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Speaker 1: This is the most dramatic podcast ever and iHeartRadio podcast.

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Speaker 1: Chris Harrison and Lauren z Ema coming to you from

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Speaker 1: the home office in Austin, Texas. Elsie, Happy first first anniversary.

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Speaker 2: Wow, I feel like I'm on a high right now.

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Speaker 2: If I sound high, I guess I am. I'm just

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Speaker 2: tired and feeling romantic, and maybe that's a high. We've

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Speaker 2: just arrived home from an absolute surprise by you, Chris Harrison,

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Speaker 2: for me, and I'm so grateful and feeling so blessed.

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Speaker 2: And this past weekend went by in a blur, almost

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Speaker 2: on the level of the world that was our wedding,

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Speaker 2: because that felt like it went by too fast, too

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Speaker 2: good things always do, Basically everybody, Chris Harrison and I

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Speaker 2: had this agreement.

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Speaker 3: Okay, what's a married couple's word for a gentleman's agreement?

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Speaker 3: Had an agreement? Yeah, did you lie to me? I

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Speaker 3: don't know.

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Speaker 1: Being a little bit, I fudged there. I played in

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Speaker 1: the gray areas when you are in a relationship, when

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Speaker 1: you get married, you will have this, especially if you've

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Speaker 1: been in a relationship for a while, You're gonna have

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Speaker 1: these negotiations if you will. It's about what we need

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Speaker 1: to come up to come up with a good word

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Speaker 1: for this because everyone who's let me just tell you

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Speaker 1: what we're talking about, because you've been there, and that

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Speaker 1: is when you're married, it's like, babor, we do anything

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Speaker 1: for anniversary? Are we going to do anything for each

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Speaker 1: other's birthdays? Are we doing? What are we doing? Especially

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Speaker 1: when you have kids? What are we doing for each

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Speaker 1: other for Christmas this year? And you make an agreement,

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Speaker 1: a marital agreement of no, we're not you know, let's

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Speaker 1: do cards, let's not do presents, let's do small presents,

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Speaker 1: let's not go crazy.

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Speaker 3: So Chris to me, yeah, and was that Okay, that's

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Speaker 3: the question. Everyone, Please let me know.

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Speaker 2: We agreed that we weren't doing any thing for this

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Speaker 2: first anniversary. And that might sound wild, but we are

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Speaker 2: going to Portugal together in a few weeks and that

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Speaker 2: was our anniversary trip. It was our We never did

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Speaker 2: a honeymoon, and now we're doing one trip that was

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Speaker 2: going to be the big moment, which I still think

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Speaker 2: it is, but we I thought that was when we

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Speaker 2: agreed we were celebrating our first anniversary.

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Speaker 1: The devil's in the details. We said, let's not get

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Speaker 1: each other presence. We didn't say let's not do anything.

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Speaker 1: What we said was, hey, babe, can we agree we're

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Speaker 1: not going to get each other presents?

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Speaker 3: WHOA, Okay, so you're I wasted.

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Speaker 1: You come from a family of lawyers, so the devil

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Speaker 1: is in the details, as your mom and your brother

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Speaker 1: have taught me.

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Speaker 3: Wow, all right, I got all this. I got to

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Speaker 3: take this in. You're right.

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Speaker 2: We did agree no presence, and we didn't agree no

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Speaker 2: secret surprise trip planning, which is what this wonderful man did.

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Speaker 2: He gave me a card about a week ago. I

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Speaker 2: walk into the bathroom and there's a card on the counter,

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Speaker 2: and I thought, oh, maybe he's just writing me a

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Speaker 2: it and it said surprise. We are going to Napa,

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Speaker 2: where it all began, for our first anniversary this weekend.

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Speaker 2: All will be revealed. All has been planned by me.

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Speaker 2: Happy anniversary, no details. What a sweet, wonderful man. And

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Speaker 2: so I was super excited and incredibly surprised. You've never

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Speaker 2: surprised me on this level. I had no inkling, I

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Speaker 2: had no hint you were planning this trip. I had

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Speaker 2: no suspicion. I was completely floored, and so I tip

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Speaker 2: my hat to you, sir.

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Speaker 1: It is incredibly hard being married to Angela Lansbury and Colombo.

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Speaker 1: She comes from a family of lawyers, she is astute,

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Speaker 1: she is smart. It is so impossible to get any

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Speaker 1: thing by you. This was I mean, I had to

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Speaker 1: go deep state fake here with trying to keep things.

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Speaker 1: I'm booking flights. Here's the thing too. Technology makes things

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Speaker 1: very difficult because as soon as I book a flight

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Speaker 1: for Lzi, it'll pop up in her app. As soon

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Speaker 1: as I do a lot of things, you start getting correspondence,

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Speaker 1: you start getting emails and text messages from restaurants, from

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Speaker 1: there's alerts throughout your life. Now you can't just call

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Speaker 1: somebody or send a carrier pigeon.

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Speaker 2: You know what else is hard to the texting, Like

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Speaker 2: if you told me now you've now revealed that you know,

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Speaker 2: we might be texting a friend over here, and you

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Speaker 3: Hey, don't mess up when you say anything, and I.

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Speaker 1: Guess we're remiss. The reason I said happy first first

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Speaker 1: anniversary for those that didn't know, Lauren and I look

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Speaker 1: If it's good enough to do once, let's do it twice.

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Speaker 1: We got married twice. I highly recommend it if you

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Speaker 1: want to do two weddings, because at this point in

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Speaker 1: your life, do what you want. Have fun. So our

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Speaker 1: first wedding was October fourteenth of last year. That's the one,

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Speaker 1: a very small, quaint wedding we had in Napa Valley.

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Speaker 1: So this was our happy first first anniversary.

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Speaker 2: Are we going to celebrate too every year? I think, yes,

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Speaker 2: they enjoy life?

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Speaker 3: Why not exactly?

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Speaker 2: So Chris took me back to Napa where we got married,

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Speaker 2: where we also got engaged. And what was incredible too,

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Speaker 2: was that you had these surprises revealed along the way.

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Speaker 3: We landed there on Saturday, and I never.

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Speaker 2: Expected this again, it didn't even cross my mind. You

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Speaker 2: took me to a place the two of us have

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Speaker 2: always wanted to go, a restaurant that I think is

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Speaker 2: it's one of the most famous restaurants in the world

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Speaker 2: and maybe the most famous restaurant in America, The French

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Speaker 3: We pulled up.

