Episode 50 : Down the Rabbit Hole We Go

Episode fifty. FIFTY. And we went out exactly the way we started — just the two of us, a bottle of wine, and absolutely no shortage of things to say. Season 1 is officially in the books, and this episode is equal parts celebration and rabbit hole. We're talking merch launches, ballet tickets, anniversary party updates, a Trend Decoder segment that got surprisingly deep, and a sneak peek at what Season 2 has in store. Buckle up, Sip Squad. 🐇

🍾 This episode is sponsored by Vu Events

We love you, Jovana! Vu Events is Wichita’s go-to for unforgettable events. Whether you’re planning a wedding, corporate event, or anything in between — it had to be Vu! Follow them at @vueventplanning and tell them So THIS Happened sent you.

📱 Trend Decoder: Show Me Your Grip

Trend Decoder is back! We started Season 1 with this segment, and it only felt right to end with it too. Tonight’s trend: Show Me Your Grip.

Rachel went full spiral before landing on something that honestly exceeded the actual trend: a metaphor for holding on through 50 episodes, through a whole year, through all of it. Jen’s take was literal — the viral trend of women showing everything stacked in one hand as they walk out the door in the morning — keys, coffee, water bottle, sunglasses, lip stuff, and approximately four other things that don’t fit in women’s pockets because women’s pockets are a joke.

Rachel also proposed activating Stitch mode (six arms, no waiting) and theorized a carpal tunnel gender gap study. So yes, it went places.

"We started this thing and we gripped on tight, and we did it every week." — Rachel

🥂 New Merch Drop: Pairs Well with Champagne & Caviar Bumps

Today we hard-launched our newest merch line — inspired by our good friend Brent, former Executive Director of Ballet Wichita, who introduced us to our first caviar bumps (and a whole lot of Veuve Clicquot). It started with Brent saying “Hey, I love your podcast” one night at the Brickyard, and look where we are now.

10% of profits from the Pairs Well with Champagne & Caviar Bumps line go to Ballet Wichita. Because that’s just how this story goes.

Shop the new line + all our merch here.

And don’t forget — the Uncorked & Slightly Unhinged line is 15% off through July 31 with code STHANNIVERSARY.

Ballet Wichita Giveaway: Alice in Wonderland

We’ve been invited as guests to Ballet Wichita’s production of Alice in Wonderland — June 27 at 2 PM at Friends University. AND we’re giving away two tickets to one lucky Sip Squad member + their plus one.

Here’s the full circle moment: Jen’s son played the Mad Hatter in his high school’s state-winning production of Alice by Heart this year. So naturally, the This or That for the giveaway is...

Mad Hatter or White Rabbit? 🎩🐇 Head to our Instagram for the giveaway post, drop your answer in the comments, and you’re entered. Winner chosen at random via randomizer.org.

P.S. Jen is going as the Mad Hatter. Rachel already bought white rabbit ears on Amazon. We are dressing up and we hope you will too.

🥂 Anniversary Party: Uncorked, Unhinged & Bubbling Over

• Date: July 12th, 2:00–4:00 PM
• Location: Bubbles Champagne Bar
• Free to attend — guests cover their own refreshments
• Presenting sponsor: Vu Events | Venue sponsor: Bubbles Champagne Bar
• Specialty cocktail menu in the works with Bubbles — very purple, very glittery, very us
• Fun collab with Stella of Bella Bonita Designs
• Surprise gifts for all Season 1 guests — we’re not saying more than that
• DJ Panda will be there. It’s gonna be a whole vibe.

Side note: Jen got a tattoo at Bubbles during RoséFest last Sunday, and Jovana did too. This is the kind of thing that only happens when you’re a ginormous Bubbles fan.

💻 Digital Wichita’s Digital Day

By the time this episode drops Thursday morning, Digital Day will be just four hours from starting. Jen is Vice Chair of Digital Wichita, So THIS Happened is a proud sponsor, and the whole Wichita digital community is about to be in one place at one time. If you’re in the Wichita area and haven’t checked it out — look it up!

🚀 Season 2 Is Coming

We’re taking a two-week break to regroup, plan, and polish — and then Season 2 kicks off with a bang. Jen wore a sloth shirt to the recording as an Easter egg, and if you know who in Wichita has sloths... you already know where we’re headed.

Tanganyika Wildlife Park is coming to Season 2. We’re recording on site. That’s all we’re saying. 🦥

Plus: more live and in-person episodes, new segments, more collabs, and a potential So THIS Happened girls trip that somehow evolved into a listener trip within about 45 seconds. We have ideas. We’re brewing and stewing. Stay tuned.

