Summer Vibes

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Hello and welcome to The Mirror Project.

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We are your hosts, Christine,

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Alexandra: and Alexandra.

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Christine: and we're

thrilled to have you with us.

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Summer always has a way of bringing

us back to ourselves, doesn't it?

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The long days, the warm nights, the

familiar smells of sunscreen, fresh fruit,

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and something sizzling on the grill.

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I can hear it now.

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In this episode, Alexandra and I are

taking a moment to pause and reflect

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on the magic of the season, what we

loved growing up, what we're looking

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forward to now, and how we're hoping

to slow things down and savor it all.

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is our love letter to summer from

beach days and backyard barbecues

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to new adventures, favorite recipes

and small but meaningful rituals.

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So whether you're listening poolside on a

road trip, or just dreaming of your next

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Sunny Escape, we hope this conversation

feels like a breath of warm, fresh air.

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Let's get into it.

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think the perfect place to start,

and Alexandra, correct me if I'm

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wrong, is to reflect on past summers.

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What do you think I.

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Alexandra: I think it's

a great place to start.

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Christine: Okay, cool.

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So why don't you kick us off, share

some summertime memories, maybe

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some, something that you look back

on fondly or some favorite thing that

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you always loved to do growing up?

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Alexandra: Okay, well if we go back into

the recesses of my mind and memory, I feel

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like from a very young age, my parents put

me in a lot of like summer camps during,

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you know, when school was out of session.

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And I remember,

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I don't know how often I did it,

like I definitely think I did it a

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few years, but there was this place

called Los Cab and it was kind of

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like a hodgepodge of activities there.

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And I feel like it was quite a few weeks.

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There was anything from like arts and

crafts and I don't know if you've ever

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done that plasticy string that's kind

of flat and rectangular and you would,

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you know, braid it in a sense to do so.

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I learned to do that there.

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Got really good at like different

styles and techniques and that was fun.

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There was pool days, soccer, indoor

things like self-defense, like it was, I.

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I think there was some like gymnastic

stuff, so it was like a lot of kids from

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like very young to very like teenagers.

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So it was a wild, it was a wild ride.

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And I remember it being slightly chaotic.

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But it was fun.

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And then I loved pool days and at

the time there was tennis camps and

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soccer camps when I was really young.

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And then when I kind of stuck with

TaeKwonDo, there are always two

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summer camps that I would go to.

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I think there was one in

July and one in August.

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So those took up a lot of time.

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I tried beach volleyball for a while.

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There was a couple camps and then I

remember a couple, one summer I think I

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did two sailing camps in Newport Beach.

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And that was a lot of fun.

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There were some funny moments.

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I so, we were sailing like Lido fourteens

and at the end of the day, like we

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had to pull them up onto a dry dock.

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And I remember it was like, there was

about three of us to every Lito 14.

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And it was my turn to take the bow line

and jump onto the dock and pull it up.

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And I missed the dock by that much.

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And so I hit the dock

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Christine: Ooh,

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Alexandra: fall into the water

and I'm just fling around.

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And I remember my best friend's mom at

the time was like there before my mom was.

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And she, I looked over and she

was just busting a gut laughing.

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It was hilarious.

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But it was quite, that was quite funny.

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And then some just really,

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Christine: were okay.

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Alexandra: yeah, I think it

would've been different if there

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been blood in the water and stuff.

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But no, I was fine.

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It was just a very oh, look at Alexander

being Alexander kind of moment.

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But in many ways it's felt

like summer was never ending.

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Growing up in Southern California,

in Huntington Beach for quite a while

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lived about two miles from the beach.

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So it was easy to walk or bike to.

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So it kind of felt like

summer was all year round.

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And so I do miss some of the sunsets.

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I miss the ease of walking to the beach

and like the smell of sun, sand and surf.

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And it's funny when you mentioned in

our intro the smell of sunscreen, it is

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quite a a visceral memory cue to smell

sunscreen, go, like you're instantly

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transported back to certain memories.

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Christine: And I don't know about you,

but for me, the sunscreen smell, I

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smell and I think it's just, 'cause

growing up, that's what my mom used.

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Coppertone sunscreen.

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I think I, I feel like a lot, maybe,

I don't know about the younger

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generation, but that's the sunscreen,

like when I think of sunscreen,

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that's the smell that comes to mind.

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And, yeah, it's, it is kind of cool

how like sense can trigger memories.

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There's a feeling of nostalgia,

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That.

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Alexandra: So what did you love

about your summers of past?

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What do you remember?

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Christine: So for me, like you

were just saying, summer's always

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like for you, they never felt

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Alexandra: I.

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Christine: ended for me, they always felt

like a time of endless possibilities.

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The days are longer, the nights

were full of catching lightning

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bugs or stargazing in the backyard.

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I and as a kid, that's

what you live for, right?

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Is 'cause there's no school and

it's like summer could last forever.

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But you know, you were

talking about camps.

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You did.

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I did, did camps as well.

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I'm trying to think back because

growing up my mom didn't go

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back to work until I was, I.

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In fourth or fifth grade.

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So she was home a lot.

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So we didn't do a whole lot of camps.

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We went to the, we did some, but

we went to the town pool a lot.

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so, and then one summer we were,

I think you could sign up to be

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on the swim team at the town pool.

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So I did

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One summer.

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That was kind of cool, figured

out I was decent swimmer.

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I never got first place in any races,

but I got second place in some,

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Alexandra: Nice.

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What kind of swim stroke

did you like best?

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Christine: I think my best

stroke was breast stroke and

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freestyle, maybe butterfly.

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I was a, I was like a

dead fish in the water.

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I don't understand how you do that stroke.

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It's sort of like patting your tummy,

rubbing your tummy and patting your

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head at the same time because your arms

are doing one thing and, but you have

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to keep your legs together doing an.

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The weirdest stroke ever.

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I don't know.

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So that must have been a, like a

torture device someone came up with.

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I don't know,

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Alexandra: And then I'm like,

this should be mainstream.

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Christine: exactly.

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And then one summer, my sister Nicole

and I, we did go to a sleep boy

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And it was actually at a campground that

we would go to with our dad for, that

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father daughter group we were a part of.

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It was called Adventure Guides.

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so that's how we became

familiar with the campground.

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And they do this camp in the summertime

called ISTC, which stands for

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International Sports Training Camp.

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So you did a slew of sports, soccer,

basketball, archery, rock climbing

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swimming, was a whole bunch to do.

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and it was a sleepaway

camp, so it was a week long.

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And I went with Nicole.

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was still too young at the time.

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I'm trying to remember what age I was.

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I can't remember.

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I think maybe 10 around that age,

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Not much older.

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and that was a lot of fun.

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We only did the one time, I think,

I don't know, I'd have to ask

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Nicole what her experience was like.

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There was,

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you know, I think it was like the

quintessential camp experience.

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You know, there was like the drama

of who's dating who or who likes who.

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And there was a dance

at the end of the week.

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So

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Alexandra: And you know what it

makes me think of when you were

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saying sleepaway camp is, the movie,

the Parent Trap with Lindsay Lohan.

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And I feel like if I think of a movie as

a kid during the summertime, I feel like

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that is the movie that my mind goes to.

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Christine: that is a good one.

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That is a good one.

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The only difference in the

camp was that was was co-ed,

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Alexandra: It's true.

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Yes.

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And you did not find a

long lost twin, did you?

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Christine: I did not, unfortunately,

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Alexandra: Dang.

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Christine: I had my actual sister with me.

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Alexandra: The before we hop off onto our

next topic or you get into another part

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of summer, do you, did you ever watch the

movie Sleep, the Sleepover or sleepover

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with oh my gosh, all the names of

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Christine: jane Lynch is the mom.

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Right.

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And then the girl from

Shark, the girl from

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Alexandra: yes.

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And I think Shark, shark Boy, lava Girl,

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Christine: I don't know if she was in that

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Alexandra: she wasn't

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Christine: looks very similar.

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Alexandra: Okay.

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Christine: We'd have to look it up.

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But yeah, I loved that movie.

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Alexandra: I feel like that's

like a goodbye to school.

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Hello Summer kind of movie.

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Christine: Definitely.

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Definitely.

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Yeah.

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Actually I think I was I was on like

TikTok or Instagram morning and I

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saw a clip from it, that scene where

she's on the skateboard trying to get

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home and she like crosses in front of

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The boy, she likes his car

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Alexandra: And he's

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Christine: finally sees

her for the first time.

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Yeah, exactly.

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It's pretty, it's a pretty awesome moment.

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Alexandra: I feel like maybe one night

this summer we'll have to do like

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a video movie night or something.

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Watch the same movie and chat about it.

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That'd be fun.

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Christine: that.

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I think that would be really cute.

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Like a little nostalgia,

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Alexandra: Yeah.

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Christine: Throwback episode.

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I like that.

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That's really fun.

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Alexandra: What else was about your

summers that you loved and you missed?

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Christine: like I mentioned,

mom, my mom for a lot of my time

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growing up was still at home.

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So when we weren't at the town pool, we

were down at my family's beach house.

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So lots of time spent at the beach.

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I love the beach.

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If I haven't GED about how much I

love the beach before this point,

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be a lot of what I talk about today.

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Alexandra: It's weird.

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I don't think you've ever

mentioned it on the podcast.

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This is entirely new side

of you that we're saying.

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Christine,

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Tell us more.

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Christine: okay, well I'll be happy to.

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So yeah, growing up we would go

down to the beach, spend time

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down there with my grandparents my

dad's siblings sometimes would line

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Alexandra: I.

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Christine: like Memorial Day,

4th of July, all the way through

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Labor Day, the end of summer.

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Watching fireworks on the beach,

flying kites on the beach, for

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seashells, swimming in the ocean.

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I think one summer we did a swim

camp or a swim team down the beach.

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I did an improv theater camp

one summer again with my sister.

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Alexandra: Cool.

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Christine: down when we

were down at the beach.

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I think that was me

going into high school.

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So.

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It was, I have fond memories.

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I love, when I think of summer, I think of

Seager, which is the beach I grew up going

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to and I love for the rest of my life.

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It's got a special place

in my heart for sure.

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And it's funny, this is we're recording

this on Memorial Day weekend, I

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have been seeing nonstop on TikTok

on Instagram about how Jersey does

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Memorial Day weekend, like nobody

else in the world, in the country.

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It's really quite funny, like I saw

something about this girl was doing a

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video, how she was asking a friend from

California what are your MDW plans?

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And they're like.

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MDW Memorial Day weekend.

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What are your plans like?