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Speaker 2: Our flight was two hours late, so in very I

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Speaker 2: guess rom com date movie fashion carry. We both had

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Speaker 2: Sacramentar airport. All you told me was to dress really well.

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Speaker 2: So I'm in like a velvet black dress. You're in

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Speaker 1: Luckily we had like we weren't in like hats, and

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Speaker 2: Did my makeup in the airport bathroom. Shout out to

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Speaker 2: a girls trip in Phoenix. I hope you had a

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Speaker 2: great time. I told her to go out in Scottsdale.

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Speaker 2: We were chit chatting about that.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. So in our layover, you're like, look, I was like, babe,

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Speaker 1: And then when we landed in Sacramento, we went to

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Speaker 3: I had never seen an airport bathroom before.

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Speaker 1: But uh, you know, my my bag's open displayed everywhere,

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Speaker 1: Oh I do. It's a real balancing act.

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Speaker 2: So here's the thing I do, because I've had to

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Speaker 2: change in bathrooms many time for work with ET. You

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Speaker 2: keep your shoes on and then you like, as you're

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Speaker 3: I'm always standing on top of the shoe. We did

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Speaker 3: I'm okay to lean into a wall. It's the floor

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Speaker 2: All I think about is like that, it's so much

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Speaker 2: So another travel tip, always carry So here's the thing.

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Speaker 2: We rarely check bags, but for this trip we did.

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Speaker 2: But in your carry on you must always have your key,

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Speaker 1: Just anyway, And even though we got our bags, we

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Speaker 3: Uh, we did look a lot better.

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Speaker 2: pull up and we pull up to the French Laundry

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Speaker 2: and Wow, what an experience. I've never had a better

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Speaker 2: us this long to get there. Because you've actually known

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Speaker 2: the very famous chef, chef Thomas Keller for a while, right, Yeah, we've.

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Speaker 1: You know, our paths across because we used to he

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Speaker 1: plays a lot of golf, and we've ended up vacationing

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Speaker 1: So I've known him, kind of known him for probably

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Speaker 1: over a decade now, and he is such a gentle soul.

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Speaker 1: But you know, Thomas is such a soft soul, and

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Speaker 3: That was reflected in the restaurant.

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Speaker 2: The biggest thing I was surprised about and I hadn't,

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Speaker 2: done a lot of googling, but I do know of

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Speaker 2: the French laundry. But I think I had this idea

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Speaker 2: in my head like maybe it's from shows like The

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Speaker 2: Bear or Chef's Table on Netflix, that it would be

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Speaker 2: very like, this is.

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Speaker 3: Our incredible food and you are lucky to even be here.

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Speaker 1: You're going to take what you get and a lot

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Speaker 1: of Michelin. So French laundries three Michelin stars has been

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Speaker 1: for forever. It's which is astounding. And yeah, actually, by

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Speaker 1: the way, Thomas Keller was in The Bear. He had

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Speaker 3: Was he nice on the show? Yeah, he was.

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Speaker 1: He was kind, he was playing, Yes, he did. He

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Speaker 2: the Servantes fans of.

439
00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:50,520
Speaker 1: The Savants family out of Mexico City.

440
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Speaker 2: And they have a beautiful vineyard in Napa and they

441
00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:58,040
Speaker 2: were making some gorgeous cabernet and sauvignon blanc and they

442
00:20:58,119 --> 00:21:01,280
Speaker 2: literally let us eat lunch with them as a family

443
00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:04,960
Speaker 2: and meet their grandkids and they were such a beautiful

444
00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:07,760
Speaker 2: They are really what I think of as the best

445
00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:10,320
Speaker 2: part of Napa. Like you can go and see a

446
00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:15,000
Speaker 2: really well known vineyard and see their process and that's

447
00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:17,840
Speaker 2: one experience, and it's really like all the bells and whistles,

448
00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:20,920
Speaker 2: Or you can go with a local family who's making

449
00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:23,479
Speaker 2: this a family business and really be part of their

450
00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:25,320
Speaker 2: world for a minute, and that's very cool.

451
00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:27,040
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's one of the things, you and I both.

452
00:21:27,119 --> 00:21:30,000
Speaker 1: I'm glad that we both love that. You know, we

453
00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:33,479
Speaker 1: are much more about the people make the experience, and

454
00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:35,680
Speaker 1: that's what you remember. And you know, I'll always remember

455
00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:39,520
Speaker 1: about this trip. Adding another family to our list of friends.

456
00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:42,080
Speaker 1: And they were they were sitting there, as you said,

457
00:21:42,119 --> 00:21:44,199
Speaker 1: with you know, the mom down to the grandkids and

458
00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:47,000
Speaker 1: just eating their food on their porch at their family home.

459
00:21:47,040 --> 00:21:48,960
Speaker 1: That was beautiful. And we went to a game.

460
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Speaker 3: Their wines were spectactical.

461
00:21:50,119 --> 00:21:52,560
Speaker 1: All their wines are incredible. We went to a damas

462
00:21:52,800 --> 00:21:55,080
Speaker 1: Adamus or Adamis, but either way.

463
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Speaker 3: We apologize us.

464
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Speaker 2: Their wines were amazing too, some full cabernet and they

465
00:22:02,520 --> 00:22:07,200
Speaker 2: are an entirely biodynamic vineyard which was very cool and

466
00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:08,520
Speaker 2: just a gorgeous tasting room.

467
00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:09,840
Speaker 3: Yeah, big fan of theirs.

468
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Speaker 1: And then we went home and got ready for dinner.

469
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Speaker 1: And that's when I surprised you.

470
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Speaker 2: Oh my god again, friends, Okay, this man. You surprised

471
00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:26,600
Speaker 2: me over and over in ways I didn't expect, over

472
00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:30,160
Speaker 2: and over, but somehow I didn't expect them, and yet

473
00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:33,399
Speaker 2: it made me feel so loved because it was like

474
00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:36,359
Speaker 2: you knew what I would want when we woke up

475
00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:38,639
Speaker 2: in the morning on Sunday, we were walking through the

476
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Speaker 2: lobby to leave the hotel, and I actually said out loud, oh,

477
00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:45,040
Speaker 2: I kind of I miss seeing Mike, our dear friend,

478
00:22:45,119 --> 00:22:48,200
Speaker 2: Mike who married us, who officiated our wedding. I miss

479
00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:50,240
Speaker 2: seeing Mike sitting here at the table in the morning

480
00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:53,240
Speaker 2: with his coffee. That was what happened last year. And

481
00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:57,480
Speaker 2: then Saturday night we go down to go to dinner

482
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Speaker 2: and I'm walking through the lobby and Mike and his

483
00:23:01,119 --> 00:23:04,479
Speaker 2: wife Nadine are sitting there. And you surprised me with

484
00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:05,800
Speaker 2: our friends joining us.

