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Happy Hour #141: Lost in New York · Stuff Mom Never Told You

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  Speaker 1: Hey, this is Annie and Samantha and welcome to stuff
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  Speaker 1: I've never told your production by Herder.
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  Speaker 2: And welcome to another happy hour in which I just rant.
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  Speaker 2: We will be back with more watching of Sex and
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  Speaker 2: the City and we are still looking for our person.
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  Speaker 2: You a listener who would like to participate. You don't
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  Speaker 2: even have to have seen any Sex and the City.
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  Speaker 2: Or you could be a rabbit fan. And I say
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  Speaker 2: rabbit in very loving terms because I am probably considered
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  Speaker 2: once upon a time a rabbit fan of Sex and
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  Speaker 2: the City. So I either want you just really need
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  Speaker 2: a computer and maybe some headphones and a connection to
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  Speaker 2: the internet, because what we want to do is have
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  Speaker 2: you on watch at the same time as us and
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  Speaker 2: be part of the conversation. So if you have any
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  Speaker 2: interest in that, Lee, please please please please let us
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  Speaker 2: know in Annie, at the end of this we'll tell
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  Speaker 2: you how you can do that. Hah hah. So stick
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  Speaker 2: around one. But yes, uh today though, I thought we
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  Speaker 2: would just easily jump back in with my own happy hour.
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  Speaker 2: And it's a yearly tradition around this time of year
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  Speaker 2: where I complain and try to hype myself up for
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  Speaker 2: the holidays. It's true, I'm doing it a little bit early.
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  Speaker 1: Though, I feel like you are, which is what is
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  Speaker 1: happening right now.
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  Speaker 2: The creep is real.
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  Speaker 1: Halloween hasn't even happened yet, I know, but it is.
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  Speaker 1: I think if you look to back comically to me,
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  Speaker 1: there would be an episode like this every year.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah there is. But there's a special reason,
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  Speaker 2: even though this is not like a live thing, and
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  Speaker 2: this could be like you listen to this in twenty
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  Speaker 2: thirty and you're like, what was wrong with those people?
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  Speaker 2: Fair enough, fair enough. But essentially I am doing my
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  Speaker 2: yearly ritual of trying to get into the spirit. Yes,
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  Speaker 2: I know Halloween is coming and I need to be
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  Speaker 2: prepared for that. I bought a headband that has the
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  Speaker 2: pumpkin top because I got the Jack O Lantern shirt.
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  Speaker 2: So that's what I'm gonna dress up as. Just for yourself, correct,
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  Speaker 2: just for myself. No, Carol is having apple pumpkin like
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  Speaker 2: a Halloween party. I'm a tenth like a normal person.
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  Speaker 1: I wouldn't have judged you. I'm sitting here in a
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  Speaker 1: Halloween sweater.
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  Speaker 2: Annie, Why are you judging me so hard? Judging hard?
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  Speaker 2: So hard? I'm just kidding. No, No, but it is
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  Speaker 2: it's coming around. I think the reason and I know
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  Speaker 2: the reason why is because actually this year, when we
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  Speaker 2: went to Seattle for my birthday, I did not have
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  Speaker 2: the panic of my birthday coming in and the dread
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  Speaker 2: because I was planning a trip and was really excited
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  Speaker 2: about the trip because we were going to Seattle for
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  Speaker 2: the first time. I have never gone. We were going
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  Speaker 2: to go to the beautiful mountain near and it was
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  Speaker 2: gorgeous and we were like staying at the foothills of it.
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  Speaker 2: So when my birthday came, we were actually in Seattle.
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  Speaker 2: Everything was new and unexpected, and we had really good pasta.
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  Speaker 2: So I was really just happy to be there, not
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  Speaker 2: really thinking about it as a birthday yet of course
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  Speaker 2: I did, because I still have that. I was like,
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  Speaker 2: oh my god, I'm turning a year older birthday, but
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  Speaker 2: being able to come to a new area because you've
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  Speaker 2: never been Annie. My partner had only been like once
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  Speaker 2: and he was really excited to get back. So all
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  Speaker 2: of those excitement, it was like it was fun for
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  Speaker 2: all of us. So I feel like with that this year,
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  Speaker 2: I was like, I kind of want to do something christmasy.
