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33:21You were just like bantering back and forth. Like one girl's was she had never missed a word and a spelling bee. One girl was homecoming queen. One girl was a baton twirler in high school. One girl owned 11 hamsters. Like it was just fun. Who owned 11 hamsters?

33:40That is so funny. It was so funny. 11. 11. Not at once. We asked. We were like at one time. Oh, okay. so that's different yeah um one girl was blind for a week who neighbor girl what had no idea blind blind for a week what do you mean she something popped up and hit her in the eye and she went blind for a week oh okay she didn't just like wake up blind no no and then um i'm trying to think of other ones baton twirler in high school um someone was in a walmart commercial was it you no it wasn't me but they they everyone thought that one was me I was the Waka Flaka concert anyways it it was so we laughed we ate they I loved this too they had pancakes um donut holes yeah you haven't like give us the give us the details of the event okay so you walk in and like the room was painted green all the hosts were wearing green and I ironically was also in green because it was the only dress that fit like everyone was dressed up they looked cute um the vibes were high like they were serving drinks I love it a baby shower just because like you can't drink I love when everybody else gets to I was chugging my lemonades and then I had three what I realized I had like three groups of friends there that are all very meaningful to me right so I have my mom group text because like motherhood bonds you in a different way right and then I have my girl group text which is like we'll talk about anything like we'll talk about who's watching love story right with carolyn beset kennedy like fashion yeah fashion um like i would be friends with these girls in any city do you know what i mean um and i love them and they're fun and they're so all one one common thread throughout them all though is they're fun and then i have my pregnant girls who i love because we're just like talking about unison right and then i just everybody there meant so much to me i didn't feel like I had to entertain anybody and they were all very special in my life so it was it was just I don't know how to explain other than I had a blast they had the they had a photo booth they had a cake I love a cake it was seated so they had cookies with people's names on it and you sat there they had a personalized menu like they crushed every single detail I was shocked like I was overwhelmed yeah amazing that um I couldn't I was blown away by like the level of detail that they nailed and thought um so good which was fantastic and then the second thing when i walked into the room it was like just amazing reflection of okay why do we love austin so much well it's the community and what is that community like it is it is anchored by um by the the people the people in that room yeah they're they're why austin is home yes and there was a moment where i was sitting talking to some girls and they run businesses also moms and I was just like these people like they're really kick-ass like I love being around them their energy is infectious the way they think about things is infectious so I don't know I just think who you surround yourself with you know really impacts how you think and what you want to do and I was just proud that was a word that I had like looking at all the hosts I text them all I was like I was just really proud to have you guys throw it for me I was really proud of all the people in the room like I just I love my crew here in Austin so anyways the the shower the drip the sprinkle in summary great theme great game great space and one last question the three those three recommendations yeah okay and I almost feel like there's a fourth which is like don't like the fourth from what I heard from you is like do the little things like print the custom menus, get the little cookie, bake the little cookies, whether you order them or bake them.

37:36And that all brings it together. Are those recommendations for just a shower or shower and a sprinkle? And if so, how would you delineate your recommendations for a shower versus a sprinkle? Well, on the shower, people go because it's your first baby. Yeah. Right. And so I think the sky is the limit on the shower. Personalize, monogram, balloon out as much as you want, right? For me, they did the level of detail for a shower where it felt like a sprinkle was numbers, right? I don't think you have a lot of showers that are sit down lunches, but because we were a small number, we were able to do a sit down lunch with lots of cute detail.