485
00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:07,760
Speaker 1: Because I wanted, I want us to have our alone time.

486
00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:09,320
Speaker 1: So I wanted like a good day and a half

487
00:23:09,320 --> 00:23:11,760
Speaker 1: where it was just us, where we could really kind

488
00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:14,879
Speaker 1: of get into the moment and share. And then I

489
00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:17,280
Speaker 1: wanted kind of some of the people who meant the

490
00:23:17,320 --> 00:23:18,360
Speaker 1: most to us to be there.

491
00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:21,359
Speaker 3: And obviously, what doesn't do you think the guy who.

492
00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:23,600
Speaker 1: Married us, you know, had to be back to bless

493
00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:26,520
Speaker 1: us again. And so they joined us for dinner.

494
00:23:26,640 --> 00:23:31,480
Speaker 2: Everybody send this I send this podcast to your partner

495
00:23:31,680 --> 00:23:34,080
Speaker 2: if you want them to get like, what would you

496
00:23:34,119 --> 00:23:35,280
Speaker 2: say your tips are for playing?

497
00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:35,480
Speaker 3: First?

498
00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:37,679
Speaker 1: Why would you call me? And you know I'm going

499
00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:40,000
Speaker 1: to start a business on how to sneak a leap.

500
00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:43,920
Speaker 1: So here's the thing. This is Sunday night and we're

501
00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:45,919
Speaker 1: just going to a dinner, just going to you know,

502
00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:48,679
Speaker 1: a nice little Italian dinner there and I think it

503
00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:52,159
Speaker 1: was Chichio was the name of the place there in Jansville.

504
00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:58,280
Speaker 1: But the big surprise was on Monday night. That was

505
00:23:58,440 --> 00:24:01,720
Speaker 1: you know, that was October fourteenth. That's our actual anniversary.

506
00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:05,920
Speaker 1: And that's the one thing all of Monday I had

507
00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:08,800
Speaker 1: planned because that was our actual anniversary. I had Monday

508
00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:15,719
Speaker 1: planned down to everything, every experience I wanted specifically for Elsie,

509
00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:20,240
Speaker 1: and I had kept it a secret with the Ventnors,

510
00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:25,160
Speaker 1: with our friends, with everybody, and I made it. It's

511
00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:28,480
Speaker 1: Saturday night, we're at dinner, like we've made it. There's

512
00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:31,280
Speaker 1: nothing that can burst this bubble of secrecy.

513
00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:32,240
Speaker 3: Now you got me to.

514
00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:35,240
Speaker 2: Nap, and it was a surprise. Friends, there was a surprise,

515
00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:37,040
Speaker 2: and then you had the whole Monday.

516
00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:39,480
Speaker 1: Yeah, the people we were going to see Monday, they

517
00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:42,560
Speaker 1: had not spoiled this. And I've been texting, We've been calling,

518
00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:44,840
Speaker 1: you know, on the way to the gym in the morning,

519
00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:47,320
Speaker 1: I'm calling people and we're oh okay, this is what's happening.

520
00:24:47,359 --> 00:24:49,800
Speaker 1: I'm on the golf course places I know that Elz

521
00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:52,679
Speaker 1: wouldn't see me. I'm like, okay, I got this, I

522
00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:56,760
Speaker 1: got you, Like Monday is all set. The only thing

523
00:24:57,000 --> 00:25:04,000
Speaker 1: I didn't plan was smash Ly. I didn't see sweet.

524
00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:06,320
Speaker 3: I got to call her out. We're given permission to

525
00:25:06,359 --> 00:25:06,840
Speaker 3: call her out.

526
00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:19,359
Speaker 4: Yes, okay.

527
00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:21,600
Speaker 2: So your tips for a good surprise, which are great,

528
00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:23,200
Speaker 2: I'm going to go over them now. I think One,

529
00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:28,120
Speaker 2: plan the details at a place where the person wouldn't

530
00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:30,800
Speaker 2: even hear you or be suspicious you went on the

531
00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:33,919
Speaker 2: golf course to make these calls about planning this. Two,

532
00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:37,240
Speaker 2: if you're planning a flight, don't put their rewards number

533
00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:38,280
Speaker 2: into the reservation.

534
00:25:38,359 --> 00:25:39,320
Speaker 3: It'll keep it out of their.

535
00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:40,720
Speaker 1: Ass, keeps it on the grid.

536
00:25:41,520 --> 00:25:46,520
Speaker 2: Three, plan a surprise to a meaningful place, and that's

537
00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:47,600
Speaker 2: just going to mean the world.

538
00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:50,600
Speaker 1: That they and you'll both enjoy. But definitely with them

539
00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:52,000
Speaker 1: in mind for maybe.

540
00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:53,560
Speaker 2: Bringing the people they love. You brought our friends in

541
00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:55,880
Speaker 2: and that made it all the more than meaningful. And

542
00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:58,760
Speaker 2: then five and I think this was the one, the

543
00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:02,479
Speaker 2: new one we've learned. Now, make sure that you not

544
00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:05,880
Speaker 2: only tell the people who need to know, but tell them, hey,

545
00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:10,160
Speaker 2: don't tell your friends and family. And actually, I think

546
00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:12,240
Speaker 2: you should have known this from the show.

547
00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:14,879
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's always the friends and family.

548
00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:16,240
Speaker 3: You used to tell me this.

549
00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:18,280
Speaker 2: Very thing about The Bachelor. You used to say, it's

550
00:26:18,359 --> 00:26:20,400
Speaker 2: not the people on the show who spoil the show.

551
00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:21,800
Speaker 3: It's like their mom.

552
00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:24,919
Speaker 2: It's their friend from high school who knows they're on

553
00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:25,760
Speaker 2: the show or knew they.