📣 Before You Go

• 🎩 Enter the Alice in Wonderland giveaway — Mad Hatter or White Rabbit? Comment on the Instagram giveaway post to enter
• 🎉 Join us July 12 at Bubbles — the anniversary party is FREE and the Sip Squad is going to be in the building
• 🛄 Shop merch at the link below — new Champagne & Caviar Bumps line is live, Uncorked & Slightly Unhinged is 15% off with code STHANNIVERSARY through July 31
• 🎧 Subscribe on Spotify and YouTube so you don’t miss the Season 2 launch
• ⭐ Leave us a review if this podcast has made you laugh, think, or accidentally spiral on a trend for ten minutes

Long live the Sip Squad. We’ll see you in Season 2. 🥂

Transcript

SPEAKER_02 0:00

It's upon us. The time has come.

SPEAKER_00 0:03

The time has come to record the season finale of season one, Rachel. The time has passed. Come and gone. Oh. We have come from the spicy savvy bee. Spicy savvy bee. In the courtyard Marriott with Giovanna, who is now our sponsor. Cheers to that.

SPEAKER_02 0:26

Cheers.

SPEAKER_00 0:27

So that happens.

SPEAKER_02 0:28

So it will continue to happen.

SPEAKER_00 0:30

And it will. I'm Jen. I'm Rachel. And this is episode fucking 50. This is also this the season finale of season one.

SPEAKER_02 0:39

Season finale.

SPEAKER_00 0:41

My god, we've come a long way. We have a lot to dive into tonight, as always. But we, of course, are so excited and so honored to remind you that our lovely podcast is sponsored by Vu Events. Yes, thank you, Vu Vince. We love you, Jamana. We love your team. You guys are idea factories, and you're the best. Man, so many great things. Oh yes. So uh crazy. We made it to episode 50. Episode 50. 50. And tonight we're going out season one style, just the two of us. Yeah, I kinda dig it. I kinda dig it too. There we have a lot to celebrate and even more to look forward to, which is what we're gonna be talking about tonight. I feel like last episode we it was a reflection of season one. Yes, we did a lot. We went over a lot. We did a lot of shout-outs. We and we oh my gosh, season one was fantastic. It was. But tonight is a looking uh look forward to season two and the in between.

SPEAKER_02 1:40

Yes, the in-between.

SPEAKER_00 1:43

We are going to do a shortened trend decoder segment tonight. So that's coming up first, and then it's so much fun because we're going back to the ballet. Yes, so we're gonna go see Alice in Wonderland on June 27th. So we're gonna be talking all about that. So stay tuned because you're gonna want to hear about our social media giveaway. We're giving away tickets, guys. So excited. We're gonna talk about our party. We launched some merch. We have other merch that's on a 15% off sale. Yes, and we we just have a lot to talk about. But uh, before we go too far into it, don't forget to follow, subscribe on YouTube, Spotify, all the places. Spotify, all the places, that should be the thing. I like it actually.

SPEAKER_02 2:28

Spot a spy TM TM TM. That's ours.

SPEAKER_00 2:32

That's ours. Spotify. That's a t-shirt. Is it though? Maybe it's a shot glass. I don't know. Shaw glass ends. Oh my god. Okay, so are you ready to have fun trying to figure out what this trend means? Oh yeah, I am. Okay. Okay. So trend decoder. This is a listener favorite that we had we didn't do it for a very long time. We brought it back for our lovely friend Tracy. We started season one with it and now we're ending with it. That's fucking right. We are. It's gonna be hilarious. So this is when I name a trend that I am very familiar with, and Rachel, who is not at all familiar with it, I'm assuming. I'm always assuming she's not familiar with it. She's not as chronically online as I am. Um she tries to guess what the trend actually is. Yes. And so tonight's tonight, the trend, the one. We only have one tonight. This is a condensed episode. What if I nail it? Then I mean we might need a backup. We'll see. That's okay because I I I can come up with a backup. Okay. Okay. Yeah, I can definitely come up with a backup. Okay.

SPEAKER_02 3:45

Okay, so on the roll last time.

SPEAKER_00 3:47

You you and you've been on a roll lately. Oh, now I've been. You've been knocking out of the park. She had a perfect score last week, if you remember from in episode 49, she had a perfect score. I have not forgotten. Uh I thought that was so much fun. Tonight, I'm hoping for a little more hilarity. We will see what happens.

SPEAKER_02 4:03

We'll work on it.

