The Bobby Bones Show - Best Bits with Amy: Morgan & Amy On Their Most “You” Weekend + Amy On How Her Life Looks Differently Lately

Episode Date: September 2, 2023

Happy Labor Day Weekend! Morgan and Amy get a little unhinged talking about foot fetishes, and selling feet pictures. Morgan had a very “you" weekend and Amy says her life looks different some days. They discuss their childhood delicacies and the things they’re currently obsessed with, plus some Nashville recommendations!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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It's the best bits of the week with Morgan number two. Happy Labor Day weekend, y'all. I am joined right now by Amy. for the Best Bit Special Holiday Weekend edition. How are you, Amy? Hello, happy Labor Day. Yeah? You know, we do have another part coming in that as all these listener questions,

but there is one that came through and somebody asked, does Amy like to do the best bit? So I figured I'd start us off with that. Oh, yes. Why? I don't know. I don't know. I think, well, we do record them, which, you know, props to you because you're having to host

and put it all together, but sometimes our heads are kind of spinning when we come in here to do it because we have just, you know, gotten done with the morning show and all of our responsibilities there. Like even before you hit record, I was just trying to rattle off a bunch of spots as quickly as I could. And, you know, it's, yeah, so sometimes, I don't know. Now I'm like, shoot. And you're like, wait. Maybe they were asking in a good way or were they asking in a bad way. No, I think it's just more like it's extra work, right? So like, and you're doing interviews once every couple weeks. Yeah, I don't. So, no, I don't, I don't, I don't mind it. We all. are doing extra different things at different times.

Maybe that's why. That's what I'm going to lean into. That's why they were asking. And I do like to call the best bits like unhinged sometimes because we just kind of come on here and we get a little unhinged. Yes, that's kind of what happens. I'm looking at my coffee over there and I need to drink it. My mouth is still dry.

It's been dry for weeks now. And it says to avoid caffeine for like caffeine, alcohol, smoking, which, okay, I can avoid the alcohol and the smoking, but I have not wanted to give up coffee. Post on Instagram that maybe it's because you tried a new toothpaste. Well, that's what someone else had put. So I thought, well, funny enough, I had tried a new toothpaste week before. And I did have a theory myself that that could be it. So I switched back to whatever I was using before.

And I don't know. I guess it wasn't the toothpaste. Is it like dry or do you feel like your mouth is sore? No, it's just dry. And it's really hard to swallow. But it's not sore. It's just dry. and I don't have enough saliva to swallow.

And so many people, when I posted about that a while ago, they were like, weird. This is happening to me right now, too. So then I thought, well, is it an allergy thing? But then these people didn't live in Nashville. And then also, when it first started getting dry, was a couple weeks ago when I was in Dallas for work. And so that was a completely different state. And then it came back to me with, or came back to Tennessee with me. So listen, I don't know what it is.

Someone else thought I might have diabetes. So maybe I need to get tested for that. I'm not sure. I don't think it is, I could be wrong. I don't think it's diabetes. But I did see recently there, and this is not like to scare you or anything, but there is a new strain of COVID. And I think if I remember correctly, I could be like mixing two stories together,

but dry mouth was a symptom of that new strain. Okay. So when does the dry mouth kick in? I don't know. I didn't listen. I saw it as like a headline, so I didn't really dive into it. But I could be wrong and I could be piecing two stories together that I saw at the same time. But I do know there's a new strain of COVID.

And I do know that dry mouth is a symptom of something that's going around right now. Okay. Well, whatever it is, I've got it. So I don't think you're alone because it's something going around. Maybe it's just something viral, like a new strain of a flu and it's like dry mouth flu. Well, I'm ready for it to be over. Because you don't realize how much you swallow throughout the day. And I realize now because I'm uncomfortable every single time I have to do it.

Yeah. Maybe this is what it's like for people who live in like Arizona where it's super like dry heat. Yeah, but I mean, I'm drinking a lot of water. potentially, yes. I would say when I go to higher altitudes and stuff too, I struggle with that. But I don't know. Isn't that weird? The body is so weird. We do have some things to talk about. And the most important being, you had a whole surgery in studio. How is your doing? It's healing up nicely. Yeah. I went to her office. So she came and did it on the studio or did it in the studio. And then, I don't know, seven or eight days after that, I went to her office and she removed the stitches. And she said it looks good. And then she said that I'll be able to come back, you know, at some point soon. And she will pierce it for me. Okay. So when she did that, because I know you have multiple ear piercings, it only affected the one piercing, though, right?

Yes. So the other two are fine. Are you wearing earrings in them or no? No. Okay. Not yet. I'm just kind of keeping that ear. Like, totally.

Wait, so are you wearing, like, were you for a while wearing, like, earrings on one's and all on the other? Before it ripped or after? After, like, after she did the surgery on it. Oh, I know earrings. I haven't had any earrings in that ear since she took them out. Okay. Okay. But were you wearing them in the other ear? So you had like one ear, one ear ear ear ear? Yeah. Yeah, I have them all in that ear. But then it happens to be that's where I tuck. I tuck my hair behind my ear on that side. So you can see the earrings and then on the side where I had work done. It's like your hair's covering it. Where my deformed ear was put back together? No.

Like because you don't have earrings on one. I always feel like I'm in balance. If I don't have like nine. Hoops. I have on studs or little teeny tiny hoops. So I think we're good. Okay. Well, that's exciting. I mean, I'm glad it panned out very well and not like the opposite, obviously. Yeah. Because it was a 50-50 chance that could have gotten infected, she said. And she wanted me to take an antibiotic, but I didn't want to because I took an antibiotic a couple months ago when I was sick. And I don't, I feel like that's too close. Yeah. Antibiotics really mess up your system. and they open you up to more possibilities of getting sick, which could be why you not have dry found. It's all related. Well, and when I took that antibiotic, I don't, when I was sick, I didn't test for COVID.

I've never tested positive, but who knows if I've had it at some point. And so I don't know if that's what I had and I wish I would have tested so that I would know. So that way your theory about or headline that you maybe saw or maybe didn't see about the dry mouth being COVID related, then I would know. Yeah. But I guess maybe I can do an antibodies test. Does those things still show if you had COVID or not? I don't even are like, are people still administrating that? I think I have some in a drawer somewhere because I feel like I bought some at one point

thinking they were COVID tests and then I got home and realized they were antibodies. Isn't antibodies like your blood? They're testing the blood? I don't know. Is that right around? I don't know. It honestly feels like still like a fever dream when that all happened. I don't know that it was totally real.

I know so much 20-24 and it's going to have been. well it'll be January, February, come March, 2024, it will have been four years. Mm-hmm. And that just doesn't seem real. I know. Well, I'm speaking of COVID, too, I mentioned it on the show a few weeks ago, how I still don't have my smell. And somebody wrote me an article that there's actually a place in Texas, people are going to because they are doing, like they're performing, it's not, you don't go under for it. But it's like a surgery, but you don't go under.