554
00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:29,920
Speaker 1: Told what happened, because everybody has someone. Yes, and all

555
00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:33,879
Speaker 1: fairness to Chef Tom at Roy Vineyard where we got married.

556
00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:36,240
Speaker 1: Who this is where we were going to end up

557
00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:41,720
Speaker 1: on Monday night for the penultimate moment of this trip. So,

558
00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:44,840
Speaker 1: and I guess I should lead with that Monday what

559
00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:47,000
Speaker 1: I had planned was number one, we went back to

560
00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:50,879
Speaker 1: brand That is the vineyard where Lauren and I got engaged.

561
00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:52,600
Speaker 3: And we had not been back since we got engaged.

562
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Speaker 1: There's this beautiful outlook on Pritchard Hill overlooking Lake Hennessey.

563
00:26:56,840 --> 00:26:59,040
Speaker 1: We had not been back since we got engaged a

564
00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:01,960
Speaker 1: couple of years ago, and I wanted to go back.

565
00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:04,840
Speaker 1: I wanted the day to start where we began, which

566
00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:07,520
Speaker 1: was where we got engaged. And so we went back,

567
00:27:07,880 --> 00:27:10,920
Speaker 1: and I specifically said, I want to go up there.

568
00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:12,640
Speaker 1: I want to have a glass of wine. I want

569
00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:15,440
Speaker 1: to you know, have a toast with our friends, take

570
00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:18,680
Speaker 1: some pictures. And that's where we started. The day was

571
00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:22,640
Speaker 1: at Brand and our thanks to Brand for welcoming us back,

572
00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:24,640
Speaker 1: not only that but also allowing us kind of back

573
00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:26,679
Speaker 1: up in our little spot and giving us the space

574
00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:28,840
Speaker 1: to do that. That was really special. And we met

575
00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:31,359
Speaker 1: the owner of Brand and it was really funny because

576
00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:34,600
Speaker 1: I had never met the owner of that particular vineyard.

577
00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:36,400
Speaker 1: I just love the vineyard. I love their wine, and

578
00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:39,320
Speaker 1: I love their little outlook where we got engaged.

579
00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:41,880
Speaker 2: It's a beautiful spot. They have a gorgeous tasting room

580
00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:44,520
Speaker 2: and a beautiful view. I highly recommend getting engaged there.

581
00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:46,200
Speaker 1: And we met him. We didn't get to meet his wife.

582
00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:48,320
Speaker 1: But it was funny because I'm like, you know, I

583
00:27:48,359 --> 00:27:51,320
Speaker 1: feel awkward because I've never met somebody who's land or

584
00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:54,040
Speaker 1: home means so much to me, and I've never met you,

585
00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:56,040
Speaker 1: like I've had some of the biggest moments. Now the

586
00:27:56,040 --> 00:27:59,879
Speaker 1: biggest moment of my life happened here where I got engaged.

587
00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:02,040
Speaker 1: I didn't even know you. So it's nice to say

588
00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:05,640
Speaker 1: thank you, but so that's where we started, and then

589
00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:08,840
Speaker 1: we were going to end up at the place where

590
00:28:08,840 --> 00:28:11,359
Speaker 1: we got married, which is Roy Vineyards and Soda Canyon,

591
00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:14,159
Speaker 1: and I highly recommend their wines, but also going to

592
00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:14,760
Speaker 1: their tasting room.

593
00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:19,320
Speaker 2: Yeah, if you see I mean Roy Brand, Servant Adamus,

594
00:28:19,359 --> 00:28:22,200
Speaker 2: these great wines we went to. We also love Lakoya,

595
00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:24,520
Speaker 2: Cardinal Mount Brave, you.

596
00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:27,600
Speaker 3: See him on a menu. Those are all all stars

597
00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:27,840
Speaker 3: for me.

598
00:28:28,119 --> 00:28:30,840
Speaker 1: And unfortunately the Roy Vineyard, you know, got burned down

599
00:28:30,840 --> 00:28:34,159
Speaker 1: in the twenty twenty fire, and so they really rebuilt

600
00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:37,560
Speaker 1: and it's just magnificent. I mean, it's just such a

601
00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:40,400
Speaker 1: beautiful tasting room. So if you have a chance, it's

602
00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:42,600
Speaker 1: a small vineyard, but it is so worth it. But

603
00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:44,280
Speaker 1: that was we got married there, So that was we

604
00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:46,440
Speaker 1: going to end up. And we not only got married there,

605
00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:49,200
Speaker 1: but we had this beautiful meal by one of the

606
00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:52,640
Speaker 1: most incredible chefs, Chef Tom, and so that was going

607
00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:54,600
Speaker 1: to be We're gonna have a very quiet dinner with

608
00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:57,840
Speaker 1: Chef Tom. You are friends Mike and.

609
00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:01,240
Speaker 2: Friend Catherine who runs the taste here in front. Yeah,

610
00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:04,880
Speaker 2: Chef Tom Stafford is just what an all star he is.

611
00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:07,680
Speaker 2: His food rivaled French Laundry food to me.

612
00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:12,400
Speaker 1: So that's what I've kept a secret. Okay, I didn't

613
00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:14,480
Speaker 1: care about anything. That's what I kept a secret. And

614
00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:16,920
Speaker 1: that I'm like, she's gonna I know the look on

615
00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:19,760
Speaker 1: her face when we pull up to Roy. The other thing,

616
00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:22,280
Speaker 1: I don't know if you can if you're asking about

617
00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:25,520
Speaker 1: tips for how to trick somebody, I can't promise this.

618
00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:30,080
Speaker 1: But one weakness, the kryptonite of Lauren Zema is she

619
00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:34,360
Speaker 1: is geographically blind. She has no idea where we are

620
00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:35,200
Speaker 1: at any time.

621
00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:36,920
Speaker 3: Ever, that's helpful for you.

622
00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:39,000
Speaker 1: And it's so helpful because when we drove up the

623
00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:41,760
Speaker 1: brand we've been there before, there's a big lake next

624
00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:43,320
Speaker 1: to it. She's like, where are we? And I'm like,

625
00:29:43,360 --> 00:29:46,520
Speaker 1: this is great. Same thing. We could have driven all

626
00:29:46,520 --> 00:29:49,280
Speaker 1: the way to Roy and until she saw the actual house,

627
00:29:49,280 --> 00:29:52,080
Speaker 1: she probably would not have known where we were. So

628
00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:56,240
Speaker 1: having a spouse it's geographically blind, that is wonderful. But

629
00:29:56,480 --> 00:29:58,240
Speaker 1: that's what I wanted to keep a secret until we

630
00:29:58,280 --> 00:29:58,960
Speaker 1: got there because.