38:22So I, I really recommend for a sprinkle doing a sit down lunch because not, not one where you order, where they just brought out the food. You did, we didn't stop talking. Like we were just chatting the entire time. The flow was perfect. And what, like, would it have been the same at like someone's house? absolutely yeah because what you're describing like it feels like it would have been a blast if it was even like at our place yeah if you're listening from home like wherever you do it listen the pro of doing it at a restaurant you know is no the hosts weren't bringing over the food so the hosts were like engaged we were sitting down chatting it was great love it love love it love it it was I'm like I gotta say there's I was like really overjoyed by it I still am I just think back to it and I just had so much fun and they did such do the little things that's a really good point like the cookies they had the flour backdrop like they had a cake it was just like really really sweet and I think when it comes to planning a shower or a sprinkle just remembering like the little details do matter you know they are special amazing so my girls made me feel very special you guys know i am obsessed with skims i'm wearing their bra right now as we speak and at home what's drying is my new it's my new shorts and gray i've got gray shorts with a gray tank top that goes on top i'm wearing it all the time i wear it every day in miami they have the cutest basics.

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41:17Okay. Oh, I have a very, very controversial take. What is it? do you want to do expo or controversial take well i can just glaze over expo really quickly i think we were meat and bones podcast so let's talk about expo speaking of meat and bones we had meat last night and where you officially know your neighbors are part of your family is when neighbor t cooked the meal in our kitchen and i was like we've made it yeah like we've really just gotten there with them and that was really a fun time um okay expo Harrison's mom's coming Kathy which would be really fun because we haven't had correct me if I'm wrong have we had a grandparent come on a trip to watch the totski no but like I'm sure some listeners gonna be like yeah you did in this city like I don't know I don't think we have No, because basically both grandparents have watched her in Austin when we haven't been there.

42:21But pretty much all of her time is either with them in Austin or Oklahoma City or Vancouver. Yeah, but now you're right. You're right. Not on a trip. Right when she was born, we were in Hawaii. That was a family trip. that wasn't like that wasn't somebody came yeah that was a family trip that bubber went on correct yeah i think that's different yeah your mom is like coming to help yeah also though what's special about this for your mom is she gets to go to expo to see you yeah she came to our first ever trade show which was called fancy food and it was in san francisco and her and alex's mom flew down for it and they were so cute did she wear a flock shirt was she so proud of you um that was the first brand we ever debuted which never ended up actually launching it was a bit of a pump fake it was called avo crazy and it was an avocado puff i remember this tell us about and why didn't you launch the avo crazy avocado puff um because i would eat that there was a massive ingredient issue meaning avocados the the powder that we were using oh it just wasn't it wasn't it wasn't up to your standards yeah and and um you know what it's a story for another time okay let me talk to alex cost about what i can and can't say on that because it's actually a really good story okay well the avo the so she came to the trade show not for flock she came for the avo crazy Crazy, yeah.

44:00What a name, guys. It was so much. It was like, yeah. And when you do Avo Crazy, Flock, Rob's Popcorn, are these all under the Naked Market? Naked Market owns all of them, yeah. Okay, so. Or is a significant owner in Aldamia. So Avo Crazy was part of that. Who came up with the name Avo Crazy? At this point, like, you never know who actually came up with the name, whether it was Alex or me or Emmett. What? Oh, Emmett, yeah. Emmett was there. um okay so this time will be the flock booth um and yeah i'm excited i love getting to support you because i feel like you're always supporting me and so anything i can do with flock makes me really happy thank you although i can't seem to get a text back from you and alex about what hall we're in oh i can i can send it back i have a birth number i'll say one change i'm making to the program this year is normally we do a big dinner so it starts wednesday normally we do a big dinner tuesday night where do you do it um it's different every year it's at pf chains every year the team dinner is on thursday oh that's happening okay i was gonna say but it's also strategically on thursday this year not wednesday okay is we is normally like before expo i do a big dinner with industry people okay but then you wake up that it starts wednesday morning and And Wednesday at 9 a.m.

45:24is the buyer's only window. And so, like, the problem is every year the Tuesday dinner just runs so late because everyone's having a great time and not doing a Tuesday dinner this year. So that way, Wednesday morning, we're there. We're fresh. We're locked in. Because we've, like, what's so unique about Expo. So it's 9 to 6 every day. Buyers come and buy the booth. So you are, like, action-packed. But then there's events at night. So each event you'll go to that are hosted by different investors, investment banks, law firms. So there's like three, you go to three plus events a night. So it is a long, long action packed few days.

