1 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:07,760 Speaker 1: Hey, this is Annie and Samantha. I'm welcome to stuff 2 00:00:07,760 --> 00:00:18,840 Speaker 1: I've never told your protection of. I heart radio. Yes, 3 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:22,239 Speaker 1: and welcome to another happy hour. I feel like any 4 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:24,880 Speaker 1: time I do this, I have that real, like weird 5 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:30,600 Speaker 1: podcaster voice. That's a good onl Welcome to another hour 6 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:35,960 Speaker 1: happy hour brought to you by sminthe that works out anyway, 7 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:40,200 Speaker 1: we are not talking a little bit at that, And yes, 8 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:44,400 Speaker 1: everybody cheers. Hope you are doing well. Just reminder, we 9 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:48,200 Speaker 1: are not typically sponsored for specific alcohols that we're talking about. 10 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:50,879 Speaker 1: We are sponsored in general, as you've heard the many ads, 11 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:54,160 Speaker 1: many ads that we have, but not by the companies 12 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 1: that we are talking about. Usually if we ever do, 13 00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:00,960 Speaker 1: will let you know for sure. And if you are 14 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:06,960 Speaker 1: drinking an alcoholic adult beverage, please drink responsibly. Yes, but 15 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:11,679 Speaker 1: if you know, I suppose any beverage an you know, 16 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 1: as any would uh attest she can't drink too much 17 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:28,520 Speaker 1: caffeine into trouble. When I've been there, I've been there 18 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:30,639 Speaker 1: where my eyes are tired but my heart is racing 19 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:34,959 Speaker 1: and I hate that feeling. But anyway, today we are 20 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:40,200 Speaker 1: actually going to feature the lovely wines from Love Corkscrew 21 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:46,440 Speaker 1: Entertainment LCS and their founder is Kashan Lampley, who started 22 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:49,240 Speaker 1: this brand as a blog in radio show that eventually 23 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:52,280 Speaker 1: expanded to her wine and other products. I think they 24 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:55,720 Speaker 1: have some candles and all this other neat stuff. And 25 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:58,559 Speaker 1: she has been a part of this industry for over 26 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:02,040 Speaker 1: fifteen years, but she didn't actually start her own brand 27 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 1: until but it's still been around for a while and 28 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 1: she has grown exponentially. She is nationwide, you can get it. 29 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 1: I believe that some targets, whole foods, all kinds of places. 30 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:17,080 Speaker 1: So it's out there. And yes, today we are drinking 31 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:22,399 Speaker 1: to different as wines, microrect what are you drinking? I 32 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 1: am drinking. They read Cabnet San called We're moving on Up, 33 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:29,120 Speaker 1: which I don't know if you know this, Samantha, but 34 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:31,720 Speaker 1: I have a We talked recently about words that kind 35 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:33,079 Speaker 1: of like trip you up and you have a fear 36 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:36,400 Speaker 1: around them. One of mine is cavernet, savognan and and 37 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:38,160 Speaker 1: a lot of times I say cap save, but it's 38 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:40,239 Speaker 1: not because I think it's cool or anything. It's just 39 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:43,120 Speaker 1: if you don't want to say something, I do the 40 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:46,640 Speaker 1: same thing. And I am drinking the in too deep 41 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:50,080 Speaker 1: Veno blanco. And by the way, these labels are super 42 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:52,799 Speaker 1: cute and super fun when you need to check it out, 43 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:54,760 Speaker 1: as in fact, let me go ahead and pour my glass. 44 00:02:54,840 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 1: Let's see how this sounds. Oh god, that, oh God, 45 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:05,919 Speaker 1: was because I just spilled some in my lap. You 46 00:03:06,040 --> 00:03:09,200 Speaker 1: handled it like a champ. You handled it like a champ. 