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That's not a thing here, but it's

for Jersey, it's like the start to

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summer, everything opens up, the

beaches open up, pools open up.

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And like this weekend, the

weather is pretty crappy.

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It's cold and been overcast.

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But that doesn't stop Jersey

people from going all out.

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It's like the par, the kickoff

to Summer Party Central.

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Mentioned, I go grew up

going to Seager in Seager.

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New Jersey, there is a pretty infamous

restaurant bar called the Parker

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House literally around the block from

where my grandparents have their home.

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So I grew up with that kind of culture,

cultural phenomenon happening around me.

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So it just it's kind of cool.

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It's

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Alexandra: yeah.

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Christine: every, and it's usually

the spot everybody hits first when

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they go out at night, down the shore,

because it does close, I think.

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Like they're not open super late.

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They close maybe around midnight, it's

usually people's first stop and then they

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move on to other clubs and bars after.

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So, yeah.

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It's now at the age where summer

at the shore is a little different,

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you can indulge in the adult the

adult activities of going out to

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bars and doing some crazy stuff.

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But yeah, it's.

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That's what I think of when I

think of summer and I have a

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lot of fond memories growing up.

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yeah.

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Alexandra: So now that we've talked

about summers of the past and what we

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missed what's on your bucket list or

what's on your list for this summer?

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Christine: oh, there's so much.

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have to, we'll have to

take it one step at a time.

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I feel like my summer plans are still

coming together, which is crazy since

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we are almost at the end of May.

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But the newest exciting thing in

my life is I'm officially moving.

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I think I mentioned in an episode or two

ago that I had started to think about it.

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Well, I have actually pulled the trigger

and I'll be moving in mid-July, so

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that'll be part of my summer plans.

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Is prepping for that, figuring out.

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All the logistical things along

with moving, that's a big change.

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But you know, I'm also really

looking forward to spending

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time with friends and family.

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My sisters are coming back home

early July, and then I'm going

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down to Nashville in late July

to be with my sisters down there.

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So I'm excited about that and I haven't

done it in a few summers, but I, one

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of the things I love to do growing

up was going strawberry picking.

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there is a, I believe that

season's also in July.

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July is gonna be a very busy month.

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I have a feeling end of June into July.

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What else?

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Yeah, I also just, you know, summer nights

are some of my favorite time of the year.

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It's also when it starts to

cool down a little bit more.

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So I feel like I've

become alive at nighttime.

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I mean, I'm alive at nighttime anyway.

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I'm a night owl, the sun stays up

a little longer this time of year.

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So you get to enjoy being out

and about you know, getting ice

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cream and fun things like that.

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Alexandra: Yeah,

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Christine: some fun beach

reads, maybe even on the beach.

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Alexandra: why not?

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Christine: then, yeah.

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Yeah, exactly.

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And then I also have

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Alexandra: I.

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Christine: get my next tattoo or

two done the hopefully this summer.

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So yeah, that's kind of

what I've got in the plans.

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We'll see how it all, where all the,

where everything falls into place,

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you know, things are still moving.

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But What about you love?

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What's going on?

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Alexandra: gonna ask

before we hop on, move on.

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What are your tattoos gonna be of?

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Did we, did you ever mention,

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Christine: Oh.

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Alexandra: can't remember.

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Christine: So one, I don't know just yet.

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I'm going to once when I'm down in

Nashville with my sisters, I told

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Tori I really wanna go with her.

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She's gotten a couple new

ones recently and she is game.

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So I don't know if we're gonna

do like a sister one or what,

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whatever the case may be.

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I also my first tattoo I got last

year was like a little nod for myself.

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I went to a flash event and they had

a martini class, so I got that for me

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because whenever I've thought about

the tattoos I want, they're usually

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always for someone really important to

me and somewhat important in my life.

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But, I got to a point where I

was like, I just need to get.

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Let's just start.

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And this studio I follow

with having an event.

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They were doing flash,

they had a martini glass.

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I thought, well, that's

really fitting for me.

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I don't know if I've mentioned this

before, but the reason why I got it, I

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mean, my family nickname for me is teeny.

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mom sometimes calls me teeny martini.

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I love a martini.

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So I got that for myself.

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But the recently, I thought it would

be cute get it cheersing another glass.

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And both of my sisters love spritzes.

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Nicole loves Aperol

Spritzes, so does Tori.

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We also love a lemon cello spritz, so

I thought I could get another glass.

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Because where it's placed, it's per,

there's space to add something next to it.

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So that could be like a cute little

sister, like nod to my sisters.

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and then I have a couple

of other ideas in mind.

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And the next one I was thinking of doing.

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I have actually reached

out to a tattoo artist.

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I'm just waiting to hear back from her.

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I'd like to get something from my grandma,

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Dad's mom on the back of my arm.

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Something she always told me growing

up as like a cute sentiment was,

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I love you to the moon and back.

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She got me necklace that had that

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Alexandra: Mm-hmm.

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Christine: Always would address each note

to me as my precious angel, Christine.

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I have this idea of doing angel

wings on my, the back of my

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And then my precious angel in her

handwriting, and then have it turn

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into this really beautiful celestial

motif that goes up my arm and onto my

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So yeah, I, I've reached out figuring

out where to start with that and I'm just

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excited to have that come to fruition.

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So,

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Alexandra: Very nice.

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Very cool.

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But that'll be beautiful.

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You'll have to share pictures

of it when it's all done.

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Said, and done.

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Christine: Absolutely.

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I look forward to it.

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Alexandra: Alright, cool.

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Christine: Now your term, I love

what's on the docket this summer?

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Alexandra: I think one big thing that I

have to do is take Piper for more walks.

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I feel like I've.

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Kind of slacked on being a

dog mom for a little bit.

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She's doing really well.

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She had surgery last fall, so

she's a lot more energy now.

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And although I've been a lot busier than

I intended, 'cause I can't believe that

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we are like recording this just before

June, and this will be coming out in June.

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And I'm like, where did the year go?

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I have absolutely no idea.

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So I think getting her out more trying

to fit that into the busy schedule.

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Christine: Sure.

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Alexandra: I feel like focusing on my

own health and fitness and strength this

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summer is gonna be really important to me.

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I just wanna set really good habits now

'cause clearly life is not gonna get any

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less busy that let me, I feel like there's

no time at the present, so, I think a lot

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of self-care this summer is gonna be it.

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So working on my body, physically

just moving my body, but also, you

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know, still love going to therapy.

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That's a great time working on all

those mental habits and patterns

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that I'd like to alter change.

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You know, there's actually not a

pool that I know near me and, you

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know, so I don't know that pool days

will happen this summer and I don't

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know that I'll get to the beach.

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I'm definitely missing living in Southern

California and being so close to the

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beach that I could just walk, but.

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It's a summer for different things.

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So maybe more day trips around North

Carolina, like out to Raleigh or Winston.

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Down to Charlotte, which

I've already started.

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A friend of mine and I went down to

Charlotte a few weeks ago and we went

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to an, a romance bookstore called Trope.

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And they actually started out as like a

van and eventually got so popular they

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would park at breweries and like other

places and they were got large enough

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that they could open a small store.

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So it was kind of fun to go visit and see.

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: 00:19:45

So I think on that, finishing up

some random crafts and projects like

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like all the stuff from like college

graduation, I'd like to put in a

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shadow box and actually display it.

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: 00:19:54

'cause otherwise it's just sitting in

a box in an attic and I feel like hey,

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worked really hard for that stuff.

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: 00:20:01

Might as well display it.

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So doing that.

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And then I feel like one of the

big things for me within this

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next month is getting ready for a

vendor show for my own business.

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: 00:20:13

Just a lot of prep work goes into that.

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: 00:20:15

Making sure like how when I want the tent

to look, what will need to be packed what

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I have to do all on the front end mostly.

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: 00:20:21

So I'm not stressing the day before.

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: 00:20:23

Also ties into why I wanna get my fitness

end goals so I can like, pick up things

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without, you know, hurting myself.

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: 00:20:31

So I feel like that's a big one.

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: 00:20:32

And like some projects around

the house helping my mom out.

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But I feel like this one, this summer is

just like taking care of a lot of myself.

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Maybe, you know, spending time with

friends and family, but I don't know.

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Good.

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: 00:20:47

I think it's gonna be a

summer of hard work and I.

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: 00:20:50

Just being busy and surprised

when it's end, because I'm like,

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: 00:20:53

wait, didn't we just start this?

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So I think that's it.

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: 00:20:56

Christine: Yeah.

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: 00:20:57

That's awesome.

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I love that.

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: 00:20:59

Very cool.

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: 00:21:00

Alexandra: yes, it's gonna be, it's gonna

be make our conversations when we finally

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: 00:21:04

stop playing phone tag to go Hey, for a

couple hours what's new, what's going on?

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: 00:21:10

And actually have a lot to catch up on,

which makes it a lovely way to catch up.

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: 00:21:13

Kind of like our cozy ketchup episode.

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: 00:21:15

Christine: exactly.

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: 00:21:16

Yeah, life has been lifeing recently.

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It's been busy, but definitely think I've

sort of mellowed out things work-wise

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: 00:21:25

and, you know, I'm looking forward

to our catchups and just taking it a

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: 00:21:31

little slower until I have to move.

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: 00:21:34

That's not gonna be slow.

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: 00:21:35

Alexandra: And then you can move

and then it'll get slower again.

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: 00:21:37

Right.

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: 00:21:38

You're just gonna get.

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: 00:21:38

Christine: Yeah.

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: 00:21:39

Alexandra: for a moment and then

you can know out and settle in.

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: 00:21:43

Are you excited for the new place?

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: 00:21:45

Christine: I'm very excited.

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: 00:21:47

So I have been living on my own for a

few years, but a good friend of mine and

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: 00:21:53

I are actually gonna be moving into a

place together and it's great because one,

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I'm gonna be living with one of my best

friends, but also it's a bigger space.

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: 00:22:02

It's closer to friends

and family and work.

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: 00:22:07

It's in an area that I

know kind of pretty well.

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: 00:22:10

I grew up or not grew

up, I went to high school

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: 00:22:13

So I'm familiar with the area a little

bit and it's close for her job and

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: 00:22:18

her work and her family, or it's

close for her work and her family.

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: 00:22:23

And yeah, I'm just really I'm really

looking forward to something new.

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: 00:22:26

It just sort of all came together.

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: 00:22:28

And speaking of it sort of

just feeling really right.

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: 00:22:32

Knows that one of my.

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: 00:22:34

Angel numbers or whatever,

however you wanna call it.

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: 00:22:38

I, my little messages from

the universe I get is 11, 11.

