Speaker 1: Made destans oh face sunny sound. I had a visione nice.
Speaker 2: So Nat, what's up everybody?
Speaker 1: So I'm a little squeaky today. I woke up with
a I have at I've been fighting a cold, but
this morning it's been pretty bad, coughing and squeaky voice.
Speaker 2: Sadie has been sick too, And when I ask her
about it, though, I'm like, you don't sound good, and
then she'll be like, oh no, this is the very
tail end. I've had it for a week. And then
I'm like, have you though I didn't notice it before.
She's like, yeah, I just didn't say anything.
Speaker 1: Good trooper, what a trooper? I guess that's nice. Yeah,
I went. You know, I've had relatives staying with me.
They've come and gone, Oh are they gone? They're still here? Well,
and he's still with me.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 1: Really, she's enjoying her time off mm hmm.
Speaker 2: And I'm enjoying the at like a month at this point.
Speaker 1: Yeah almost stop. Yeah, but she's coming gone like she's
you know, with her her sisters, her sisters. I'll come
over and visit, then she'll leave like whatever. But like
the kitty cat I'm so attached to now, I need
to get a cat. I need a cat.
Speaker 2: Just keep that one.
Speaker 1: I would love to keep that one. He doesn't even
have a name anymore. Like his name is kitty Kitty
nut job, because he just he just like bolts around
the room or he'll like dive bond me on top
of you and head butt you while you're watching TV.
And it's the cutest thing. And his paws are like nothing,
They're like little babie paws with like no nails.
Speaker 2: So is he Is he all better?
Speaker 1: He's getting better? Yeah, Yeah, he's better. Yeah, he's better.
Speaker 2: You just buy him off of Wendy, tell her to
get her own.
Speaker 1: Cat's no way she's gonna give me that cat.
Speaker 2: Get your own cat.
Speaker 1: I know I'm gonna go to Florida. I'm gonna go
to the Pasadena, Florida. Yeah, no, she found her cat.
I'll go to the Pasadena h what is it called
Neptunes Pasadena Humane Society and get myself a kiddy cat.
I have to. And Phil's gonna be so sad. This
cat plays catch with like you can throw the tinfoil
ball across the room, the cat runs, gets it and
comes back. I've never seen a cat play catch like
that it's crazy. And then him and Phil are just
so cute together, like they get along, they chase each
other around the room. The cat's not afraid of Phil
fills very gentle with the cat, really so sweet. Yeah,
because Phill's one hundred pounds and that, yeah, that probably
is like I don't know, twenty pounds at most.
Speaker 2: It's twenty pounds.
Speaker 1: I don't think so No, I don't know. I've gotta
be less than twenty bounds. Probably. It's so light and
Phil's Yeah, but he's so gentle with him. It's so cute.
It's really cute. And then when Phil goes outside with
me and he's outside, the cat can't go outside. The
cat sits by the window and looks at Phil, and
Phil sits at the window and looks at the cat.
Speaker 2: It's so cute.
Speaker 1: It's so freaking cute.
Speaker 2: I mean, this really does go back to my age
old question that I don't think has ever been quite
answered for me. Yeah, and that is, how do you
know you have an outdoor cat? Like so many people have? Oh,
that's an outdoor cat, like once you let it out, Like,
how do you know? I can't indoor cats? There's no
way in hell. Can I have an out because there's coyotes.
Speaker 1: Yeah, there's been coyotes in our backyard a lot. They
just they've been coming. I plugged up a couple holes
I found over the weekend. But yeah, they've been coming
into our backyard a lot. There's no way I can
get it. That's one thing. I'd be a friend if
that cat ever got out, but I don't see how
it could get out with all my.
Speaker 2: Love, stay where the love is, Kitty Cat?
Speaker 1: I know, Okay, Cat, I'm gonna have to retire my
saying the best cats of Black Cat.
Speaker 2: I wonder if you should go Okay. I know it's
early in the show, but you know, Robin upgraded her
Patreon members to the fifty dollars level so that she
could could she's so in love with her doggie. Uh
huh uh Bosco, even though it was Tabasco, but she
shortened a Tabosco, which is not short for Tabasco. Robin,
I'm just saying, yeah, but she's shouting out her where
she got her her dog. Yeah, rescue. I don't know
if they do cats though, but it's a pup is.
It's the cutest name for a rescue it's pop culture
rescue and that's still like pop culture, but pop culture
Rescue dot org. And they, you know, they go get
these dogs from shelters, they rescue them, they give them
medical attention, and you know what these rescues do is like, seriously,
the Lord's work.
Speaker 1: It really is.
Speaker 2: Especially Pasadena is great too, but if people want a
one that really I mean, you know, Robin's seen them
in action and they all the it's all tax you know,
right off if you give them money. Pasadena Humane Society
great too, though. I was at a dinner party which
I'll tell you about, and they were just saying that
they got their dog. They had a really sweet dog
named Lumo and uh from the hum Pasadena Human Pacity. Yeah, yeah,
I guess that's a big one.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it is a big one. And it's close by.
