years ago, and she ended up having a whole year of changing her whole life, became, learned how to do photography. She was in fashion with me, account management, and just grinded her ass off to come and get,
Starting point is 00:31:01 like, the working visa to come over to L.A. And she ended up getting one after a whole year of hard work. And she is now one of the top home photographers in California, like Los Angeles for like all some of the most amazing she's in vogue she's in all of the home magazines and websites and she works with like a million um interior designers and she's got so many friends out here beautiful home and honestly like just being around I'm like you're such an inspiration and she was somebody that was never left Essex the whole life but then just took one brave move and a whole life completely changed overnight and she's now here
Starting point is 00:31:38 living the fucking dream like it's amazing um But she does want children, she thinks. So, and she's 40, but she thinks that might happen for her in the next year or two. So she's hopeful. So we'll see. But if she's very much in the mindset of it, if it happens, it happens. If it doesn't, it's not meant for me. And I just love her attitude to life.
Starting point is 00:32:00 And I just think it's so refreshing. Yeah, I just think that's amazing, by the way. And also, it just shows you it's never too late to start over. That's my point. because when you're over 30 I think a lot of people worry that their life is over and that's it for them now
Starting point is 00:32:19 like you say a lot of people settle and they settle half that they think they were and she knew that even though she was in a really lovely relationship it just wasn't her and she didn't want to have children with him because she knew and bear in mind the ex-partner the ex-sorri husband is now
Starting point is 00:32:37 he also moved to Australia and is now married with two kids So his whole life changed too. He took a brave move and did something different. I just think it's incredible that people are that brave in life. I know. Put their mind to it, they can really make it work. And I just find it really inspirational.
Starting point is 00:32:56 I love listening to her stories. She's just amazing. Love it. I'd like to listen to her stories as well, to be honest. She's bringing back a smoothie in five minutes. I might tell her to come and say hello. Get her on. Bring her on.
Starting point is 00:33:10 Come on, next guest. yes um right so we had a funny random story didn't we a DM and I can relate to this so much can you relate to it yes when it when it came in I said to the guy and I was like this is so niche and so fucking weird but I'm obsessed because it's extremely true so someone messes just saying I have a random thought might be shite but I'll give you anyway I'm here to confirm I don't think this is shite. How do you become a backdoor family? You know when I read that first lines every I was like this can go one or two ways. That's exactly what I thought I was like what could this mean? So she elaborates like you know there's always that one family that are
Starting point is 00:33:58 different and don't use their front door what's that all about coming from a family of front door users, I don't get it. Does it depend on the house type? Is it a family's tradition? How did it start? I'd like to hear from these backdoor families share your secrets. That is a very valid thing to discuss.
Starting point is 00:34:18 Some people's front doors are barricaded with boxes that they've not used it in fucking years and I'm like, how has that happened? I don't get it. I just don't know why you would go around to the back door when you've got a front door. when I was a kid it was very much like that
Starting point is 00:34:38 like it was like use the back door and I don't know if it's people that maybe have dogs that they don't want the dog they don't want their pets or children to run through the living room let's say when you open the front door it goes maybe yeah you don't want you to run on the carpet or want to keep the room nice
Starting point is 00:34:54 but so much so that it's ended up being a no entry zone full stop even the postman shits himself like oh fuck we need to go to the back door for this family I do know quite a few people that used the back door I did use at my very first house obviously my mum's house we used the back door but that was because
Starting point is 00:35:16 it was on a corner and the front door it was an old house and the front door was kind of like back you went up a wee path but that street isn't the street she parked on so we parked on like the other street which was then the side door
Starting point is 00:35:37 that took you into the kitchen so they were both kind of front doors and I would go as far as saying I don't think I ever walked through that front door really like it just wasn't used and also my mum's bedroom was downstairs in the front room so her room bedroom was right next to the front door so I don't know if that's maybe why as well
Starting point is 00:35:58 because then you would have walked right through the house to get to like the living area yeah and then a couple my pals use the back door but they've got pets they've got dogs so maybe that is why we need to get our listeners to send
Starting point is 00:36:12 in are you a backdoor family we need to put a floor yeah that is flipping hilarious do you know what else I think it might be it might be people who don't want like dirtiness at their
Starting point is 00:36:28 engines to their home so you'd maybe like take your shoes off and stuff at the back door and leave them because quite often if you've got like quite a big house there's a utility room at the back door you know what I mean that can a wee room like the wash machine and that's in a bit of a dumping ground
Starting point is 00:36:48 interesting right messages and tell us why if you are one and why and how that happened ask your parents how that ever happened or maybe you own a house and you're a backdoor family we need to know
Starting point is 00:37:05 strange strange world we'll have him I also had a thought at the weekend and it was stupid birthdays and this might be people might have
Starting point is 00:37:19 thought about this before right probably have but see when you turn like let's use me as example turning 28 tomorrow right people would then say going into my 28th year
Starting point is 00:37:34 but that's not your 28th year that's your 29th year very true yeah because when you're zero to one that's your first year yep and also see when you turn an age it's actually like you're tricking off the age more than going into the age