And like I did for my ear. It's a local. Yeah, like a local something. No, I'm not sure like, you know, you got to touch like the nerves in the nose. So how is this going to be local situation? They just totally numb your nose and you're awake. I mean, maybe. Yeah. But like they're sticking things up the nostrils and on the top. Like it's so wild. But so maybe that's something. If we can find one in Nashville, maybe that's what I need to try. Yeah. When you brought up the, um, me having one big hoop potentially in my left ear and nothing in my right. It made me think of a couple weeks ago. go when I was in Dallas, I was at the morning show boot camp and all kinds of radio people were there and Carla Marie and Anthony were there. He's worst Anthony on socials. And he had on one sneaker and one boot because he hurt his foot. He had like a, I don't know if he sprang something or whatnot. So he had a boot on for healing and someone asked him like, so did you

only pack right sneakers for this whole trip? He goes, yeah, I got to bring four different sneakers because I was only bringing my right side. And I thought, oh, I guess that's what I could do with earrings. But anyway, I bring up this because this got us talking about his feet, which then God is talking about people being obsessed with feet and fetishes. People are obsessed with feet. Well, you know, we have the one listener that has offered me a lot of money. And now I'm like, after I heard Anthony's story, I'm like, should I just start taking pictures of my feet? I don't know. because Anthony said there's so much money to be made, and he sells his dirty socks to their listeners and followers.

Like, people buy them. And he wears them, and then he mails it off and they pay him. Okay. I have so many questions. Do you know how much, like, roughly he makes from this? No, but I could text them and then we'll find out. We'll find out.

Okay, we have to update later. We circle back, circle back. Circle back. Like lunchbox would say, circle back. Which is so annoying, by the way. I'm like to answer the question. And is it women listeners or guy listeners? Good question.

I'll ask that too. Okay, we don't know. Okay. I'm texting right now. Oh, my gosh. Amy, there is, like, there is one guy who just keeps blowing up my DMs who's trying to get me to sell him my underwear. Oh, no.

I can't do that. I would never. But, like, the fetishes that people have is wild to me. I totally get it. Like, foot seems really innocent compared to the underwear guy. Keeps blowing up my DMs. But, like, it's still also weird. You can't post anything with feet on social media or people are like, oh, let me see those feet.

That's like so good. I'm like, what is it with y'all? You can barely even see the foot. I know you were showing your ufas, your new ufas off recently and you were trying to cover up your toes or your feet. So that way people weren't getting a glimpse. And people will put on socks. I was like, guys, it's not the same effect. It looks really funky to wear slides with socks.

Like that's only me when I'm like really being my true ratchet self. Well, and we had that email or two in the mailbag that said that he has been with a girl for three months, but he hasn't told her about his foot fetish. And he's like, when should I say? And I started to think about it after, because again, I worked with someone that was very much into feet. And it's not like he talked about it. We just all knew because he couldn't help but look at your feet. It's what he did.

You can pick up on them pretty quick because their first compliment is like, you have really nice feet. Right. or they just always They look, hi, nice to meet you or hey, how's your day? Fee or at the office I was at is just so obvious. Every girl there knew. Oh my God, did you look at your feet today? Yes, check.

Okay, keeps doing that. So I'm thinking if that guy has been with his girl for three months, surely she has noticed that he can't help but look at feet. I mean, for sure, especially too if he's offered like foot massages or something. I don't think it's going to be news to her. No, but I also, I think he should tell her. Like, I don't think you get down further and then reveal, like, is this something like super big and is it like a glaring red flag?

No. But maybe this girl's like super, like, foot ticklish. Maybe she doesn't like people looking at her feet. Maybe she's uncomfortable with her feet. Who knows? But, like, that would be not a good match. If she hates her feet and you love her V and then it's a whole thing. So I do think he needs to tell her like ASIP.

Yeah. Okay, Carla Marie just replied that Anthony has never sold any to a woman. Anyone who messages him is a man. And he's also sold old sneakers that he's worn and then also the socks that are dirty.

And then she goes, let me get the numbers from him. Dot, dot, dot. So we may have an update. That's a wild guy to guys. Wow. And then this is a podcast, so I mean, go for it. Okay, we can talk about if I need to believe it. I can believe it.

This is, this came up in conversation. Zach, who works at the river upstairs here in Nashville, the pop station, he said that he has a friend that makes a ton of money just raiding men's parts. What? Yeah, like, they send. I don't even know, he's like, she doesn't honestly even care or look at them, really. She'll just be like, nine, five, ten. And I don't know what site she's doing this through.

Is that like an only fan's thing? I'm not sure. But she makes so much money saying that she'll rate it. Because again, he didn't make it seem like she has to sit there and look at them and rate them. She just does it. I'm not going to do that. Guys egos. Like that's what this is coming from, right?

Is them saying like, I need to send this in. Pay this girl to rate it. A stranger on the internet. It's so big that I need to know what all of my body is rated, basically. You know what I mean? Well, is it that their ego? their ego could be big, or is it that on the other side, are they looking for validation in any way, shape, or form? And they would like to know.

Like, very insecure and very, like, cocky, probably, no pun intended, both in, like, very spectrum side, I feel like. Which also online stuff and men being weird, sorry to any men listening right now. We're not totally picking on you, but I have a friend whose husband went on Tinder. like a few weeks ago. And he's very, like, has a great job, very smart. Somebody you think, oh, bonehead kind of, why would you do that? Yeah. Especially after hearing all the stories, you just wouldn't be that careless.

Set aside the butthole part, like, that being a jerk, but, like, I don't know why I said butthole, but. Hey, unhinged, unhinged. So, this is after dark. I just felt for her, obviously. They don't have kids, haven't been married long. She's not even messing with it. They're going to go ahead and get a divorce because I think other stuff came out from it.

But how it happened was a friend of a friend of a friend, saw him on Tinder, told the friend, who told the friend, who told the friend, told her. And sure enough, yeah, it was her husband right there on Tinder with his photo, everything. It, I, the audacity, just like, I just don't know, yeah, did they think like, oh, I'm not going to get caught because the person I'm married to is, is not on Tinder. Or they just don't care, which is almost worse. Right. You know what I mean? Like, to just not have any respect or care for what you're in to do that. I mean, cheating of all is bad.

It's all bad. But, like, to blatantly do it, that's, like, a different level of disrespect, I feel like. Yeah, I just feel like it must be happening. I would have never thought in a million years that this person would have done it. So then it makes me think it's got to be happening so much more than we think like the online profiles, either fake or which there's an Ashley Madison documentary. Coming out or is it? It's already out. I've watched some of it.

And I can't remember where we were watching it. I was watching it with my friend CryoCat. It was when I didn't have a washer and dryer, so it's been a minute. That's about you're writing your time now. I know it was a Friday night around midnight because I was over there doing laundry and trying to just get it done. And my sister was in town. So it was at some point, you know, a few months ago.

And we were watching it. And it was very interesting. It was the boom of Ashley Madison. And when that first came on the scene and the CEO and how he marketed it and was trying to get it out there to people in billboards. and he was on all, he was on, you know, The View and doing all these interviews on CNN, Fox. Like, everyone was wanting to talk to him, sort of bad press, being like, why do you feel okay running a company whose website is for married people to hook up? Yeah.

And so they're bringing it on because it's an interesting story. But in his mind, he's like, this is all free marketing and it's genius and he didn't care. So that documentary, I hadn't thought of it in a minute. We didn't finish it. want to go back and watch it. There was a journalist that was being interviewed as part of the documentary who back in the day was trying to write an article on it. And he was married, but he wanted to go on the website to see what it was like and then

met up with one of the other married people on there, a married woman, because that's what it is. It's married people. Yeah, it's just married. It's like a shady website. Yeah. So he was. went and sat down at dinner and was like trying to just do research.

And, but he took it like too far. He didn't do anything with her and never even, he, in fact, he said he couldn't even get through the dinner. Like, he had to confess like, hey, I'm, I'm actually writing an article. But then that made her feel super uncomfortable because she's like, what? Like, she thinks she's there being discreet and with someone that's like-minded and there to do what she's there to do. And then she, so she left and then he felt horrible.