I mean they passed it a lot, so I don't know,
we'll see. I'm loving this cat. I'm in no hurry
for her to go.
Speaker 2: I mean they're pretty little maintenance, right they are.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm like, how the frick does he know that
he's he can go in this room? She put a
litter box in two rooms, one that's near us. When
we're watching TV. And then in her room like, how
does that cat know already at this age? He spoke,
how come Phil can't do that? Why can't I teach
Phil to do that? Like, just if he just peek
go if you have to be you don't have to
come bother me at three o'clock in the morning, just
go pee in a litter box. Cat knew immediately, no problem.
Speaker 2: How do they know that?
Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't know. It's interesting. And then
the only thing though, is I got to keep the
cat food away from Phil because you know, cat food
gets left out, so I have to figure that part out.
But we have a baby. We have like a gate
set up for this cat, so Phil can't go into
that room, like a makeshift gate out of my shoe rack.
It worked perfect.
Speaker 2: I was seriously for a moment going like you went
and got like full on gates.
Speaker 1: No, no, no, Wendy improvises.
Speaker 2: That's so funny. Yeah, so when is she leaving?
Speaker 1: I think in a couple of days.
Speaker 2: Okay, yeah, but no no specific plan, No, just gonna
that's what it does. I'm fucking out of here. And
then get.
Speaker 1: Really yeah pretty much, Yeah, she's got a lot of miles,
tons of miles. So yeah, she can go anytime. M hmm.
But it's really nice. It's been nice having family. You know,
people were playing cards. They're playing cards all the time.
Speaker 2: So wait, so who's with you? Then? When you say family.
Speaker 1: Her Wendy and her two daughters, Jackie and Meghan are here,
but they're they're not well, Megan's with me. Jackie comes
and goes because she's married and works. Megan is just
staying here for now, and then she's gonna go. I
think she's leaving when Wendy leaves. And then her sisters
come and go too. She's got like, well, she's got
three sisters and a brother, and two of the sisters
live here. So they been coming over in the evenings
and they're so sweet.
Speaker 2: And has Megan gone to see her dad?
Speaker 1: She came from her dad.
Speaker 2: Oh does she live with him?
Speaker 1: No, No, she went to she lives. She's living in
Chicago now.
Speaker 2: Okay, yeah, so she went to visit your bro. Yeah,
and then came back.
Speaker 1: And then came here. And how she found out when
he was here?
Speaker 2: Huh?
Speaker 1: But have you still I haven't talked to my brother. No, No,
they can have their own relationship. I don't no, but yeah,
it's been nice though. It's been nice, you know. And
then Sunny was here for spring break, so he was
playing up until like the wee hours, playing cards with
his cousins and it's been so sweet. I love it.
Speaker 2: Oh, I love that. So when was his spring break?
Did it just end? Yeah, it's it's coming to an
end on when day? Oh yeah, that's a long spring break.
Then it's coming to an end this Wednesday. But he
was off all us.
Speaker 1: Well, he gets a couple of days of non being
in class, like on Mondays and Tuesdays or somethy he
doesn't need to be in class. Oh I got it,
okay in person. So he's doing class online. So he
was going to go back on Sunday, but with Wendy
here and everything, he wanted to stay until the last
day he does to be in in class, right, So
he's going back Wednesday.
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, so did he ever? I know Natalia wanted
him to come visit. He did not know. Now see,
this is where like Natalia had a few years of
kind of treating him badly. Yeah, that's where this comes
home to roost. You know, Yes, oh I do kind
of makes it's interesting with twins. As you know, I'm
going to like twin splain to you now, yeah yeah,
now that I'm like way more experienced than with having
twins on that, But it is funny. I have to
be so intentional about like making sure that I do
mostly stay out of their business. But at the same time,
sometimes Xander can be like a bitch to Sadie. Sometimes
Sadie can be a little bit to Xander, but I
will notice it, and Xander thinks I don't clock it right,
So every once in a while I have to be like,
what was that? What was that for Xander? Like Sadie
will first of all, she's the only one with the
driver's license. She will offer to drive him places. Okay,
case in point, this happened the other day. Yeah, so
they were going to go to a mutual a friend.
A friend was in town in like whatever, a friend
was in town. This is so La, a girl that
they're both really good friends with. Her friend was having
a song a single release party, putting ad album out
on SoundCloud and then this is her second release. Xander
went to the first part release party. Hey these kids,
it's a little insane. They do like they have a
party where they they release their so they cater it
and then they yeah, it's their song release party.
Speaker 1: It's crazy nowadays that kids can do that.
Speaker 2: I know. Why not.
Speaker 1: Maybe that's how you've discovered new talent, I know.
Speaker 2: And they're they're like, mom, this girl is like so good,
she's really really good. I'm like, yeah, but how she
What does that mean? You're just putting a song out? Whatever? Anyway?
Speaker 1: How does it? Yeah?
Speaker 2: Anyway, anyway, So Xander does not have his driver's license.