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: 00:22:43

I see it quite often,

sometimes once or twice a day.

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: 00:22:47

But I was reflecting on that recently.

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: 00:22:49

I was like, I grew up in a house number,

but I grew up in a house where the

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: 00:22:53

number is 11, my new house or apartment

is in a house and that number is 11.

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: 00:23:00

the day we got and signed the

lease, I saw 11 and 11 twice.

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: 00:23:07

And usually that only happens when, like

something that this is the right move.

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So I just wanted to share that that

little tidbit about experience so far.

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Alexandra: That's amazing.

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: 00:23:20

I actually can't wait to hopefully see

it towards the end of this year when

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: 00:23:22

I come in December, if that's still

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: 00:23:24

Christine: yeah.

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: 00:23:25

Alexandra: like you all settled in, so

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: 00:23:28

Christine: by that point, hopefully

yes, we should be pretty well settled,

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: 00:23:32

Alexandra: that's awesome.

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: 00:23:33

Christine: excited to share it with you.

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: 00:23:34

Yeah.

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: 00:23:35

So more to come, maybe I'll share a

little update from my new place so we

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: 00:23:39

can share on Instagram or something.

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: 00:23:40

We

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: 00:23:40

Alexandra: That'd be really fun.

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: 00:23:42

Christine: little tour.

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: 00:23:43

Alexandra: The adventures

of moving with Christine.

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: 00:23:45

Christine: Oh gosh, yeah.

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: 00:23:48

Alexandra: Well, since we're talking about

Cozy Home comforts, why don't we switch

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into what are our favorites for summer,

particularly in the food and drink thing.

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: 00:23:56

So like Christine, are there any foods or

drinks that you feel are quintessentially

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summer for you and that you're

like, I must have this every summer.

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: 00:24:06

Christine: Oh yes, definitely.

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: 00:24:08

So the first things that came

to my mind were summer salads.

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: 00:24:12

Growing up one of the sort of

quintessential meals on the size

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: 00:24:17

on the dinner table, especially

in summertime, was Jersey tomatoes

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: 00:24:20

with sliced mozzarella, which

many would call a appraise salad.

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: 00:24:25

I now know this in my adult

life, but growing up it was just,

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: 00:24:30

but growing up it was just tomatoes

and If you're from Jersey, we say Mutz,

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: 00:24:35

New Jersey, New York area mozzarella.

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: 00:24:37

It's usually with a yummy, delicious,

sweet, fresh jersey tomato.

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: 00:24:42

We slice up basil salt pepper,

a little olive oil or Italian

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: 00:24:47

dressing drizzle on top,

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: 00:24:48

And.

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: 00:24:49

Love.

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: 00:24:50

Another great summertime salad that we've

sort of brought into the rotation in

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: 00:24:54

recent years is ate as a watermelon salad

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: 00:24:57

With mozzarella.

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: 00:24:59

Just, I think there's other,

like variations of it with feta.

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: 00:25:04

It's a much milder cheese,

but it can be kind of salty.

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: 00:25:08

And we usually do that with

a beam drizzle fresh basil.

510

: 00:25:14

so, so, so, so, so, so good.

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: 00:25:16

And then my dad being the grill master

that he is goes out all out in the

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: 00:25:22

summertime smoking like chickens

or doing his ribs steak or like

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: 00:25:29

even a good old fashioned cookout

barbecue with burgers and dogs.

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: 00:25:33

That to me, just, you know, I.

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: 00:25:35

Is summer in a nutshell.

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: 00:25:37

And along with those delicious fresh

salads and fruit salads and yummy

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: 00:25:42

meats, we, have to finish it with

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: 00:25:46

So my grandmother has a peach

cobbler recipe that I've tried

519

: 00:25:51

my hand at a few years ago.

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: 00:25:54

Wanna give that another try?

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: 00:25:56

love, love a blueberry pie,

even with a coffee crumb

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: 00:26:00

Alexandra: Ooh,

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: 00:26:01

Christine: topping.

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: 00:26:02

Alexandra: would, Ooh,

that sounds amazing.

525

: 00:26:04

Ooh.

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: 00:26:04

Christine: so, so good with some

vanilla ice cream on the side.

527

: 00:26:07

Make it a little all mode special.

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: 00:26:09

Alexandra: Okay, so when you make

that, will you send me a slice?

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: 00:26:11

'cause that sounds amazing.

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: 00:26:13

Christine: I, I think we could work

531

: 00:26:14

Alexandra: We can work it.

532

: 00:26:15

Okay.

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: 00:26:16

Okay.

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: 00:26:16

Christine: We'll figure it out.

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: 00:26:18

And then I.

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: 00:26:19

I drink this all year long 'cause I

just want summer with me all year long.

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: 00:26:23

But lemonade or iced tea or

mixing the two, making an Arnold

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: 00:26:27

The best.

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: 00:26:28

And then one of the things I got

really good at making actually during

540

: 00:26:32

the pandemic, and I do love is a

good old fashioned coconut cream pie.

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: 00:26:37

Alexandra: Interesting.

542

: 00:26:38

Okay.

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: 00:26:39

Christine: Really tasty.

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: 00:26:41

Alexandra: It's funny, it's coconut

cream pies are never something that I'm

545

: 00:26:44

like, well, I must try and, I don't know.

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: 00:26:48

I like coconut.

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: 00:26:50

I just, why so.

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: 00:26:52

Christine: So for me, I grew up where

in the area I grew up, there was a diner

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: 00:26:57

restaurant, like called The Minute Man.

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: 00:27:00

So it was sort of Americana,

old country, you know.

551

: 00:27:07

Breakfast

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: 00:27:07

And they have, they had amazing pies.

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: 00:27:10

So there was a chocolate cream pie

and a coconut cream pie that my

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: 00:27:14

family would always get for, you know,

different family occasions, birthdays,

555

: 00:27:19

celebr, like holiday celebrations.

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: 00:27:21

And I really loved the

coconut cream pie and

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: 00:27:26

wanted to figure out how

to make it at a certain

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: 00:27:29

They stopped making it,

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: 00:27:31

Alexandra: Oh, bummer.

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: 00:27:32

Christine: Owners changed hands and

they they weren't making it anymore.

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: 00:27:35

So I was like, you know what,

I'm gonna figure it out.

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: 00:27:37

And that my COVID era was I was in

the kitchen baking, so I figured

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: 00:27:44

out how to make coconut cream

pie, how to do a whole slew of

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: 00:27:48

So, yeah.

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: 00:27:50

Alexandra: Very nice.

566

: 00:27:51

Very cool.

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: 00:27:51

Christine: about, yeah,

what about you love?

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: 00:27:54

Alexandra: Okay.

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: 00:27:55

Christine: What's on

your two be made list?

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: 00:27:57

Alexandra: it's funny when you

mentioned the watermelon and mozzarella

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: 00:27:59

salad, my first thought was like,

oh we used to make that with feta.

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: 00:28:02

So much more of a feta person.

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: 00:28:05

Although I think it would be interesting

to try it with watermelon mozzarella, so.

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: 00:28:11

Okay.

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: 00:28:11

So things I remember from summer

specifically was my mom would

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: 00:28:14

always make her grands potato

salad and I love potato salad.

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: 00:28:22

I, but I think, I don't know if

we've talked about this before.

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: 00:28:25

I have a love hate relationship with Mayo.

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: 00:28:27

And so things that are like pasta,

salads, like tuna, other kind of salads

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: 00:28:32

like that, that are mayo based, I have

texture issues with if it's too wet.

581

: 00:28:36

So the thing I love about my Great Grand's

potato salad is that it's not too wet.

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: 00:28:39

It's just kind of dry and it's

just one of my favorite things.

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: 00:28:42

It's always light, not too heavy full of

paprika on top and sliced hardboiled eggs.

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: 00:28:49

And so I'm really excited to make

that I might have to either bug

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: 00:28:52

my mom for the recipe or see if

she'll kindly make some soon.

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: 00:28:56

'cause I feel like now that we're kind of

getting into the full blown, full blown.

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: 00:29:00

And summer, I'm like, Ooh,

now I really want some.

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: 00:29:02

And it is such a treat 'cause like it's

not something that we make very often.

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: 00:29:06

And since moving to the South, I feel like

something that I have to do this summer

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: 00:29:10

as also partially anond to my dad is he

loved this place called Dario and they

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: 00:29:15

make hot dogs and hamburgers and salads

and stuff, but he loved their hot dogs.

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: 00:29:20

So the plan is my sister's coming

up on Father's Day weekend and her

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: 00:29:24

mom and I are all gonna go out to

Dario and have a hot dog for dad.

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: 00:29:28

Christine: Oh,

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: 00:29:28

Alexandra: So that'll be nice.

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: 00:29:30

And then

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: 00:29:31

Christine: I remember going with you

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: 00:29:32

Alexandra: yeah

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: 00:29:33

Christine: a couple times.

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: 00:29:34

We always love the hot dog

or I'm getting a shake.

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: 00:29:37

Alexandra: Uhhuh.

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: 00:29:37

Yeah.

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: 00:29:38

They have good ice cream there.

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: 00:29:39

And it's funny the way that my dad

grew up, either I think having hot

605

: 00:29:43

dogs was they ger calls it all away

and having chili on top and I'm.

606

: 00:29:49

I am more used to like soup chili.

607

: 00:29:52

So with like beans more broth, they

mean like more like meat chili.

608

: 00:29:57

So the all the way is hotdog

bun, chili mustard, and a

609

: 00:30:01

little bit of chopped cole slaw.

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: 00:30:03

So I'll have to do that for him.

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: 00:30:05

And you know, actually I

haven't had Dario in such a long

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: 00:30:08

time, so it'll be nice to go.

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: 00:30:10

Drink wise, I do love lemonade.

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: 00:30:12

And it's funny that when you were

mentioning strawberries, I think

615

: 00:30:14

this summer or something I'd like to

try is different flavored lemonades.

616

: 00:30:18

So maybe something with like

blueberry and or strawberry and

617

: 00:30:21

flavoring it a little bit differently.

618

: 00:30:23

So that's something I'd want

to try and make at home.

619

: 00:30:26

So it's you know, what's

going into it, like less

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: 00:30:28

Christine: don't

621

: 00:30:29

Alexandra: sugar, but sweet

622

: 00:30:31

Christine: are you one of those

people that lavenders, soapy, or

623

: 00:30:36

do you like lavender and things?

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: 00:30:37

Alexandra: it.

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: 00:30:38

Christine: honey lemonade is delicious.

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: 00:30:40

Alexandra: Lavender honey.