46:10It's our Super Bowl. Yeah. Super Bowl of trade shows for the snack industry. So hold on. Everyone has booths and they line these hallways and it's a convention center. And I mean, they line haul after haul. I mean, there's an uncomprehendable amount of people there. Is this correct? The Whole Foods buyer would be walking around. They would pop over to a booth. They would say, taste the product they pick. I love this. And then they would order it? No. So you then typically set up a follow-up time to discuss something that they have interest in. So our sticks are a great example of an item that we've shown a lot of retailers.

46:47but a lot of retailers we just haven't had the opportunity to to get it in front of them because of timing maybe the relationship doesn't exist with that specific buyer and so they'll come by and they'll be able to taste like most buyers at this point have seen the skins right right and so the focus of our booth very much will be the sticks but also some new skins flavors so we launched Benihana maybe some buyers haven't had the chance to see Benihana yet and if they and some you're just catching up with just managing relationships yeah and I also think it's really important like in our industry I think part of the reason why we like going Expo West is it's a big commitment it's a big investment you have a lot of team members there and so what it shows retailers is hey we invest in our brand like we show up we um and by say what i say we invest in the in the brand it also means you'll invest in supporting a brand when when you're in their store ah that's a good look yeah it's a good look to have okay well i'm excited it's also out in orange county which like i love so it's just a fun tradition bubber went and i said this last time bubber went my belly she went last year and she's going this year and hopefully she goes every year which is really exciting and then hopefully bubba starts to come i showed bubber okay so this morning she wanted to come bubba i know you're right you're right mister i don't know we had a name well nobody we had a great name a nickname yeah bubba um brother yeah i liked mister junior junior oh that's cute we did kind of narrow it down to four ish names like because our neighbor gave us really good advice not not Winnie's parents but one of our other neighbors that has three grown kids and she just said you've got so much going on in the hospital don't go to the hospital without a name and I was like well I could go to the hospital any minute so I started texting Harrison names yesterday just just because I want to I want to start seeing them written out what i've realized i have a top choice that you don't seem to like so okay well this is one thing that i wanted i want to nail home for everybody listening when i'm looking for names is what i like about tate is it's unique but it's not trendy and that's what i'm looking for with a boy name i'm looking at the name you sent yesterday i sent you four names and i typed them out because i think you got to see it written first and last name i think you You have to see it with Tate and.

49:25And so I have a word. I'll just say this. We're starting to narrow it down to four or five. Yeah. In looking at how all these are written, I think what I will say is I think I'm out on. OK, that's my second favorite. But I'm not loving how is showing up. OK. We're going to believe that. but because I think it still could be. Okay. But I wanted, I'd be interested to know if I'll change on that. So it's good that we have it even bleeped on the record. But I was looking at Tate this morning and I was like, you just, you look like a Tate. The second, the second name you sent, and I guess we can just bleep it through, of **** is really good.

50:09It's my favorite. It looks really good. It's my current favorite **** Tate. Like they just have a, the same exact vibe to them. And we can call them, we can, we can call, oh. And shout out to the DMs because somebody just messaged me. that and I read it and I was like that's I like that um yeah sure can um that's really funny that's actually funny that might be it but we're anyways I showed she wanted to look at photos of you so I showed her a photo of you but it was like an old photo of like I don't know it was 10 months ago. And so she was really little and she was like, Bubba. I was like, well, no, it's you, but kind of like she just thinks a little baby is Bubba.

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52:54Okay. Yes, Jules. Thank you. I'm at the airport a couple of weeks ago and I go to the automated checkout and I think I got a couple of breakfast tacos and yes, it was when we were going to Miami and a water. Okay. And it asked me for a tip and initially i just get like so triggered i'm like who am i tipping who am i tipping but then change the perspective how did the food get there okay so okay i i saw something going viral which was um basically we can put the tweet up but someone was getting really upset because they were staying at a hotel, the hotel comp the breakfast, and then they got a bill with a comp breakfast but requesting a tip.