SPEAKER_00 4:04

I feel like it's all in the name tonight. The name of the trend is Show Me Your Grip.

SPEAKER_02 4:10

Yes. What are you doing?

SPEAKER_00 4:12

Always pick the ones with the best names.

SPEAKER_02 4:15

You know my mind went.

SPEAKER_00 4:16

I know exactly where your mind went, and I know where a lot of our listeners' minds went too.

SPEAKER_02 4:21

Well, mine went into the gym. Did it? You know?

SPEAKER_00 4:24

Of course it did. That's what I meant.

SPEAKER_02 4:27

The gym. Okay. No, so obviously, I mean, hmm, I guess. Show me your grip. Show me your grip. I I assume that would be like something that a man would send a woman on a dating app as an opening line.

SPEAKER_00 4:44

Oh boy, what would that and what do you think that would insinuate?

SPEAKER_02 4:50

I think it would insinuate a little bit of uh sexual tension, perhaps, um, and just seeing how DTF they truly are being on the dating apps. Um, and I follow this page, I forget, I don't know what it's called or who it is, but it's like this guy, and she opens it, she goes, making my bosses read your your dating app messages. And they go through and read them, and it's two guys that and like and they'll read these and they'll just be like, What? This guy is not okay. Why would he say that? Or like like so many things in it. That's kind of what that reminded me of. But I that's not it, right? Oh, it's definitely not it. You wouldn't feed me one like that.

SPEAKER_00 5:35

You just wanted to hear my I just want to see where your imagination goes, Rachel. I love to see a spiral.

SPEAKER_02 5:42

Let her cook. Show me your grip. Then I am like, I feel like it could be like a workout-related thing. Like, what grip do you use? It could also be sports-related. Like, show me what your grip is on like a golf club or a baseball bat. Gotta line up the knuckles. Gotta line them up. That's what it's. Football season's coming. Oh, it sure is. How show me your grip over the laces? Laces out! Laces out! We know. Not with throwing the ball, but with kicking it. Um so I'm thinking, show me your grip. To me, it sounds like how hard are you willing to stick to something? That's kind of what I get for like I'm trying to think of what they post, like, show me your grip. Like, we made it all the way to episode 50. Show me your grip. Like, we started this thing and we gripped on tight and we did it every week and we held through it, and like, show me your grip. Like, or like grip, grit, whatever you want to call it. I feel like that would be a cool trend. It'd be like, show me your grip. Like, how hard are you gonna hold on to something? How hard are you gonna work to hold on to this? That's fucking right. And make it into something. That's kind of how I feel would be the best trend. I love that. That's not it, but it might be better.

SPEAKER_00 6:54

Okay, boom. Okay, so let's okay, let's think about for what we as women, we multitask, right? We juggle a lot of things at one time, right? Okay. I already have an idea of okay, alright. Tell me what you think it is based off that hint.

SPEAKER_02 7:10

I feel like it's like gotta be like a woman, like specifically, if you're talking about a woman or anybody, like getting all their stuff done and handling it, but then like it's a video of them at home, like just destroyed and dishoveled, or like or like drinking wine out of the box or something crazy while they're in the bathtub. Or I like this.

SPEAKER_00 7:30

Or like that's our new trend.

SPEAKER_02 7:32

There's a couple, like, okay, that's not it either. Show so like what was your hint again? I got off. Multitasking. Okay, well, I'm like multitasking and doing all that. So, what's your grip? Because I feel like losing your grip is a term like I lost my grip on that. Yeah, let it get away. So, show me your grip. Maybe it's like all the different things that you can do in a day that they show you that you did in a day, and then you're getting so much warmer. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 7:58

This one is a little more literal.

SPEAKER_02 8:01

Oh, get a grip. That's just what I think. That's just what I think. That's where I was going with my like dishovel thing. Like, they're they hit hold on to their grip all day, and then at the end of the day, they're just like, ah.

SPEAKER_00 8:12

So think about what happens when you're walking out the door in the morning. For me, I go through my routine. Like, you're grabb- what are you doing in the morning? Like when you're just literally going out the door.

SPEAKER_02 8:26

Well, maybe it's what you grab in the morning before your day. So, like, I grab my work backpack, I grab my snackslash lunch to put in my bag, I grab my ice cubes and my water, I grab my phone and turn off my alarms. Because I have one that tells me when I need to leave, then I can I know I can snooze it for five minutes to finish what I'm doing to get out the door. And then um I grab the door handle, I grab the car door handle, I grab my phone and plug it in. I push the garage door opener.