And then I guess when his wife found out he even went to the level he went with the article, even hooking up the date and going on the date. He's like, so yeah, Ashley Madison ruined my life too. And I wasn't even really trying to be a cheater. I was trying to write an article about the process. So anyway. Listen, I mean, Amy, I remember going in my last therapy session and I was like, I literally looked at my therapist because I have been, I have been cheating on in every relationship, serious. relationship I've been in. And I literally remember looking at my therapist and being like, is this just like as good as it gets? And I just have to deal with it because I just genuinely,

I, there's still like a level of hope there, right? But for a big portion of me, it's like, people just cheat. There's just not that faithful and loyleness that exists out in the world. I know it does. But I think it's even far between now, especially given the access. we have, I think social media has played a huge role on that because you feel like you have... Well, you used to only know your immediate circle, and now you know the whole world. Well, you feel like you have access to everybody. Like, heck, you feel like you have access

to a celebrity, a model. You probably don't. You know what I mean? Who was the celebrity that kept showing up in everybody's DMs? Isn't it Ben Affleck? Well, he was on Raya. That was a whole ordeal. It was... Oh, Adam Levine. Yeah. Yeah. Uh-huh. See, like,

it's just... Everybody's. Like, It was even people we know here were they didn't even know he had deemned. Like people I know that are stunning, Adam Levine would definitely be into them. They, because of the new story, it was kind of a funny thing to just go to your DMs and see if Adam Lee. And yeah, they went and sure enough, Adam Levine had sent them a DM and they had never seen it or replied. But it's kind of funny. It's so crazy. It's just, it's crazy to me that it's just becoming such a normal part of,

relationships when it's very not normal. I don't know that it's normal. I don't know. It's not normal. The more people I know the further, like, right, like the further we go along, the more people I know that have been experienced cheating or have some crazy story, like the ones that I have or on some level have been through it. And I just don't feel like that was the case before like the last 10 plus years, you know? I don't know. I think we know about it more now because like. But that's still a serious question. and I have in my brain, like, it's really good to be it. I don't know. Yeah, because I don't think something has magically made people change and be

different or want to do that more. I honestly think it's sort of like the scary news that we get. It's like, what is the world coming to? Well, there were serial killers way back in the day. We just didn't know about it because nothing made the news or like the Ted Bundy. Yeah. That documentary is crazy because he would cross state lines. lines and state to state, people weren't communicating. So there was, there was bad things happening. We just didn't know about them. Yeah, I think it does have a lot to do accessibility.

People too. Yeah. Yeah, for sure. But that is, I mean, on a long list of things. It's a whole other podcast. Yeah, I mean, that TV is just, oh, so bad. Did you get an answer? Okay.

Okay. What Anthony has been paid for the dirty socks. But it's like, yeah, to your point, of like us putting our feet on Instagram for free. Why not? Maybe we should get paid. Wiki feet. I don't think you make money from Wiki feet.

I think your feet just end up on Wiki feet. There is full on websites to sell your feet pictures. All you do is just your feet? Upload your picture of your feet. I don't know. This is getting too good to be true. Do you see my nail polish over here? I was about to paint my toes.

Not for... You're about to do a whole lot of feet pictures. Photos, but I have something later. don't have anything on my toes right now, which is fine. Sometimes I just like to take a break and have nothing on my nails. But I have Olive and June. It's like a fall red color. I like that one. Color. Oh, S.C. That's what they call it. And then your other one looks like lipstick. Oh, this is the quick dry top coat. Okay. From Olive and June. It's full. See, I like to buy like the quick dry nail polish because I don't last very long. I mess up my nails like almost immediately upon

painting them. Yeah. Well, I put this on. I let it sit for a little bit and then I put the quick dry on top and I'm good. You're a little bit more patient than me. But this is my first fall color. It's like a maroon looking situation and I'm definitely ready for fall. Well, then you're going to be also ready to take feet modeling pictures and maybe, maybe Amy, what we do is we both commit to the bit. We both try it once. Selling our feet together. Like, so we're in it together. Oh, could we get double? I mean, maybe. Like, say we get a thousand bucks. We do. We that split 500 each. Are they really making that much?

Yes, I feel like you'd have to post a lot of pictures to get $1,000. I do think you get like regulars. Maybe not our first one, but maybe our first one's $500. And if they like it, then we'll be like, okay, well, $1,000 is the next one. So they subscribe. Yeah? Like Eddie's hot chicken business. I mean, there's like OnlyFans just for feet.

But we don't have to be on OnlyFans. We can just, like, do our own little side business. But maybe we're doing it together. I think I would want to go through an official website. honestly, I know there's no harm in it. And you know, you do you, do whatever you want to do. I guess I would just, as a mom, I don't need to share a finding out that I'm selling my feet pictures. I don't think it's that bad.

Even if she did find out, she probably would be like, well, how are you selling your feet? Well, you know her? She's a hustler. She'll be like, oh, okay, well, I'm going to try to sell mine. I don't set my hand. And it's like a gateway. And then she starts selling her ankle and her calf and her knees. I don't know.

Yeah, just do it do a code name. Like you have a code name for, like, I choose one of my middle names and you choose like a, you know, the town you grew up on. Aren't you supposed to do the name of your first pet and the street you grew up on? So mine would be. That's your stripper name. Okay, well, whatever. Trixie Pinehurst is mine. I like that.

And honestly, it does line out for like a stripper name. Trixie Pinehurst. I like it. I don't even know. I think mine would be, what did you say it was? The name of your first pet and the street you grew up on. Cuddles Nantucket. I don't feel like that's very sexy.

Cuddles? I feel like that works. Nantucket, it's very... It doesn't feel very like... You get the Martha Stewart fans. Okay, y'all will be right back. There's two golden rules that any man should live by. Rule one, never mess with a country girl.

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On the Iheart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. What's up, everyone? I'm Ego Wodom. My next guest, you know from Step Brothers Anchorman, Saturday Night Live, and the Big Money Players Network. It's Will Ferrell. Woo, woo, woo, woo. My dad gave me the best advice ever.

I went and had lunch with them one day, and I was like, and Dad, I think I want to really give this a shot. I don't know what that means, but I just know the groundlings. I'm working my way up through, and I know it's a place that come look for up and coming talent. He said, if it was based solely on talent, I wouldn't worry about you, which is really sweet. Yeah. He goes, but there's so much luck involved. And he's like, just give it a shot. He goes, but if you ever reach a point where you're banging your head against the wall and it doesn't feel fun anymore, it's okay to quit.

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Ladies and gentlemen, breaking news at Americopa County as Laura Owens has been indicted on fraud charges. This isn't over until justice is served in Arizona. Listen to Love Trapped podcast on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. All right, I got some like fun, random questions. What was like a childhood delicacy that you had? Like you look back and you're like, ooh, that was like my prime delicacy. I'll let you think on it.

I mean, dip and dots. Oh my gosh, I love deep and dots. Like if my parents would ever buy me diff and dots, that'd be amazing. And you couldn't get it at home. You couldn't buy it at the store. You'd have get it wherever they had dipend dots. You'd be there.

So I don't know. That's a really good one. I loved. And most of the time, they only had them in like very obscure places, like the mall or like a game. Yeah, or water park. Mm-hmm. You couldn't ever find a,

They never had like a storefront. At least back then. So I'm trying to, oh, great, I mean, now I'm going to, speaking of the mall, Great American Cookie. Like if we would go to the mall and I would get a slice of that, I would think I'd died and gone to heaven. What about you? No, different house is so good.