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: 00:30:40

I'll have to try it.

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: 00:30:41

It depends, right?

629

: 00:30:42

I think sometimes if the lavender

smells too, like it tastes too

630

: 00:30:50

fake, it leans soapy to me.

631

: 00:30:52

But if it's more subtle, I

feel like I really enjoy it.

632

: 00:30:56

And I'm like, Ooh,

there's lavender in this.

633

: 00:30:58

It adds a flavor profile, but then

sometimes when it like punches

634

: 00:31:01

you in the face, I do feel like,

I'm like, why am I in soap?

635

: 00:31:06

And I'm like, I don't wanna

drink soap or eat soap.

636

: 00:31:08

I think I've had a lavender latte once

and there was like actual lavender

637

: 00:31:12

buds in it and I don't know that they

added a whole lot of other lavender

638

: 00:31:16

flavor and I thought that was nice.

639

: 00:31:18

But I've had ones where it's lavender

flavor slash lavender bloods and

640

: 00:31:21

I was like, alright, I'm good.

641

: 00:31:23

Thank you.

642

: 00:31:24

Christine: I actually

have a tea from Harney

643

: 00:31:28

Alexandra: Mm-hmm.

644

: 00:31:28

Christine: Like a loose leaf I'm

pretty sure is just lavender.

645

: 00:31:33

And I, for one thing or another, I

brewed some lavender tea and I mixed

646

: 00:31:38

that with lemon juice and fresh honey.

647

: 00:31:42

So you, it was like, I forget the ratios

of everything, but it was really so like

648

: 00:31:46

Alexandra: That sounds lovely.

649

: 00:31:47

Christine: deal fresh, not artificial.

650

: 00:31:49

Alexandra: Yeah,

651

: 00:31:50

Christine: It was really good.

652

: 00:31:51

Alexandra: I think that's

what I like the fresh even if

653

: 00:31:54

it's dried but not artificial.

654

: 00:31:56

That's where I like lavender.

655

: 00:31:57

But anything more than that,

I'm like, oh, I'm good.

656

: 00:32:00

Thank you.

657

: 00:32:01

Christine: That's fair.

658

: 00:32:02

No, that makes sense

659

: 00:32:03

Alexandra: I was, before we hit record,

I was telling Christine, I had recently

660

: 00:32:07

tried a, oh, was it a Honey Thme Cortado?

661

: 00:32:11

And it was at.

662

: 00:32:14

It was interesting.

663

: 00:32:15

I don't know that it's something like,

you know what, Christine, when you come

664

: 00:32:18

down here, we're gonna have to go there.

665

: 00:32:19

We gotta get the honey time cortado.

666

: 00:32:22

Because I mean, Christine, I feel

like the past couple times I've seen

667

: 00:32:25

you, you're drinking a lot more coffee

668

: 00:32:27

Christine: I know I am.

669

: 00:32:28

It's very new for me.

670

: 00:32:30

I don't do it often and you know,

some may look at the coffee I

671

: 00:32:33

drink and I'm like, and they're

like, girl, you don't drink coffee.

672

: 00:32:36

You drink sugar with a side of coffee.

673

: 00:32:38

Which

674

: 00:32:38

Alexandra: With a splash.

675

: 00:32:40

Christine: with a splash, but I only,

I really don't do it all that often.

676

: 00:32:44

But every once in a while,

you know, I'll make a latte.

677

: 00:32:47

Or if I'm out and about, you

know, I usually do a latte.

678

: 00:32:50

I've tried cold brew.

679

: 00:32:51

Learned the hard way that is not for me

because of its strength and intensity and

680

: 00:32:58

experienced pretty intense side effects

of caffeine, heart palpitations and all.

681

: 00:33:04

So, yeah I've learned what my limits

are and sometimes I'll have it, and

682

: 00:33:08

sometimes I'm just gonna stick with

my tea or my seltzer or whatever.

683

: 00:33:13

Alexandra: Okay.

684

: 00:33:14

So yeah, I think I wanna try

some more flavored drinks.

685

: 00:33:16

I'd love to try making my own

coffee syrups this summer.

686

: 00:33:19

'cause I am trying to make more coffee

cut sugar slightly outta my life.

687

: 00:33:23

So today the caffeine is just coffee with

a splash of milk and it's part of me is

688

: 00:33:29

Christine: how's that?

689

: 00:33:30

Alexandra: it's, I'm getting used to it.

690

: 00:33:31

I also, as a funny side note I was going

to get coffee with a coworker at work.

691

: 00:33:36

We were, we needed some go juice

as I like to call it for the day.

692

: 00:33:39

'cause it was, we were hitting a lull and.

693

: 00:33:42

I was, I had made a comment that

like my primary care practitioner

694

: 00:33:45

was like, I'd like you to have only

two caffeine drinks a day if you can.

695

: 00:33:49

Not that I drink a crazy amount

of coffee in a day, but sometimes

696

: 00:33:53

there's a few days where it's like a

three, four, a spreader shot kind of

697

: 00:33:57

day, maybe a cup of coffee in there.

698

: 00:34:00

So, you know, not every

day, but some days.

699

: 00:34:02

And so I looked at, I was telling

my friend that and I was like, well,

700

: 00:34:05

I've, you know, already had two

cups, so this will be the third.

701

: 00:34:08

And she's you could always do decaf.

702

: 00:34:09

And apparently my face

said something like.

703

: 00:34:12

I felt like my inner Gilmore

girls was coming out of like

704

: 00:34:15

the disdain for decaf coffee.

705

: 00:34:16

And I was like, I am so sorry.

706

: 00:34:19

Didn't realize my face was doing that.

707

: 00:34:21

But yeah, apparently I have some

very strong opinions about decaf

708

: 00:34:25

that I was like, no, that is,

why would you drink that sw?

709

: 00:34:28

So to anyone out there

who loves decaf, I am.

710

: 00:34:31

I'm so sorry.

711

: 00:34:33

Please don't be offended.

712

: 00:34:34

Is strictly my opinion.

713

: 00:34:35

But anyways onto desserts,

we were talking about food.

714

: 00:34:38

One, something I really like to make

during summer, because it's like a

715

: 00:34:41

no bake thing, is this ice box cake.

716

: 00:34:45

It's a chocolate espresso icebox cake.

717

: 00:34:47

And I haven't made it in many years

because you, I find it sometimes difficult

718

: 00:34:53

to find the chocolate like wafer cookies.

719

: 00:34:56

So do you remember the n wafer cookies?

720

: 00:34:58

So it's kind of like that,

but chocolate and thinner.

721

: 00:35:02

So I have not had luck in the

past few years finding a wafer

722

: 00:35:07

chocolate cookie that I wanna use.

723

: 00:35:08

But essentially you make

a lot of whipped cream.

724

: 00:35:12

Some of it you flavor with espresso

and you have a spring form pan.

725

: 00:35:17

And so you put a layer of like

chocolate waves, then a layer

726

: 00:35:20

of just regular whipped cream.

727

: 00:35:22

Then you sprinkle on some like espresso,

cocoa powder mix, another layer of

728

: 00:35:27

cookies, then the espresso, and then

you just kind of keep layering until

729

: 00:35:30

you finish and you top it with a layer

of plain whipped cream and a little

730

: 00:35:33

bit of espresso, cocoa powder on top.

731

: 00:35:35

And you just let it freeze for a

while, kind of get a little bit

732

: 00:35:37

firmer and you kind of open it and

it's a really nice, like icebox cake.

733

: 00:35:41

It's very light and you know, cool

for the summer when it gets hot.

734

: 00:35:46

So it's a really nice one.

735

: 00:35:47

So that's something, you know.

736

: 00:35:50

That or love the Bailey's chocolate mousse

recipe that somebody showed me in college.

737

: 00:35:54

So that'll make,

738

: 00:35:55

That's a good time,

739

: 00:35:56

Christine: Yeah,

740

: 00:35:57

Alexandra: but you don't cook

off the Bailey, so, you know.

741

: 00:36:01

Christine: Don't cook off the good stuff.

742

: 00:36:03

Alexandra: Right.

743

: 00:36:04

So Christine, are there any new places

that you're dying to try this summer?

744

: 00:36:07

Christine: there's so much I still feel

like I need to experience in Nashville.

745

: 00:36:11

I was there a few years ago when my

sister first moved out there, but

746

: 00:36:14

she's lived there for two years now I'm

excited to go back and just have her

747

: 00:36:19

take me to all of her favorite spots.

748

: 00:36:22

I haven't been to Broadway and really

excited to check out that scene.

749

: 00:36:28

Hear the live music, check out,

you know, bars and restaurants,

750

: 00:36:32

see what the fit food fair is like.

751

: 00:36:35

Nashville Hot Chicken.

752

: 00:36:36

I mean,

753

: 00:36:37

Had that in a few years,

but it's really good.

754

: 00:36:39

Alexandra: Okay.

755

: 00:36:40

Christine: about that.

756

: 00:36:42

she loves going, there's a mining

minor league team that plays in

757

: 00:36:46

Nashville that she likes to go to.

758

: 00:36:48

So go to a baseball game,

have a hot dog and a beer.

759

: 00:36:51

So those are some new things I'm

looking forward to trying this summer.

760

: 00:36:55

How about you?

761

: 00:36:56

What things do you wanna try?

762

: 00:36:58

Alexandra: Oh man.

763

: 00:36:59

New things I'd like to try.

764

: 00:37:01

In terms of food I feel like I've

seen a lot of things pop up on

765

: 00:37:04

Instagram for Charlotte or Raleigh.

766

: 00:37:06

So I think I wanna kind of get a list

together and I've got some friends who

767

: 00:37:09

are definitely down for a food, you

know, a food run to a different city.

768

: 00:37:13

So,

769

: 00:37:14

One thing I would like to go back to,

it was a, I don't know how to describe

770

: 00:37:18

it, but I guess like a food hall.

771

: 00:37:19

So there's like a bunch of different, like

restaurants in this, one building out in

772

: 00:37:24

Raleigh and there was a place called Buena

Papa Fry Bar, which was kind of cool.

773

: 00:37:27

So everything was like a base of

fries and then it had all this

774

: 00:37:30

different stuff on top based on what

you ordered, and it was really good.

775

: 00:37:33

So I would definitely wanna go back

there, try some of the different

776

: 00:37:37

food options and walk around Raleigh.

777

: 00:37:39

So I think that's my big thing.

778

: 00:37:41

Trying to find some different things

that I wanna go to different places for.

779

: 00:37:46

But yeah, I think in terms of food,

that's all I can think of at the moment.