SPEAKER_00 9:00

You're so on you're so on the right track.

SPEAKER_02 9:02

I don't think I'm gonna get it.

SPEAKER_00 9:04

Okay, I think I'm gonna go ahead and tell you because you're so right on the brink. Okay, pick up your sunglasses and hold them in your hand. Okay. And keep your and then now pick up your keys and hold them in the same hand. Oh shoot. Pick up your lip stuff and put that in your hand. Pick up the matchbook, put that in your hands.

SPEAKER_02 9:23

Does it have to all be in one hand? I don't use matches in your hands.

SPEAKER_00 9:25

It has to all be in your hand. Pick up your water bottle, put that in your hand. Show me your grip, Rachel. I got it. So, like this one, like if we did it as our podcast, like we would have our microphone in our hand, we would have our phone in our hand, we would have our tripod in our hand, we would have probably our lip stuff in our hand because we're always doing that. I love it. Like, it's all the stuff that's in your hand to do what you need to be doing. Because we as women, like, we like if you notice in the morning, your hands are always fucking full, right?

SPEAKER_02 9:55

Yeah, absolutely. I have my backpack on my back and I like shove my pockets for the lip drink. I have my water in my hand or my coffee or both, and I have my phone and my keys, and let's hope I have pockets for the day. And then and then, yeah, exactly. And then that's it. And then I cram the door with my little claw that's left and shut it with my butt because I don't have claw left. And then, no, and actually, that's hilarious. I love that so much because I've said for so long, like, it is freaking crazy. Like, every anytime any man is not every time, because I'm just now I've learned to be like, yes, please do grab that. But um, yes, please help. But a lot of like I just automatically do it. And the reason that women can grab so many things and figure out how to hold so many things at one time without losing track of them is because our pockets have been designed either non-existent, fake, or teeny tiny. Do you see how big my phone is? Right? This phone is almost as big as my face. It really is as big as your face. You can't even see my face. It's huge. Do you think that's gonna fit in a pocket that's two inches deep? That's fucking right. Oh my gosh. No, yeah, absolutely not. I get it. All of you dads out there with the little clip-on belt situation.

SPEAKER_00 11:09

Yeah, I don't get it for you because you have pockets, but I know, and their pockets are always so much deeper than ours. Yeah, so annoying. So you want you like see us with our coffee, our water bottle, our keys, our sunglasses, our lipstick. Yeah. It's yeah, that is the grip. That is showing that.

SPEAKER_02 11:26

If you have children and you have to gather all their stuff as well, and their jacket and their shoes that they didn't put on. Exactly. Like their snacks and all the things that they dropped that you still have to pick up and all of that. So, yeah, I get I really think that there's something special about women's hands that we've developed over the years. We figured it out. Like, we know how to hold all the things.

SPEAKER_00 11:44

Like, we're utilizing all of these fingers twice.

SPEAKER_02 11:47

Yeah, that's also why I have carpal tunnel now. Probably so. If you think about it, yeah. I would like to see a study on that. How many men versus women are more likely to develop carpal tunnel? It depends, though. There's a little bit of a few minutes. It would be interesting to jobs that like riveting and stuff that a lot of men are in like that.

SPEAKER_00 12:06

So a lot of carpal tunnel. Yeah, it really is, but like we as women, we just we can't help ourselves. Like, I find myself like getting out of like I so sometimes I'll stop at Starbucks on my way to work, and then I'm like, getting how do I get out of the car and do all of this in one load with my bag, my coffee, my water drug, my phone, my sunglasses, my keys. Like, how am I doing all of this? And somehow, like, it's all wrapped up on one hand so that I can still close the door and then get into the building like with the other hand while this hand is like full of everything.

SPEAKER_02 12:42

Super power that would be cool to have. Like, I want to grow some stitch arms, like just be able to like like I can take notes with one hand with two hands while I'm like walking around holding everything. Like, yeah. Oh yeah, hang on, let me write that down. Like, what my hand? How crazy would that be? Like stitch mode. Stitch mode.

SPEAKER_00 13:01

Activate stitch mode. That's crazy. I love that one. That's good.

SPEAKER_02 13:05

But honestly, I think I came up with some really cool you really did, honestly.

SPEAKER_00 13:09

Like a couple of them I thought was better than I don't know. I really like this one because it's a symbolic kind of it is very symbolic of the multitasking, but but your one about like look at us holding our grip through 50 episodes. I was like, yeah, damn straight. Like, that is fucking awesome. I love that. Hey, that's not a bad thing. A lot of times these are very metaphorical. That's fair. But today was very literal. I liked that one. That was a good choice. It was really fun. Good one, Jen. Thank you very much. So yeah.