That's a really good one. I think my like delicacy wasn't even just something that like I couldn't have often. It was more like something that I love to have all the time. I said so many carbs. I literally had mac and cheese, mashed potatoes and bread with butter. Like, that was my favorite meal ever. And anytime my dad made that, which was most of my meals because I was vegetarian, like very early on.

So like, you couldn't feed me a lot of things. And but every time I had that, I just like, I loved it. Because it's like three of your favorite things. Like it's all carbs and cheese and all of them taste good. Yeah. I had mac and cheese. Well, I've had it several times lately. The weeks that my kids are staying with Ben and then the weeks they're with me,

I live a very different life. I am very structured when they're home. And I've never not had them. This is still so weird getting used to. But I have so much structure when they're home. Like we have Stevenson's bedtime that has got to be on par. We are in bed. We are reading.

I'm looking at the clock. I'm like, chop, chop, chop, chop. You got 30 seconds brush your teeth. We're reading. He falls asleep. I'm like, oh, I sneak out. I go down. I go to bed.

Everything is on time. and when they're not there, I don't know who I am. I have no structure, no adult. I just casually go to the kitchen. I start grazing and then they're not there. So I'm like, well, eat their food. So I heat up the microwavable craft macaroni and cheese cups. I do those a lot.

Chicken nuggets, like theirs. They're these nuggets that they love. And I just pop them in the air fryer. And I'm not even worried about the time, which I don't know why that is. before I had kids five and a half years ago, I was very structured with my time. But maybe it's my weird way of trying to cope with these weeks because it feels so weird.

You're finding comfort in certain things and you're trying to kind of, it sounds like you're just kind of allowing yourself to just like kind of live your own life again. Which it has to be really hard. But that's what I'm saying. When I had my own life before kids, I was very structured.

At least I knew the importance of a bedtime and, you know, some quality nutrients. I mean, yes, but maybe now it's like it's a combination of both. It's like learning to let yourself like have your own life again, but you're also still finding comfort in certain things while you're going through this transition. Well, I hope I transition out of this fast because it's not, it's definitely, I know how important sleep is and I'm not sleeping well on the weeks that I don't have them. So I got to figure something out. Maybe mentally I'll adjust or I need to journal through it. I don't know what's happening.

there's probably something that needs to be processed. I appreciate that you're eating Kraft mac and cheese cups. Those are bomb. Oh, yeah. I feel like the kids come back to stay with me and they're like, Mom, you need to go to the store. All of our food is gone that we like. I'm like, sorry.

And pro tip of your gluten-free craft makes one of their, that specific craft macon cheese, not like the little microwave cups, but their box macon cheese, gluten-free. And it tastes just like it. So if you're gluten-free, you can still have that. Yeah, gluten-free noodles are, I feel like they've gotten pretty good. at those. We do the, like a rice spaghetti. None of us are gluten-free, but I actually prefer these

noodles. I think the company's like ancient grain or something like that. It's in a red box, and they're the best spaghetti noodles. And that's whenever I make spaghetti and meat sauce for the kids, which is now what I eat too, because I used to not eat the ground beef. I used to not eat meat either. And now I'm definitely trying to get more protein. And I use gluten-free every time. And my kids don't even notice a difference. Yeah, they've gotten really good at it. But that was one that I was shocked to see because I was having a moment where I needed like my comfort food, which is mac and cheese and mashed potatoes. And I looked and I was really excited to find the gluten free. I was like, hopefully this tastes good. And it is. It's really good. It's a pro tip. So that was your childhood,

you know, that is when you hit the jackpot if you got to have mac and cheese, mashed potatoes and bread with butter. Yes. It wasn't even toasted either. It was just like bread. But that or that my cinnamon toast bread. where you toast bread and you put butter and then you do cinnamon sugar on top of it, that was also the delicacy. I got an answer from horse Anthony on the shoes. So he replied to Carlin-Marie and said, yeah, just men and I wouldn't sell for less than $50 per sock if I was doing a socks-only

transaction. So $50 for one sock? Mm-hmm. What? That's crazy. I mean, that's like, that's like coffee or, you know, eat out food, money. Oh, yeah. I mean, that's, yes, it's mailbox money.

But think of how many, I mean, I guess you have to, how many people are really going to buy your socks, though, but still. I mean, think of it this way, Amy. And do you ever turn customers is like, hey, you get on a subscription where it's like you get a sock a month? Mm-hmm. I don't know what they're doing that sock, but yes, I do think that happens. I don't want to know. Okay, what's something you are currently obsessed with? Could be anything.

On any level, it could be a TV show, it could be food. It could be like a random item. I know you really like your snail stuff, but we're going to stay away from that because you really love the snail stuff. Oh, yeah. I'm obsessed with that. That one we already know. You got to choose a one that maybe people might not know.

Well, the finale of it was a couple of weeks ago, but if people haven't watched it, they could binge two seasons worth on Amazon Prime Video. The summer I turned pretty. Mm-hmm. So, yeah. That's so good. I'm already ready for... Wait, are you still Team Conrad?

Is there going to be a season three? Do you know? I don't know if they've renewed it yet. No, I don't want to say who I am anymore. Last time you said... Yes, I was Team Conrad, but slowly but surely, I'm Team J. Team Jeremiah. You are?

I could go back to Conrad any minute. Do you see if there is a season three coming. It's been renewed. Well, that is... I'm obsessed with season three, even though it has... come out yet. I just want it to hurry up and get here because I love a good teenage drama. Yes. What about you? I've been obsessed with these gluten-free crackers. They're from Milton's is the brand. But Trader Joe's makes this unexpected cheddar cheese like spread. And I eat those two together. That is my girl dinner,

like almost every day. It's either my snack or my dinner, take your pig. But I have to have it. It's like, I swear it's like crack to me. It tastes so good. Okay. See, I'm in a TV show. I could go. You could go anything. You could add whatever you want in here if you have other things you're obsessed with. That's just like my current obsession, which isn't my healthiest, but it's there. Well, I'm toast, but I've been obsessed with toast for years. Yeah.

I mean, toast has been your thing for a while. I guess now that we're dipping into fall, I have been getting some of the pumpkin, cold foam stuff or at the store buying the pumpkin creamer. I cannot wait for fall. disappointing. I'm like, why did I buy this whole thing? Here's my beef with that. Why do they sell such big creamers? You can't, when you open it, it says it expires or goes bad seven days after opening,

which I'm sure there's some wiggle room. So let's call it seven to ten. But I am the only one using it and I don't even get through half the bottle in seven to ten days. And they don't make any little or a waste? No. Yeah. I mean, I guess if you buy a different brand in the pod, but I like coffee mate sometimes, too. And also, Califia Farms, it just seems like the bottles are way too big.

I wish they would make smaller ones. At least like, what, a half gallon maybe? Kind of like they do regular. Oh, they're not even a gallon. No, no, no, no. We need like, I need smaller than a pint. I need, like teeny tiny. Yeah.

Maybe you can freeze it? No? I don't. I mean, yeah, you can. Well, a lot of people do if they drink iced coffee. I saw this on TikTok. If like right now I have iced coffee and you see how it's watered down, like the ice has melted and there's a layer of like water on top of the coffee and milk. But if you can think ahead, you can make cute ice cubes that are your coffee drink.

So if I took this mixture right now and I made ice cubes, then I put those in the freezer and then that's the ice that I use for my iced coffee. So then when the ice melts, it just melts into more coffee and melt. So therefore it's not watered down. Okay. That's a clever trick. That's a hack. I like it. And now that we're moving into cooler weather, I still haven't transitioned.