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  Speaker 2: We're trying to work it with our work as well,
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  Speaker 2: our job as well, and go to New York. So
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  Speaker 2: New York and Christmas is supposed to be phenomenal. We
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  Speaker 2: know the lights are beautiful, the trees are beautiful, there's
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  Speaker 2: actual winter, and again here in Georgia, probably not. They're
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  Speaker 2: saying that the temperature is going to be higher than average,
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  Speaker 2: and I'm like, son of a biscuit, last year was
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  Speaker 2: like sixty degrees. Now it's gonna be seventy what. So
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  Speaker 2: I'm like, I'm gonna do something. Let's go, let's go,
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  Speaker 2: let's go. So my whole thing was like, let's go
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  Speaker 2: to Let's go to New York during the most expensive
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  Speaker 2: time of the year. We're going to go stay in
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  Speaker 2: a shoe box hotel essentially because it is expensive. This
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  Speaker 2: is probably the only time I'm ever going to do
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  Speaker 2: this unless I come into some like big amount of
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  Speaker 2: money that we can go all out or whatever, because
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  Speaker 2: I'm realizing how much debt this is going to put
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  Speaker 2: me in for such a short trip. But I want
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  Speaker 2: to experience Christmas. I'm really trying to get back into
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  Speaker 2: the spirit again, and I really do want to enjoy
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  Speaker 2: something that feels different, and maybe this will help me
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  Speaker 2: into ease into the new year, ease into the holidays.
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  Speaker 2: This has been really stressful, and I understand this is
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  Speaker 2: very privileged conversation we're saying, so please take that with
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  Speaker 2: a grain of software. People were like, there's so many
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  Speaker 2: things happening. There are there are a lot of things happening.
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  Speaker 2: A lot of us have gone through a lot of trauma.
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  Speaker 2: This year has been for my family. When it comes
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  Speaker 2: to people's health, I haven't told a lot of things
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  Speaker 2: that have happened. I know Andy has felt that as well.
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  Speaker 2: We know things are happening around the world. So with that,
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  Speaker 2: we understand this. But with anything else, we're trying to
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  Speaker 2: like raise our own spirits and do things that were
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  Speaker 2: that are new to us and adventurous to us with them.
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  Speaker 2: So I am in planning mode. Weirdly, I am not
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  Speaker 2: really type A and I'm not very organized, but when
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  Speaker 2: it comes to trips and my anxiety to trips, I
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  Speaker 2: plan ahead. I get very anxious and start planning for things,
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  Speaker 2: which I feel like was the success of Seattle, like
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  Speaker 2: we did really really well because I've planned ahead, not
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  Speaker 2: for everything, because I also know I get very overwhelmed
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  Speaker 2: as an introvert, so I have to have time to
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  Speaker 2: be like, I need to go sit down in my
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  Speaker 2: room for a couple hours, maybe take a nap. Who
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  Speaker 2: knows decompress with that? So what I am looking forward
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  Speaker 2: because I know a chunk of our listeners are actually
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  Speaker 2: from New York or it was from New York once
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  Speaker 2: upon a time, and like people who loved me York,
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  Speaker 2: who love going to New York. Trying to get some recommendations.
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  Speaker 2: If y'all have some recommendations, what we are looking for specifically,
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  Speaker 2: so send this in. We want Italian restaurant. When you
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  Speaker 2: go to New York. You need to eat an Italian food, right, Like,
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  Speaker 2: if you're not going to Italy, New York is the
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  Speaker 2: next best thing?
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  Speaker 3: Am I right?
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  Speaker 2: Am I right? People are gonna ya at me. We're
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  Speaker 2: also wanting to do something Christmas y, so suggest whatever
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  Speaker 2: you say, because again I want to enjoy Christmas time
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  Speaker 2: in New York all the things. If you have any
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  Speaker 2: like tricks or free things that you know about, let
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  Speaker 2: us know, because we want to enter that way. Of course,
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  Speaker 2: we want to do touristy stuff, but not too touristy.
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  Speaker 2: Any How many times have you gone to New York?
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  Speaker 1: Oh god, oh god, A lot? And I've been there
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  Speaker 1: at Christmas. You're gonna have to do Rockefeller Plaza. And
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  Speaker 1: I know people who live there are like rolling your eyes,
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  Speaker 1: and that is completely fair. But you're during Christmas, Christmas,
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  Speaker 1: if you're going for Christmas ey stuff, you're going to
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  Speaker 1: have to do it.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's just how it is. That's just I don't
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  Speaker 2: want to so we're talking about doing that. I don't
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  Speaker 2: necessarily want to skate, but I'd love to go and
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  Speaker 2: see other people skate and drink my hot chocolate. That
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  Speaker 2: is that's the dream for me. Yeah, I want to
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  Speaker 2: do all of these things. I'm trying again every year.
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  Speaker 2: Every year we'll come back and report at the end
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  Speaker 2: of this trip and see how I feel about this,
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  Speaker 2: to do something new. And I think a lot of this,
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  Speaker 2: with all the trauma and with all the things that
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  Speaker 2: are happening, I've realized the one thing that I've never
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  Speaker 2: regretted is going on a trip. You know, I skipped
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  Speaker 2: my college graduation to go to Italy and to Europe
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  Speaker 2: for a little while, going to see my friends in London,
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  Speaker 2: going to see my friends in Seattle. When we went
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  Speaker 2: to New York for my birthday, I went tow we
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  Speaker 2: did a road trip to New Orleans. Like I love that.