The last time he went and Sadie didn't go to
this thing, and I drove him and it was like
a little bit far and then I had to come back,
drive back out there at ten o'clock at night and
pick him up, which I'm getting a little bit spoiled
because like Elbing of course doesn't need rides, right, well,
you know what, that's a whole other thing. If Elbie's
gonna drink, she will now say can you drive me
to this place? And then she'll uber home, which I'm
so thrilled about, like because she knows that. I'm like
thrilled when she's like because she goes to a friend's
house a lot with her other friend in Calabasas. Okay, right,
so she'll just say to me or John, she'll just
be like, hey, could what have you guys drive us
to Calabasas And then we know right away, oh, she's
gonna have some cocktails.
Speaker 1: Right.
Speaker 2: She doesn't want to think about having her car or
making that decision. So I'm always like, of course, but
I don't go pick her up. I'm like, I'm not
picking you up at one in the morning, right, too
old for that shit. Anyway, back to this story, So
the other day, this happens, they're going to go to
this friend's house. Sadie tells Xander like, hey, I need
to go to CVS first, because I don't know, she
had to get a couple of things at CVS, and
you know, she wanted to go there on the way
to this thing, you know. Xander says, yeah, I'll just
stay here. Can you just go to CVS and then
come back and pick me up when you're done. So
Sadie was like, yeah, so I'm gonna go. I'm gonna
go to CVS or whatever. And I was like, well wait, why,
Like aren't you guys going out to this thing? And
She's like, yeah, Xander doesn't really want to go, and
I was like, oh, hell.
Speaker 1: No, he doesn't want to go to CVS.
Speaker 2: He did not want to stop at CVS. Like, look,
you're not making Sadie go to the store come home
because the Prince is like, not ready. He doesn't want
to get ready, doesn't want to leave five minutes before
or have to wait for a minute at CVS. And
I was like, no, absolutely not. Then I just go
marching into I was like, Xander, what so you just
don't want to go to CVS. So Sadie's going to
go to the store on her own and then come
all the way back and pick you up. And he
was like, I mean I'll go to CVS.
Speaker 1: Ah, now you'll go yeah.
Speaker 2: And then he was like Sadie, uh uh, I don't mind,
I'll go to CVS with you. But this happens other
times too, where we'll be in the car and she'll whatever,
she'll say something, and he'll he just if he gets
in a bad mood, he just does not watch his
time at all, and then I'll go what was that?
What was that? Right?
Speaker 1: Right?
Speaker 2: And then he'll go, oh, oh, I mean you know,
I don't know. I don't notice Sadie doing it to him.
I notice him doing it to her.
Speaker 1: There's always one twin doing something more towards the other one.
Speaker 2: Right, Yes, but I'm like, keep that up and you're
gonna have the same issue where.
Speaker 1: You know, Yes, that's what's gonna happen. I'm not gonna
come visit, you're gonna want to hang out? No, Yeah,
I think I mean, I don't know if I said
this last week, but I think it's more of the
Sonny not wanting to hang out with those dudes that's
Italian prays out with well, and it's a little bit
on her too as well. Like probably, I.
Speaker 2: Think it's just not that Sonny doesn't love nat Hell. Yeah,
but I'm wondering if it's just like worth his trouble
to drive two hours to hang out.
Speaker 1: Right, you know what I mean, it's for sure if
it was UCLA, I think he would go on a heartbeat.
Oh yeah, but he ain't looking to sit on the
road for two hours there and two hours back.
Speaker 2: Yeah. So and.
Speaker 1: I mean we might go. We might still go one
day before he leaves or she or Wendy Lee's I
don't know, we'll see that would be.
Speaker 2: Have to do today or tomorrow?
Speaker 1: Right, yeah, we might go tomorrow. Okay, we might, we'll see.
Speaker 2: So I want to know. I wonder if we should
do our ad first. Yeah, no, Kiln says no. Okay,
well I'll start this. It has to do with you
as well. Okay. But Saturday, Elbie went to del Topia,
which was a huge party at Santa Barbara.
Speaker 1: Oh my god, I was just gonna say, why does
that del Topia sound familiar to me? Because it's like
that's why we Yes, so we were supposed to go
for dinner last night down to see Natalia for Sunday dinner.
It was one of my suggestions. And Natalia goes, I
don't think Sunday night's gonna be a good night because
there's the del Topia thing. And I asked her, what's
dell Tope? She goes, oh, I told you this three
times already, And I'm like, I don't pay attention all
your stupid parties. She has a name for all these
different parties, constantly going to sig Kai for this and
this and that.
Speaker 2: Well, this is a massive thing that kids from all
around apparently. Yes, Albie drove up from here right a
wow and saw tons of people she knew, and she
said it was insanity. Really, Oh yeah, she said, so oh,
we'd been planning this for a while.
Speaker 1: And did she go Saturday or Sunday?