47 00:03:09,639 --> 00:03:11,320 Speaker 1: I have a blanket on me, so it went into 48 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:13,000 Speaker 1: my blanket. So I guess what needs to be washed 49 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 1: because it smells like wine. Now. Yeah, and just to 50 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 1: talk a little bit more about lamb play while we're 51 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:22,400 Speaker 1: tasting our beverage. She's been an advocate within the wine 52 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 1: industry and has been pushing for more diversity and has 53 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:28,520 Speaker 1: been mentoring others to open doors for more women of color, 54 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:31,960 Speaker 1: and she has been obviously in a lot of press 55 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:35,160 Speaker 1: because of the company that she has. As stated on 56 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:38,680 Speaker 1: the Love Corkscrew site, less than one percent of wine 57 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:42,440 Speaker 1: industry negotiations are black women, and that the LLC has 58 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 1: transformed the industry as the first black woman owned wine 59 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:50,320 Speaker 1: to launch whimsical labels. This is all on their site, 60 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:52,400 Speaker 1: and it's true. It does a really cute whimsical labels 61 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:55,480 Speaker 1: and all the names are very cute. Indeed, and yet 62 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:58,920 Speaker 1: mine is, like I said, into deep and it is 63 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:02,800 Speaker 1: a veno blanco. So oh, this is really tasty. So 64 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 1: I've really gotten into like the effervescent white wines. I 65 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:09,160 Speaker 1: don't want it to be too dry. I don't love 66 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 1: that this is labeled as a dryer white wine. But 67 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:15,480 Speaker 1: it's a brute style, so it's very reminiscent of a 68 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:18,480 Speaker 1: champagne or a prosecco type of level. And yeah, I 69 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 1: definitely taste a lot of fruits. I taste pair in 70 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:24,640 Speaker 1: this and it's quite delightful. Maybe I'm off very crispy, 71 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:27,320 Speaker 1: and it reminds me of summer, a lot of summer. 72 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:29,760 Speaker 1: I feel like I need to be sitting out on 73 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:33,080 Speaker 1: a patio looking towards the mountains. This is that type 74 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:35,040 Speaker 1: of wine. Not even a beach wine. It's like a 75 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:39,240 Speaker 1: mountain white wine. Um. And from their own description, it 76 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:43,599 Speaker 1: says vino blanco a brute style white wine with aromas 77 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 1: of green apple and grapefruit. Didn't call either one of that. 78 00:04:46,839 --> 00:04:51,360 Speaker 1: This line is classically balanced, lightly efforts, vescent, refreshingly soft, 79 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:53,560 Speaker 1: yet dry. And yeah, it is very soft in that 80 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:56,359 Speaker 1: that the dryness is not overwhelming. The tannins aren't coating 81 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 1: my tongue. And they also keep saying this is followed 82 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:03,360 Speaker 1: by bursts of complexity and character accented with a touch 83 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:06,719 Speaker 1: of crisps nopes to finish off the clean elegance of 84 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:13,040 Speaker 1: this variety. And I agree. I like your Your wine 85 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:15,960 Speaker 1: reading description voice is a different one too. It's close, 86 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:18,480 Speaker 1: it's in the same vein, but not quite the same. 87 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:21,800 Speaker 1: And trying to be sophisticated, as if the cabins of 88 00:05:21,839 --> 00:05:24,120 Speaker 1: a mountain, because I only go there because I'm from 89 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 1: the city. And when that sophisticated is I don't know. 90 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:33,320 Speaker 1: Samantha knows. I recently was told by an advertiser who 91 00:05:33,320 --> 00:05:37,440 Speaker 1: shall remain nameless, that I am not sophisticated, and I 92 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:39,920 Speaker 1: don't know what to make of that. They really wanted 93 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:43,039 Speaker 1: you to say that you sat in your armchair next 94 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:47,160 Speaker 1: to your fireplace with a pipe, sipping on a glass 95 00:05:47,279 --> 00:05:50,799 Speaker 1: of so and so. If only they could see my apartment, 96 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 1: then perhaps they never would have asked me to try 97 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:55,520 