631
00:29:58,760 --> 00:30:00,840
Speaker 3: I wanted to could have done it if not for

632
00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:02,880
Speaker 3: Smash Smash.

633
00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:06,959
Speaker 2: So Saturday night, we go to dinner and we're going

634
00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:10,360
Speaker 2: to a restaurant you've never been to before, and we

635
00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:15,280
Speaker 2: walk in, and as I'm walking in, a young woman

636
00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:19,200
Speaker 2: is standing up and looking at us, and I thought, oh, okay,

637
00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:20,320
Speaker 2: she's seeing Chris.

638
00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:22,719
Speaker 3: She's just really excited. She wants a picture. But like,

639
00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:26,280
Speaker 3: literally we hadn't even sat down and she's standing up

640
00:30:26,280 --> 00:30:29,360
Speaker 3: and coming over to me, and she goes, Lauren, I'm

641
00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:32,440
Speaker 3: chef Tom's girlfriend Ashley, and he is so excited to

642
00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:36,720
Speaker 3: see you tomorrow. It wasn't even like a Hi, nice

643
00:30:36,760 --> 00:30:37,480
Speaker 3: to meet you guys.

644
00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:42,760
Speaker 2: Like if she just said, Hi, I'm chef Tom's girlfriend, Ashley.

645
00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:44,120
Speaker 3: It would have taken me a second.

646
00:30:44,120 --> 00:30:45,880
Speaker 2: But I think you could have swooped in and maybe

647
00:30:46,040 --> 00:30:49,360
Speaker 2: changed the direction of the conversation. But she said and

648
00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:51,640
Speaker 2: then oh, Ashley, all our love to you. But it

649
00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:54,080
Speaker 2: just became word vomit after that, Like it was like

650
00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:56,120
Speaker 2: and she kept saying, and she kept saying, and he's

651
00:30:56,160 --> 00:30:58,600
Speaker 2: so excited to see you tomorrow. I was actually at

652
00:30:58,680 --> 00:31:01,120
Speaker 2: your wedding last year, and so he's so excited to

653
00:31:01,160 --> 00:31:03,560
Speaker 2: see you tomorrow for the big event. And he is

654
00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:05,520
Speaker 2: so and I want to be back in from Chicago

655
00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:06,760
Speaker 2: just for this.

656
00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:09,640
Speaker 3: And so at that point.

657
00:31:09,440 --> 00:31:12,320
Speaker 1: I wish there had been a video of me and

658
00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:15,160
Speaker 1: my face because my jaw dropped to the floor. I

659
00:31:15,160 --> 00:31:17,720
Speaker 1: couldn't stop what was happening. It really was a scene

660
00:31:17,800 --> 00:31:20,520
Speaker 1: from the show where I couldn't stop what was happening,

661
00:31:20,560 --> 00:31:23,720
Speaker 1: and I was just my heart was aching. My jaw

662
00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:27,880
Speaker 1: had dropped. I tried to like give her these nonverbal

663
00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:31,040
Speaker 1: cues of like, you know, aboard, aboard. I think she

664
00:31:31,120 --> 00:31:33,880
Speaker 1: was excited, and she kind of word vomited, and it

665
00:31:33,920 --> 00:31:36,520
Speaker 1: was out there and we couldn't turn around. We couldn't

666
00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:37,440
Speaker 1: turn the car around.

667
00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:41,640
Speaker 2: I felt so bad because I could see, I could set.

668
00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:42,280
Speaker 3: You got quiet.

669
00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:43,480
Speaker 1: I got really quiet, and I.

670
00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:46,880
Speaker 3: Could sense that you were like no, no, no, no,

671
00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:48,800
Speaker 3: and I love you so much.

672
00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:52,920
Speaker 2: I if I could have gotten like, here's the thing,

673
00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:53,720
Speaker 2: maybe if.

674
00:31:53,640 --> 00:31:56,080
Speaker 3: She just said the first.

675
00:31:55,760 --> 00:31:59,400
Speaker 2: Thing, I would have, But it was all happening so fast,

676
00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:01,479
Speaker 2: Like if she had just said the first thing and

677
00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:04,040
Speaker 2: then we I don't know if but she kept saying it.

678
00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:07,520
Speaker 2: I was trying to find a way to pretend like

679
00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:11,480
Speaker 2: I hadn't understood what was like if she maybe said

680
00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:15,320
Speaker 2: something a little bit, you know, hinting, I would have

681
00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:18,160
Speaker 2: just pretended I was confused, and I would have to

682
00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:21,200
Speaker 2: preserve what you'd clearly worked so hard for I would

683
00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:23,360
Speaker 2: have pretended I hadn't figured it out and pretended to

684
00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:25,480
Speaker 2: be surprised that I would, saying, because, by the way,

685
00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:27,840
Speaker 2: this wasn't something I was like trying to figure out.

686
00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:29,680
Speaker 2: I wasn't a kid trying to find out what my

687
00:32:29,720 --> 00:32:33,240
Speaker 2: parents got me for Christmas. I wanted to experience the

688
00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:36,720
Speaker 2: whole surprise. And I was actually so glad. Sometimes I'm annoyed.

689
00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:38,880
Speaker 2: Sometimes I'll be watching a movie and I'm annoyed. I

690
00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:41,040
Speaker 2: figured out the end of the movie because now the

691
00:32:41,080 --> 00:32:43,880
Speaker 2: whole thing's you know, it's a little less interesting. But

692
00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:47,200
Speaker 2: I didn't want to know. But there was just no

693
00:32:47,280 --> 00:32:49,760
Speaker 2: way to get around. She had made it so obvious, the.

694
00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:51,680
Speaker 1: Links I had gone to to keep this secret.

695
00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:55,440
Speaker 2: I mean, tell you the girlfriends and your boyfriends and

696
00:32:55,480 --> 00:32:57,160
Speaker 2: your friends that it's a surprise.

697
00:32:57,840 --> 00:32:59,720
Speaker 1: It was like, and I got to the eve, I

698
00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:02,720
Speaker 1: got to Christmas Eve, and I was there, I was home.