53:48And they were like super pissed that they were asked for a tip. And I thought that was completely unreasonable to not think you would tip even if the breakfast was comp. But then it got me going down the rabbit hole of do you tip the, what do you call the cash registers with no one there? self-checkout the self-checkout thank you do you tip the self-checkout and and i think you do but i think you tip half of what you normally tip because what you're tipping is the back end you're tipping the people who are making the food and you're tipping the people who are putting the product on the shelves now here's the caveat okay there's a very very very important caveat up.

54:29There needs to be a disclaimer that 100 % of tip is going to the workers involved in getting the product on the shelf. Okay. And that may be my main beef is I'm a little worried in the self-checkout that the tip is going to the company. So I need some clarification, but I'm coming out on record that I am pro self-checkout tip, but I'm pro self-checkout tip at 50 % of the rate of what you'd normally tip. Because we need to take care of the folks who are getting the product on shelves. Like someone's cooking the breakfast tacos. Totally. Totally agree. I'm getting a face, Jules. But you're not tipping the kitchen when you're tipping at a restaurant.

55:14Yes, you are. No, you're not. Yes, you are. A lot of times, aren't they splitting it? Yes, you are. For the restaurant that I worked at, they tip the waitresses and the waitresses tip out the host and the bussers. They do not tip out the kitchen. No way. No. The intention is that the cooks are making a livable wage. The waitresses make, at least in Ohio, it was like$4 an hour. So like where I'm confused is like I would hope that the airport was paying their workers a livable wage where the tips like the tips should not be a thing for just stocking the shelves. That should be a non-tipped industry because it's not a service.

55:59Tipping is for service. They don't I don't know a restaurant that tips out the kitchen. And P is agreeing with me. OK. Yeah, I very well could be wrong on this. I've never worked in a restaurant. Well, I've worked in one, but I was a cash register at like, I was a cashier at checkout. Did you get tipped? Yes, we got tipped. But I'm trying to think then did you tip out? Because I also, like you also bust the tables at this restaurant and then there was the cook. Like I got tipped out as a bust girl. Here's how I'm directionally thinking about it. Okay. hopefully the companies can keep the products at more affordable prices so that way i'm actually this is a great example of like me now talking about something that i don't i want to make sure what i say i believe in can i say what i like what you said yes i think the change in perspective because you could have stood there and been annoyed that it was asking you to auto tip or whatever that was asking you to tip on a self-checkout and you changed your perspective and you were okay with it and I always say that the only person that it hurts to be annoyed with is yourself so that's what I um clung on to from that okay you're only hurting yourself by being annoyed about that because it was a situation I think I also now you know when I will be annoyed when is if someone comments and says that that those self-checkouts are just going right to corporate yeah but that's what you're at that's what you're wondering so I love whenever I order something on DoorDash, they tell me that 100 % of my tip is going to the DoorDash.

57:42Yes. I love to see that because I think too, you know, at our local coffee shop, you know, when we go to tip, I do want to know that, that a hundred percent like it's going to the people back there working. Can we DM, find out these, like the company, next time I'm there, I guess I'll find out the company name and let's DM them on Instagram. Because if you ask companies these questions, they tell you. Yeah. 100%. They have to. But doesn't, wasn't this the thing with Starbucks where their tip was not going 100 % to the workers? I hope it was. I do believe I remember this being a thing, but don't quote me on it.

58:24I think that the word tip, like I think that legally 100 % of tips have to go to workers or else it's not a tip. It's like that's why there was like maybe a service charge. I'm kind of speaking out of my butt here, but like a service charge that the company puts on, like they might be able to take some of that. But I think if something's classified as a tip, it has to. This has 100 percent of tips must go to workers, not the business. OK, that's great. Under the federal. But who is the federal law? Who is the worker at the self-checkout? We'll see. I have a happy tip story. We were eating at the well.