Speaker 2: She went Saturday, that was the big day. Apparently she
left early in the morning. She said they started drinking
in the morning, but then they were all very sober
by like one pm. They did not drink the rest
of the day. But she was like, it was insane.
She said there were so many drunk people, and she
said that people were getting arrested. It was just this massive,
massive party, right. But she was like, Mom, I was
wondering if I was going to be sad that I
didn't go to Santa Barbara. And she was like, and
she goes, if I went to Santa Barbara, I would
have been very very happy there, she goes, But oh
my god, I would have needed it is a party school.
She said. Kids were so many public intoxication.
Speaker 1: It's bad.
Speaker 2: She said that you're not allowed and I think you
told me this before. You're not allowed to sit on
a curb and there you can get yeah, loitering.
Speaker 1: I guess, well, well with a solo cup, I think,
or something like that.
Speaker 2: No, she said, you're not literally not allowed to sit
down on a curb. Wow, because I guess it's loitering. Yeah,
you can get a ticket for that.
Speaker 1: Yeah, she's learned all the rules early on, thank god.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean maybe you can when it's not a party.
But she said there were She was like, there were
so many police people there, so much, so many cops,
and she said, people getting arrested. She said, so many fights,
like physical fights happening. She goes, it was just the
streets were just packed.
Speaker 1: It's insane. Wow.
Speaker 2: But you don't know if I'm to tell you went
to that.
Speaker 1: No, I do know, she went. I talked to her
last night. She was exhausted. She does, she does. She
did go. Yeah, she was tired the second day. She didn't.
On Sunday not so much. But yeah, Saturday night, she
told me it was crazy and that's why she's like,
I don't know if you guys want to She's like,
there's nowhere to park all everybody has to park their car.
Luckily she has a parking spot, but there's like just nowhere.
The streets are packed. So she's like, it's not a
good time for you guys to come down for Sunday
family dinner in the middle of all that. But yeah,
she survived. Yeah, but she's you know, she's been there
for through all these other different they shut the weekend
down for this, for all these different events and stuff.
And I think she learned early on the rules of
you know, and the cops that are out and blah
blah blah. So yeah, so she so LB was like
it was a lot and how long was she there
to shed she spend the night.
Speaker 2: Like the No, she didn't spend the night. They went
up early in the morning, she got she left the
house at like eight am, and then she got back
at probably like eight pm.
Speaker 1: Oh that's the other thing. She ran into friends that yeah,
that's been Natalia seen pm. Yeah, and she ran into
friends that she she knew.
Speaker 2: Like tons of friends. I mean she went with one
girlfriend and but and the and that person's sister. She
went with two girls. They ran into like tons of
her friends. They hung out with like different groups of people.
She told me they were like at least like twenty
thousand people there.
Speaker 1: I believe it. Yeah, said it.
Speaker 2: Was just a massive, massive.
Speaker 1: What's it for. That's one thing I didn't ask for.
Speaker 2: Deltopia sounds like a frat, like a delta. Yeah, Delta's
I guess out of like a sorority thing. I don't know.
I don't know what are you asking me?
Speaker 1: I know's going to be for I know, I know
I didn't ask her that.
Speaker 2: We look at Kaylin, You're looking at me, like, what
do you want from me? From many of us went
to college, I know, I don't know. It sounds sort
of like a fraternity kind of thing, but I don't know.
Speaker 1: There's always some shit going down there. Yeah, Santa Barbara's crazy.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, okay, So Saturday, Yeah, Ilbie went to del Topia.
Italia went to Deltopia. I went to a dinner party.
Haven't been to Like, when is the last time you, like, yeah,
I know, well probably it's been years for you for sure.
But like John's John has two friends. I'm sure he
has more, you know, yeah, in the world. But he
has two friends that he's in like that we've known since,
you know, before we had kids, that he's known from
years and years ago. People he's guys he's worked with
that are also friends with each other. They're in a
little group chat. But somehow, once we had kids, we
have for some reason never socialized with these people. Like
the only people that we really socialize with as couples
are my Jewish mom group. They're not all Jewish, but
it kind of started that way, like my mom group.
And then the husbands all come to like different events
that I tell you about, but I cannot tell you
the last time we just like, well, one time John
and I were invited over to my friend Tamra's house
with her husband and another couple for dinner. Besides that,
in many years, I don't think that we've had like
just at someone's house, like right, have dinner. Yeah. So
it was so funny because I'm so out of practice
where you know what I mean, where I'm like, okay,
so we're what's the protocol? I kept saying, asking what
we can bring? What we can bring, and He's like,
they keep saying nothing. I was like, okay, so I
guess just we bring a bottle of wine. But like really,
they're just going to do everything. And it's so funny
because so the one couple has fully grown kids out
of the house with kids of their own, right, even
though they're like our age, right. And then the other
couple has a daughter that's one year younger than our twins,
so she's a sophomore in high school. Don't think I've
socialized with them I think we went to a party
in the park for her for their daughter when she
was like six and now she's sixteen. Wow, so I've
maybe seen these people. The point is, haven't laid eyes
on these people in person in many many years.
