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. Welcome

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to the Bubble Lounge . I'm Martha Jackson and I'm Nellie

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Shudeau . And it's the day after Thanksgiving

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, it's Black Friday , it's Game Day

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, it's Shopping Day . I mean , it's a day

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for everything , right . That's why we're here early so we can

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go shop . So

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we wanted to start with telling you about our anniversary

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party . We're celebrating five years at the Bubble

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Lounge Podcast and we want you there to celebrate

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with us .

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We do . It's going to be such a fun party and we're

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calling it man-friendly .

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That's what I've been telling people . It's on November

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30th from 6-8 pm at the new

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location of Pinto Ranch . They are no longer

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in North Park Mall , they're at Preston

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and Royal over there near Central Market

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, and it's going to be a ton of fun , yeah

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, and let's discuss why it's so man-friendly

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. Well , their new space

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is , you know , it's very Wood

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Woody . Yeah , it's a beautiful

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, beautiful store , and they have clothing

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for men , of course , clothing for women too Boots

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, men and women . I believe they're going to have a

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shoe shiner and then they have

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a bourbon bar .

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Okay , the bourbon bar and the shoe shining . My husband

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is always looking for a shoe shiner , like

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, if I'm in an airport and I can't find him , he's found

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some guy who's shining his shoes . Yeah well , a lot

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of men like to do that , yes .

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And another fun thing that they're going to have for both men and women

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is top hats is going to be there

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and doing custom hats for you guys . You

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can even bring your current hat in

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you don't have to buy a new hat there and they can put

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on new hat bands and feathers and brand

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it with your initials and anything that

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you want .

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Yeah , I think it's really cool . It's going to be such a fun

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party and it's around the holidays

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, which is great , because I think people are ready for

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parties now , right , don't you think ?

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I think it's time to do it , but we

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may have door prizes I haven't received confirmation

2:04

, but they have some pretty cool ones that they could possibly

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be giving to us and Scout and

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Seller is going to be providing the wine

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, the sparkling wine , that night , and

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it's just , it's going to be fun . We'd love for you to come

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, bring a friend and again , like

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Nellie said , we're really encouraging the

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men to come free food and drinks

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. Why wouldn't you come ?

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Exactly yes , they're going to have good appetizers , so

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come when , come all . Yes , absolutely

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.

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Well , I guess the big news today for Highland

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Park is we are going

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to the regional semi-finals . We

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made it past the second round last

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week , last Friday , and it was such an

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amazing game , nellie . I mean it was so exciting

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. I was right there on the field the whole time

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. I meant to go sit in my seats at some point in time , but it

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was just too exciting not to be out there the

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whole time .

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Well , and let's tell everybody who doesn't

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know , they moved to a new division , to

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6A , from 5A .

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Yes , they're 6A now and they

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made history by advancing

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past the second round . That's the first time they've ever

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gotten this far while playing a 6A

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team .

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Yeah , and that's a .

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that's a pretty good league Now that there is

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talk that they're going to be kind of revamping

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5A , 6a and we could possibly

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be going back to 5A , but for now we're

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in 6A and the competition

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is tough .

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Well , our street , your street , but you know

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I'm one block down is very fast-diving

3:20

. Everybody has a yellow ribbon on their on their trees .

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I love that . Yeah , when you drive around the neighborhood , there's

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a lot of yellow ribbons out there just to show

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support for the Scots , exactly so

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.

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I heard Martha that that was a super close game .

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It was . We were down considerably

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at half-time and everyone

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knows Scottie's fine away , that's our saying

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and after half-time you could just feel

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the energy . When they came back on the field I could

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tell they were about to turn it around and they

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did it , and so

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literally we were behind . There

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was two seconds left in the game and Nicholas Regas

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kicked a field goal and

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and did that winning point

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. It was 22 to 21 , and we won .

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Oh my God , that's a very close score it was so

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exciting .

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But today , at 330 , we're playing

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Southlake Carol , which again is going to be

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a very , very intense game . Highland

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Park is not favored to win , nor were they

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against McKinney last week

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, but that seems to be kind of the fuel

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to their fire when they're when they're not favored

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, just to kind of bring it on and show

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everyone what they're about .