Speaker 1: to be sophisticated. I mean, can we just say that 98 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:58,520 Speaker 1: about most people, like the level of people who you 99 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:04,000 Speaker 1: think drink This not true. We'll leave that mystery up 100 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:06,240 Speaker 1: to you. Listeners that can either confirm nor den I 101 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:08,720 Speaker 1: it is it's not this company. No, it is not 102 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:12,560 Speaker 1: this company, and absolutely not. I am drinking that. We're 103 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:17,040 Speaker 1: moving on a Cabernets copaniall And it's really nice. It 104 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:19,280 Speaker 1: feels like when you first have it, it's like kind 105 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:22,320 Speaker 1: of a push pull of for me at least, because 106 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 1: I do typically drink red wine over white, and I 107 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:30,200 Speaker 1: typically drink drier red over sweeter reds um. So when 108 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:31,760 Speaker 1: you first taste it, it it feels like it might be 109 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:34,200 Speaker 1: a lot sweeter, and then it doesn't, and then it 110 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:35,600 Speaker 1: feels like it's going to be more bitter, and then 111 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:38,240 Speaker 1: it's not. So it's kind of like a fun um 112 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:41,760 Speaker 1: surprise or like you're not really anticipating for me, like, oh, 113 00:06:41,839 --> 00:06:43,640 Speaker 1: not what I thought it was going to be. And 114 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:45,799 Speaker 1: I don't like it when people use the term easy drinking. 115 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:47,200 Speaker 1: I don't mind it, but I feel like it's a 116 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:50,279 Speaker 1: wide gonna mean a lot of things. But it is. 117 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:54,200 Speaker 1: It's like a nice kind of smooth, fruity light. It's 118 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:56,440 Speaker 1: not got too much tannins either, it doesn't really coat 119 00:06:56,440 --> 00:06:58,800 Speaker 1: your mouth or anything like that. Right, So it is 120 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:17,800 Speaker 1: it is easy drink. From their description, Sevenian is smoothiet 121 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:20,320 Speaker 1: complex with the romans of cedar box, dry tobacco leaves 122 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:23,840 Speaker 1: and mission fig a couple of top flavors of black cherry, sugar, plumb, 123 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:26,600 Speaker 1: and a hint of vanilla. Enjoy it with steak, beef stew, 124 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:30,880 Speaker 1: pot roast, grilled bill or lamb. Do you eat, Bill, 125 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:35,200 Speaker 1: I've never bought it and made it for myself. I'm 126 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:38,800 Speaker 1: sure I've probably had it at some point, but it's 127 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:42,480 Speaker 1: not something I would normally order, and I've definitely never 128 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:44,840 Speaker 1: made it or bought it right. Bill makes me sad. 129 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:47,400 Speaker 1: I will say it was one of those means I'm like, no, 130 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:49,800 Speaker 1: I can't. What was so funny is when I went 131 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:52,600 Speaker 1: on a date, my first date. And by the way, 132 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:54,160 Speaker 1: when I say me by first date, it's probably my 133 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:57,720 Speaker 1: only date. No, my first date ever, actual first date 134 00:07:57,800 --> 00:07:59,800 Speaker 1: outside of just like being with friends with someone and 135 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:02,320 Speaker 1: going out and inadvertently realizing, oh, this is a date. Cool, 136 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:04,400 Speaker 1: but they didn't pay for me. We all split like 137 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:06,920 Speaker 1: it didn't make sense. But this was like a like 138 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:10,280 Speaker 1: we met online, met for the first time, went for lunch, 139 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:13,640 Speaker 1: and at the restaurant he he knew I was a vegetarian, 140 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:15,440 Speaker 1: didn't know why at that point in time, I was 141 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:17,920 Speaker 1: not eating meat and it was conscientious choice and try, 142 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:19,960 Speaker 1: like you know, there's a lot of bad reports all 143 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:22,120 Speaker 1: these things health wise. I just really want to try 144 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:25,880 Speaker 1: these things. And he didn't know