Speaker 1: Have you ever hosted a dinner party?
Speaker 2: No? Never, And I'll tell you why. It's it's a
terrible reason, but like I just don't. Our house is
like the lit like it needs to be painted, we
need a new dining room table, and we're always like
we're gonna do it, We're gonna do it. And then
we used to do it. We used to do it
all the time.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I mean that's when Adam would I would
want people to come over because of all the construction
he's done. Right, we would have like Diane Farr as
old co host over like of course and Sarah Silverman
Yeah yeah, Diane was, Yeah, she lived in our neighborhood,
like you know, we would. And it's it's stressful. It's like,
you know, put you a lot on you because you're
in charge of everything. You know, you're not gonna tell
Jimmy Kimmel, hey bring some potato salad, you know, like right,
like everything's on you you know, and then but yeah,
and now I just do parties for my girlfriends and stuff,
right like whatever, But yeah, but yes, it's it's a
it's a thing going to somebody's house for just sit
down dinner.
Speaker 2: I also feel like you got to.
Speaker 1: Really like these people too.
Speaker 2: You gotta like the people. Also, my brain always goes,
but what do I make? And like, is it could
I just order in food? Or is that like you
know what I mean? I think, like do I just
order from like Buka to Beppo or yeah, a couple
of pasta dishes or do I have to like create
a meal?
Speaker 1: Yeah, you could order in.
Speaker 2: I guess, but it's like if I don't know, I feel.
Speaker 1: Like you do both, you know, kind of.
Speaker 2: My god, these people made salmon on the grill, which
was delicious. The guy they get like salad, he cooked
it on the heat, cooked the salmon. I think she
prepped it. Well.
Speaker 1: Actually that's a good team.
Speaker 2: I could see that she they bought actually marinated I
think it was Joe's marinated salmon, and then they made
it on the grill and then she made this like salad. Okay,
you know what. They'll never listen to this podcast this
is not shit talking. I'm just but I'm just being
real with you, just being real with you. It triggered
some memories of being young and like being a picky
eater because there are still certain foods that I do
not like. I'm kind of a baby in that way.
There's just a few things that I just I don't like.
You know, I don't like onions. Well, people love to
put onions and stuff because it's not the most common
thing to not like because most people, I think like onions.
So there was this salad that was great in every
other way except for had a lot like onions in it,
and I just felt like a little kid, like like
poking stuck around and said and then she made see
now I totally sound like I'm complaining in this. It's
good because I was very impressed. Oh my god, there
was They all start with the good they put out.
She put out this a little like Charmuta board, and
but it had like this olive topanod stuff that I
do not like you, so and then they kept offering
it like, oh, do you want to try some of
the olive time, and I'm like good, I'm like really
filling up on cheese you know, So we ate some
cheese and crackers. No all, I didn't touch the other
there were two other things that I was like, I
don't like that. So then we go in to sit
down though for the meal, and I'm like, okay, like
the salmon great, and she'd made bread homemade breadsticks, which
were really good. Can't you can't go wrong with that.
But then there was this I'm not sure what it was.
It was like I made maybe kind of a risotto.
I think it was a risotto, but it had it
was mushrooms, which I love mushrooms and peas, which I
do not like peas, oh my god. And the flavor
of it was just something that I'm just not used to,
which just wasn't my favorite. So now I'm now I'm
feeling like a little kid where I'm like pushing stuff
around on my plate because I'm like, I like the
salad and I like the dressing, and I like there's
little bits of cheese in it, but I do not
like onions. So now I'm like moving, you know, like
you're like trying not to draw any attention, also looking
like you're really enjoying it, like scooching stuff away, like
move that piece of lettuce away from that piece of onion.
And then I'm trying to eat the risotto, but it's
really difficult to like move peas because now you're going
to really look like terral, like getting grill.
Speaker 1: And balls yes on your plate, you know, the red onions, And.
Speaker 2: I'm like, these people are going to feel like what
are you our grandkid over like with the food. So
then I had to just be like, God, I'm getting
so full, you know. And then then I had to
just not eat the risotta, which because like, h yes,
which I was hungrier, right yeah, and it was so good.
Speaker 1: Those breadsticks really filled me up, yeah.
Speaker 2: You know, so I had to just kind of push
stuff around. And then then I was getting caught up
and looking around at what other people were doing, like
I'm like, am I the only one not really enjoying
this risotto? A couple other people were like not digging
in so much. But then you get then and she,
oh my god, the nicest people too, you know, and
then she's like there's plenty of risota. Now there's seconds,
you know, and I was like, oh my gosh, it's
so good, you know, and then just not eating it.
Speaker 1: Yes, That's so funny because we did a dinner party
with one of Adam's friends that I didn't know at
the time, but he's allergic to garlic. What the fuck
is allergic to garlic? And I made garlic toast oh
and he did not for anybody didn't say that he
was allergic, and he just didn't eat it. And I
was like, why didn't he eat the guy was? I
put it on split for him and he didn't touch it,
and I was like, I made a note like huh.