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Well , in , playing against better teams only makes you better , definitely

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, you know . I mean there's an advantage

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to being in a lower league so that you

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can win more often , but it's a good challenge

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.

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Yeah , for sure , and I feel like they're

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going to rise to the challenge . It's going to be a nelbiter

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, for sure , but today at 330

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, chautau Stadium , which is in Arlington

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, not Oklahoma . Don't

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go to Oklahoma .

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Everyone that I've told they're like it's in Oklahoma .

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So what happened was , when the Texas Rangers

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got that new stadium , Global Life , they

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kept the old one and it's renamed Chautau

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Stadium and it's used for just miscellaneous

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sports events playoff games , things like that .

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It is a little confusing though I know , because you hear chakta and

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you head to Oklahoma . That's exactly what I was

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visualizing . I was so confused .

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But everyone come out , be loud . They need your

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support and I'm super excited

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for the game . And there's also another big thing

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going on today , Nelly , and it's Black Friday

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.

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Yes , Black Friday Boy , if

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you're up for the crowds because there are crowds

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, go and fight your way for some bargains

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, yeah well and you can also shop online .

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If you don't want to get out there in the middle of everything , or if you're

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sitting at the stadium , at Chakta Stadium , you could do

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a little online shopping while you're waiting , that's true .

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I always like the little stores . I

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mean , I have to say , north Park Mall is going to have some

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great sales today , which is amazing , of course

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, and you just go a little bit early to beat

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the crowds and it's kind of

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fun . There's something fun about the crowd and

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just I don't know , it's very holidayish and all

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the pretty decorations at North Park Mall .

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Those are always fun .

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Well , it always reminds me when I was growing up and we went

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shopping for each other on Christmas , we would

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go Christmas Eve to Bloomingdale's like

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at the last minute . I bet that was crowded . It was

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insane , it was insane , but it was kind of part of the fun

5:57

. You're like oh my god , I got to get six gifts really

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fast .

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Oh well , that teaches you to

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get it done quickly .

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I guess it does , but then I frequent

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a lot of stores in Snyder Plaza because

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, well , first of all , it takes you three hours to park , but

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once you do park , you can walk from store

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to store , like Malmaluve and El

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Bartlett , and they're all part of Black

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Friday .

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Yeah , well , we always encourage you guys to shop

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local . Support the little guys . They need your

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help . The big ones are just fine . They'll be

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fine without you .

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So shop local , yes exactly , and I

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love some of the stores you found , like Baldwin

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Bread .

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I love that store owned by Park City's

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mom , wendy Jones . Yes , and then of course

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, cat Noelle , owned by Shannon Jed

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, also a Park City's mom . Just basically

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, I tend to go up and down Lovers Lane . That's

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kind of my stomping grounds .

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Yeah , I agree , because it's not too far away .

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Yeah , but we always have a list

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of local stores that we have relationships

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with and then we know that you would love and we trust

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on our website at

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bubbleloungenet slash blog

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. So go check that out and

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if you notice any stores that you

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think that we should add , just send me a DM

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you had a big week last week . You were gone

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most of the week and tell us

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about your project you were working on .

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Well , this project is like a project of love

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, because I've been working on it , I

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think , for eight years . Oh wow , and

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at the time this person

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who the story is about , the tailor

10:27

, was alive . He is no longer

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with us , but

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we finally it's finally come to fruition and

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what happened was during the strike , when

10:36

they were looking for reality

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TV basically unscripted material . We

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sold it to AMC . So we're

10:44

doing this docu-series and this guy

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was a tailor to the

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stars like Elvis and Marilyn Monroe

10:51

and everybody in Vegas in the 70s , and

10:54

then he became the biggest cocaine dealer in Vegas

10:56

in the 70s . So we were interviewing

10:58

people like you know dancers from the Foley

11:00

Breugere who remembered him , the

11:02

choreographers , and then the

11:05

most interesting part to me was I was

11:07

hooked on the show Narcos and

11:09

we interviewed those real DEA agents .

11:12

Because they were part of it at the time .