Listen, it's not cooler yet. But you know, I went through all of winter still drinking iced. And I feel like going into fall and winter too, I'll keep on the ice train. I haven't wanted to drink anything warm yet. Well, I mean, also people eat ice cream around. So I feel like that's similar. Yeah. I mean, sometimes you just like what you like.

I did quit using a straw, though, because of my lips. What happened to your lip? Just age 40, like, I don't know. I just kept seeing everywhere. Don't tell me that's another thing you can't do. Well, you can do it, but I was starting to notice little lines, which, sure, maybe I'm being a little ridiculous, but they do say there's something to that. And I was using a straw almost every day for my ice coffee.

And then I was using straws if I was doing green tea. And then I got so comfortable with the straw. Sometimes I'd put it in my ice water. And I'm like, oh, I'm using a straw way too much and see when you do this with your lips, like, you know, all day, every day when you're drinking. Then you start to form lines. So I thought, well, I'd just rather be proactive here and just ditch the straw. And plus, it's better for the environment, even though I have some metal straws, but I don't really like those either. You know, I saw the same thing, which has made me really super a different, like, wrinkle thing,

but it's like we're always looking down at our computers or down at our phones and it causes neck wrinkles. And so now I try and, like, look at things even level and it is not working for me. Like, I always find myself naturally, like, looking down and I hate it. Okay. So Shannon, who works very closely with me, I walked into the house. She works from the house most days, and I walk in and I sit down and we're going to work together. And one day, all of a sudden, this... Contraption is under her computer, which I'm sure a lot of work people have this, but it's

it lifts her. It's a little stand built for a computer. And she has it right there. And every day, that's for that exact reason, not because the wrinkles in her neck, but like pain in the back of her neck. Well, that's too. I mean, it's given us like these really bad posture. Your posture. And so at first I was like, oh, that looks awkward.

But then now I'm kind of tempted because every day I look over and see it. I'm like, oh, I should probably. get myself one of those, but it's just for that. You could get it and use it in the studio. I know. The only problem is our cameras would like, it'd be like right in the eye line of our cameras. So I don't, I think I'd get, have to take it down. That's true. But I really want it because I'm like, I don't like, this is such a weird thing for me to be worried about. But I'm like, if that's something I can do to like change it for, you know, 20 plus years older me, then cool, I'll try it. But listen, when I'm laying on my couch and I want to look at my phone,

I really want to look down. So like, I have to like lay on my side to like look eye level with it. whole like posture change that I'm having to do. And it's not going well. So at least I'm glad your straws are going well because this one is it. Yeah. Well, I have, that's my only tip for you is to put it on that. And maybe you can find an angle where the camera will still get you. Like do it a little diagonal or something.

Yeah, because you're on your computer a lot. You might need to invest in something. Like neck wrinkles aside, just your overall. Overall body health. Yeah. Okay. Well, you know, deter from my wrinkle problem that I'm having. I want to talk about we have coming up in a minute.

But before that, how is mom life going? Like, how are you? How are the kids? How's life? It's good. We've been in school for almost a month now. We started school early August, which is crazy because a lot of places in the country start, well, after Labor Day, which I feel is when I used to go to school. But it seems to get earlier and earlier and earlier.

And we're adjusting nicely. They're doing really well. They're both at new schools and seem to be thriving. Mike D's wife is our tutor. So she comes over either to my house or to Ben's house, like once or twice a week to work with the kids, which is great. Because they're math and science are what they need help with. And Ben and I are both kind of like. And then Ben and I both are working full time and oftentimes have meetings at night as well.

Well, just for an hour. They don't take us away for a long time, but that's an hour where they can focus on their homework and have help. And then also, sometimes it's not that we don't know it, but as parents, I know this is a struggle of figuring out the best way to teach it. It's like you know it, but then how do you explain it to someone to where they understand it? And that they can retain it because it's one thing to like totally understand it, but to be able

to use it and keep moving forward with it is a whole other game. Kelsey, Mike's wife, she's got it down. Like she, Stasheera's high-fiving her, smiling, like eager to learn more. So whatever she's doing, I said, okay, I will take, take all my money.

Because I like seeing my kids happy about learning too. Yeah. Or having fun while learning, because that has not always been the case in our household. Sometimes homework has caused a lot of stress and anxiety. And I know I'm not alone in that. like there's times where I've just had to tell teachers and this was a few years ago we've done some work and gotten through some things but I would just send notes and say hey yeah

homework's not happening so sorry about that like it's literally it's just not going to happen and I just need you to excuse it because it just sometimes we'll send to another level because it gets so stressful and if Stevenson would get it was mostly him's DeShera's always been able to kind of hone in and focus but if he gets overwhelmed it takes them to another place and it's just not worth everybody's sanity. I'm so bogged down with a whole lot of homework. I wish like that would change. Like I know homework's important, but I feel like almost the homework should be like real

life, like putting it into real life experiences. I feel like that's more beneficial than like going home and spending four hours writing on sheets of paper and doing things. You know what I mean? Yeah. I mean, I just think as many hours as they're at school during the day before this new school where he now has homework last year he was at a school that did not have homework um they got everything done at school and there was no how what like no homework experiences which do you prefer well i think

this is only been a month and now i and now kelsey's so and and he's uh i guess matured in a way and has done some work to where you know if he gets anxious or overwhelmed he can now handle it so i don't mind it now. If we were where we were three years ago, I would say no homework. But if you have the choice in what's the better scenario. And I say that too for parents that I know they have kids that are very similar. And so I feel your pain. It is not a fun place to be. And, you know, other people are like, oh, no, my kids love doing homework. They're going to be valedictorian or whatever. Well, so more often than not, though, I don't think homework is the number one love for people to have come home to. No. And I think that there's a balance. I mean, I understand

trying to get it more in. And it's, it's repetition, right? The more you practice it, the more you do it, the more you're going to retain it. And so I see how that is helpful. But at the same time, they're at school for a long time during the day. And if they want to play sports or do any activities. Like Stevenson used to go to jiu-jitsu six days a week. He would go Monday through Friday evenings and then on Saturday morning. And we haven't been to an evening class since he started school because his homework takes up that time. And, you know, eating, we're trying to do more meals around the table and eating together. And so it's just sort of like, well, it's a bummer because he was when he was at the school that didn't have homework, he got to do his extracurricular

activity. And maybe once we get a little bit better at it, he'll be able to squeeze in other things because I know plenty of kids play sports, get all their homework done, whatever, but sometimes they're up until midnight, 1 a.m., doing everything they need to do to get done. And I just feel like that's a bit much for teenagers and kids. And sure, the real world, you can't avoid work that's handed your way. But I just feel like as a culture, we're trying to not have a work 24-7 type thing. We're trying to change it. It is what it is. Yeah. We got to change a lot of things to get to that point, but I agree. It starts at school. It starts there and it just moves us into career. I know there's schools that have the process down, though. They have the no homework system down and they thrive

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And, like, what I did was, like, I had this full-blown movie weekend, and I did not move from my couch. Like I made food for me at home and then I watched a new movie. And then I watched another new movie. Like I had this whole process down of just watching movies and eating the food that I wanted. And I didn't speak to anybody. Like I didn't talk to anybody on my phone. I wasn't like on social media. I was literally engulfed in movies and laying on the couch.