SPEAKER_02 13:38

So, how many points did I get on that one?

SPEAKER_00 13:40

You got a perfect score.

SPEAKER_02 13:41

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 13:42

Because, like, I feel like you're your one about like, look at us hanging on and holding our grip. Like, I feel like that exceeded the actual trend. Oh, thanks. Maybe it's just me being reminiscent.

SPEAKER_02 13:53

But okay, so I think we need to make a post about how we fought onto the grip.

SPEAKER_00 13:58

I think we do too. Like, we're gonna need to get out there and take photos of just us holding hands.

SPEAKER_02 14:03

Of us holding hands.

SPEAKER_00 14:04

And every grip. Every location we can. Or like this is our grip. Okay, we can do both. We'll hands in. It'll do tickets. Like our belly, which taught tickets, like with our wine glasses. Maybe just watch for a social post. Yeah, it's gonna be fun. That's an Easter egg. Oh, yes.

SPEAKER_02 14:22

Go look in. Yeah. Gosh, so these Easter eggs won't rot.

SPEAKER_00 14:28

So I feel like I feel like Trend Decoder is a segment that we'll definitely want to make sure we keep.

SPEAKER_02 14:34

Oh, yeah, because we're always coming out with new ones.

SPEAKER_00 14:37

Yeah, and it's always so much fun. And I feel like we just started back with it. So look for more trend decoder fun in season two. We will be we will be launching season two. Well, we're I think we're gonna take a two-week break, and then we'll be launching season two. So we we gotta regroup. We have some things that we gotta talk about, plan out, execute. Oh, yeah. So that when we come back in season two, we're just a little more polished. Yeah. No, I know that messy is our polished, but we want to be a little more refined, kind of polished. Yes, yes.

SPEAKER_02 15:10

And you know what? I think that's perfect. I'm excited. I'm excited to see what we come up with. I really am too.

SPEAKER_00 15:17

And how we grow next year. It's gonna be wild. It's gonna be fun. Now, today is a special day. Tell me about why today is so special.

SPEAKER_02 15:25

It's my mom's birthday. Happy birthday, Louise! Happy birthday, mama! Yeah, I love you. Cheers to her. Cheers to you.

SPEAKER_00 15:33

We love you and your energy and all the support that you bring to our podcast. You're amazing.

SPEAKER_02 15:38

Yes, guys, she's been watching and supporting and calling me and texting me every time we have events, and she's always there for me. And I love you, mom. Yeah, so thank you so much. And I hope you have a great day with your friends at dinner. Eat some noodles for me at the Italian restaurant you're going to. Yeah. And then I get to see her this weekend. So that's good. I'm so excited. I didn't get to see her for Mother's Day because I was traveling for work and a lot, and I was just like, Mom, I can't travel right now. I'm sorry. And she understood, and I really appreciate it. Oh, yeah. You are a busy, busy woman right now. And I mean, I know she is too, but golly, so she's still making time to come down here to see us. That's wonderful. So I'm excited. So we're gonna have some brunch on Saturday. Yay! We're gonna, I need to brew some sun tea so that we can sit off on the porch and have some sun tea.

SPEAKER_00 16:26

Oh god, I love your porch. Your back porch. Oh, it's so beautiful.

SPEAKER_02 16:29

Coming together. I've got some more plants out there now and stuff.

SPEAKER_00 16:31

So oh, and when we were there last week with all the ducks. The whole gathered ducks. It was so cute. So precious. There's a whole white flock now, too. Did you see the white flock while you were there? I I feel like I did. We haven't had white ducks. Very, very cute. Yeah. We haven't, well, they weren't babies. They were they were like pretty big.

SPEAKER_02 16:49

I first thought they were swans because we haven't had big ducks. Yeah, you mentioned that your brother's like, no, those are ducks. I know, but I was like, but we haven't seen them around here before. They're newbies. I swear people keep letting their like domesticated ducks out into the wild, and that's how we get all these ducks. There's like strange tuxedo-looking ducks out there, too. Oh. I don't know, that or our water back there's just real weird. I don't know. But yeah, then there's little babies that are just the size of your little hanging hopping around. You can probably see them in some of the holes of the yard. I'm like, where'd he go? Um, anyways, yeah, that was a tangent. But yeah, excited to see my mom this weekend. Her birthday is today, so happy birthday, mama. Happy birthday. Yeah, so that'll be good. So we could, because I have like a belated Mother's Day and a birthday. That's perfect. I love that so much. Yes. Let's see what else is going on today.