11:13

Yeah , I mean they actually found Pablo Escobar's body

11:16

. So I mean the stories

11:18

they could tell were so interesting about Pablo

11:20

and about AJ the tailor , so

11:23

it was just really fascinating . And

11:25

it's fun to be an EP executive producer

11:27

. I'm also in it because I

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knew the tailor , so we recorded that

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last spring and

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we've just been interviewing people like his brother , people

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in his life , and it's just so

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much fun to be sort of behind the camera instead

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of in front of it .

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Yeah , that's a very different role for you

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. You know , a lot of actors are producers

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as well , because they know what it's like in front

11:48

and then they get to know what looks good

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in the shots and a good storyline , and so

11:52

I love that you're doing that

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as well .

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Yeah , and I'm interviewing them and if you think about it just

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all the CBS stuff that I do or

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what we do here you know you're you're drawing

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people out to tell you stories , so it's fun to

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sit there and ask them questions and you

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know , hear what they have to say about it .

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Well , how did you come to know this man ?

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It's a really weird story . But another

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actor said to me you've got to meet this guy

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, I want you to produce this , and a lot

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of people come to me to produce things just because I've

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been in Hollywood for so many years . But

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I always say I'm not really a producer Like I

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can introduce you to people , which is what I did . I

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partnered with somebody on this project . I can

12:27

introduce you to people , but I'm not a line producer

12:30

, I'm not somebody who's putting things together myself . And

12:32

he said you've got to meet this guy . He's going to be in town

12:34

for dinner and we met at this old mobster hangout

12:36

that's closed now . And

12:40

when I met him I was sold in five

12:42

seconds on this story because he looked

12:44

like Douglas Fairbanks Jr , with like a little tiny

12:46

mustache , and was dressed fabulously

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and was just , you know , he just drew you

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in , you know , and once he started telling

12:53

his story , it's pretty hard to turn them that kind of

12:55

story .

12:56

Now , how does one go from a tailor

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to the celebrities to now a cocaine ?

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dealer . Well , it was the 1970s

13:02

, so it was a little different and cocaine had just hit America

13:04

, okay , and there were not the same rules . But

13:06

the interesting thing about him was he

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was sort of between the FBI and

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the mobsters . He was friends with all of

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them . So what's fascinating is that he survived

13:15

. Because you know Barry Seal was part of this

13:17

, you know he was murdered , tom Cruise played him in American

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made I mean , it's all those same

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people and a lot of people ended

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up dead . So you know it's fascinating

13:26

, you know when you mess with the mob , so it's

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fascinating to see that this

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man actually made it .

13:32

Now . Did he ever go to prison ?

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No .

13:34

No , oh wow . Well , when

13:36

will it come out ? I can't wait to see it .

13:38

Well , we're going to be shooting it until probably

13:40

February , so then

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it would take about six months to turn it around . It's

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a four part docu series .

13:47

Oh my gosh , I can't wait to see it . That's

13:49

going to be really great . So

13:51

, with the writer strike , how does that work ? It

13:53

ended .

13:54

Yes , and the actor strike

13:56

ended too .

13:57

Okay , great . Does everyone

13:59

just get straight back to work , or is there kind

14:01

of like an ease back period ? How does this work ?

14:03

Well , a lot of shows were put on hold

14:06

or canceled Right , so there's not

14:08

as much work to go back to . But

14:10

, yes , people are starting to go back to work . Okay

14:12

, cool you know , it's just that there's not . There are not as

14:14

many shows out there right now , and it's going to be a little

14:17

bleak for you guys who like to stream

14:19

this winter because things

14:21

weren't made .

14:22

Yeah , I was gonna ask , like what kind of delay should

14:24

we expect , because everyone's so upset that their

14:26

favorite shows are kind of on hold for

14:28

now .

14:29

Well , as long as the strike was on , so I would

14:31

say six months , you know oh man

14:33

.

14:33

Yeah Well , I'm definitely gonna feel it , but

14:35

I'm glad everything's working out for them , Exactly .

14:38

It was all about AI , etc . So we're

14:40

glad it's over . The strikes are over , Good

14:42

good . Now we can all

14:44

worry about American Airlines going on strike right

14:46

. Do you know that

14:48

right before Christmas they're gonna go on strike ? Oh my

14:51

gosh no Unless they get a resolve

14:53

before that .