699
00:33:02,760 --> 00:33:06,520
Speaker 1: I was crossing the finish line in this girl just

700
00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:09,720
Speaker 1: blew it up and it was so we sat down.

701
00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:14,760
Speaker 1: I wasn't upset. I sat down. I go, well, let

702
00:33:14,840 --> 00:33:17,280
Speaker 1: me tell you about your surprise tomorrow night. Clearly we're

703
00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:19,200
Speaker 1: going to roy and we're going to sit down and

704
00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:22,280
Speaker 1: have a dinner by the man that cooked our wedding dinner,

705
00:33:22,440 --> 00:33:25,240
Speaker 1: and we're going to have some amazing wines. And that's

706
00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:28,440
Speaker 1: what happened. But then it also sunk in a little

707
00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:31,640
Speaker 1: bit further around, like, oh, I feel like I was

708
00:33:31,680 --> 00:33:33,720
Speaker 1: just very rude to that girl, and I felt like

709
00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:36,120
Speaker 1: she may have thought you were rude because you didn't

710
00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:38,840
Speaker 1: respond because I was just both quiet, Well, you didn't

711
00:33:38,840 --> 00:33:40,320
Speaker 1: know what she was talking about. You're like, I have

712
00:33:40,320 --> 00:33:42,240
Speaker 1: no idea what she was talking about, so you didn't respond.

713
00:33:42,360 --> 00:33:43,920
Speaker 3: I knew what she was talking about.

714
00:33:44,520 --> 00:33:46,680
Speaker 1: But you didn't know what the Yeah, you couldn't interact

715
00:33:46,800 --> 00:33:47,640
Speaker 1: because you didn't know.

716
00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:50,680
Speaker 3: No, I mean maybe I picked up on it pretty quickly.

717
00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:54,800
Speaker 3: I just was so quiet because I knew that I

718
00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:57,520
Speaker 3: was everything. I knew you were so upset, and so

719
00:33:57,560 --> 00:33:58,360
Speaker 3: I felt so bad.

720
00:33:58,560 --> 00:34:01,520
Speaker 2: But so look, I after a few minutes, I just

721
00:34:01,520 --> 00:34:03,360
Speaker 2: went up to to say, like, Ashley, don't worry about it,

722
00:34:03,520 --> 00:34:05,680
Speaker 2: and she, of course she said, oh my god, I

723
00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:07,640
Speaker 2: just texted Tom and he told me it was a surprise,

724
00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:11,200
Speaker 2: and now I feel so bad. I just said, don't

725
00:34:11,239 --> 00:34:14,040
Speaker 2: worry about it. It's not a big deal. But that

726
00:34:14,160 --> 00:34:17,080
Speaker 2: is the lesson everybody if you're planning a surprise. And

727
00:34:17,120 --> 00:34:19,640
Speaker 2: this is a thing that we used to say about

728
00:34:19,640 --> 00:34:23,600
Speaker 2: the Bachelor, Tell it's not just the people who know

729
00:34:23,640 --> 00:34:26,720
Speaker 2: about the surprise you're helping you with it. It's their people.

730
00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:29,279
Speaker 2: It's the third layer of people. That's so you got

731
00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:29,799
Speaker 2: to worry about.

732
00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:33,359
Speaker 3: And you know what, it was fun because then I.

733
00:34:33,320 --> 00:34:36,680
Speaker 2: Was able to get really excited for it, was to

734
00:34:36,760 --> 00:34:39,240
Speaker 2: look forward to it a little bit. So the next

735
00:34:39,320 --> 00:34:42,880
Speaker 2: day was that was all those this big finish of

736
00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:46,520
Speaker 2: surprises for our anniversary, like you said, taking me on

737
00:34:46,560 --> 00:34:48,400
Speaker 2: this journey of We went to the place where we

738
00:34:48,440 --> 00:34:51,719
Speaker 2: got engaged, and then we went to the place where

739
00:34:51,719 --> 00:34:56,080
Speaker 2: we got married and we got there at the exact

740
00:34:56,080 --> 00:34:59,840
Speaker 2: same time again to Roy and took some pictures and

741
00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:02,840
Speaker 2: it felt I mean was it felt like again it

742
00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:05,400
Speaker 2: was this beautiful day, the temperature was amazing.

743
00:35:06,440 --> 00:35:07,440
Speaker 3: We got so lucky.

744
00:35:07,480 --> 00:35:09,359
Speaker 2: I feel so blessed, Like I always feel a little

745
00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:11,919
Speaker 2: bit like my Dad was watching over us that day

746
00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:14,680
Speaker 2: because we just said the most perfect day and the

747
00:35:14,719 --> 00:35:18,799
Speaker 2: sky was so beautiful, and it made me feel like

748
00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:21,799
Speaker 2: he was just saying hello and making sure everything.

749
00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:22,240
Speaker 3: Would be perfect.

750
00:35:23,520 --> 00:35:28,000
Speaker 2: And so we had a gorgeous night and an incredible

751
00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:30,960
Speaker 2: dinner cooked by Chef Tom. And he didn't give us

752
00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:32,960
Speaker 2: the exact menu from our wedding, but he said it

753
00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:35,680
Speaker 2: was inspired by and he kind of used some of

754
00:35:35,719 --> 00:35:39,560
Speaker 2: the same ingredients and mirrored the dishes. And we got

755
00:35:39,560 --> 00:35:42,239
Speaker 2: to sit there with us and the guy who married us,

756
00:35:42,239 --> 00:35:44,120
Speaker 2: and his wife who sang in our wedding, Mike, and

757
00:35:44,160 --> 00:35:48,080
Speaker 2: a dean and the woman who helped us plan our wedding, Catherine,

758
00:35:48,080 --> 00:35:50,080
Speaker 2: and the guy who cooked our meal, Tom, and I

759
00:35:50,080 --> 00:35:51,920
Speaker 2: guess you and I the people who got married and

760
00:35:52,080 --> 00:35:52,880
Speaker 2: just enjoy it.

761
00:35:52,719 --> 00:35:57,000
Speaker 1: Opened up a ridiculous run of some burgundies that led

762
00:35:57,040 --> 00:36:02,520
Speaker 1: into some real wines, uh cabernets and some oh man,

763
00:36:02,600 --> 00:36:04,720
Speaker 1: it was just it was ever it was. It was perfect.