And then I found out later, Yeah, he's allergic. Well,
somebody might have told me that when I'm making spaghetti
and garlic toasts, like hello.
Speaker 2: Oh, spaghetti and garlic toast, that seems like a fun
thing to serve. Yeah.
Speaker 1: It was pretty easy.
Speaker 2: Yeah, but me, I would probably get like some classico
like sauce, like did you make your own sauce? Now?
Speaker 1: I don't make my own sauce, okay now yeah.
Speaker 2: So you just served like a big batch of pasta
and then.
Speaker 1: With yes, pasta with uh fried up Italian sausage. Oh yeah,
and lots of parmesan shredded cheese.
Speaker 2: Yeah. See, these are good ideas and it was easy yeah,
I'm just I'm just not a natural cook. I hay, Now,
I try, I really do try. Always so proud of
myself when we do like a Hello Fresh box.
Speaker 1: And then you have good recipes me. Yeah, you know,
I've heard even in your school lunches you've had good
recipes in the past.
Speaker 2: Here's what happens to me. I get like an idea
from a friend, you know, Like now my brain is going,
like but like one time Robin and I went to
a concert and she made these sandwiches with Trader Joe's
you can, like a chibata roll and then with those
sliced pieces of muzzarella, you know, caprazy sandwich, which I've
told you about before, and the kids loved them. And
then I changed the recipe a little bit, make it
my own, Like I add a little I do olive
oil and vinegar and then a little Trader Joe's glaze,
and then tomato and the muzzarella and a piece of
basil and then the kids. What I do now is
I make a bigger batch of it. I'll buy like
five of the rolls and I'll make extra sandwich and
then I'll wrap them up in tinfoil and then the
kids can take them for their lunch.
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's nice.
Speaker 2: But John got into this thing where he's like, I
don't want to be eating that much cheese, so I
do his with like I get some I do turkey,
so I'll do so it's like a kind of like
a fancy sandwich. Yeah, you know, but then that's all
I know how to make. So then then you do
that so many times until people are like, oh, it's
you've made the cuprazy sandwich. Well, I have my famous
turkey chili, which nobody wants anymore. I make a lasagna, which,
like there's certain recipes I've just been making forever that
John likes, but like the kids are tired of. I
need some new things in my repertoire.
Speaker 1: Yeah, no, you made what I want to say, like, uh,
tortellini or something something with tortellini.
Speaker 2: Well, I do a pasta salad that's really good, but
it's basically a I do variations on the kuprazyat. I
make it into a salad. Right, it's no tortellini. But
I do like bow typasta, and I do like mozzarella
and grape tomatoes and avocado and chicken. I just do
it and hearts a palm. Yeah, and everybody likes that,
but how many times can you eat it?
Speaker 1: I know, Wendy, I'm gonna have her teach me how
to make chicken pot pie from scratch because she knows
how to make it and it's really good. It's really
good and it's easy apparently. Oh really, Yeah, so I'll
keep you guys posted. But then you have to make
like a pie crust for that, right. I guess maybe
you could just buy you I don't know, I'll find out.
But how was the rest of your dinner?
Speaker 2: So it was really nice. I was just gonna say
that I was so out of practice of hanging out
with people I haven't hung out with a long time
that I felt like I was hosting a podcast a
little bit, you know. I was like, so, tell me
more about your new job, and the other girl she's like, oh,
it's not really new, like I've been there for a while,
and I was like, yeah, well new to me. What
do you so? What do you do there? Like I
just felt a little awkward making it almost felt like
small talk.
Speaker 1: Right, Yes, it is, And that's why you know, I
sometimes these dinner parties, like I like them but there's
an expiration time that has to come. It's like I
would like to say, like come over from seven to ten, right,
you know, given an end time.
Speaker 2: That's about how long it was. Yeah, it was we
got well, actually it was six thirty, but we arrived
at six forty five, and definitely by maybe ten thirty,
but definitely ten. People started to like wrap it up, right.
Speaker 1: See Italians, they'll go on and on and on and
they'll talk talk or you know, like or if like
if my ex's friend is there with his wife, they'll
leave and go into the garage and start yapping, and
then I'm stuck with the wife usually, right. You watch
the Beverly Hills Housewives of course. Yeah, Jennifer podcast on
it podcasts on it. Jennifer Tilly drives me nuts because
she reminds me of Adam's friend's wife used to be
our producer.
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All right, what were Oh so? How does so uh?
Our producer reminds you of Jennifer Tilly. Yeah, Jennifertilly reminds
you of her?
Speaker 1: Yeah, just when I watch The Housewives, it gives me
flashbacks of like dinner parties or Fourth of July weekends
when we're hanging out with just us as a foursome
and I'm stuck with a Jennifer Tilly for the weekend.
Does she bug you? Jennifer Tilly bugs me?