59:05here in Austin and there was, we were with Tate and we had this wagers come over and you could tell Tate was really hungry and we ordered everything and we were like the berries and the eggs are for her. And she was like, I'm going to make sure those come out first. Then we got to talking to her and she was like, you're pregnant. And wasn't she pregnant? She definitely had a child because she knew Bubba needed to get her food out first. She knew to bring her the water cup and the plastic cup. I want to say she was pregnant. She was this like really sweet Burnett girl. Anyways, at the end of the meal, I'm almost positive she was pregnant now.

59:40At the end of the meal, we said, hey, we're going to tip you, but could we also get your Venmo? And she said, I really appreciate that, but I'm not going to give it to you because we all do tip sharing here. And I wouldn't want one of my workers to do that. And we were like, kudos to you yeah she kept the shared she kept the shared pot honest so we tipped her big on there and it went to everybody but we were we were like can we venmo you and she was like you know what i love thank you so much for offering i wish but no because she wouldn't want one of her workers to do that and so i thought what an honest honest gal and she brought those berries out for bubs yeah she was cute and sweet um let's move to in the comments okay you missed this last week Jules and I talked about it now there are expiration dates on food do you count those as guidelines or as fact so if it says it expires on three two are you throwing it out are you waiting a couple days for you for you and bubs when you're pregnant and with bubs as a kid I stick by the dates throw it out and throw it out but for me I'll go past the date three to five days on chicken?

1:00:56yes but I'll also look at it right and like I also like because I work in this industry and understand the general food science behind a lot of different products I often have more context as to the best buy date. Okay, so now that leads me to my next thing. There's a best buy and there's a sell by date. So our sliced turkey, for example, is sell by, let's call it 3-2 again. How many days after are you eating the sell by? Because I'm only eating it two days after the sell by date. Yeah, as I said, with you and Bob's, like I just don't take chances. But sell by, you're not eating it past the sell by?

1:01:44With you two, I don't. You don't. But best buy for me is a hard stop. With me, yeah. Like two days, I personally, I won't think about it. Five days, I'm generally good with it. But I do like look at smell and appearance. Okay, and so like you being in the food industry though, are there certain foods where you're like I can stretch this a little longer?

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1:03:44And I was like, oh, I have to throw these out. And you were like, no, you don't. They can live on the shelf. they can live in your car and then you can put them in the refrigerator and they it will not change like the makeup of them because of the because of the manufacturing method yes yeah and i didn't know that and so you've taught me a lot about that okay so with bubs and i you're saying you are going to be safe and you're going to throw stuff out with you you're like no whatever yes okay well i told them last week every sunday and we did it yesterday i do a clean sweep of all the items in the fridge.

1:04:15I now have like the expiration date. We have to eat a lot today though because a lot expires tomorrow. All the broccoli, all the turkey legs, not the turkey legs, the chicken legs and the ground turkey. So we got to make a feast. I would love to. If it expires tomorrow and I cook it today, can we eat it in two days? If it's cooked? What do you mean? Like, okay, so if the ground chicken expires tomorrow, today I cook it into chicken patties. Can those last three days? I'm just taking less risk like with the pregnancy. For you? For me, generally, yes. But I'm also like I'm looking at it and I'm smelling everything.