why, but you know, 145 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:27,400 Speaker 1: it's kind of one of those things that you would 146 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:30,720 Speaker 1: think etiquette wise. We went and he ordered bill and 147 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:34,760 Speaker 1: I was like, wow, probably one of the least politically 148 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:41,000 Speaker 1: correct meats that could be out there, and you ordered vil. Wow, 149 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:44,960 Speaker 1: that's a statement, that's right. And obviously it was one 150 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:46,360 Speaker 1: of those moments of like, oh, this means he does 151 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:49,200 Speaker 1: not care about me whatsoever, Like he's not interested because 152 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:52,840 Speaker 1: if he wanted to impress me, he would try all 153 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:56,080 Speaker 1: one of those things, and it obviously wasn't him trying. 154 00:08:56,760 --> 00:08:58,840 Speaker 1: But all this does leave me to think because my 155 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:01,719 Speaker 1: one specifically and just like this, this all happened to 156 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:05,440 Speaker 1: me like during summertimes, and I just wondered, like it's 157 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:09,239 Speaker 1: been a while that we've I've actually had a separation, 158 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:12,160 Speaker 1: Like I know when it's summertime, but typically vacations for 159 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:14,760 Speaker 1: me don't happen on summertimes. I would rather take it 160 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:17,440 Speaker 1: around my birthday, which would be fall, or when did 161 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:19,480 Speaker 1: we have available and then you have you know, Christmas 162 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:21,680 Speaker 1: times when we're off, and so people try to be 163 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:23,480 Speaker 1: convenient and put it all their time together so that 164 00:09:23,559 --> 00:09:27,640 Speaker 1: they can have a longer extension. M h. So summertime 165 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:31,240 Speaker 1: is such a like foreign concept to me other than weather, right, 166 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:34,319 Speaker 1: because it's been there. But I just wanted to kind 167 00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:38,040 Speaker 1: of go down. Do you have a fun childhood summertime 168 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:42,880 Speaker 1: memory that you knew distinctly was summertime? I do, And 169 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:46,040 Speaker 1: I actually was going to bring this up on one 170 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:49,200 Speaker 1: of my happy hours because I do think for a 171 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:52,480 Speaker 1: lot of us, not in especially like the school system. 172 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:54,520 Speaker 1: I have friends with your teachers and so they still 173 00:09:54,559 --> 00:09:58,240 Speaker 1: have that kind of like summertime. Like if you asked 174 00:09:58,240 --> 00:10:00,559 Speaker 1: me right now, my favorite month is fall and summer 175 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:03,280 Speaker 1: might be my least favorite month. But when I was 176 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:08,400 Speaker 1: a kid, yeah, I mean yeah, season wise, temperature wise, 177 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:10,280 Speaker 1: I don't really like summer. But when as a kid, 178 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:13,240 Speaker 1: you got that time off, and for us, we were 179 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:17,360 Speaker 1: lucky enough where I did have access to you've been 180 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:21,800 Speaker 1: now my grandparents beach house, and we would go probably 181 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:24,480 Speaker 1: every summer, and like you, I mean, we didn't vacation, 182 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:28,120 Speaker 1: like we didn't go to Florida or DC. Or wherever 183 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:31,440 Speaker 1: we went to that house, which is still not That 184 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:33,560 Speaker 1: is a great privilege, and I am so happy that 185 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:36,760 Speaker 1: I had it. But it was so fun because every 186 00:10:36,840 --> 00:10:41,360 Speaker 1: day would be so active and um we would go 187 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:44,280 Speaker 1: and like I would go tubing and swimming and build 188 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 1: sand castles and exploring and just all these really fun 189 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:50,760 Speaker 1: memories of it, and every meal tasting like the best 190 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:55,160 Speaker 1: meal that you've ever had, and like ice cream, even 191 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:56,880 Speaker 1: though you know it's like not different than ice cream 192 00:10:56,920 --> 00:11:01,320 Speaker 1: you have back at home, it's somehow so much better. Yeah, 193 00:11:01,320 --> 00:11:02,640 Speaker 1: And I have a lot of memories like that, and 194 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:04,760 Speaker 1: I've actually been going down that memory lane of like 195 00:11:05,120 --> 00:11:06,520 Speaker 1: I used to have friends that I would meet over 196 00:11:06,559 --> 00:11:08,040 Speaker 1: there and they were like my summer friends, and we 197 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:10,960 Speaker 1: would get into all kinds of shenanigans over the summer. 