780

: 00:37:50

Probably should have come

more prepared with, you know,

781

: 00:37:52

a list of different places.

782

: 00:37:53

But yeah, I think just kind of

spending time with friends and

783

: 00:37:57

trying new places together.

784

: 00:37:59

So,

785

: 00:38:01

Christine: I love, I think that's perfect.

786

: 00:38:03

Alexandra: yeah.

787

: 00:38:04

Christine: Awesome.

788

: 00:38:07

Alexandra: So what, Christine is

on your to make list this summer.

789

: 00:38:10

I think you kind of mentioned maybe

wanting to revisit the coconut cream pie.

790

: 00:38:14

Christine: Yes.

791

: 00:38:16

pretty much everything I listed and things

I love to enjoy, I really wanna make,

792

: 00:38:20

Alexandra: Okay.

793

: 00:38:21

Christine: So love to help

my dad make some of his ribs.

794

: 00:38:25

Chef's kiss, so, so good.

795

: 00:38:27

Alexandra: Pork or beef.

796

: 00:38:29

Christine: pork, he does pork ribs,

797

: 00:38:31

Alexandra: Okay.

798

: 00:38:32

Christine: good.

799

: 00:38:33

Alexandra: Okay.

800

: 00:38:33

Christine: I don't know if

I've ever had beef ribs.

801

: 00:38:36

Alexandra: Oh girl.

802

: 00:38:38

Christine: I dunno.

803

: 00:38:40

Alexandra: Next time you come

down we'll ask, let's see if

804

: 00:38:42

mom will make some short ribs.

805

: 00:38:43

I,

806

: 00:38:44

Christine: well, short ribs I have had.

807

: 00:38:46

Alexandra: that's beef.

808

: 00:38:47

Christine: is that the, okay.

809

: 00:38:50

I

810

: 00:38:50

Alexandra: Yeah.

811

: 00:38:50

Christine: there was a

difference between like

812

: 00:38:52

Alexandra: No, I now, oh, now

I'm questioning it, but I'm

813

: 00:38:55

pretty sure short ribs are beef.

814

: 00:38:57

No.

815

: 00:38:58

Yes.

816

: 00:38:58

Yeah.

817

: 00:38:59

Christine: didn't know if, I

didn't know if there was, I

818

: 00:39:01

knew there was a short rib.

819

: 00:39:02

I know there's pork rib and I

thought there was like the beef

820

: 00:39:06

equivalent of a rib from a pork.

821

: 00:39:11

Alexandra: So clearly we need

to do some fact checking here.

822

: 00:39:14

Christine: Wait, let me

Google it really quick.

823

: 00:39:17

Ah, so there is, there, there

are two different things, but

824

: 00:39:20

they come from the same area.

825

: 00:39:22

Alexandra: okay.

826

: 00:39:23

Christine: the main difference

lies in their shape and

827

: 00:39:26

amount of meat on the bone.

828

: 00:39:27

So a short rib, they're cut from

the lower portion of the rib cage,

829

: 00:39:31

Alexandra: Okay.

830

: 00:39:32

Christine: And are known for their thicker

cut and rich flavor beef, back rib are

831

: 00:39:37

cut from the upper back of the cow.

832

: 00:39:39

Their longer curvier, less meat on top.

833

: 00:39:43

With the meat being between the bones.

834

: 00:39:44

So that's why like when I think

of ribs, I think of pork rib.

835

: 00:39:48

But I know that there

is a beef equivalent.

836

: 00:39:51

Alexandra: interesting.

837

: 00:39:52

Christine: short rib, but I don't know if

I've had the beef, like the beef back rib

838

: 00:39:57

Alexandra: So, okay.

839

: 00:39:57

Then I don't think I've ever

had beef back ribs either.

840

: 00:40:00

I've only ever had, when I have beef ribs,

it's always short ribs and I think I like,

841

: 00:40:04

'cause there's a lot more meat on it.

842

: 00:40:06

Christine: I love it.

843

: 00:40:07

And it's so tender, like

844

: 00:40:09

Alexandra: Mm-hmm.

845

: 00:40:10

Christine: So the fresh tomato moat

salad with tomatoes for my mom's garden.

846

: 00:40:15

And I now know, thanks to the place where

I work, how to make fresh mozzarella.

847

: 00:40:20

So maybe make everything fresh.

848

: 00:40:22

Fresh mozzarella, by the way.

849

: 00:40:25

Alexandra: To die for.

850

: 00:40:25

Christine: It's better

than any store bought.

851

: 00:40:28

I mean, it's I'll

852

: 00:40:31

Alexandra: Okay?

853

: 00:40:32

Christine: Would love to

make some homemade, peach

854

: 00:40:35

cobbler with ice cream maybe.

855

: 00:40:38

and then actually what I'd like to do

this weekend, if possible, kickoff summer

856

: 00:40:43

make some fresh guac with a Corona online.

857

: 00:40:46

It's always perfect.

858

: 00:40:47

said before, chef's gift delish.

859

: 00:40:51

how about you?

860

: 00:40:52

What are you looking to make?

861

: 00:40:54

Alexandra: So I think I mentioned earlier

that I would like to start making some,

862

: 00:40:57

like my own coffee syrups and stuff.

863

: 00:40:58

So maybe just start small, not

a whole lot of, any one thing.

864

: 00:41:03

Try different things.

865

: 00:41:04

I feel like I've seen so many

different things on Instagram and

866

: 00:41:07

reels that I would love to try.

867

: 00:41:08

And I feel like one of those

trends is like the smashed taco.

868

: 00:41:12

So whether it be beef or a chicken

with a Caesar salad on a taco,

869

: 00:41:17

I feel like that would be fun.

870

: 00:41:18

Fun to try see if it works.

871

: 00:41:20

Christine: Speaking of chicken

Caesar salad on a taco.

872

: 00:41:23

I recently had it on pizza

873

: 00:41:27

Alexandra: How was that?

874

: 00:41:28

Christine: It was really good.

875

: 00:41:30

I had a great time.

876

: 00:41:32

Alexandra: I will say I kind of

miss that about Jersey, but just the

877

: 00:41:35

variety of to that you put on pizza.

878

: 00:41:39

Pizza down here, they don't

seem to do a whole lot of that.

879

: 00:41:41

And I'm like, you know what, you

know, it was strange when I first

880

: 00:41:45

moved to Jersey that I was like,

what are you all doing to pizza?

881

: 00:41:49

Christine: But

882

: 00:41:49

Alexandra: you know.

883

: 00:41:50

Christine: so I don't know if I

mentioned, my boss is actually originally

884

: 00:41:53

from Italy and a lot of the shit

we put on pizza here isn't a thing.

885

: 00:41:59

But in Italy they do have a pizza

called Americana or Americano.

886

: 00:42:05

Alexandra: Uhhuh.

887

: 00:42:06

Christine: pizza Americano.

888

: 00:42:08

Yeah.

889

: 00:42:08

Do you have a guess what they put

on pizza for our American pizza?

890

: 00:42:13

Alexandra: Am I gonna be ashamed or I,

891

: 00:42:16

Christine: be like, that's not a thing.

892

: 00:42:17

We would never, I, as far as I

know, I've never seen a pizza here

893

: 00:42:20

in America with those toppings.

894

: 00:42:21

Alexandra: I'm a little afraid

895

: 00:42:23

Christine: when do you thinker,

American cuisine, what first comes to

896

: 00:42:26

Alexandra: like I guess hot dogs.

897

: 00:42:29

No, no, no, no, No.

898

: 00:42:32

Christine: and french fries on a pizza

and they call that American pizza.

899

: 00:42:36

Alexandra: Whoa.

900

: 00:42:36

I'm so ashamed.

901

: 00:42:36

Christine: can buy that.

902

: 00:42:38

But as far as I know, I have never

903

: 00:42:40

Alexandra: I've never seen that.

904

: 00:42:42

I've seen french fries on a pizza.

905

: 00:42:44

Christine: Yes.

906

: 00:42:44

Or I've seen pasta.

907

: 00:42:46

I've

908

: 00:42:46

Alexandra: Yep.

909

: 00:42:48

Christine: So that's just like

something now you all know too.

910

: 00:42:50

Thanks joining me in this awful discovery.

911

: 00:42:55

Alexandra: I am sorry.

912

: 00:42:56

I think I need to, I'm sitting down.

913

: 00:42:58

I was like, I think I

need to be on the floor.

914

: 00:42:59

Oh my gosh.

915

: 00:43:01

Ooh, okay.

916

: 00:43:02

Christine: You're welcome.

917

: 00:43:03

Alexandra: I don't think I was

saying thank you there, my friend.

918

: 00:43:05

Okay.

919

: 00:43:07

Christine: You didn't have to.

920

: 00:43:08

Alexandra: Yeah.

921

: 00:43:09

All right.

922

: 00:43:09

Now that I'm gonna move on from that.

923

: 00:43:11

'cause that's a that's weird me out.

924

: 00:43:13

Christine: Moving on.

925

: 00:43:14

Alexandra: so I don't know about

you, Christine, but did you

926

: 00:43:16

ever like Girl Scout cookies?

927

: 00:43:18

So I, I saw.

928

: 00:43:19

Christine: a bunch in my day.

929

: 00:43:21

Alexandra: I saw a recipe for healthy fin

mins that I think I would like to try as

930

: 00:43:25

maybe less ingredients, less preservatives

and stuff, but still kind of get that

931

: 00:43:29

chocolatey minty feel and a taste.

932

: 00:43:31

There is a lemon earl gray

trace leche cake that I saw on

933

: 00:43:35

Instagram that I'd like to try.

934

: 00:43:36

And you kind of make it in a one of

those, I don't know what to call this like

935

: 00:43:41

cylindrical short, like margarita glasses.

936

: 00:43:45

So I think that would be really fun.

937

: 00:43:47

Different cookie recipes?

938

: 00:43:48

Christine: coop?

939

: 00:43:49

Like a coop.

940

: 00:43:51

Alexandra: No.

941

: 00:43:52

Christine: Okay.

942

: 00:43:53

Alexandra: know.

943

: 00:43:53

I'd have to show you the picture of it.

944

: 00:43:55

But it doesn't have a rounded bottom.

945

: 00:43:57

It's almost like a flat, if you just

took a cylinder and chopped part of

946

: 00:44:00

it off and then stuck a step on it.

947

: 00:44:02

Christine: Yeah.

948

: 00:44:02

I think I've seen those two and

I, they may call them or like

949

: 00:44:08

another version of Cooper or Mar

Margarita Glass or something.

950

: 00:44:11

Alexandra: Something.