764
00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:05,520
Speaker 3: Took our.

765
00:36:06,160 --> 00:36:10,080
Speaker 2: I always recommend Cheers tablets. You can get the money

766
00:36:10,640 --> 00:36:12,000
Speaker 2: at the end of the night and they will make

767
00:36:12,040 --> 00:36:14,879
Speaker 2: sure that you aren't miserable in Napa when you're doing

768
00:36:14,920 --> 00:36:17,080
Speaker 2: wine tastings all day and then drinking wine at night.

769
00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:19,080
Speaker 1: But we you know, we had to. It was almost

770
00:36:19,120 --> 00:36:21,840
Speaker 1: a full moon out and it was just one of

771
00:36:21,840 --> 00:36:24,120
Speaker 1: those perfect clear nights because it had rain the night

772
00:36:24,160 --> 00:36:26,719
Speaker 1: before in Napus it was so clear you could see it.

773
00:36:26,840 --> 00:36:27,600
Speaker 3: How are you feeling?

774
00:36:28,840 --> 00:36:29,560
Speaker 1: How am I feeling?

775
00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:31,600
Speaker 3: How are you feeling in that? And yeah, being there,

776
00:36:31,640 --> 00:36:32,600
Speaker 3: I haven't even really.

777
00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:34,680
Speaker 1: Asked you that I was going to tell you. One

778
00:36:34,719 --> 00:36:37,879
Speaker 1: of my favorite moments was that you and Nadine had

779
00:36:37,880 --> 00:36:39,640
Speaker 1: walked back into the kitchen, I think to say thanks

780
00:36:39,680 --> 00:36:42,640
Speaker 1: to chef Tom and to our friend Catherine who helped

781
00:36:42,680 --> 00:36:44,560
Speaker 1: put this whole thing on and put our wedding on.

782
00:36:45,080 --> 00:36:47,439
Speaker 1: And so Mike and I were so the room where

783
00:36:47,440 --> 00:36:51,360
Speaker 1: we kind of had our ceremony, Uh is this tasting

784
00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:53,200
Speaker 1: It's like a living room, right, There's a table and

785
00:36:53,239 --> 00:36:55,839
Speaker 1: a fireplace and chairs, and so Mike and I were

786
00:36:55,840 --> 00:36:59,799
Speaker 1: sitting in these two big leather chairs where everybody had

787
00:36:59,840 --> 00:37:02,040
Speaker 1: just been sitting a year, you know, that night a

788
00:37:02,120 --> 00:37:05,560
Speaker 1: year before for our wedding. And I don't know, I

789
00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:07,640
Speaker 1: just we were looking up and it was night, and so

790
00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:09,920
Speaker 1: I had never really seen the place at night in

791
00:37:09,960 --> 00:37:11,800
Speaker 1: the lights, and I was like, this is really a

792
00:37:11,840 --> 00:37:14,520
Speaker 1: beautiful room. And I don't know, it was kind of

793
00:37:14,560 --> 00:37:17,000
Speaker 1: like being in a church late at night where you

794
00:37:17,080 --> 00:37:18,319
Speaker 1: just kind of took I kind of took it in

795
00:37:18,360 --> 00:37:21,880
Speaker 1: for the first time again, and it just made me

796
00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:27,200
Speaker 1: emotional and very nostalgic and grateful and happy. And look,

797
00:37:27,280 --> 00:37:29,359
Speaker 1: my belly was full. I had some great wine, and

798
00:37:29,400 --> 00:37:30,840
Speaker 1: so it was just kind of it all kind of

799
00:37:30,920 --> 00:37:33,319
Speaker 1: hit me right at the end where I was just

800
00:37:33,440 --> 00:37:38,799
Speaker 1: so in love, so grateful and just yeah, blast, I

801
00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:40,799
Speaker 1: felt just Mike. Mike just kind of put his eye

802
00:37:40,840 --> 00:37:43,640
Speaker 1: on my shoulders, like yeah, he just we both kind

803
00:37:43,680 --> 00:37:45,680
Speaker 1: of just felt this moment together. It was really cool

804
00:37:45,880 --> 00:37:46,399
Speaker 1: at the end.

805
00:37:46,680 --> 00:37:49,960
Speaker 2: I think my favorite moment was before we sat down

806
00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:52,000
Speaker 2: to dinner, I said to you, I want to go

807
00:37:52,080 --> 00:37:55,480
Speaker 2: back down because we we had done our dinner on

808
00:37:55,520 --> 00:37:57,120
Speaker 2: the lower level, and I said, I want to go

809
00:37:57,160 --> 00:37:58,680
Speaker 2: back down there to where we were with all our

810
00:37:58,680 --> 00:38:03,320
Speaker 2: friends and family before the sunsets tonight. I want to

811
00:38:03,360 --> 00:38:05,840
Speaker 2: see before the light goes away. And so just the

812
00:38:05,880 --> 00:38:09,279
Speaker 2: two of us went down there, and that was what,

813
00:38:09,520 --> 00:38:12,279
Speaker 2: you know, our wedding and app was everything I think

814
00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:14,040
Speaker 2: we wanted it to be, because it was, you know,

815
00:38:14,080 --> 00:38:16,120
Speaker 2: the small group of the people we love the most,

816
00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:18,919
Speaker 2: and we got so much great time with them, and

817
00:38:19,600 --> 00:38:23,920
Speaker 2: that's what I'll I will remember forever. But standing there

818
00:38:23,960 --> 00:38:27,040
Speaker 2: with you in that spot again that already held so

819
00:38:27,160 --> 00:38:31,880
Speaker 2: much emotion, I really was thinking, like, wow, I'm surprised

820
00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:35,759
Speaker 2: because I loved you so much when we got married, obviously,

821
00:38:36,600 --> 00:38:40,040
Speaker 2: but I was thinking, I'm surprised by how much deeper

822
00:38:40,080 --> 00:38:41,879
Speaker 2: I feel like our love has gotten in this first

823
00:38:41,960 --> 00:38:44,399
Speaker 2: year of marriage. People talk a lot about the first

824
00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:46,880
Speaker 2: year of marriage and how you know you can have

825
00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:50,080
Speaker 2: some bumps along the way, which we really haven't had.