And it was like really re-relaxing and very like my good R&R that I needed. And then I came out of it feeling like the most me that I felt in a while. Oh, that sounds amazing. Have you had one of like those type of weekends recently? I would say we had vacation. time last weekend. So my cousin Amanda came in town and we went to a hotel nearby

for three days. And so that was very relaxing, refreshing. It was me actually trying to take a vacation where I go away somewhere because in July we had vacation and we didn't go anywhere. I mean, it took the kids to the lake and we did more of like a staycation. And so while technically this place was only 30 minutes

from my house, I acted like I was, you know, states away. And I couldn't just pop home for anything. Like I packed everything, took it with me. And we did, we ate good food. There was amazing restaurant. We did yoga. We did a sound bath. We went on hikes. We sat by the pool. Oh, was this? We meditated. We journaled. You were supposed to do some like, a falcon. Did you end up doing it? I mean, it wasn't quite the experience that I thought it was going to be. a little more time consuming, but yeah, would I do it again? Not sure. Okay. But the sound bath and the yoga, yes. I would do all of that again. Okay. And you know, you kind of have to have the right partner for that. You have to be with someone that you feel so comfortable with if you're trying to have a relaxing weekend.

And, you know, Amanda, I guess affectionately known here as my psychic cousin, like she's, she's, she's that person. She's very safe. You can kind of just do whatever, go with the flow. You don't have to talk. You don't want to talk. you don't want to talk, talk if you want, you know. So that's what I needed. And I got it. I got it. That's a good little weekend. Yeah.

That's my vacation gift to myself. I'm proud of you for giving that to yourself and enjoying all the activities and also some relaxing. I know originally, do you know what I originally wanted to do for vacation? Or weren't you going to go to Paris? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

I went from Paris to Leepers Fork, Tennessee. Hey, that's okay. Which is okay because also just, yeah, I need to pull. plan way more ahead. It would just, two last minute, too extensive. I wanted to, I want to plan it, be more prepared, buy my tickets way more in advance, and then have everything really kind of planned out, but also still go with flow. Yes, I love that. Well, I'm glad you got to have that. And you know what, if you would like to have also a movie weekend, I'm going to give you these wrecks because they were all, I mean, it's a good idea. These were all like, I think you'd like most of them. One of them was a little bit

chaotic but heart of stone is on Netflix with with Galgadoo so if you're a Galgadoo fan it's great but it's like an action movie and she's the lead and she's like a really important agent and so I love when like female leads are the like BA person in the movie

and that was her in this and then I think I'm going to pronounce this wrong but love and tap tepi tepi it's on Paramount Plus and have you ever seen crazy rich Asians the movies? If you love that movie you'll love this one. It's in that same vein. She travels from America to tapy tabat. I know I'm pronouncing that

wrong. But she travels to there to this huge like culture school and has like this whole moment. And it was really cute. Like super, it's cheesy. It's like a little rom-com. But I loved it. Like it was very crazy rich Asians for me. Okay. Which is like one of my favorite movies. And then I watched beautiful disaster on Hulu, which like, you know like a little toxic romance show? Whereas like, is it a movie or a show? It's a movie. But like, like, like, Like, you know when, like, you're seeing, like, the couple and you're like, ooh, I really love them together. I also really hate them together.

Mm-hmm. Is that. That's what this movie is. The guy's a boxer. The other girl's, like, the girl lead is, like, seems sweet and innocent, but she has a really dark past. And there's, like, this huge toxic romance happening between them. Okay.

I like these so far, because I haven't, I haven't heard of any of them. Yes. They're all brand new to each of these platforms. Like, I straight up went through all of them and felt like the new movie for the weekend. Smart. On all of them. So that one was on Hulow. So if you have Netflix.

On Hulow. Hulu. Hulu. I say things wrong all the time. Yeah, I do. Especially when I'm talking fast. But Netflix, Paramount Plus, and Hulu, those are all like those three, but all really good. Beautiful Disaster is the only one that I preface where I'm kind of like is a little chaotic.

But the other two super safe, fun to watch. Okay. I'm going to need to write those down. I wasn't typing them, but I definitely want to see them. And I need to see if I've got my Paramount Plus subscription anymore. I know. I don't know why I read. I was watching the New Green.

18. I think Yellowstone was on there, yes. Or 1923. 1983? Yeah. Say, say, say, say, say, say, say, say, say, say, say, say oyster. Oyster. Oister. When you said, hollo, it made me think of, I was reporting something with Bobby and I said, oyster. And he's like, say it again. I said, oyster. I think it's because you were saying the S-C-H. I still am. That's just how I say it is oyster, but it's oyster. Mm-hmm. Oyster. Oh, I'm not one to judge. I mess up my words all the time. So, like, I was just like, yeah, I get it. It's just how I've said it.

So I have not ever paid attention to it. And then he called it out and was like, oh, dang, you're right. How often are you using the word oyster anyway? Well, me a lot. Just kidding. I don't, I think I do it when I tell an oyster joke. I like fried oysters on a potato chip with a Chip with a Chipole mayo. Oh, okay.

So Eddie and I have this whole conversation a few weeks ago on the best bits where I don't understand why people like oysters because they remember me of buggers. Fried. I can't eat them raw. I've never had one raw, but my dad would make them fried, and then he would whip up this Chipotle Mayo situation, Helmand's mayo only. My parents... Very specific.

Yes. Everything else doesn't exist. And I agree. They do taste different. Helmand's all the way, so you get that. And then you add Chipotle to it, shake it up in a squeeze bottle, and then you get a regular potato chip, like just plain, salty potato chip. And you put the, squeeze the sauce on the chip and then you pop the oyster on top and then

you just throw it in your mouth and it is, it's amazing. That is quite a wild concoction. I mean, you have to, if you're, if you like frying things, you have to know how to do all that. Yeah. I've not been a big fryer, but my dad would always do it. And that's one thing that I miss so much as all the cooking that he used to do for us. I mean, of course I miss him as a human, but cooking was his love language too.

too. And I remember in college for a date, date party, you know, in sororities, you would have the weekends sometimes where if you had a big party, you'd make it a whole weekend with your dates. And so we invited everybody out to my friend's ranch in Austin and or right outside of Austin. And so since my dad lived there, I had him come and cook for everybody. And so there was probably 10 couples, so 20 people. And so I was like, hey, just bring like 10 bucks. will throw out in a hat, I'll give it to my dad as like, so he can go get the groceries or whatever. And of course, he would always end up spending way more than that, which was still so fun.

And just like, it was his gift. It's the way he wanted to show people, hey, you know, you're awesome. I love you. Like, let me share this with you. And we did those. We did the fried oysters on a potato chip with Chip with Chipmeo. And I swear every single person there, they were like, I've never tasted anything like this. This is so good.