1:04:54So I'm not giving you the answers you want here. Can I zag for a moment? Yeah. And you can tell me if this is interesting. I thought we had one of our most unique days in the neighborhood yesterday. Oh, I love this. Do you want to hear about this, Jules? Yeah. it was really cute so yesterday was sunday we probably spent somewhere between three to four hours just on our street like it was a beautiful day and for whatever reason our entire street was at home and everyone was just hanging out just outside outside sometimes in front of our house sometimes in front of the neighbors directly across sometimes a couple houses down sometimes the kids are out there other times not like it was it was just like a hang nothing to it it was really cool and like no one had anywhere to be yeah that was it nobody had anywhere to go people would come they'd be gone they'd leave for an hour they'd come back but what was so cute about it is again we've got the diagonal neighbors because we have a lot of young kids on our street but diagonal from us they've got older kids and bubs was going and bubs was helping plant the flowers she was going he the guy was taking her in the house like she came out with a necklace like they are so sweet to her and then she kept wanting to walk over to their house she walked over to their house three times or three times three times she would walk out the front door and she would grab our hand and she would just walk over there and just pitter patter up the stairs up the stairs and and it was really cute so it was a good day for the neighborhood it was a great day for a good day for the neighborhood for sure um yeah lots of just i i think i think it's your point nowhere nobody had anywhere to be so everyone was just hanging out outside and then we had our neighbors over for dinner and one of the other little girls came up to me and she said um can i come see your playroom one day and i said you can come over whenever her mom helped me take winnie and tate upstairs i mean we just had a whole party so everyone was and i what i want to plan for the street is a progressive dinner where you do you know what a progressive dinner is yeah you've talked about this i think it's genius i gotta do it i just don't know if i do it before the baby or after the baby but we sign up four houses on the block i've got them signed up and you do appetizers at one house meal at the other house no drinks at one house apps at one house meal at one house dessert at the other house and then you get to see everybody's house which i think would be really fun yeah i think it's really fun honestly it's probably before the baby because then our house will be clean yeah for sure because i think after the baby it's it's all going down um okay so that was number one thing in the comments was a lot of people are saying that they think that expiration dates are guidelines, not strict rules.

1:07:55That's just what they're saying. Yeah. They're what the companies are standing by. No, people at home are saying I'll eat it a couple of days past. I think they're guidelines. They're not so strict for me. That was the general consensus. The other thing I was talking about was when you're pregnant and you lay down, why do you have to pee so much worse than when you're standing up and it's because the blood no the water one second something it says peeing more when laying down while pregnant is primarily caused by gravity allowing excess fluid stored in your legs and feet to move back into your bloodstream your kidneys filter this excess fluid producing more urine combined with enlarging uterus this causes increased nighttime urination So it's something to do with how laying down and the liquid coming from your legs into your kidneys.

1:08:52I mean, it's crazy. So that does make sense. I did figure there was like some sort of scientific backing to that. But I thought it was going to be way more. Like to me, that's not what I expected. I thought it was going to be the uterus or the bladder. I thought it was going to be way more obvious. Yeah. The baby just like sits on your bladder or something. Yeah. Yeah. No, it's something with the legs. Look at that. It's a restless leg. Like, who knows? It's all related. It is interesting, though. When I do find my best night's sleep is when I prop my legs up for 20 minutes before bed. Yeah. Up on the wall.

1:09:26That's the best. It's the best. Because, like, I can just see the swelling just sort of, like, leaving. So it's pretty incredible. I'm no longer – okay, so what I'm going to do up until I have this baby, pricking the finger like it hurts. It's just not going to happen. Okay. last night after the baby sprinkled they gave us a cake and they put it in our refrigerator and I was like we got to throw this out we didn't throw it out so last night I was putting a fork in the cake and I felt like crap all night I feel like crap this morning I think that the better I eat the better I feel interesting and I couldn't sleep I just I feel like throwing up I'm nauseous my head hurts.

1:10:12My hands hurt. Like I'm achy. So I do think what I'm going to do is I'm not going to test how these things hit my blood sugar, the glucose monitor X, Y, Z. Cause last week I ate really, really, really good. Like I was full. I felt like I was eating high protein, but of course I would have my carbs, but not forks and cakes. Okay. And so I'm just going to try and do that within reason up until the end. Um, so I can, I can feel good. Give yourself grace. I am, but last night, like I didn't do so good and like, I feel the effects of it, but that's the thing with, with the impaired glucose tolerance is like it will, it just, your body cannot process it as much.