826
00:38:50,120 --> 00:38:53,000
Speaker 2: But like I think, maybe I naively thought, I don't know,

827
00:38:53,040 --> 00:38:56,759
Speaker 2: because we're a little older and we know ourselves a

828
00:38:56,800 --> 00:38:59,640
Speaker 2: little better, I didn't know how much the first year

829
00:38:59,640 --> 00:39:04,600
Speaker 2: of marriage would still be really impactful. I feel that

830
00:39:05,320 --> 00:39:07,560
Speaker 2: our love has gotten a lot deeper. I feel that

831
00:39:07,640 --> 00:39:11,680
Speaker 2: we're even closer. And I felt that in that moment

832
00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:15,279
Speaker 2: because it was really a bookmark of one year then

833
00:39:15,360 --> 00:39:18,960
Speaker 2: to now in that same spot and being there physically

834
00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:23,440
Speaker 2: in that place really helped me reflect on that. So

835
00:39:23,480 --> 00:39:26,160
Speaker 2: that made me really grateful and happy. And I never

836
00:39:26,320 --> 00:39:27,880
Speaker 2: thought about this because, like I said, I had no

837
00:39:27,960 --> 00:39:30,480
Speaker 2: idea you were taking me there. But I highly recommend

838
00:39:30,960 --> 00:39:33,760
Speaker 2: going to the place you got married A year later.

839
00:39:33,840 --> 00:39:37,400
Speaker 2: I was reflecting and thinking, well, to say, we've done

840
00:39:37,440 --> 00:39:39,959
Speaker 2: this in ten years, like for your tenure, the place

841
00:39:40,040 --> 00:39:41,560
Speaker 2: might have changed a lot. I don't know, maybe it's

842
00:39:41,600 --> 00:39:44,000
Speaker 2: not even still there, maybe the same people aren't still there.

843
00:39:44,320 --> 00:39:46,959
Speaker 2: So to come back a year later where it's still

844
00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:51,600
Speaker 2: the same and to kind of have your senses awakened

845
00:39:51,600 --> 00:39:55,040
Speaker 2: again and have your memory refreshed and again to experience

846
00:39:55,080 --> 00:39:59,640
Speaker 2: it a little slower was really really cool. So I

847
00:39:59,640 --> 00:40:01,319
Speaker 2: don't know you knew that it would bring all that,

848
00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:03,080
Speaker 2: No I did. What did you think it would bring?

849
00:40:03,520 --> 00:40:06,600
Speaker 1: I just I knew it would be sentimental for us

850
00:40:06,600 --> 00:40:08,719
Speaker 1: because you and I both we both appreciate and love

851
00:40:08,760 --> 00:40:10,319
Speaker 1: the same things. And it's one of the things I've

852
00:40:10,360 --> 00:40:14,680
Speaker 1: become I've learned over this year of you know, Elsie

853
00:40:14,680 --> 00:40:16,480
Speaker 1: and I and I agree, it's funny that it's only

854
00:40:16,560 --> 00:40:19,040
Speaker 1: been a year, but I do think that we have

855
00:40:19,400 --> 00:40:22,799
Speaker 1: leapt forward so much further than you know you think

856
00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:25,560
Speaker 1: at the time, Like we are in love and we

857
00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:28,640
Speaker 1: are connected, and all those things are true a year ago.

858
00:40:28,760 --> 00:40:33,200
Speaker 1: But you know, what you can't ever make is history.

859
00:40:33,320 --> 00:40:36,439
Speaker 1: Only time can help you make history. And we've had

860
00:40:36,480 --> 00:40:39,960
Speaker 1: the experience of time now together. And so now that

861
00:40:39,960 --> 00:40:43,040
Speaker 1: we've had another year under our belt, four more seasons

862
00:40:43,560 --> 00:40:46,000
Speaker 1: of experience and love and life and all these things,

863
00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:48,359
Speaker 1: it just brings you closer together, and so now you

864
00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:50,160
Speaker 1: have we have stories, and so we have you know,

865
00:40:50,200 --> 00:40:52,840
Speaker 1: we sit there and talk about our our parents and

866
00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:55,120
Speaker 1: and things that you know, having them there and all

867
00:40:55,160 --> 00:40:59,680
Speaker 1: those just experiences made it that much more meaningful, and

868
00:40:59,719 --> 00:41:02,440
Speaker 1: so it was a beautiful trip.

869
00:41:02,680 --> 00:41:05,719
Speaker 2: I just reminded always of the importance of celebrating. Like,

870
00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:08,439
Speaker 2: I don't know, maybe if I told this to someone,

871
00:41:08,440 --> 00:41:10,279
Speaker 2: it might seem like a lot wow on your first

872
00:41:10,280 --> 00:41:14,400
Speaker 2: anniversary you went back or what. But I think often

873
00:41:14,560 --> 00:41:16,560
Speaker 2: our relationship is the thing that we feel we can

874
00:41:16,600 --> 00:41:19,719
Speaker 2: rely on, so it ends up coming last. You know,

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Speaker 2: you're working, you have your kids, you're doing these things

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Speaker 2: because you think, oh, the relationship's good, it's there. I

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Speaker 2: don't have to feed that, but the feeding it is

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Speaker 2: what makes it good for so, you know, for the

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Speaker 2: times when you need it. I think it's so important

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Speaker 2: to celebrate each other, to celebrate your love, to take.

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Speaker 3: Time to think about it. And one thing that I

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Speaker 3: love that we.

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Speaker 2: Do is that when we give each other these gifts

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Speaker 2: or we do surprises for each other, we always try

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Speaker 2: to do trips. Like I love that you surprised me

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Speaker 2: with a trip instead of an item, because that meant

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Speaker 2: we got to make these memories together and feed our relationship.

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Speaker 2: And I'm like tired, and now I'll get a little teary,

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Speaker 2: but I love you so much and I'm so grateful.

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Speaker 3: It was a perfect weekend.

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Speaker 2: Yet again, thank you to all the people who helped

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Speaker 2: you make it perfect. To roy to Brand for all

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Speaker 2: the great memories we've had in both those places. Can't

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Speaker 2: recommend them enough, and can't recommend that enough. Go have

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Speaker 2: a romantic weekend and feed your relationship.

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Speaker 3: There.

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Speaker 1: I well in this the way I began. Happy first

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Speaker 1: first anniversary. Maybe we have many more.

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Speaker 3: I love you.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for listening. Follow us on Instagram at the most

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