14:54

Oh gosh , yeah , I don't

14:56

. I bet they won't get it resolved . What do you think ?

14:58

I don't think they will and I'm already panicking and I'm gonna

15:00

book Charles on like three different flights . Yeah

15:02

, because you fly a lot . Yes , but

15:04

I don't want him to get stuck . I know , you know so

15:06

I'm gonna book backup flights . Okay , just remember

15:09

that guys whose kids are flying home , they say

15:11

December 17th .

15:12

Oh man , yeah , wow . Well

15:14

, I'm thankful we don't really need any

15:16

flights at that time .

15:17

No , you don't , but a lot of other people do .

15:19

So , speaking of Charles , he's back

15:21

in town for Thanksgiving .

15:22

Yes , it's been such a fun week . He

15:25

brought a friend from college and it's just

15:27

been back to the front house that my

15:29

house is and I love that , I

15:31

know so my house has been like

15:33

the fraternity slash sorority house , like both

15:36

kids are having tons of friends over and

15:38

then they kind of mesh for

15:40

a few minutes and chit chat , which is super cute

15:42

.

15:43

Yes , a couple of the girls are

15:45

trying out for bells and then Alexis

15:47

and her bell friend are like giving them advice

15:49

and it's fun . I've always

15:51

wanted to have the teens at my house . Has Alexis

15:53

been home ? Yes , okay , yeah , she's been home

15:55

. Yeah , well , you know it's so close . So she has

15:57

come home a couple of times , but she came home

16:00

last weekend and you

16:02

know I had always heard that

16:04

it's an adjustment . They've been off on their

16:07

own . They're very independent . They're used to eating

16:09

whatever , making their own hours . I've always heard

16:11

that that was really tough on both

16:13

parties when they come back in town , but

16:15

I don't know , she's definitely staying out late

16:17

.

16:18

I have not found that he's so that he's so

16:20

independent . I have found that he's thrilled to

16:22

have like breakfast made for him and all his

16:24

friends and right before I came here I

16:26

went and I got koolaches and donuts and fruit

16:29

for them . So I think I

16:32

think there's something comforting about them coming home for

16:34

them .

16:34

You know this is .

16:36

Charles's first trip home .

16:37

Right . So I think he just was like

16:39

oh my God , I'm in my bed , you know yeah

16:41

, I'm sure that that's so comforting , and

16:43

a little bit , yeah , and

16:45

then Christmas they'll be here for a whole month

16:47

. I know Now that's going to be interesting

16:49

.

16:50

Yes , that's a long time . It is Well , I look

16:52

forward to it , you know yeah , it's going to be great

16:54

.

16:54

Well , speaking of the holidays , they are upon

16:57

us , they are , and there's so many fun things

16:59

to do .

16:59

Yeah , well , you were out of town last week

17:01

and I went to snow days like we did last

17:03

year .

17:04

It was so fun , I think that's such a great , great

17:07

event , something you can take everyone to , friends and

17:09

family from out of town and whoever

17:12

it's like really fun . It's like

17:14

an art installation , I guess is the

17:16

best way to describe it and

17:18

immersive experience that's another term I

17:20

hear people use a lot , just where you're walking

17:22

around and every room has kind of a different theme

17:24

and it's very Instagram

17:27

worthy , which seems to be what the world's all about right

17:29

now .

17:29

It's actually a great way to get your Christmas

17:31

card done if you haven't done one . I swear they're

17:33

great settings for pictures

17:35

.

17:36

Okay , I am determined We've been on Christmas

17:38

card hiatus for probably five years now

17:40

because we my kids were just being difficult and they never

17:42

liked their pictures , and I'm determined that we

17:44

are going to take one , maybe Thanksgiving

17:46

Day , I really don't know , but I wish I'd had everyone

17:48

there that day , because you're right . Really cool

17:51

backdrop to to take a .

17:51

Christmas photograph . Yeah , I might try to do it

17:54

this week because I didn't schedule a photo

17:56

.

17:56

Well , it's literally going to be us in a tripod

17:58

taking a picture of ourselves . I don't have a photographer .

18:00

I didn't think about that . I could have Charles do that . Maybe that's

18:03

easy . Yeah , I don't know , let's

18:05

see how that works out .