SPEAKER_00 17:35

Okay, well, today we hard launched Pariswell with champagne and caviar. Caviar bumps. Caviar bumps, our new merch line. Our new merch line. Our new merch line inspired by our good friend Brent.

SPEAKER_02 17:47

Brent, hell yeah.

SPEAKER_00 17:49

If you haven't seen the reel yet, you need to come to our socials and check it out. Are you kidding me? Oh my gosh, I know. Um I know. It's okay, so I feel like it's kind of funny because the caviar bumps always come with, I feel like it's a tequila shot. Is it a vodka shot?

SPEAKER_02 18:06

Tequila's vodka.

SPEAKER_00 18:07

Vodka shot.

SPEAKER_02 18:08

If I'm right, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 18:09

But there's always V around. Like you can always find a bottle of Vuv somewhere around. So the champagne and the caviar bumps. But then there's gonna also be a evolution that we felt like we had to include and kind of and again, doesn't a percentage of that go to. Oh yeah, 10%, 10% of the profits go to ballet, which top. So order your merch.

SPEAKER_02 18:33

That's really cute.

SPEAKER_00 18:34

Yeah, we just we just dropped that today. So by the time this I ordered mine today. She ordered hers today. I ordered mine a while back just because I did. It should be here literally any day. And then we're gonna do a fun photo shoot. My husband's gonna do photos for us. I believe we're gonna go to Grow and do a fun little photo shoot. We love Grow. You guys know that.

SPEAKER_02 18:57

We did our last one. It was lovely. Yes. Um, I'm hoping I get mine in time for our party, but we'll see.

SPEAKER_00 19:03

Oh, yeah. No, it'll be here, it'll be here in time. Shipping said it would be here in time. Yeah, and then I know we have, oh my gosh, I'm so excited for our party. Oh, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 19:13

But and you all know that's July 12th.

SPEAKER_00 19:16

July 12th. July 12th. July, not June. Yeah. Or a mistake. It now turned into a joke because it is totally a joke. Do you know how many text messages I've gotten? Because I keep putting the wrong time date, like all the stuff on this. Oh, trying to promote this party, and I keep accidentally putting the wrong time date, whatever. Listen, I blame the heat. Today I made two wrong turns getting to your house.

SPEAKER_02 19:46

I don't know what's going on.

SPEAKER_00 19:49

Okay, so that's fair, and I appreciate that.

SPEAKER_02 19:51

Thank you very much for the like missed turns. I was like, because I just was like, I know where I'm going. And then I was like, oh shit. You know, I like to think there's a reason for that happening. Like maybe maybe I avoided a wreck. Maybe a doll. I say maybe that for sure. I like to think of it like that.

SPEAKER_00 20:10

I like to think of things like that too.

SPEAKER_02 20:12

Uh yeah, we've got our party coming up. Come enjoy.

SPEAKER_00 20:15

Yeah, July 12th, 2 to 4 p.m. at Bubbles. Our venue sponsor is Bubbles because it's gonna be at Bubbles.

SPEAKER_02 20:22

Yes, the lovely Vu events is helping set everything up.

SPEAKER_00 20:25

Yeah, they're a presenting sponsor for that. Okay, so this is gonna be fun. There's a like we have a lot of cute surprises that are in store for this event. We're doing a really fun collab with our friend Stella of Bella Benita Design. Yes, we're also working with Bubbles on a specialty menu.

SPEAKER_02 20:47

Yeah, so come and try these so this happened menu of dreams. It'll be a lot of fun, and there's gonna be a lot of great people there to talk to.

SPEAKER_00 20:57

Oh my gosh, yes. I can't wait to see our community get together and and get to know each other. I think it's gonna be a blast.

SPEAKER_02 21:03

Yeah, it'll be so fun. So much fun. Honestly, two hours might not be enough.

SPEAKER_00 21:07

I know, but that's okay. That's okay because there's you know, there's a patio and plenty of stuff to do.

SPEAKER_02 21:12

Oh, absolutely.

SPEAKER_00 21:13

Do you guys want to know something super fun about bubbles? So I was there this weekend with Brent and also with our sponsor Giovanna, and they were hosting Rose Fest on Sunday, and Giovanna and I both got tattoos. Yeah, she got an ink. Oh my gosh. So now every time I go cheer. Sure, you sent me that picture, and you're like, look what I did.

SPEAKER_02 21:38

And I was like, oh, it's so cute.