And it's so simple. So if you're hosting people and you know how to do that. stuff, make that. Whip that up. It's like, they'll think you're doing something really crazy. Like a gourmet ship. It's really so simple. It's like there's nothing to it other than knowing how to fry. Which as long as you have a fryer and you have to bread it. Right. I don't know what he was using to bread the oysters. Now I don't have all these details for you, but maybe you could Google because he didn't really use a recipe. That was the thing too after he died. My sister and I were trying to compile some of his dishes that he loved to make, which one of them was, uh,

oysters Christopher, which my mom's maiden name was Christopher. And so in the 80s, my dad opened a restaurant named Christopher's. And it was her maiden name. And it was a steakhouse. It was really nice. Like the waiters wore bow ties. Wait, was he a chef there? Like, did he cook there? No, Jose was the chef. Okay. Which I miss me some Jose too. He has passed away. But actually at a I-heart country festival a few years ago before the, the Panthers, pandemic, we were doing like Brett Young or something. It was like a Saturday day thing before the daytime village at a hotel. Like listeners won things. It was a private event at a hotel. And I'm there for work. I walk in and I look over and bartending is Jose's daughter. And I hadn't seen her in

years. And I look over. I mean, even thinking about it now, my throat gets like, I'm literally, feel it. When I saw her, I just started crying and I'm in the middle of like, I'm supposed to be working. But it was just such a special time for our family and they were such a big part of it. And then anyway, my dad went bankrupt anyway. All the restaurants closed down. And that one was the special one for our family because it was right near our neighborhood, South I-35 near Onion Creek, if y'all are from Austin and your parents happened to know of it in the 80s. It was right next door to Crumley's, which is this really cool, like gas station, place and Mr. Crumley worked there and he had Christmas lights up year round. It was just,

it's very nostalgic for me and now I'm going down memory lane, but you know when you see someone or you, or you smell something or you hear something that just evokes such a memory that it brings up emotion in you, that's what happened with Jose's daughter. And that was a really special time. So no, my dad wasn't the chef. I love that you got to have that though. Jose was. And, but my dad would create the menu. Yeah. And Oysters Christopher. was one of the most popular things on there. And I want to put up that recipe for people because it is so good. It's a fried oyster, but he put it on toast tips, which is just cutting white bread

into triangles. Yeah. And then you toast it a little bit and you cook the, you fry, you pan fry the oysters in like a Worcestershire. I don't know how to say that either. Concoction. And it is delightful. You want to talk about a decadent or delicacy, whatever you mentioned earlier?

That would be it. I need to get that recipe because I've got to put it up because people are going to love it. It's so good. It's a little more high maintenance than the bright oyster on a chip with Chip with Chip Chip, but it's so good. And I hope that people get that moment too. Whatever it is for them, that moment that brings back a memory that's so special of, like, people in your life that just suddenly kind of warrant in your life.

Well, and especially for you, given that he's passed on now, too. That's probably what made it even all the more special. Well, when I saw her, he was alive. He was. Yeah, my dad was still alive. Was he Jose? Her dad. Her dad. Jose had passed away. My dad was still alive. But so just like just a lot of pieces coming together, which is really cool.

I love that. You got to have that moment. Yeah. No, it was really good. And see, now you remember the recipes. Mm-hmm. I love that. And my on the menu, I was like Amy's beef tips or something. It was just weird because I don't even eat beef. And Christy's catfish. Christy's garlic fish, maybe was my sisters. And my mom's was Judy's cheesecake. Like, so if you ate our whole, my dad was real creative with the menu. We just named everything after everybody. We both have restaurants in our family.

My grandparents own restaurants and that's what my dad grew up doing was like working in their restaurant. And like they also had like a bowling. My mom had like a bowling alley. And I think of like that stuff. My grandma was the manager of a bowling alley. Like we have a lot of similarities with the way that our parents like kind of grew up and stuff too, which is crazy.

But, you know, everything feels like it's connected in some way. So did your parents? Like, did your dad ever think about going into the restaurant business? No, I mean, he was young, and he had three older siblings, and they all worked in it. But then I don't think they went bankrupt, but I just think they stopped doing it. It was like a hotel and a restaurant chain that they had, and they did it for a long time. And then I never got the story of, like, what ended it or what happened. But he loved, like, he has memories of working in it and, like, some really fond memories.

And when my grandma was alive, she would always talk about them. And, like, I'd get them talking about it. And they'd have all these crazy stories. experiences of things that have happened, like dark and funny ones. And it was just like cool to hear. Like it was just especially because it's a different time, right? Like just, you think about like the hotel business now and like a restaurant business now, so much different when it's like probably same time in the 80s.

Like just very different way of life and things that were happening. So. Yeah. I think either it's, you have to love it because it's not for the faint of heart. Like there's so much that goes into it and so much to make it. successful or to keep the lights on. Even after the bankruptcy, my dad still went back into the restaurant business. And even he's got two really scary things that happened to him involving restaurants and

opening stores. One, he was in Colorado opening a restaurant and he was underneath like a gas stove trying to fix something. And it blew up. And he got third degree burns all over his body that had a star-flight him. Like whenever he made it back home, to our house, he, I was, it's one of my memories of him at home. I don't have many from my childhood of him being at home, even though he didn't move out until I was nine. It's just my brain limited

memories, but one of them that I have is him, his face was kind of charcoaly. Wow. And then he looked like a mummy. And my mom would have to change his dressings. And then another one is the time he was opening a Swenson's ice cream in Saudi Arabia. And he got arrested and went to Saudi jail, which is not a place that you want to go. Well, you don't want to be in a foreign jail period. Yeah. But definitely not in Saudi Arabia. Yeah.

But because vanilla extract is in ice cream. And my dad was at the port waiting for the container to come in. And the business partner there that was opening it, he was a doctor, which doctors there are highly regarded. And my dad was like, no, no, no, no, no. I'm supposed to, this is the ingredients. We need it to open the Swincense. And so anyway, they still arrest.

tested him because of the tiny percentage of alcohol that is in vanilla extract. And the doctor came, bailed him out, and then worked with, you know, the, I don't know, police or whatever, whoever he had to to get the ingredients. They treated it like a pharmacy. They said, okay, you may use this to make your ice cream, but you have to write a prescription for it and check it out and then go make the ice cream. So the doctor was like one script for vanilla extract fleas. So crazy.

And then they opened the Swinsons. But you would think, I don't know. I think my dad would just be like, okay, I'm done opening restaurants. He was like risking life over everything to do them. But crazy. Both of those stories are crazy. And, you know, you kind of wish, too, I bet that you have like a book of all of his stories because he probably has a lot of them.

Even ones that you maybe don't remember. Oh, I know. That's what I tell people all the time. If your parents are still alive, get all the stories, write them down, ask them questions. We didn't do enough of that. Yeah. And it's hard. It's hard to think about in the moment, right?

It's always after the fact where you're like, dang, I wish I had that. So it's a great thing to remember for people. Yeah. I do want to give before we, we'll have a part three, y'all, where we answer your questions. But quick, rapid fire, Nashville suggestions for people. They're always traveling here. They always want things to do. Favorite place for lunch slash dinner.

Bar taco. For lunch. sure. I mean, if you want to do it for dinner, you can too, but I love sitting outside. So I would say, let's go in between there and let's do happy hour. Okay. And you get a table outside, especially because we're approaching fall. It's on 12 south. They open one in East Nashville too, but I say go to the 12 south one. And you honestly never know who you might see walking by. Because if you're visiting, like there's times where I've been sitting out and like Brett Eldridge has walked by because there's other restaurants nearby.

And Tulsa. Dirk's Bentley has walked by. Or you just never know who you might see. So that would be fun. And you can just casually, you don't have to, like, freak out. You can just let them walk by. But still, that could be fun. And then they have great margaritas,

but if you don't drink, they have other just great, you know, mocktails or whatever you want to call it. And then the tacos. And they have a secret taco that's normally at the bottom of the menu and sometimes it's the lobster taco. And it is the best. Why is it a secret taco?

I don't, well, I'm calling it that. I think they call it like the, it's not a secret because it's on there, but I feel like they call it the, like secret taco or something. It's kind of a special name. Okay. Because it's not always on the menu. And most of their tacos, because they're little, they're like two bucks. And so you order multiple, but the lobster one is six.

So you're going to be like, oh, I'm not going to pay six dollars. That's ridiculous when I can get this taco for two. You're going to think that. because I thought that for a while and it took me going there multiple times until I finally was like, okay, I'm going to get the lobster and I tried it. And it's the best thing I've had ever. It's one of the top five foods I've ever eaten out in my life. That's some high praise. Okay. Yeah. But again, they don't always have it. I don't know when. Special edition. Yeah. Secret, but not so secret. Not sure. But that's what I would say. What about you? That's a good one. Also Mexican, but I'd go Blanco.