198 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:13,240 Speaker 1: And I think I was thinking about that because on 199 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:15,760 Speaker 1: my recent beach trip I took with my friends, which 200 00:11:15,760 --> 00:11:18,760 Speaker 1: is to the same house we did our summer Olympics, 201 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:21,440 Speaker 1: and it just felt so much like I felt so 202 00:11:21,559 --> 00:11:23,840 Speaker 1: young when we're having like a water balloon fight, and 203 00:11:23,880 --> 00:11:25,960 Speaker 1: it just brought me back to those memories of being 204 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:28,439 Speaker 1: a kid and just feeling so light and like this 205 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:31,480 Speaker 1: is just so fun being in that moment, which is 206 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:33,520 Speaker 1: hard for me to do a lot because I'm always 207 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:34,839 Speaker 1: thinking about what I need to do this, or I 208 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:37,120 Speaker 1: need to do this, or I needed this. So that's 209 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:40,400 Speaker 1: kind of for me when I think of summer, especially 210 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:45,640 Speaker 1: being a kid, that was that was the epit of me. Yeah, 211 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:49,520 Speaker 1: I think there's so many levels of the implications of summertime. 212 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:52,160 Speaker 1: So for me as a child, when I came into 213 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:54,080 Speaker 1: the US, when I was first come into the US, 214 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:58,360 Speaker 1: my uncle, my doctive uncle, was the manager of the 215 00:11:58,400 --> 00:12:02,240 Speaker 1: city pool, so I had access for free all summer 216 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:06,040 Speaker 1: long to this pool, and I went every single day, 217 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:07,640 Speaker 1: to the point that my parents would just drop me 218 00:12:07,679 --> 00:12:10,120 Speaker 1: off and come get me like a several hours later, 219 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:13,360 Speaker 1: because that was the babysitting. And I thought about this 220 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:15,720 Speaker 1: too for my mother, how hard it must have been 221 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:19,120 Speaker 1: for her because without school, and we've talked about this 222 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:21,640 Speaker 1: with the pandemic stuff, that being home, it's a whole 223 00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:24,600 Speaker 1: different story having to entertain your kids having to be 224 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:28,760 Speaker 1: there and not having access to daycare. But my mom, 225 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:30,720 Speaker 1: that was the daycare that you could do because at 226 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:33,440 Speaker 1: least there are lifeguards there and then my own brother 227 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:35,520 Speaker 1: would be there as well. So hopefully he would keep 228 00:12:35,520 --> 00:12:39,319 Speaker 1: an eye on me. And because I was a fairly 229 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:42,760 Speaker 1: responsible kid, I didn't just leave. But of course i'd 230 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:44,520 Speaker 1: also been there after it closed and have to wait 231 00:12:44,520 --> 00:12:47,040 Speaker 1: outside the fence wait for my mom if my uncle 232 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:49,840 Speaker 1: didn't take me to my my grandparents house. That happened 233 00:12:49,840 --> 00:12:52,400 Speaker 1: a lot too. But yeah, there's this whole application about 234 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:54,400 Speaker 1: how beautiful it is. But you think back on and 235 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:58,000 Speaker 1: you're like, man, how did my mom handled me being home? 236 00:12:58,280 --> 00:13:01,520 Speaker 1: Because as I got older, my uncle stopped being the manager, 237 00:13:01,640 --> 00:13:04,840 Speaker 1: so I just stayed at home and they couldn't afford camps. 