Starting point is 00:37:53 do you get what I mean by that I get exactly what you mean I said this when I was in Blackpool and Jason these mum were like they kept giving me strikes for like saying annoying things and they were like that strike three and I was like I think that's a very valid conversation
Starting point is 00:38:08 you were getting striped I said two things in the car and the way down Jason was like that strike one and then there's strike two and I was like fucks sake I need to know what you said what did you say? I think I was just I don't know I can't even remember I think I was just like
Starting point is 00:38:23 asking stupid questions or being annoying but I thought that was quite valid because I'm actually going into my 29th year not my 28th year yeah so I'm close at the 30th I thought that is a valid point
Starting point is 00:38:37 have you eaten anything nice I want to show you the thing that I've bought from Air 1 one second because OMG I love I love Pekin pie pecan as they call it here a pecan
Starting point is 00:38:53 look at this pecan prawn like you know how would you say I'll show you look at this wow
Starting point is 00:39:07 and when I tell you it tastes as good as it look I wish I could have a bite oh my God that's not fair we're not meant to you're doing a special this week's we're not together I know but I really want to show you my
Starting point is 00:39:20 movie as well what time is it there for you it's five to five at the moment ohmg it's five to nine here nine a m that's another topic of conversation I can't even get into time difference that fries my brain well Charlotte is pretty weird like me
Starting point is 00:39:41 in the sense of we we really deep things that don't necessarily need to be deep but she was saying to me that she feels like time isn't is it linear like the whole thing in terms of like Monday to Sunday and the fact that it's now 9am is it's all made up
Starting point is 00:39:59 isn't it like it's a made up thing the weekdays that months are all completely fake so are we just rolling into one like how the fuck are you at a different time how am I on a different day to you almost like how is that possible I'm going to we've just made that up what's to do with the sunlight
Starting point is 00:40:20 to do with the sunlight Yeah, I know. Yeah, but somebody's made that up. Even the numbers, they were never a thing back in the day. No, I know what you mean. The thing about time difference for me is your body does such wonderful things, right? Why can it not get into a time zone quicker? You're going to struggle with this jet lag when you get to Nashville, by the way.
Starting point is 00:40:43 I know, I was thinking that myself. You land at 7pm and that's technically 1am in the UK. So you need to sleep on that flight. I know. You need to try at least sleep on that flight. If I read or watch stuff, I will get tired because I feel like my eyes get tired on a flight quite easy if I'm reading or something.
Starting point is 00:41:05 And I hopefully will have my Kindle. Oh, yes. So hopefully I can sleep. I just find that quite difficult. It's not comfy enough, but I will take an X-ing. Did you use your pig one? yeah of course and I use it the flightway
Starting point is 00:41:23 yeah I use that non-stop but people are like God that fucking girl and that pink thing but I just didn't have it off my neck for 10 hours I loved it 11 hours
Starting point is 00:41:33 yes I'm the flight with what time do you get to Nashville 4pm right so about earlier than us and do you know how far Airbnb is from the airport
Starting point is 00:41:46 because I don't no I don't but what I was thinking right was I could land and then I'll go to the Airbnb and then you not need to go and get the car because I don't think I feel comfortable picking up that car anyway on my own so yeah guys we've we've ordered a ten seat
Starting point is 00:42:03 to truck when there's now only four of us going five five of us five who do we think we are and we can all have a bedroom each as well tell me yeah because it sleeps ten people and there's only five of us I know but isn't, there's four rooms out and isn't one room double bunk beds
Starting point is 00:42:23 yeah it is but also me and Molly will probably share a room anyway because she'll probably want to look at your room sleeping yeah but we will give a bit of an Airbnb tour on the Patreon yeah oh here's Charlotte yay! Hi Charlotte
Starting point is 00:42:40 come say hi come say hi look at her sexy body oh my God I know you look perfect we've just been speaking all about you and your lovely story and why you're here look at this you're a true
Starting point is 00:42:54 inspiration Charlotte oh thank you this is the most expensive smoothie you will probably ever come across in your entire being look at that it looks well good oh my god I'll take a photo of the ingredients
Starting point is 00:43:09 yeah you can tell me what I'll tell you exactly what it is it's very bougie it might hopefully it makes me 10 years younger is it good for you as well yeah i think so some of the smoothies let's hope so some of the smoothies had flipping um oh here we go i'll show you the camera there go hayley beba smoothie skin smoothie and it has what the fuck is that malt almond milk milk is a brand oh yeah mulk almond milk zoomer valley coconut wit
Starting point is 00:43:37 vital proteins vanilla collagen air one sea moss maple valley maple syrup hyaluronic acid strawberries dates avocado banana vanilla stevia driscoll's organic strawberry glaze 19 wow
Starting point is 00:43:52 come on baby I mean I've heard see moss is the best thing for you yeah what does seamos do I don't know but people are gulping it off spoons it tastes like jizz let me say that it's not cute it's not cute
Starting point is 00:44:09 anyway what time is it now, Zoe. It's nine o'clock, so we need to go to get your massage and have a wonderful time whilst I'm good afternoon so I can get a holiday next week. I know. I miss you already. Can't wait to see you. That's nice. I'll see soon. I'm going to. I'm like, why are you waiting so long to reply? Try to think of something to respond with. No, I miss you too. I'll see you in four days. Can he wait. Can you wait to snuggle that bump. her birthday tomorrow
Starting point is 00:44:44 oh happy birthday for tomorrow thanks tomorrow tomorrow's tomorrow's well thanks it's lovely chatting to
Starting point is 00:44:52 from across the world Jess yes we hope the sound quality was good guys and yeah we will be back in Nashville
Starting point is 00:44:59 next week doing a episode aren't we and then we will also have stuff on the Patreon doing a little vlog tour
Starting point is 00:45:05 of the Airbnb and whatever you need little muckbang with the girls yes the five chicken muck bang okay well
Starting point is 00:45:12 thanks so much I'll speak to you soon. See you soon. Bye guys. Bye!

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