It's great for lunch. If you want to like hear some live music and kind of sit in the environment in they're super fun, but also they have the best queso in town, like, so good. I wish bar taco had queso, they don't. Yeah, they don't. They have walk, and they have a trio. You can get like the salt. Yeah, but like, what's a trio without a queso? And Blanco

has it, so also Mexican, but we do have some good, like, Mexican spots, or 60 vines. That's another one. They're both right by each other. Oh, yeah, that's good. Those are good options. Brunch. Hmm. The first one that comes to mind for me is State Side Kitchen, because they have bottomless fmosas, and they always have a DJ.

It is lively. And it's near Broadway so you can, like, go out and day drink after. Okay. Well, this isn't like, it doesn't have to be like that. It can be totally different. Okay, because Ian Rose. Yeah, that's a great spot. I mean, they have these great bowls, like the ascii bowls, but they have, you

don't have to get the assay you can do whatever. They have so many different concoctions, and they are so good. I think it's one of Mike D's favorite places ever. Yeah, they go every weekend. Yeah. My friend Cryo Cat, she. goes every week and two. She's the one that sort of got me really turned on to it and they have great avocado toast and they have other toast. So it fits in that brunch category. I like it.

And great lattes and more quick too. Like if you need like a quick little eat because I imagine you're just getting it at the counter and you sit down right? Or is it. Yeah. Or I get it to go. Whatever. Or you could get it and take it to a park and eat somewhere like that. Perfect. See like two variations. Mine's like the full party side. Yours is like the health and wellness side. It's great. It's a wellness place, but it's yummy for sure. Oh, I love, don't get me wrong. I make asai, protein, asaie bowls at home all the time. My favorite.

Yeah. So I'm all game for those. You know, I've been trying to make them at home too, and it's more, I can't, I'm not using asailles and maybe I need to get some of that because it is really good for you, nutritionally speaking, or the antioxidants. But I can't get the consistency right. I either make it too liquidy to where it's still like a smoothie or then it's too thick and it's not blending all the way to add more liquid. And then if you go over, you know,

the slightest, I can't get at the right consistency that Ian Rose gets it. I finally figure this out and I know what it is. You need frozen fruit, whatever you're choosing is a frozen food. You get the assayee, because most of the time it comes frozen. So you get it about like half frozen, half, like starting to not be frozen anymore. Like you run it under hot water. You put add a little bit of water. And then like for me, I add two scoops of vanilla protein into it. That consistency. is exactly like you'd get out of place. So just some melted asaii and then a little bit of water. And some frozen fruit.

The frozen fruit is key. Yeah, the frozen fruit, yes. I do that. The frozen fruit is what makes it more smoothie-like texture. Yeah. I mean, that's what I'm doing like frozen blueberries and bananas and whatnot. I just don't have the assayee packs. The asa is what you need.

Frozen fruit, but that consistency is just like. In a little bit of water, just a little bit to make it move. But you don't want it too much because that's what makes it liquidy. Okay. It is a fine line. Yeah. And then at home, I try to be like Ian Rose and I throw in granola and I heat up peanut butter or nut butter and I try to swirl it on top and make it fancy. Because Ian Rose, it'll add up.

That's why I want to try and make it at home as much as I can. I get those daily half-s smoothies and I just use those. Like that plate, the Assyie Bolandana is how I started making them. So like I make that bottom and then the top is blueberry, strawberries, strawberries, almond butter, and honey and glue and fruit. fruganalla. Yeah. So it's literally just how like they make it there, but I make it at home. I think that's why I've never gone to these places because I found a way to make it at home. Right. But if you're visiting, Ian Rose is a good place to go. Okay, favorite dessert. I mean, we love Jenny's ice cream. Oh, so good. Yeah. That's a good one. That's a good one.

It's a good one. It's, yeah. We've always, even though we've lived in different parts of town, we've always lived near one. So they're everywhere. Yeah, I would say that. Okay. Yeah, that's a good one. I would say that one. But since you said it, I'm going to go with, Donut distillery because they're little mini donuts. Mm-hmm. And they're so cute. And you have like fruity pebbles or Reese's kind or whatever. But they're like not breakfast.

They're definitely a dessert. They're little mini donuts. They're really good. I mean, if you come to town, you have to go to five daughters. See, I don't like five daughters. You don't like the layered donuts? I think it's because I really like OG donuts. Oh, see.

And so like the layered ones are too like flaky. They're more pastry-like for me. And I really like old school, like just your basic donut. Okay. See, I love a croissant, so that's why I'm into it. And then if I do eat a normal, I guess, kind of donut that's not flaky. I like the cake consistency. Oh, yeah, you're like the two opposite.

Yeah. Okay. Okay. What about favorite activity? I love to go to the parks, like either Percy Warner or Radner. So there's some really good hiking. Have you done a waterfall yet? I haven't.

No, I need to. You've lived here for how long now, Amy? Ten years. And you love hiking. And you've never taken a weekend. Even you can go with the kids and go to a waterfall. They're like barely an hour outside of the city. I know I need to do that.

You would love them. You'd see one and you'd be like, okay, I need to see all of them. Because they're massive here. Okay, I'm going to put it on my list. Yeah, when we hike in Colorado in the summer, we always go to the waterfalls and it's a lot of fun. But you're right. I do need to do it here. They're right here.

It's just a lot easier to just talk to my car to Radnor, but you're right. I need to go do that. I just want to know if you like it as much as like I put it. in my head, but I think they're really cool. We have some really massive ones here. Yeah. Hiking, also Pinewood Social and bowling or something like that. Yeah.

You can, like, eat and have good brunch. Pinewood Social has good brunch. They do. And then you can bowl. It's become a big bachelorette spot, so I tend to avoid that one more often. But, yeah, it is a good one. Well, if you come on the off days. Yeah.

Go during a week or something. Right. Come on a Tuesday. Mine would be another one that's taken over from a lot of Bachelorette, though, is Arrington Vineyards. I love Arrington. It's beautiful. It's like a whole vineyard out there. They have my favorite, which is Blackberry Wine. And it's just fun. Sometimes they have live music out there. You can take your own cheese and crackers and your whole spread and take a blanket and just hang out out there. You cannot take

your own alcohol. Do you not try. No. You can just only take your own food. You can have all the food in the world you want, but not your own alcohol. You have to buy that there. Yeah, I didn't know that the first time. I went there. Obviously, I knew it was a vineyard, but we were, it was a group of us and someone had Tito's and we didn't think anything of it because it's like okay well it's not wine it's not a competition of wine yeah and this person didn't drink wine at all so it's a bummer you're like yeah that needs to go back in the car I was like okay fine we don't yeah it's we didn't need it but I learned that the hard way yeah so don't bring your own alcohol but yeah well there's some national recommendations for all of y'all if you're coming bachelor party or just for fun

or with family but amy that wraps it up for part two now we get to go to listener questions, but that'll be in another segment. Well, maybe we'll be more rapid fire with those because I just realized you said rapid fire for the ones we just did and I did not. It's okay. We're rolling with it. But for this one, Amy, thank you for joining me. And thank for talking about life and all the stuff and just being totally unhinged with me.

Yes. It was fun. I appreciate that. We really started off. Thanks for having me. I enjoyed it. If anybody is going to send an email asking it, If I like it, yes.

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