951

: 00:44:11

So yes,

952

: 00:44:12

Christine: cool.

953

: 00:44:13

Alexandra: they are pretty.

954

: 00:44:13

And so I think I wanna

make a lot of desserts.

955

: 00:44:15

Do I want to eat all of them?

956

: 00:44:16

No.

957

: 00:44:17

So I need to bring them into work and

put them on the different floors of the

958

: 00:44:21

office building and spread out the love.

959

: 00:44:23

I've saw like a recipe for a

like a black sesame cookie.

960

: 00:44:27

So just,

961

: 00:44:28

Christine: sesame.

962

: 00:44:28

Alexandra: I think I wanna

963

: 00:44:29

Christine: you make that

when I come to visit?

964

: 00:44:31

Alexandra: Sure.

965

: 00:44:32

Let me know when you're coming and

we'll, I'll try a batch before you

966

: 00:44:34

get here and then have it made.

967

: 00:44:36

So, and part of why I wanna do this is

because I was given some really dark

968

: 00:44:42

chocolate and couldn't finish it at home.

969

: 00:44:45

And so I was like, lemme

bring this into work.

970

: 00:44:47

And everyone, at the

time, everyone hated it.

971

: 00:44:51

And they were like, who brought in this?

972

: 00:44:54

This is terrible.

973

: 00:44:56

Everyone was taking a bite and

basically spitting it back out.

974

: 00:44:59

And I felt so bad, but I was like,

also, I'm like, I couldn't eat it

975

: 00:45:01

and I didn't wanna throw it out.

976

: 00:45:03

So I was like, maybe other

people will enjoy it.

977

: 00:45:05

So I feel like I need to redeem

myself from that with maybe some

978

: 00:45:08

better sweets that I bring in.

979

: 00:45:09

But later I brought in again, had gotten

a lot of chocolate from something, and

980

: 00:45:13

it was just too much to have at home.

981

: 00:45:15

So I brought in a bag.

982

: 00:45:16

They were like the lint truffles.

983

: 00:45:17

Everyone, most people loved

them except for one person.

984

: 00:45:20

She's who brought these in?

985

: 00:45:21

I was like, not again.

986

: 00:45:24

I was like, I did, I had to make

up for the previous chocolate.

987

: 00:45:27

She's I liked the other chocolate.

988

: 00:45:28

I was so mad when they were gone

and she's I, this is too sweet.

989

: 00:45:31

I was like, I'm so sorry.

990

: 00:45:34

I'm so sorry.

991

: 00:45:35

Christine: You're the only one bid.

992

: 00:45:36

Alexandra: Yeah.

993

: 00:45:36

I was

994

: 00:45:37

Christine: You're

995

: 00:45:37

Alexandra: like, you know, I was like,

you should have taken it all then.

996

: 00:45:40

But.

997

: 00:45:41

Christine: well now you

know what to get her for the

998

: 00:45:43

Alexandra: I know, right.

999

: 00:45:44

And just get her the extra dark.

: 1000

00:45:45,420 --> 00:45:47,400

I mean, it was very dark chocolate.

: 1001

00:45:47,400 --> 00:45:49,500

And I enjoy dark chocolate, but this was,

: 1002

00:45:50,385 --> 00:45:51,855

Christine: Like 98% chocolate

: 1003

00:45:52,110 --> 00:45:52,920

Like whatever.

: 1004

00:45:53,020 --> 00:45:53,410

Yeah.

: 1005

00:45:53,725 --> 00:45:54,325

Alexandra: yeah.

: 1006

00:45:54,725 --> 00:45:57,825

It was bitter and very little

taste to me, very little taste.

: 1007

00:45:57,825 --> 00:45:58,275

So it was like,

: 1008

00:45:58,325 --> 00:45:58,715

Christine: yeah.

: 1009

00:45:58,835 --> 00:46:00,005

I like dark chocolate too.

: 1010

00:46:00,005 --> 00:46:02,495

But this extra super darks.

: 1011

00:46:03,005 --> 00:46:08,295

No, we sell some of those bars

at work and I'm like could never.

: 1012

00:46:08,410 --> 00:46:09,670

Alexandra: I'm like, they're

definitely not something.

: 1013

00:46:09,670 --> 00:46:10,270

I'm like, you know what?

: 1014

00:46:10,270 --> 00:46:11,050

Let me eat this.

: 1015

00:46:11,050 --> 00:46:15,450

This is cut this up, chop it up

to go into a recipe of something.

: 1016

00:46:16,605 --> 00:46:17,145

Christine: Sure.

: 1017

00:46:17,145 --> 00:46:17,385

Yeah.

: 1018

00:46:17,390 --> 00:46:17,670

Figure out.

: 1019

00:46:18,555 --> 00:46:19,605

Oh, there goes my dad.

: 1020

00:46:19,740 --> 00:46:22,610

Alexandra: I think I'd also

like to try and make mole like

: 1021

00:46:22,700 --> 00:46:24,350

chicken with mole this summer.

: 1022

00:46:24,455 --> 00:46:26,525

Christine: Oh, yeah.

: 1023

00:46:26,840 --> 00:46:27,080

Alexandra: So.

: 1024

00:46:27,875 --> 00:46:29,945

Christine: That's something I'd

like to get into more is learning

: 1025

00:46:29,945 --> 00:46:32,365

how to make some authentic

: 1026

00:46:33,590 --> 00:46:39,220

I work with several women from some are

from Columbia, some are from Costa Rica.

: 1027

00:46:39,220 --> 00:46:43,000

So like there's a lot for

me to learn from them.

: 1028

00:46:43,197 --> 00:46:43,767

so yeah,

: 1029

00:46:43,891 --> 00:46:45,211

Alexandra: I miss homemade tamales.

: 1030

00:46:45,631 --> 00:46:49,141

They were so good being in Southern

California, like there was a lot

: 1031

00:46:49,141 --> 00:46:52,221

of really authentic Mexican food

and and a lot of that wasn't.

: 1032

00:46:53,151 --> 00:46:58,422

So, my mom had a coworker who her

whole family was like involved in,

: 1033

00:46:58,776 --> 00:47:01,266

I dunno how to describe,

so, you know, quinceaneras,

: 1034

00:47:01,696 --> 00:47:02,086

Christine: Oh yeah.

: 1035

00:47:02,236 --> 00:47:02,806

Alexandra: so

: 1036

00:47:02,926 --> 00:47:05,856

Christine: the sweet, like

sweet 16, but for 15, turning

: 1037

00:47:05,946 --> 00:47:11,126

Alexandra: and it's a big thing and one

of her coworkers, had that their family

: 1038

00:47:11,126 --> 00:47:16,159

was basically involved in different

parts of helping set up that event.

: 1039

00:47:16,159 --> 00:47:20,809

So her brother was like a makeup

artist and helped style the girls.

: 1040

00:47:21,029 --> 00:47:27,159

And then her dad was a chef or would

do a lot of the catering, so making the

: 1041

00:47:27,159 --> 00:47:28,599

food and her mom would make the cake.

: 1042

00:47:28,629 --> 00:47:32,349

She and her mom would make the cakes and

she would help set up venues and stuff.

: 1043

00:47:32,589 --> 00:47:35,079

So they kind of were all involved

in this family business of

: 1044

00:47:35,189 --> 00:47:36,839

organizing different quinceaneras.

: 1045

00:47:37,199 --> 00:47:41,579

And she had brought in some food for

my mom, and mom brought it home and

: 1046

00:47:41,579 --> 00:47:43,679

it was, ugh, such really good food.

: 1047

00:47:43,679 --> 00:47:47,699

And I think her dad was more from

like a coastal town in Mexico.

: 1048

00:47:47,909 --> 00:47:48,449

I don't remember.

: 1049

00:47:48,449 --> 00:47:51,269

But it was so fresh, it was so delicious.

: 1050

00:47:51,339 --> 00:47:52,689

And now I really want chicken tanga.

: 1051

00:47:54,439 --> 00:47:57,629

But yeah, it was, I do miss

Southern California now that sense.

: 1052

00:47:57,719 --> 00:47:58,619

It was good Mexican food.

: 1053

00:47:58,756 --> 00:47:58,882

Yeah.

: 1054

00:47:58,882 --> 00:48:02,932

So I feel like this summer is like just

an experimental time, just kind of trying

: 1055

00:48:02,932 --> 00:48:07,792

different things and seeing what works

and what might be some recipe fails.

: 1056

00:48:09,337 --> 00:48:09,637

Christine: Fair.

: 1057

00:48:10,117 --> 00:48:11,777

Yeah that's the beauty of it though.

: 1058

00:48:11,777 --> 00:48:15,347

You know, trying new things, figuring

out what works and what doesn't and,

: 1059

00:48:15,977 --> 00:48:17,417

but most importantly, having fun.

: 1060

00:48:17,612 --> 00:48:17,902

Yeah.

: 1061

00:48:18,002 --> 00:48:21,502

Alexandra: Like last night I was making

panier tika masala, and I'm cooking

: 1062

00:48:21,502 --> 00:48:22,792

and I'm like, this doesn't look right.

: 1063

00:48:22,792 --> 00:48:24,142

Why doesn't this look right?

: 1064

00:48:24,262 --> 00:48:25,672

It doesn't, it's not hasting.

: 1065

00:48:25,672 --> 00:48:25,972

Right.

: 1066

00:48:26,182 --> 00:48:27,712

Only to realize I forgot the tomato waste.

: 1067

00:48:28,642 --> 00:48:29,842

And I was like, oh, let me add that.

: 1068

00:48:30,892 --> 00:48:34,162

At least it was not far enough

that I had, I couldn't add it.

: 1069

00:48:34,212 --> 00:48:34,482

But

: 1070

00:48:34,647 --> 00:48:35,337

Christine: of no return.

: 1071

00:48:35,532 --> 00:48:35,892

Alexandra: yeah.

: 1072

00:48:35,892 --> 00:48:38,472

But I was like, this

really doesn't look right.

: 1073

00:48:40,392 --> 00:48:41,142

Christine: Whoopsies.

: 1074

00:48:41,442 --> 00:48:41,712

Alexandra: Oops.

: 1075

00:48:42,552 --> 00:48:43,487

Christine: I do love pane.

: 1076

00:48:43,752 --> 00:48:46,992

I do love paneer and I

love Tiki masala, so yum.

: 1077

00:48:47,472 --> 00:48:48,702

Alexandra: Well, next thing

we're done, I'll make it.

: 1078

00:48:49,482 --> 00:48:53,002

Christine: yeah, would love to learn

how to make it at home, because

: 1079

00:48:53,002 --> 00:48:58,712

typically, like we usually order in

Indian food, but give a go at making it.