SPEAKER_00 21:41

I love it. So fun. So now this is an event that I never ever want to miss ever again. And it was not the same without you there. Oh, you're gonna be able to do that. So I know that you were celebrating your dad early Father's Day.

SPEAKER_02 21:52

Yeah, so my dad's gonna be out of town on Father's Day, so we celebrated it a week early. But um, yeah, I know I I next year. I mean, I know. I know. I want to go next year for sure. Fuck yes. But no, I'm so glad that you guys had all the fun.

SPEAKER_00 22:07

It was insane. Bubbles is the place. You guys all know that we are ginormous Bubbles fans. We love Janelle. We love Paige. We love Emily. We love everyone at Bubbles. I love that Paige is working with us on a specialty cocktail menu. I think that's going to be really fun. I see a lot of glitter and purple in our future. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 22:27

Your toilet bowl will be a lot of fun. Oh, yeah. We don't do it like that intense, but how amazing. It's dark, sparkly face. So sparkly tongues. That'd be fun.

SPEAKER_00 22:39

Oh my god, how fun. Glitter. We love glitter. Maybe some purple bubbles. Like we'll figure things out. It's going to be amazing. And I really hope that you guys will come join us July 12th from two to four bubbles. Yes. It's going to be the best.

SPEAKER_02 22:52

Especially if you've been a past guest. We have a special something for you. Yes, we do. Please absolutely come. And if you're not coming, let us know. Next time we catch up with you, season two, we can give you your gift.

SPEAKER_00 23:04

That's right. Yes. I feel like I've heard from most of our guests that they are going to be able to make it.

SPEAKER_02 23:10

And I'm so excited to do that. I think you and I were both kind of tattooing the messages at first. Like, like I because I pop in there and be like, ooh, yay! They're coming. And a lot of them responded so quickly.

SPEAKER_00 23:20

I know. Like the support that you guys have given us is just incredible. Listeners. Stacey was funny. She was like, Two and truth works by social apps.

SPEAKER_02 23:31

Thank you.

SPEAKER_00 23:36

I just, oh, that was so sweet. Like, I just I freaking love Stacy. She's the best. I was like, she gotta. I love so all of our guests. I'm just oh my gosh, this is gonna be a hell of a day. Yeah. We're gonna be taking a lot of content that day. We're gonna also be doing some recorded snippets, which I think will be a lot of fun. We're gonna be working with Giovanna to like figure out logistics of that. But I also think it'll come together. It always does. And I think Tony, I think DJ Panda's gonna be there as well. So it's gonna be a whole vibe, guys. You're not gonna want to miss it. Please come hang out with us. It's gonna be the best. But before then, we're going to the ballet. We're going to the ballet in it. Innit. In it's something. We're gonna go see Alice in Wonderland.

SPEAKER_02 24:21

Yes, and we get to bring Kayla with us. Yes, yes, that's right. Yeah, she got her tickets today, so she's gonna come with us.

SPEAKER_00 24:29

Ooh, and that's right. We have a whole day planned. Okay, so we there's a lot to this because we are going to we're gonna go to the ballet. Yeah. We are also, in addition to that, for that. We are going to be doing a giveaway on our social media, on our Instagram. This is Instagram specific.

SPEAKER_02 24:53

Instagram specific.

SPEAKER_00 24:54

Instagram specific. We are going to be doing a giveaway for two tickets to join us at on June 27th at 2 p.m. for the Alice in Wonderland show. Yes. Um by Ballet, which taught at Friends University. So if you're interested in all, which you should be, please be on the lookout because we're going to be integrating a little bit of this or that into that giveaway. So that I guess a heads up is watch for the social media post that asks you if you're feeling more, if you're feeling more of a mad hatter or a white rabbit vibe. Yeah. So watch for that. That's gonna be a very important social media post because that will be the giveaway. Winner will be chosen at random.

SPEAKER_02 25:41

Based on what, Jen?

SPEAKER_00 25:43

Based on randomizer.org. I will be putting you all into a spreadsheet and giving you all assigned numbers and then using randomizer.org to pick a winner.

SPEAKER_02 25:51

Whatever comments and likes and all that. Yeah, no, no, just comment.

SPEAKER_00 25:55

Just comment. Just say whether are you a white rabbit or are you mad hatter? Yes. It doesn't matter. We're not biased. We just want to know what you think. And your one answer is your entry into the contest. I mean, if you enter more than once, that's on you, and that's fine, and I will accept it as another entry. So just what? Comment.

SPEAKER_02 26:16

Oh, yeah, okay. Keep them coming. Keep them coming.