Speaker 2: Oh my god, thank you for saying that. Whenever I'm
on Reddit, people are always like, oh my god, She's
a national treasure. She should be a main housewife. I'm like, no,
super annoying. She's super annoying. I don't think she wants
to be a main housewife because she wants to. She
wants all the benefits of going on vacation and looking
fabulous on TV, but she doesn't want to get dragged
into a fight like Erica Jane tried to drag her
into at the very last episode, which I watched last night.
Speaker 1: So I don't think she wants the drama. I think
she just wants to go on these fabulous for vacations.
Speaker 2: Yeah. I think so too, and I just can't and
her style is weird, and her style is so weird.
Who wants to have a Louis Vuitton purse that's shaped.
Speaker 1: Like a boat.
Speaker 2: I don't, I know. It's so like a little kid
like with a weird box, yes, right, like coming in
the way she talks.
Speaker 1: And the way she talks, and all her jewelry and
this is this is and she's gotta say the names
of the brands of the jewelry Bulgarie and this is
whatever Cardier. It's like all right, like it's just so.
Speaker 2: And I don't understand why she doesn't get more backlashed
for the for her attitude about like, yeah, because my
ex Sam, he really you know, gave me so much
money and I get the Simpsons. That's how I can
afford all of my bobbles. And who thinks that's bragging?
Speaker 1: Right?
Speaker 2: I know, I know, it's just it's she made that
comment on the last show and you might remember where
she was.
Speaker 1: Like, oh, this is all is like Chucky money.
Speaker 2: This isn't chucky money pays for snacks. This is from
my ex.
Speaker 1: Husband, by the diamonds and stuff from the Simpson money. Yeah,
which is h Sam Simon's money, right, And he died, right, yeah,
he died and he was like supposedly a great guy
gave like so much money to charity.
Speaker 2: But she made a claim that she fought and that
he offered her a certain amount of money in the divorce,
and then she was like, no, lawyered up and then
fought for a percentage of the Simpsons money. And that's
what she's rich from, right, which listen, good for you,
get your bag, but at the same time, don't talk
about it. Kind of be like, I'm so rich.
Speaker 1: It's just so gross. I hate people like that. I
really they just rubbed me the wrong way. I can't
she just like it was same with.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I and I can't stand Sutton. How about you.
Speaker 1: I can't stand Satin either. I cannot stand her either.
Speaker 2: I don't like any of them. Do you like any
of them? No?
Speaker 1: I kind of admire Erika Jane now because just only
for the fact that she was in a dark place,
not because of what she was, you know, hooked up with,
but the fact that she was in that place that
she was in a few seasons ago and now to
where she's at today. But then I'm like, yeah, that's
easy for Erica Jane because she's on the Housewives and
she's doing Roxy on Broadway, so it's easy to pull
herself out of that kind of stuff she's got, you know.
But other than that, no, I don't. I think Kyle.
Maybe I'm okay with because Kyle has friends that are
you know, that are longtime friends that she's that are
loyal to her, and she's loyal too, So she seems
to me like a genuine good friend. Other than that,
dried I could kick over a cliff. Can't stand her.
I just I don't know. I just don't. I don't
like any.
Speaker 2: Yeah, oh my god. I can't decide if we should
save this for Friday or if we should talk about
it right now. But you know what I want to say,
because I can't wait for your opinion on Karen Reid.
We got to talk about the Karen Reid. Yes, I
have watched it now we spoiler alert. I still think
she's guilty, So I think she's innocent. Oh my god, conversation.
I definitely don't think she's innocent. I don't know if
she can be proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt with
some of the stuff, but I one thousand percent she
did it. I don't know if they can prove it,
but she probably will get off because she has very
good attorneys. Oh but okay, wait, I have a couple
other things though that we'll talk about that on Friday,
because I have a couple other shows. But I meant,
I meant to. I don't know if it's complaint, but
I'm wondering if you feel this way. Now that the
kids are a little older, I have been very lax
on taking them to the dentist. Oh, they are over
way overdue. And I'm like, God, I haven't gone to
the dentist myself in a while. You know, I only
go when I'm like losing teeth. Yeah, but because I'm
so busy taking their asses to like the dermatologists they
need that they need. Yeah, And then I'm like, oh
my god, I just realized. The other day. I was like,
I'm such a bad parent. I don't know when the
last time they went to the dentist is. I think
they just stopped reminding me.
Speaker 1: Well, do they need to go to the dentist unless
they I.
Speaker 2: Don't know, they're supposed like every six months.
Speaker 1: Yeah, the only reason why my kids are still doing it. Well,
I don't think Natali has had a check up, and like,
I don't know, but anyway, was because they were doing
the retainer thing. They had the visi line. But then
nakas the orthodonis. That's the orthodonics I got the dentists.
Well see, that's the thing is their brothers. The orthodonist
didn't marry regular dentist our brothers, and they kind of go, Okay,
it's time for you to go get a cleaning. So
they do go get a cleaning, usually around the same time,
you know, but.
Speaker 2: Now they're at school.
Speaker 1: Yeah, now they're at school, so yeah, they haven't gotten
I don't know when the last time they went.