238 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:07,680 Speaker 1: They couldn't afford the vacations and and my dad maybe 239 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:09,160 Speaker 1: could get a week off at a time. We talked 240 00:13:09,160 --> 00:13:11,959 Speaker 1: about our vacation habits. Um it was rare. So I 241 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:15,360 Speaker 1: would just sit at home watching my distinate memories are 242 00:13:15,360 --> 00:13:19,240 Speaker 1: watching Green and Green Gables and or reading all day. 243 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:21,960 Speaker 1: That was it. That was what I did, And those 244 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:23,800 Speaker 1: are the memories that I had. And I wonder where 245 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:26,640 Speaker 1: it was like from my mom who watched me just 246 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:29,240 Speaker 1: like getting sulky and sulky, and I wouldn't see my 247 00:13:29,280 --> 00:13:33,680 Speaker 1: friends actually, and I missed school. It's because I couldn't 248 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:36,080 Speaker 1: see them, and therefore it was just me and my brother. 249 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:38,360 Speaker 1: My brother would go like we would go hang out 250 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:40,160 Speaker 1: with people, like we would go and spend the night 251 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:42,400 Speaker 1: with people, and every now and then the people would 252 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:44,400 Speaker 1: take me on vacation with them, so it was really 253 00:13:44,440 --> 00:13:47,760 Speaker 1: lovely or hang out in places with them. But like 254 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:50,360 Speaker 1: the back and forth was like, wow, this is a 255 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:53,640 Speaker 1: weird childhood in comparison to a lot more people. Because 256 00:13:53,679 --> 00:13:55,760 Speaker 1: I also once again lived in a rural area, so 257 00:13:55,800 --> 00:13:58,160 Speaker 1: I couldn't just walk to someone's house. I couldn't walk 258 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:00,720 Speaker 1: to my friend. I didn't have friends. That neighbors I 259 00:14:00,760 --> 00:14:03,160 Speaker 1: did not that did not exist. My neighbor was my 260 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:06,960 Speaker 1: grandfather and my great aunt, who couldn't go anywhere. You know, 261 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:09,719 Speaker 1: they were not gonna play. I went down there, they 262 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:12,080 Speaker 1: gave me candy. I went back home like it was 263 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:14,839 Speaker 1: a lot of that was happening, but that was it. 264 00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:17,360 Speaker 1: And so it was really interesting to think on like 265 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:20,480 Speaker 1: these are really good memories but also weird memories of 266 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:24,920 Speaker 1: like huh, and of course coming back to school and 267 00:14:25,080 --> 00:14:26,880 Speaker 1: having the comparison of like kids telling me they went 268 00:14:26,920 --> 00:14:28,480 Speaker 1: to the beach houses or the kids telling me they 269 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:31,120 Speaker 1: went to Disney World. I'm like I stayed at home 270 00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:33,960 Speaker 1: and the Green Gables and game twenty pounds because all 271 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:35,880 Speaker 1: I did it was eight noodles in front of my TV, 272 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:42,640 Speaker 1: and my TV was very limited because I didn't have 273 00:14:42,720 --> 00:14:47,359 Speaker 1: cable until I was a teenager in high school. Yeah, 274 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:53,200 Speaker 1: I was really sheltered, but at the same time as 275 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:57,920 Speaker 1: an adult having memories like now trying to trying to 276 00:14:58,040 --> 00:15:01,200 Speaker 1: do some things. It's been interesting in differentiating summer, like 277 00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:03,440 Speaker 1: I've tried to enjoy the pool, but then again the 278 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:05,880 Speaker 1: same issues of body issues. I didn't want to go 279 00:15:05,920 --> 00:15:08,760 Speaker 1: to a pool because I didn't want to wear a 280 00:15:08,760 --> 00:15:12,560 Speaker 1: bathing suit. Like I'm having a real back and forth here, y'all, 281 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:16,520 Speaker 1: you are you are? It's the line I'm just playing. 282 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:19,200 Speaker 1: But there's like a lot of conversations of like what 283 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:22,400 Speaker 1: is good, what is bad? And then me who worked 284 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:26,960 Speaker 1: in again social work, summertime was really dangerous. That was 285 00:15:27,040 --> 00:15:28,560 Speaker 1: really because that's when I had to go to the 286 00:15:28,600 --> 00:15:31,200 Speaker 1: houses personally, go to the houses more than I could 287 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:33,320 Speaker 1: because at schools, I could see them at schools and 288 00:15:33,360 --> 00:15:36,120 Speaker 1: hear what's going on, have teachers telling me what's going on, 289 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:38,320 Speaker 1: and have school officials tell me what's going on, and 290 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:40,040 Speaker 1: get a lot of answers, but instead I had to 291 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:43,480 Speaker 1: go to their homes. Yeah, I was not a fun time, 292 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:50,200 Speaker 1: you'll yeah, yeah, And that's I mean, much wider issue 293 