: 1080

00:48:58,892 --> 00:49:00,062

Alexandra: Do you like leftovers?

: 1081

00:49:00,062 --> 00:49:01,232

Are you a leftover person?

: 1082

00:49:01,421 --> 00:49:02,741

Christine: I feel like

we've talked about this.

: 1083

00:49:03,371 --> 00:49:04,391

Alexandra: I feel like your answer is no.

: 1084

00:49:05,091 --> 00:49:06,711

Christine: I'm not the

biggest leftover person.

: 1085

00:49:06,711 --> 00:49:08,211

It depends on what it is

: 1086

00:49:08,236 --> 00:49:08,526

Alexandra: Okay.

: 1087

00:49:09,141 --> 00:49:10,791

Christine: how much leftovers there are.

: 1088

00:49:11,751 --> 00:49:15,321

Like, I love leftover

Chinese food, leftover

: 1089

00:49:15,496 --> 00:49:15,616

Alexandra: Hmm.

: 1090

00:49:15,621 --> 00:49:21,766

Christine: food, not really into

leftover, I don't know, grilled chicken

: 1091

00:49:22,186 --> 00:49:22,486

Alexandra: Fair?

: 1092

00:49:22,636 --> 00:49:22,876

Yeah,

: 1093

00:49:23,686 --> 00:49:24,316

Christine: there's certain

: 1094

00:49:24,601 --> 00:49:24,721

Alexandra: I,

: 1095

00:49:25,546 --> 00:49:27,976

Christine: and then usually I

don't eat it immediately the

: 1096

00:49:27,976 --> 00:49:29,536

next day or for the next meal.

: 1097

00:49:29,566 --> 00:49:30,046

I like to

: 1098

00:49:30,096 --> 00:49:33,696

Alexandra: well then in that case, I feel

like the Indian, what I make makes a lot.

: 1099

00:49:33,696 --> 00:49:37,386

So you could probably free some of it and

then pull it out for another meal later.

: 1100

00:49:37,806 --> 00:49:38,736

Christine: that's a good idea.

: 1101

00:49:38,976 --> 00:49:43,656

Yeah, I, and I love, I feel like

it's not something I would make

: 1102

00:49:43,746 --> 00:49:46,265

often, So I wouldn't mind leftovers.

: 1103

00:49:46,295 --> 00:49:48,005

I've tried the meal prep thing.

: 1104

00:49:50,716 --> 00:49:53,271

It's not I need more variety in my life.

: 1105

00:49:53,481 --> 00:49:57,811

But now that I'm going to be living

with someone, won't feel as mad.

: 1106

00:49:57,881 --> 00:49:59,921

Someone, the food will get

eaten one way or another.

: 1107

00:49:59,951 --> 00:50:01,721

So that's good.

: 1108

00:50:02,426 --> 00:50:03,581

Alexandra: Yeah, absolutely.

: 1109

00:50:04,181 --> 00:50:08,491

Christine: I am excited to be cooking more

and baking more now that I will be living

: 1110

00:50:08,491 --> 00:50:11,821

with somebody because cooking for one,

I think I've talked about this before.

: 1111

00:50:12,751 --> 00:50:13,111

Is hard.

: 1112

00:50:13,261 --> 00:50:16,081

And not being a leftover

person makes it even more

: 1113

00:50:16,276 --> 00:50:16,636

Alexandra: Yeah,

: 1114

00:50:16,681 --> 00:50:19,621

Christine: and food waste

makes me cry and die inside.

: 1115

00:50:19,621 --> 00:50:22,081

So, I never wanna be wasteful.

: 1116

00:50:22,141 --> 00:50:22,471

So

: 1117

00:50:23,321 --> 00:50:23,681

Alexandra: absolutely.

: 1118

00:50:23,761 --> 00:50:27,271

Christine: that leads to girl dinner.

: 1119

00:50:27,511 --> 00:50:32,761

So like it's really, you know, a

hodgepodge of stuff or ordering

: 1120

00:50:32,761 --> 00:50:38,461

in or going out or back to my

parents and letting them feed me.

: 1121

00:50:40,291 --> 00:50:41,791

So, which

: 1122

00:50:41,851 --> 00:50:42,241

Alexandra: nice.

: 1123

00:50:42,451 --> 00:50:42,811

Christine: for me.

: 1124

00:50:42,841 --> 00:50:44,736

And them, I'm pretty sure they like

: 1125

00:50:44,751 --> 00:50:47,031

Alexandra: I get to see you

and, you know, chat with you.

: 1126

00:50:47,031 --> 00:50:47,901

So that's always lovely.

: 1127

00:50:48,776 --> 00:50:49,266

Christine: exactly.

: 1128

00:50:49,513 --> 00:50:51,463

Alexandra: I feel like

that, that covers food.

: 1129

00:50:51,618 --> 00:50:52,758

Christine: that covers food.

: 1130

00:50:52,808 --> 00:50:57,428

I don't think there's anything else

left for us to talk about in that realm.

: 1131

00:50:57,488 --> 00:51:02,138

So in that case, let's close out

this fun summertime convo with

: 1132

00:51:02,558 --> 00:51:04,448

what do we wanna prioritize this

: 1133

00:51:04,883 --> 00:51:06,743

Alexandra, what are you

hoping to prioritize?

: 1134

00:51:06,743 --> 00:51:07,193

I think

: 1135

00:51:07,553 --> 00:51:08,273

Alexandra: I definitely,

: 1136

00:51:08,388 --> 00:51:08,908

Christine: it a little bit.

: 1137

00:51:09,143 --> 00:51:13,613

Alexandra: yeah, definitely talked

about it, but really good food.

: 1138

00:51:13,943 --> 00:51:17,153

Nutritious food for my body,

but also trying new recipes and

: 1139

00:51:17,153 --> 00:51:19,133

things and then moving my body.

: 1140

00:51:19,223 --> 00:51:22,643

I would love to actually develop

a yoga practice again this summer.

: 1141

00:51:23,003 --> 00:51:25,823

As a, as an alternate way to move my body.

: 1142

00:51:25,853 --> 00:51:30,263

'cause I know I've mentioned before, I

have a Peloton and I love, love cycling.

: 1143

00:51:30,653 --> 00:51:33,643

Kind of getting into their strength

content, which is new for me and

: 1144

00:51:33,643 --> 00:51:35,023

it's really good for my body.

: 1145

00:51:35,133 --> 00:51:39,243

So kind of enjoying moving

my body in different ways.

: 1146

00:51:39,513 --> 00:51:44,733

I even tried attempting, and

I say this loosely jogging,

: 1147

00:51:44,913 --> 00:51:46,713

running this past week at work.

: 1148

00:51:47,023 --> 00:51:50,413

Some of my coworkers and I, we

try to walk 30 minutes of our

: 1149

00:51:50,413 --> 00:51:52,063

lunch every day when we can.

: 1150

00:51:52,093 --> 00:51:53,503

But one person couldn't go.

: 1151

00:51:53,503 --> 00:51:55,943

And I wanted to attempt

to jog attempt running.

: 1152

00:51:56,073 --> 00:51:57,693

And let's be honest,

it was mostly jogging.

: 1153

00:51:58,083 --> 00:52:02,553

And later that day, my, my legs were

like, I'm sorry, what are we doing?

: 1154

00:52:02,823 --> 00:52:03,993

We don't move this way.

: 1155

00:52:04,893 --> 00:52:05,493

What have you done?

: 1156

00:52:05,608 --> 00:52:05,828

Christine: Aw.

: 1157

00:52:05,983 --> 00:52:08,863

Alexandra: So I don't think I'll ever

be a runner, but that's something

: 1158

00:52:08,863 --> 00:52:11,503

I'd like to throw in for variety.

: 1159

00:52:11,953 --> 00:52:14,503

And I, I really enjoy moving my body.

: 1160

00:52:14,503 --> 00:52:19,183

I enjoy exercising, so I wanna find

a way to keep that fun and light.

: 1161

00:52:20,083 --> 00:52:23,893

I think a big thing for me is still

carrying over when from our cozy

: 1162

00:52:23,893 --> 00:52:25,723

ketchup, like the urge to purge.

: 1163

00:52:26,023 --> 00:52:29,773

It's been a, not a whole lot of purging

right, lately, but I really wanna

: 1164

00:52:29,773 --> 00:52:33,673

get through my closet and like old

products that I just haven't used.

: 1165

00:52:33,673 --> 00:52:34,663

I'm not using

: 1166

00:52:35,223 --> 00:52:36,633

You mentioned about food waste.

: 1167

00:52:36,633 --> 00:52:41,313

Like sometimes I hate wasting products

that I've spent money on, but at, if I'm

: 1168

00:52:41,313 --> 00:52:44,493

not using it and it's years old, I think

I just need to at some point let it go.

: 1169

00:52:44,613 --> 00:52:48,933

So I think this is a big summer

of letting go and kind of

: 1170

00:52:49,083 --> 00:52:50,733

figuring out how to be present.

: 1171

00:52:51,073 --> 00:52:55,723

I think I spent a lot of time thinking

about the past and concerned and

: 1172

00:52:55,773 --> 00:52:59,333

worrying about the future, that trying

to be present is a goal this summer

: 1173

00:52:59,393 --> 00:53:00,893

and something I want to prioritize.

: 1174

00:53:01,523 --> 00:53:04,423

But yeah, I think that's mostly,

those are the big things this summer.

: 1175

00:53:04,423 --> 00:53:05,233

What about you, Christine?

: 1176

00:53:05,233 --> 00:53:07,303

What are your priorities this summer?

: 1177

00:53:07,842 --> 00:53:11,630

Christine: Well, I think a lot

of with what you were sharing I,

: 1178

00:53:11,779 --> 00:53:17,061

you know, I second and definitely

wanna focus on, self self-care.

: 1179

00:53:17,121 --> 00:53:20,451

I think it's super important and I

think that there's ways you can do it.

: 1180

00:53:20,601 --> 00:53:23,691

At home and make it a

part of your daily ritual.

: 1181

00:53:24,211 --> 00:53:29,911

Love a at home spa night, you know,

taking care of soul and your body.

: 1182

00:53:30,191 --> 00:53:33,851

Getting outside when it's

not too hot later in the day.

: 1183

00:53:34,241 --> 00:53:36,611

Walking just moving your body.

: 1184

00:53:37,601 --> 00:53:40,631

Would love to get in a lot

of swimming when I can.