Speaker 2: Well. See, I'm also dealing with the fact that Xander
is on acutane and that is like a full time
job to have a kid on acutane because and by
the way, last time I talked about it, he was
having bad sensory issues because his skin was so dry.
But that did get better then like a month ago
or going on two months ago, they raised his dose
from twenty to forty, which is fine, except that now
he has to have routine blood tests. But so it's
such a pain in the ass because it's really difficult
to get an appointment with the lab. He has to
either go before school or after school, and he's it's
just it's just kind of ridiculous to figure it out. Then,
when you're on acutane, you have to have an appointment
with the dermatologist every single month, right, Yeah, in order
to keep to get the prescription.
Speaker 1: That's a lot. Now, I wonder why you're not taking
him the dentist.
Speaker 2: It's a lot. So it's like every time I think
about it's like, Okay, he's got an appointment. Here, he's
got this doctor appointment. Then he has to go get
blood work, and then it's just like it's really annoying.
But the other day I was like, oh my god,
I do not know the last time these kids went
to the dentist.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm sure they're okay, I don't know.
Speaker 2: I guess so maybe they have cavities. I don't know.
Oh my god. Okay, one other thing to tell you.
So John's birthday was Wednesday, and I was just like,
it's just a bridge too far. I teach Wednesday nights,
the kids were in school all day. LB's at UCLA,
so we made an agreement to just celebrate his birthday
on Sunday. Oh, So we literally just kind of pretended
it wasn't his birthday, and then yesterday it was his birthday. Yes,
so I did make He wanted bake scallops. He loves scallops,
So I made bake scallops. I gotta say it came
out pretty good if the internet. Yeah, ate garlic mashed
potatoes from from instant. Yeah, say what you want about
instant mashed potatoes. I think just licious. That come a
long way, Yes, they have. And then we made art
of chokes and the art of chokes. I had to
do two separate pots because I had to make five
art to chokes and oh my god, I cooked them
for like an hour and fifteen minutes and they still
weren't like cooked all the way.
Speaker 1: To text me last night, Wendy's queen of making ARTI joke, really, yes,
how does she do it? I don't know. I don't know.
I'll find out.
Speaker 2: I put him in a big pot, like in a steamer,
you know, with a steamer tray, and oh my god,
it just took.
Speaker 1: For It does take a long time, I think, yeah,
for fucking ever. And you need to make five well.
Speaker 2: I wanted to make an artichoke for each person. You
don't do it that way.
Speaker 1: I think she just makes like two or something like that,
and everybody just, oh, yeah, I.
Speaker 2: Guess everybody wants their own, like the hah that's.
Speaker 1: Yeah, well you can do that too.
Speaker 2: I was like, why couldn't we have just gone to
dinner regular people? Because I offered John, I was like,
we could go to like a couple of his favorite restaurants.
And I was like, or I could make you like
baked scalops, and he was like, I want to do that.
And then when I'm doing it, I was like cursing myself.
I sign up for this.
Speaker 1: And scalots are pretty quick and easy to make kind
of and there you are.
Speaker 2: But I was making a recipe like making bakes with
bread crumbs. I was like, toasting bread crumbs with you.
Speaker 1: Geez, well that's good.
Speaker 2: Yeah it was Listen. It was delicious. Very expensive, by
the way, could it probably would have been the same
cost to go to donor dinner because I had to
buy jumbo scallops. Two pounds of jumbo scallops, right, there
was like eighty bucks just for that. Plus, as you know,
which we talk about when you are going to make
a recipe, all of a sudden, ingredients pop up that
you're like, wait, what, I don't have this, So I
had to buy a bunch of things that I would
that I'll never use.
Speaker 1: Yes, exactly right, but look you did it.
Speaker 2: I did it. Yeah, it's in the interview. Yeah, before
we go, I just want to reiterate because today you're
listening to this on Tuesday, and my podcast drops today. Ingratulations,
Drunkish is out. There are four episodes out right now. Nice,
please do me a favor and rate it. Leave me
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And they've already gone into the they've already tried to
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Speaker 1: What assholes, I know.
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Speaker 2: Helpful because I'm working real hard on it and I'm
going to be doing putting out like social media clips
and the whole thing. And I have great interviews.
Speaker 1: I am excited.
Speaker 2: I'm so excited. I have the next, like weeks coming
up have really good episodes. But in our first batch
is Greg Fitzimmons.
Speaker 1: Everybody loves Greg fitzim.
Speaker 2: I know, and I think I'm gonna also get an episode.
She said she will with Alison Rosen.
Speaker 1: Nice and with you with me. Yes, So it's gonna
it's a good pot fighting. I'm excited, all right.
Speaker 2: So before we go, let us do I already did
a shout out for Robin's charity, Pup Culture Rescue. Christa
Stroop is promoting her friend Sarah's the Chase Hayley Project,
which is trying to break the stigma around suicide and
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So go check that out on medium dot com and
you're gonna read some really juicy stories about her ex husband.
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