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:54,080 Speaker 1: than reps this happy hour can contain, because it's true, 294 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:58,520 Speaker 1: like if you didn't have the means for whatever reason, 295 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:03,240 Speaker 1: for childcare or or yeah, and your summer might be, 296 00:16:04,440 --> 00:16:06,320 Speaker 1: it wouldn't be like for me where I was like, oh, 297 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:09,680 Speaker 1: thank god, school is done, and I was very lucky 298 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:11,520 Speaker 1: that I have My best friend was my neighbor, So 299 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:13,520 Speaker 1: even if I wasn't going anywhere, like every day we 300 00:16:13,560 --> 00:16:16,080 Speaker 1: were biking or every day we were rolled leading outside 301 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:20,720 Speaker 1: all the time, and yeah, if you don't have those 302 00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:23,560 Speaker 1: options for whatever reason, then it's not going to be 303 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:27,560 Speaker 1: like something you look forward to necessarily. And so I 304 00:16:27,640 --> 00:16:30,840 Speaker 1: look back really fondly and I'm very grateful that I 305 00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:34,280 Speaker 1: had those and the the love I had for it 306 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:36,400 Speaker 1: was so much that even now when I hate, like 307 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:38,600 Speaker 1: right now I'm sweating while I'm working in my apartment 308 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:42,800 Speaker 1: um in the summer in Atlanta, I still have a 309 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:45,040 Speaker 1: fondness for summer, even though I do think watherwise it's 310 00:16:45,040 --> 00:16:46,800 Speaker 1: my last favorite month, and I do like, like, I 311 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:49,000 Speaker 1: still like I've got to get to the breach summer, 312 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:51,600 Speaker 1: even if I have the body issues or whatever. It 313 00:16:51,680 --> 00:16:56,600 Speaker 1: is like the sun is heu. I've got to go right, 314 00:16:56,880 --> 00:16:59,400 Speaker 1: I mean, And again, I think the pandemic taught us 315 00:16:59,440 --> 00:17:01,800 Speaker 1: a lot in the in the courtine is teaching us 316 00:17:01,840 --> 00:17:04,760 Speaker 1: a lot, and unfortunately climate change is teaching us too 317 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:08,520 Speaker 1: much or not listening not enough. Rather, but there's a 318 00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:13,040 Speaker 1: lot to unpacked with the indications of this feel good idea, 319 00:17:13,080 --> 00:17:18,240 Speaker 1: which is not necessarily true for everyone. But I'm again 320 00:17:18,320 --> 00:17:19,919 Speaker 1: trying to be a Debbie downer. I was trying to 321 00:17:19,920 --> 00:17:22,280 Speaker 1: be really really like, I have a fun time with 322 00:17:22,320 --> 00:17:24,320 Speaker 1: this one, and all all of a sudden, I was like, wait, 323 00:17:26,119 --> 00:17:29,199 Speaker 1: wasn't wonderful? So wait, like it wasn't horrible, but it 324 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:34,320 Speaker 1: wasn't wonderful, so m damn it. But I need to 325 00:17:34,359 --> 00:17:37,320 Speaker 1: hear more of what you did, So listeners, please send 326 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:38,800 Speaker 1: me all of your childhood memories. Let me know what 327 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:42,200 Speaker 1: you did it the summertime, because that's fascinating the differentiations. 328 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:44,840 Speaker 1: Did you have what I would imagine would be the 329 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:48,160 Speaker 1: child youth novels that I would read about and wish 330 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:52,760 Speaker 1: for being and working in the fields with her favorite 331 00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:55,520 Speaker 1: you know adoptive. I guess uncle. I don't know what 332 00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:58,000 Speaker 1: she called him at that point. You know, Matthew, her 333 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:01,560 Speaker 1: precious Matthew. Or were you like me stuck inside reading 334 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:05,240 Speaker 1: about it? Let me know what did you do? Samantha 335 00:18:05,320 --> 00:18:08,840 Speaker 1: needs to know. I need to email us at stuff 336 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:10,879 Speaker 1: DM and stuff at i art media dot com. You 337 00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:12,600 Speaker 1: can find us on Instagram and Stuff I've Never Told 338 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:14,520 Speaker 1: You are on Twitter at most of the podcast. Thanks, 339 00:18:14,520 --> 00:18:17,840 Speaker 1: it's always You're a super producer, Christina, Thank you, and 340 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:20,040 Speaker 1: thanks to you for listening Stuff I've Never Told You. 341 00:18:20,080 --> 00:18:22,040 Speaker 1: Use the production of iHeart Radio. For more podcasts from 342 00:18:22,040 --> 00:18:24,119 Speaker 1: I Hear Radio see i Hear Radio app, Apple podcast, 343 00:18:24,240 --> 00:18:25,879 Speaker 1: or wherever you listen to your favorite shows.