18:06

But if you need a photographer

18:08

. I mean , if you need a tripod , I'm

18:12

writing myself a note right here , photographer

18:14

, because we need a photographer for our party , yes

18:19

, okay . So the

18:21

zoo they have the zoo lights . That's really cool

18:23

. I did it last year , didn't do it this year , though , where

18:26

they have all those light up animals now it's

18:28

dark so you can't really see the animals .

18:30

But but I think it's really cool . And then what

18:32

about Meow Wolf ? Meow Wolf is really

18:35

cool .

18:35

It's in grapevine . I'm sure they're

18:37

doing something for the holidays , but I haven't really seen

18:40

anything specific but . I

18:42

mean , it's a great activity to go take the family

18:44

to . Yes , that's another one that's good for all ages

18:46

and also just a good backdrop for

18:48

photos . Yeah , you know , yeah

18:51

, it makes some really cool photos

18:53

, oh , snider , plus a tree lighting .

18:56

Yes , we love that .

18:57

It's the damn micros party . I know it's December

18:59

3rd and just we

19:01

both have been going for so many years

19:03

and kind of sounds like we're both missing it

19:05

this year .

19:06

I might have to like stop in , just to

19:08

like walk around and be the old person who's gazing

19:11

at the little kids having fun and

19:13

then I think they always have dog adoptions

19:15

.

19:15

So yeah if you're in the market for a dog . No

19:17

, I'm not look for them .

19:19

But I'm always looking for you on the street , like whenever I'm at

19:21

home and I'm sitting in the front room like

19:23

looking at . I'm like I wonder if Martha is walking the dogs

19:26

.

19:26

So we literally have had these dogs over

19:28

a year . And you never walk them .

19:31

No , not at all .

19:32

They've not been walked , and Nellie lives one

19:34

block down and she's never seen them

19:36

how crazy is that

19:38

.

19:39

No , they get walked and they play

19:41

in the backyard .

19:42

They're very energetic , so

19:44

they definitely need walks runs

19:46

and all of the above . Oh

19:49

, and then Highland Park Village tree

19:51

lighting , December 6th . December 6th , 4 to 7

19:53

. Photos with Santa all

19:56

the standard stuff that you would see

19:58

at a tree lighting .

19:59

Yeah , do you all do the the

20:01

sleigh ride through the lights ?

20:03

It's been many years , but we've done it before . That's

20:05

always fun .

20:06

We usually do it every year , so I guess we'll have to start

20:08

signing up . I mean , it's crazy

20:10

how fast everything's coming , which happens every

20:12

year , but I have so much work , like I'm . The

20:14

reason I'm having my Christmas parties so early is because then I'm leaving

20:17

to shoot a movie in Tampa and usually

20:19

this is very quiet time for me and it's not .

20:21

That's right , december is usually

20:24

quiet for you .

20:25

So it's not . December and January are already booked .

20:27

Oh , wow . Well , also

20:29

, driving around our neighborhood , you can always find great

20:32

decorations . Yes , the crazy Santa

20:34

house on Southwestern , for example . Well

20:36

, and , have you seen it ? Is it up ? Oh , I don't

20:38

think . It's probably partially up . I think it kind

20:40

of starts a little after Thanksgiving . It's a very slow

20:42

process .

20:43

Well , that's what I was going to say is it takes him a long time , but

20:45

it always looks funny in the process , because there'll be like

20:47

headless statues outside . It

20:50

just looks like what's this guy doing .

20:52

But it seems like it starts

20:54

with big Texas head up on the roof

20:56

, which is always odd .

20:58

Yeah , that's a good way . Definitely gets your attention

21:00

.

21:00

I feel like he needs a team of volunteers to help him

21:02

, though , because he doesn't usually have

21:05

a lot of people helping him .

21:06

No , but it seems like he's like an artist with

21:08

it . It seems like he's somebody who would be like

21:10

don't touch the Santa's .

21:11

Well , I got this covered , You're probably right , because

21:13

so many of those things are antiques and collectibles

21:15

and he's worked on that collection for

21:17

many years and maybe he doesn't want anyone to touch it

21:19

and he probably knows where everything goes .

21:21

I have to say I don't know that I want to be across the street from him

21:24

.