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  Speaker 2: So those are the things that I really really do enjoy,
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  Speaker 2: especially with people that I love. So Annie, my partner,
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  Speaker 2: anybody else wants to join us, I'm just kidding, but
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  Speaker 2: like being able to do that. We were already looking
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  Speaker 2: to schedule some time with our contributor Joey, who I
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  Speaker 2: got to meet last year when I went to New York.
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  Speaker 2: I'm excited hoping that we get to see a friend
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  Speaker 2: of the show slash friend of the book writing process, Janey.
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  Speaker 2: Like trying to get those things out like that really
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  Speaker 2: excites me. So doing things like that, I have felt
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  Speaker 2: like has really brought out joy for me, and I
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  Speaker 2: want I want to do that again. Of course, yes,
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  Speaker 2: I picked the most expensive time of the year and
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  Speaker 2: I should have known better. But at the same time,
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  Speaker 2: I do want to go around this time of year. Yeah, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I just won't be going anywhere else for a long
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  Speaker 2: long time.
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  Speaker 1: It's this cheap destination close by do again.
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  Speaker 2: For for like five years, all we did was go
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  Speaker 2: down to see my partners father in Florida because they
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  Speaker 2: lived close to the beach. So they're like, yeah, that's ye.
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  Speaker 2: So you know, trying to take these advantage of this
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  Speaker 2: as we can UH making good trips.
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  Speaker 3: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know if you know you all want in
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  Speaker 2: New York, want to hang out, let us know. Maybe
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  Speaker 2: I've sent you uh a signal early enough that maybe
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  Speaker 2: a few of us can go get some drinks or
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  Speaker 2: hang out.
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  Speaker 1: That is one of the reasons this is coming out.
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  Speaker 2: So yes, by the way, yes, like we're not necessarily
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  Speaker 2: doing it or we're not doing any of that, but
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  Speaker 2: if you have some time and you would love to
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  Speaker 2: hang out with us, we'll be there at the beginning
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  Speaker 2: of December. Send us an emails in a quick message
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  Speaker 2: and maybe we can plan around and half of some
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  Speaker 2: hangout times in New York and talk about how you
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  Speaker 2: doing and also take your recommendations. But yes, that's why
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  Speaker 2: I'm coming out early. I think also because our schedule
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  Speaker 2: has been so cram packed and we've been hit with
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  Speaker 2: so many surprises. I'm kind of worry about what the
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  Speaker 2: next three months is going to look like, especially with
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  Speaker 2: the upcoming election. Yeah, so anyway, just sending everybody some
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  Speaker 2: love first and foremost, because it is a really stressful
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  Speaker 2: time of the year. We know this sending those who
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  Speaker 2: have children some love because we know that y'all are
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  Speaker 2: wrapping up to be like the big break and that
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  Speaker 2: can cause a lot of stress as well, sitting all
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  Speaker 2: of for anyone and everyone who are going through crisis
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  Speaker 2: right now, because we know it feels like during the
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  Speaker 2: holidays it's worse, like the number of traumatic crisis that
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  Speaker 2: occurs just leaps in, like I don't know so much.
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  Speaker 2: So for y'all going through that, please know what you
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  Speaker 2: are thinking of view it is a hard time and
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  Speaker 2: as season's approach, as this very tight schedule approaches, meaning
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  Speaker 2: all the holidays, we're here, let us know how you're doing,
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  Speaker 2: Let us know what can help, like what we can
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  Speaker 2: talk about, maybe some subjects that may alleviate and distract
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  Speaker 2: you because we need that too. Yep, listen to our
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  Speaker 2: soup episode.
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  Speaker 1: Wonderful, wonderful, delicious. Yeah, you can send any suggestions, any
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  Speaker 1: thoughts about where we should go, any ideas about maybe
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  Speaker 1: we could meet up, or topics you would like to
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  Speaker 1: hear to us. Oh and yes, if you want to
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  Speaker 1: enter the Sex and the City viewing again, it's really easy.
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  Speaker 1: Christina makes it amazing. You just have to show up
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  Speaker 1: and watch it with us and talk about it with us.
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  Speaker 1: I will say, often the topics get a little I
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  Speaker 1: won't say you're sca, but sometimes you're.
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  Speaker 2: Scaping they it is not your cwy.
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  Speaker 1: Is, but the episode will be edited so well, we're
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  Speaker 1: watching me, I would guess if you're entering, you know that.
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  Speaker 1: But just just to make sure, you can send all
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  Speaker 1: as always too, our super producer Christina, our executive producer Maya,
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  Speaker 1: and our contrutter Joey.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you, Thanks see you soon. That sounds so menacing,
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  Speaker 3: but it's not. And thanks to you for listening Stuff
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