1:10:55And I really did feel that. And like, I do feel it affecting me. So I do think, is it more fun to put the fork in the cake? Of course it is. Do you want to do that when you're pregnant of course you do but what I want more than that is to feel good and I know how to feel good and I did it last week and so I'm going to do it again I'm just going to get back to it it was a not it was a fun lesson to learn it's fun why it lasted you're doing great well thank you I just I am going to have to go over to the neighbor's house and ask her I'll pay you to make me another one of those loaves of bread what do I got to do maybe I'll make it.

1:11:29Harrison, I need it. It's, it saved me last week cause I want carbs, but apparently, you know, sourdough is good for leveling out blood sugar. And I actually think it is cause I was grabbing it like cotton candy off this giant loaf and I was eating it and I felt great. So can you help me with that? Actually, it's now a, it's now a need. Okay. Well, I can we do not have time to bake it so go to the store and buy it I will say people in the comments said just because you use someone else's starter does not make you less of a sourdough baker we have two starters on our street I'm the sourdough makers were a little up in arms about that two starters on our street this to me is just like such I need to think of a parallel but like it's like it's like listening to a book yeah it's the same it's like calling yourself an artist but you use a stencil no nothing is a form of art here's the thing about the starters that i learned from one of the neighbors after talking to her you can do so much wrong with the starter you might you might spend three days on the starter and not even actually make the bread because your starter i know i think it's a week you've got one component wrong let's just skip Because at this point I need the bread.

1:12:50So I need the path, the quickest path to fruition, which is using someone's starter. Start there. Make your own starter in a month. Yeah. Test it out. Okay. But we got to do this next week. We don't have time. Well, how do you want me to get the bread? There's great sourdough from that like Easy Tiger Bakery. But is the last ingredient genetically modified ingredients? I mean, we'll look at it. Okay. I think it's like fresh baked. I think it is too. And they do sell starters there. So I'm feeling pretty good about that. All right. Things we DMed each other. Well, or do you want to do Bicker of the Week should you pay attention to Google reviews?

1:13:28So this is a really, really interesting story thing that happens. So in France, every year they do a bake-off. and the winner of the bake-off delivers fresh baguettes to the royal palace or whatever the equivalent is every day. And it's done via a blind taste test. And so - I'm so in on this. Amazing, right? The winner had 3.8 Google stars. Okay. Yes. Interesting. Yes. And now this gentleman, Sri Lankan gentleman, Sri Lanka, beautiful country. He is 3.8. Now he gets to deliver bread every single day. And I'm sure it is great, great revenue for him. And I'm sure the follow through to his business will be great.

1:14:22And so it brings to the question, how accurate are Google reviews? I have a take, but please go first. Well, I think this is a large, this is a big concept that we see in life. a lot of times creatives, right? Interior designers, artists, et cetera. They they'll say, cause I've seen, um, people talk about this. Just you have this side of the brain doesn't mean you're good at balancing your books. Doesn't mean you're good at responding to your emails. He could be a phenomenal baker. Doesn't mean he's that good at front of house service. So I think that's a phenomenal take on the flip side. I think this is a little more niche.

1:15:00i think google reviews when it comes to restaurants in the u.s are largely accurate okay okay one exception is miami i find the reviews in miami all seem to be artificially inflated like there are these 4.8 star google reviews for these like um just like truly i don't even know how to described touristy yeah like touristy like three dollar pizza places where they actually charge like 12 for the pizza and it's been sitting there for 14 days um like like well i was more so also thinking though they not restaurants like more like kind of those drunk type eating places right like drunk eat places have like 4.8 stars it's like the food's clearly been there forever um Um, so with the exception of Miami, I find that Google reviews in the U S are a very good base rate for what to expect in Paris.