21:24

Well , my good friend of mine lives like two

21:26

or three doors down .

21:27

Well , just , because of the crowds .

21:28

Oh , I know , I know what you mean . Yeah , like

21:31

it's like a parking lot .

21:32

It is .

21:33

Yeah , I think some of the people on the street

21:35

don't love it , but I think

21:37

they the ones that have been there a long time have just learned

21:39

to deal with it . But there are . There's huge

21:42

buses with tons of people stopping

21:44

and unloading and coming over to look

21:46

. He loves talking to him if he's out there . He's

21:49

really he's very nice . He's a very nice man

21:51

, but I guess we can post

21:53

cool decorations as we see them , so

21:56

you guys know where to go to see them .

21:58

Well , I love it because our street

22:01

already is all decorated . Your street is decorated . I noticed

22:03

that we're doing the snowflakes again .

22:05

Okay , good , as

22:08

we're subject with me , when

22:11

our , when our block decided to do those

22:13

, I didn't think it through very well , like , oh

22:15

, now I need to hire somebody to put them up and take

22:17

them down , and then you don't just

22:19

stick them up , like there's some blocks

22:21

that are just so beautiful that

22:24

it turns out have a decorator

22:26

that lives on the block that has coordinated

22:28

the whole thing , yes , so that she's

22:30

literally directed the placement of them

22:32

, so it looks beautiful . Ours did not

22:35

have professional help and

22:37

, anyways , we'll be putting those

22:39

up . I need to find somebody to put them up . Yeah

22:41

, you better get on that , because I

22:44

know a lot of people on the street have them up , so

22:46

a little behind .

22:49

But you could have anybody hang them up , right ? I mean , it

22:51

doesn't have to be a professional Christmas tree guy .

22:54

No , it is kind of high up there though .

22:56

Is it okay To do ?

22:57

it . Well , ideally they would need to have

22:59

a cherry picker .

23:00

Well , the cherry picker . Oh my God

23:03

, okay .

23:04

So one of Alexis's friends , who's just

23:06

a jack of all trades , hung a lot

23:09

of them last year , including ours , and

23:11

then , as he kept

23:13

doing it , he realized a cherry picker would be

23:15

worth the investment . So he rented

23:17

one and he started using it . For

23:19

some of my other neighbors he had already done mine by the time

23:21

he realized we're yours all in the low

23:24

branches yeah they were

23:26

lower .

23:27

It's kind of like when we decorate the tree and you're like you need a tall

23:29

person and the top is empty until

23:31

somebody's on a ladder Something or

23:35

remember when you had toddlers or , in my case , boxers

23:37

.

23:37

you can't put the good ornaments on the bottom

23:39

. You have to put the non breakable ones that

23:42

are at the bottom . Yes , yeah

23:44

.

23:45

So we're gonna get our Christmas tree today .

23:47

You do a real one , right ? Yes , how

23:50

does that go ? I was talking to one of Blake's

23:53

friends the other day and he says that they used

23:55

to get a real one , but they didn't like how it dropped all

23:57

the needles and they didn't like the smell .

23:58

I like the smell , I love the smell . No , I don't

24:01

do fake trees , I like a real tree and I like

24:03

the process of getting it . And we always take the old car

24:05

, the 1936 car .

24:06

Oh , that's right .

24:08

And we go . So Charles's friend is in town so we're gonna do

24:10

it because we feel like , oh , that's kind of traditional and

24:12

it's fun because people honk and it's kind of cute

24:14

to put the tree on top and drive . We go to Nichols and

24:16

Hardy where you spend way too much

24:18

on a tree , but it's really fun and festive and

24:21

it's convenient . Yeah , and I got really

24:23

mad at Chris because he

24:25

always wanted to go to like Home Depot for a Christmas tree and

24:28

I was like that's not festive at all .

24:30

Yeah , you're looking for an experience . He's

24:32

looking for a good deal .

24:33

Yes , you know , and there's no such thing at

24:35

Nichols and Hardy , but it's

24:38

the experience , like you said .

24:40

And it is locally owned so support

24:42

local at any cost . Well

24:46

, that's fun . Take a picture when you put it on top

24:48

. I will . I would love to see that . Yeah , that's

24:50

so fun . And then

24:52

when will you decorate it ?