: 1185

00:53:40,681 --> 00:53:43,741

Whether that's at a pool or at

the beach, I don't necessarily,

: 1186

00:53:44,011 --> 00:53:45,331

probably more so at the beach.

: 1187

00:53:45,331 --> 00:53:47,251

I don't necessarily have a

pool I can go to right now.

: 1188

00:53:48,661 --> 00:53:49,441

What else?

: 1189

00:53:49,531 --> 00:53:57,571

And I too will be needing to work

on purging a bit because with this

: 1190

00:53:57,571 --> 00:54:01,531

move, it's a perfect opportunity

for me to go through everything.

: 1191

00:54:01,711 --> 00:54:06,421

Get rid of things that I just don't

need anymore or have expired when

: 1192

00:54:06,421 --> 00:54:11,641

it comes to products or clothes

that you don't wear or, you know.

: 1193

00:54:12,046 --> 00:54:14,296

Furniture you don't need,

whatever the case may be.

: 1194

00:54:14,446 --> 00:54:20,266

So that will be on my summer, probably

what I'll be doing most of June.

: 1195

00:54:20,746 --> 00:54:21,196

So

: 1196

00:54:21,661 --> 00:54:21,991

Alexandra: Yeah.

: 1197

00:54:22,526 --> 00:54:23,456

Christine: That's kind of the plan.

: 1198

00:54:24,041 --> 00:54:27,031

Alexandra: Any other last

things about Summer that you're

: 1199

00:54:27,031 --> 00:54:29,471

hoping to do, accomplish fit in?

: 1200

00:54:29,948 --> 00:54:34,094

Christine: well, as I just shared,

like the big priority will be the move.

: 1201

00:54:34,524 --> 00:54:39,144

And then beyond that, prioritizing.

: 1202

00:54:40,074 --> 00:54:42,294

mental and physical wellness.

: 1203

00:54:42,364 --> 00:54:46,474

Reading and learning something

new is always something I want

: 1204

00:54:46,474 --> 00:54:52,024

to, you know, prioritize and bring

more into my day-to-day practices.

: 1205

00:54:52,024 --> 00:54:54,664

You know, keeping your mind

sharp as well as your body.

: 1206

00:54:55,144 --> 00:55:00,929

And then I'd still really like to try

and plan a road trip early, early fall

: 1207

00:55:01,469 --> 00:55:03,809

up maybe up the coast up to Maine.

: 1208

00:55:03,809 --> 00:55:04,499

I've never been to

: 1209

00:55:04,899 --> 00:55:09,079

And I was talking, I was with my

mom and my aunt earlier this past

: 1210

00:55:09,079 --> 00:55:13,069

week and we were chitchatting and I

was sharing some exciting changes.

: 1211

00:55:13,099 --> 00:55:17,209

The fact that I'm most likely moving

and that the travel plans have

: 1212

00:55:17,209 --> 00:55:22,159

been shifting around and that I'm

thinking about doing road trip up

: 1213

00:55:22,159 --> 00:55:23,419

to Maine 'cause I've never been.

: 1214

00:55:23,419 --> 00:55:27,859

And she shared that grand, my

grandmother Gram, I call her Gram,

: 1215

00:55:27,979 --> 00:55:30,139

she kept all of her old itineraries.

: 1216

00:55:30,199 --> 00:55:35,179

So I thought that could be kind of

like a cool, Cool trip that I can sort

: 1217

00:55:35,179 --> 00:55:40,119

of do is and emulate what I do after

what she's done and go and experience

: 1218

00:55:40,119 --> 00:55:41,769

those places that she always loved.

: 1219

00:55:42,219 --> 00:55:44,019

So that's what I'm thinking about doing.

: 1220

00:55:44,019 --> 00:55:46,689

I gotta figure out how to work

that in to everything else

: 1221

00:55:46,689 --> 00:55:47,829

that'll be going on this summer.

: 1222

00:55:47,829 --> 00:55:48,099

But

: 1223

00:55:48,939 --> 00:55:49,509

Alexandra: Nice.

: 1224

00:55:49,509 --> 00:55:50,949

Christine: what I,

that's what I'm thinking.

: 1225

00:55:51,429 --> 00:55:51,969

Alexandra: Very cool.

: 1226

00:55:52,399 --> 00:55:53,569

Christine: What other things you got going

: 1227

00:55:53,869 --> 00:55:56,089

Alexandra: I think other than what

we've already mentioned, I think

: 1228

00:55:56,089 --> 00:55:58,939

there's a couple like home improvement

projects that I'd like to get done.

: 1229

00:55:58,939 --> 00:56:01,639

So if you can see the bookshelf

next to me that Christine very

: 1230

00:56:01,969 --> 00:56:06,219

kindly helped me style I will have

to take down and put into boxes.

: 1231

00:56:06,694 --> 00:56:07,324

I did.

: 1232

00:56:07,324 --> 00:56:08,764

They are somewhere on my phone.

: 1233

00:56:08,764 --> 00:56:11,944

I might have to go back and delete

them and then take new pictures closer.

: 1234

00:56:12,394 --> 00:56:13,654

Not that I don't want the bookshelf.

: 1235

00:56:13,654 --> 00:56:17,614

I Christinas I am actually

almost already busting out of

: 1236

00:56:17,614 --> 00:56:18,724

the seams at this bookshelf.

: 1237

00:56:19,294 --> 00:56:24,034

But it currently has a back on it and

so like rerecord and I'm filming in my

: 1238

00:56:24,034 --> 00:56:27,064

room and it's, I've got like my bed on

the other side of the bookshelf and then

: 1239

00:56:27,114 --> 00:56:29,854

this officey other space in my bedroom.

: 1240

00:56:30,154 --> 00:56:32,854

And I'd really like to take the

back of the bookshelf so that more

: 1241

00:56:32,854 --> 00:56:34,144

natural light can come through.

: 1242

00:56:34,924 --> 00:56:38,884

And theoretically maybe I can have

more of the bookshelf 'cause I could

: 1243

00:56:38,884 --> 00:56:40,474

then have books on either side.

: 1244

00:56:41,524 --> 00:56:42,694

So that's a big one.

: 1245

00:56:42,804 --> 00:56:45,354

So mostly I wanna take off the

back and lift it up a little bit.

: 1246

00:56:45,454 --> 00:56:49,764

And then, you know, painting my room

'cause I'm not totally loving the cinnamon

: 1247

00:56:49,764 --> 00:56:53,574

brown with the darker army EU forest.

: 1248

00:56:53,634 --> 00:56:55,624

Not quite forest green going on here.

: 1249

00:56:55,624 --> 00:56:57,634

So just some home improvement.

: 1250

00:56:57,634 --> 00:56:58,474

Christine: are you thinking?

: 1251

00:56:58,789 --> 00:57:00,319

Alexandra: I don't know if anyone

can see it, but that kinda like

: 1252

00:57:00,319 --> 00:57:04,199

light gray of the loft area is

kind of what I would love to do.

: 1253

00:57:04,199 --> 00:57:10,649

And then maybe an accent color of a

more true forest green or some sort

: 1254

00:57:10,649 --> 00:57:15,229

of maybe like a textured wallpaper

that is, has like a black background

: 1255

00:57:15,229 --> 00:57:17,059

with some really vivid colors on it.

: 1256

00:57:17,369 --> 00:57:18,779

Only on one wall or something.

: 1257

00:57:18,779 --> 00:57:20,059

So I think that might be pretty.

: 1258

00:57:20,059 --> 00:57:23,019

And then I could do like accents

of like forest really, apparently

: 1259

00:57:23,019 --> 00:57:24,219

I'm into forest green right now.

: 1260

00:57:25,019 --> 00:57:29,029

So, or those are some of the big projects

that I'd like to hopefully accomplish

: 1261

00:57:29,029 --> 00:57:31,249

this summer in amidst everything else.

: 1262

00:57:32,064 --> 00:57:32,874

Christine: Of course.

: 1263

00:57:33,024 --> 00:57:33,739

That sounds great.

: 1264

00:57:33,909 --> 00:57:34,479

Alexandra: Yeah.

: 1265

00:57:34,699 --> 00:57:38,684

Christine: have to do like a little

update maybe sometime in September or

: 1266

00:57:39,059 --> 00:57:41,064

Was what did we get up to this summer?

: 1267

00:57:41,544 --> 00:57:44,124

Alexandra: It will be a great,

you know, mental thing of okay, I

: 1268

00:57:44,124 --> 00:57:48,564

have to have it done by then, you

know, be like, okay, stick to it.

: 1269

00:57:48,564 --> 00:57:49,044

Get it done.

: 1270

00:57:49,404 --> 00:57:49,644

So

: 1271

00:57:49,944 --> 00:57:50,334

Christine: Yeah.

: 1272

00:57:50,739 --> 00:57:51,369

Awesome.

: 1273

00:57:51,609 --> 00:57:52,509

Alright, cool.

: 1274

00:57:52,719 --> 00:57:53,109

Love it.

: 1275

00:57:53,529 --> 00:57:54,999

Well, I'm ready for summer to start now.

: 1276

00:57:55,059 --> 00:57:55,509

Let's go.

: 1277

00:57:56,304 --> 00:57:57,264

Alexandra: we're already in summer.

: 1278

00:57:57,828 --> 00:58:00,468

All right everyone, and that brings

us to the end of our love letter.

: 1279

00:58:00,468 --> 00:58:04,908

Just summer, a season that's never just

about the sunshine, but about the memories

: 1280

00:58:04,908 --> 00:58:08,628

we make, the simple joys we savor, and

the intentions we set for ourselves.

: 1281

00:58:08,958 --> 00:58:12,078

Whether it's a favorite place, a

favorite flavor, or a quiet moment

: 1282

00:58:12,078 --> 00:58:13,278

you're claiming just for you.

: 1283

00:58:13,368 --> 00:58:16,818

We hope this inspires you to lean fully

into what lights you up this season.

: 1284

00:58:17,388 --> 00:58:21,348

Next week, we'll be taking an even deeper

journey into the work of healing inherited

: 1285

00:58:21,348 --> 00:58:25,818

wounds and how choosing to heal can open

doors we didn't even realize were closed.

: 1286

00:58:26,148 --> 00:58:29,598

It's a conversation about reclaiming

your story, and we can't wait

: 1287

00:58:29,598 --> 00:58:30,618

to walk through it with you.

: 1288

00:58:31,458 --> 00:58:35,418

Until then, may your days be a little

slower, your heart, a little lighter, and

: 1289

00:58:35,418 --> 00:58:37,338

your summer, everything you need it to be.

: 1290

00:58:37,548 --> 00:58:38,448

See you next week.