1:16:06The Google reviews are all terrible. So I think that Parisians just have a totally different standard of ranking because like so many of our favorite restaurants in Paris, like if I look at the suggestions I gave you and you went, and when we eventually go back together, like there's so many in the threes, Like in the U S I don't think I've ever, like if I see something's a three, I generally wouldn't go. But, um, well, what the Trump card for me on a restaurant over Google reviews is a recommendation, right? So if somebody says that if multiple people say like this restaurant is the best, I won't even look at the Google reviews cause I'll just know I'm going like, I don't care what Carbone in Miami's Google review is.

1:16:50I'd actually love to know but I'd assume it's high because everything in Miami is like generally pretty high 4.3 okay 4.3 so it's low it's low what's the fish restaurant in Charleston that you said is one of your favorite in the United States Chubby Fish

1:17:164.7 that's good I'm happy to see that um but here's the thing is is when i see if i get a recommendation i'll go but i'll look at the review because what that tells me like carbon being a four three is there's a trade-off okay and so like what's the trade-off to carbon it's insanely expensive right and so like Like, well, like I love Carbone. When you tell me it's a 4.3, I get that because like you pay a serious price. And I think a lot of people go there thinking like, okay, well, as an outright Italian food, I could get something similar probably for half the price. But we are good with the premium because of the vibe, because of the service.

1:18:06Once a year. Yeah. where where the handoff with chubby fish though is they don't take reservations so you are putting your name in and you are waiting for two three hours is it worth it absolutely it's truly truly yeah unbelievable but but people don't think that trade-off is even worth really noting which is crazy and i do and i like the integrity of that google review because they are rating it off of service it's phenomenal experience it's phenomenal and food is mouthwatering good. So, yeah, so do you pay attention to Google Reviews? Short answer is what? Yes, for sure. Okay, my short answer is yes, but a recommendation can go above a Google Review for me.

1:18:47Multiple recommendations will trump a Google Review. Totally, totally, totally. But if I am just at, if I just landed in a random spot and I have four hours to eat and I'm Googling restaurants near me, I'm absolutely looking at Google Reviews. And I do think it's important for restaurants to have their Google reviews dialed. Because I think a lot of people look at them. Yeah. I mean, there's no other ranking. Corner stores four or five. You're not looking at their Instagram page to see the food. What? I'm not. I'm not going to their Instagram. Oh, my first line of defense now is going to TikTok and searching the restaurant.

1:19:24Now that's good because people are talking to you. It's not just a pretty photo. And you can see the food and people are talking to you. and you can see the vibe and what people are wearing. I love it. TikTok's a good one. I don't do it. I'm going to start doing it. It's because you guys are millennials. Are you Gen Z? It's a Gen Z thing. Jewel's on the cusp. We talked about this last week. She's on the cusp. But she identifies as a Gen Z-er, where you and I identify hard as millennials. Totally. Yes. In fact, I think they think we're losers. I think they think we are dorks. Did you listen to the episode last week, Harrison?

1:20:01I unfortunately did not. Great question, Julie. So you wouldn't even know the new inside jokes, the banter. Yeah, you're so far behind. Huh, how about that? You should give it a listen. No comment? Well, Jules, appreciate you stepping up. She did great. I had a lot of DMs for it. Bearing the responsibility. People were very excited to hear from her. That's great. They were. They were thrilled. Did you see my DMs? No. Oh, yeah, I had a bunch. Very nice. Okay, well, we've lost Harrison, so we're going to wrap. Because there's always a time when you can tell he just says, I'm done. Well, thank you very much for listening.

1:20:41And in the words of Bubber, all done. All done. Bubber has learned please and thank you. And she's learned please. And squirrel. Squirrel and golf cart. What else? Thank you for listening. Okay. Love you guys. Thank you for listening. Appreciate it. Thanks for listening to another episode of Two Parents and a Podcast powered by Just Media House. If you enjoyed the show, don't forget to like, subscribe, comment, rate, and review. Stay connected on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and Facebook at Two Parents and a Pod. Welcome to our home. Sorry it's so messy. New episodes Mondays and Thursdays. This episode is brought to you by Athletic Brewing Company.

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