24:54

Immediately I don't actually know , I think immediately . So

24:57

I'm ready for a Christmas tree . Our Christmas lights are

24:59

up . I'm ready for it right now . Because

25:01

of Thanksgiving I had pumpkins and the white

25:04

Christmas lights out sort of like a combo

25:06

. You know a transition . Oh

25:08

, yes , yeah , now I'm ready for full on Christmas , just

25:10

full on right .

25:11

Well see , nobody ever helps

25:13

me decorate our tree . My whole family's like nope

25:15

, don't feel like doing it , and so I have a friend

25:18

in LA that helped me for

25:20

several years and we would have so much fun

25:22

. We'd make Christmas cocktails and laugh and

25:24

have good music on , while the rest of the family

25:27

just sat around watching TV . And

25:29

he hasn't been able to come for a while , but

25:31

he's coming . I think December 9th

25:33

, a little bit into December . So

25:35

I'm debating if I'm really going to wait to

25:38

decorate it , because I really want to get it done . I

25:41

think you're gonna get it done . You did yeah

25:43

, before he gets here .

25:44

Are you guys here for Christmas ?

25:46

Okay , as far as I know .

25:48

Okay , we're going to the Hamptons , so that's why I want

25:50

a tree soon as well , because you

25:52

won't be here .

25:52

Yeah , that makes sense .

25:53

And I'm kind of weird this way . A lot of people keep their Christmas

25:55

tree up after Christmas . I really don't

25:57

like , for some reason , whenever a holiday's over , like

26:00

when Halloween's over , I'm like , okay , that's

26:02

it , it's up , take

26:05

everything down . And I feel the same way about Christmas , like

26:07

really just a couple of days after , maybe

26:09

into New Year's , and that's it . Then I want it out .

26:12

Yeah , I usually take it down New Year's

26:14

Day if I'm not too tired from whatever

26:16

I did the night before . Yeah , I

26:19

like to get it down pretty quickly too .

26:20

Yeah , it just feels like sad . It feels

26:22

sad when it's over .

26:23

I agree . There's so much buildup

26:26

and everything just feels all warm and

26:28

fuzzy and festive

26:30

and cute , and then , as soon as Christmas

26:33

is over , it feels different .

26:34

Well , and our tree dies Like a real tree does tend

26:37

to die and it starts

26:39

drooping the branches and it just looks like

26:41

a sad state . Yeah , well

26:43

, that happens . Like it's weeping , that's

26:45

what it looks like .

26:47

The weeping pine tree . Yes , oh

26:49

gosh . Well , that's about

26:51

it for today , but we want to go back and revisit

26:53

this party thing , Because we really

26:55

want you guys to come .

26:57

We too . So it's November

26:59

30th and the address 6

27:01

8 PM .

27:02

I'm afraid I don't have the address right here , but it's

27:04

at Royal and Preston over by Central

27:07

Market . So this is

27:09

getting out of the bubble . Guys , You're going to have to pack

27:11

the chuck wagon , load

27:13

up and make the track all the way

27:16

to Preston . A Royal Drive , five minutes

27:18

, but we know it's going to kill you . We have

27:20

faith . We know you can do it . Yes , it's

27:22

a beautiful part of town . You can go

27:24

grocery shopping right afterwards

27:26

, so you have an excuse to be up that way

27:28

anyways .

27:29

Food and cocktails . What more can we

27:31

say ? Hat bar bourbon bar

27:33

.

27:33

Bring your husband or a significant

27:36

other , bring a male guest

27:38

with you . Yes , because , like we keep saying

27:40

, it's very male friendly . We did that on

27:42

purpose , because our male

27:44

listeners have grown quite a bit with all

27:46

the football stuff that we've been sharing this

27:48

semester , and so we wanted to pick a

27:50

venue that appealed to both men and women

27:53

. So , please come out .

27:55

We'd love to see you and happy holidays everybody

27:57

.

27:57

Yes , hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving

28:00

and we'll see you next Thursday . That's

28:02

been another episode of the Bubble Lounge . I'm Nellie Shudo

28:04

and I'm Martha Jackson , and we'll catch you next

28:07

time .