SPEAKER_00 26:19

Just if you answer and tag somebody, that's also an entry. So I feel like that should be two entries, but okay.

SPEAKER_02 26:27

It could be two entries. It would if their person, if they're I don't know. We'll figure out, but no matter what, whatever's in there, we're gonna randomize it.

SPEAKER_00 26:34

Yep, and we will explain it. We will explain the actual logistics in the caption of the post. So be on the lookout for that. Are you a white rabbit or are you a madhatter?

SPEAKER_02 26:43

That's gonna be coming to you within the next week. Or sooner so that whoever wins can plan.

SPEAKER_00 26:48

Yeah, no, we will be, yeah, we will be posting that pro you know what? I feel like so this episode will publish on Thursday. Yep. We will publish that social media post also on Thursday. Yes. Which is crazy because that's gonna be a wild day. Yeah.

unknown 27:03

Oh shit.

SPEAKER_00 27:04

But it's so fun. So we picked Mad Hatter versus White Rabbit as a little tie back to it's so fun. I love this as a little bit of a full circle thing.

SPEAKER_02 27:14

We can't wait to choose who we are until that post. I think we should talk about who we are.

SPEAKER_00 27:17

Oh, we will on that post. Oh, we will talk about that here in a minute. Oh, okay.

SPEAKER_02 27:21

Um I was like, we're gonna save it for that post, and I'll totally save it.

SPEAKER_00 27:24

But I'm oh no, you and I are talking about this here in just a little bit because I'm over here like, oh, what am I? So it's kind of a full circle thing because if I don't know, like a lot of you have been listening to this entire season, so you also know that my son played Mad Hatter in his in his high school state-winning production of Alice by Heart. Does the apple far fall far from the tree?

SPEAKER_02 27:50

Doesn't but also the rabbit hole is at the bottom of the tree, isn't it?

SPEAKER_00 27:55

You're sounding very Cheshar, cat is oh you're right.

SPEAKER_02 27:58

Is there other options? Are there other options?

SPEAKER_00 28:01

The options, you know, honestly, like we're we're making this a this or that, but if you want to pick a different character by all the fucking means.

SPEAKER_02 28:10

And honestly, to make it more fun, give us a little reason.

SPEAKER_00 28:12

Give us a reason. Yeah, we want to know everything. Give us the download. Give us the mad spill the tea. The madhatter would love that. Okay, so you're calling me the madhatter. I'm the mad hatter. Okay, so we're gonna dive right into this. Like, I feel like honestly, though, the way that my brain works, a lot of the time I am very mad hatter-ish. I'm not, I'm late, I'm late. I'm very like all over the board all the time. And sometimes a little bit emotional about my little bit at the tea party, doesn't he? Oh, yeah, he does. Absolutely. And I have a tendency to kind of do that too. Anyone that has ever worked with me or been in a personal relationship, like friendship with me, you you know the spirals.

SPEAKER_02 29:03

Ah man.

SPEAKER_00 29:04

They're not fun. Very madhatter, not crazy, but mad.

SPEAKER_02 29:07

Oh my gosh. How do you feel? So out of the two, I'm torn because I just love the Mad Hatter's character. Like, I honestly got a huge perspective on who the Mad Hatter is actually based on off of Allison Chains, which you know, of course. Is that what it's like? Oh, Alice by Heart. Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, that's okay. Alice in Change is a rock band, I think. Yes, it is. Yes. It's just like a metal band, I think. It is because it's kind of a dark play, Alice by Heart. So it is very dark and so metal. You were so quiet. That's why I paused and looked at you and was like, do you know what I mean? I was like, wait, what? I was like, I shouldn't have this play, but wait, it's because I'm wrong. No, Alice by Heart. So that's why I'm like, I'm not the Mad Hatters, because like I don't go mad like that. But also, like, in a way, and there is a little part inside my brain that probably does do that. But just that aside, just Alice in Wonderland, I love how creative he is. Yeah. But I also feel like honestly, where I am in this world, and I'm wearing white, I feel like I wear a white rabbit. But I think if I didn't choose those characters, I would probably be a mixture of Alice and I don't know either the Cheshire or Cat or the Caterpillar. Yeah, oh, I love that. The caterpillar is a little bit. I know, but I feel like I'm Alice in that because I love Alice is so inquisitive. I like being inquisitive. I like diving into the whimsy stuff and the unknown and like kind of like going against what is exactly what you need to do.

SPEAKER_00 30:51

Yeah. But also, I don't know, but I I But then the caterpillar is so laid back. And then the Cheshire Cat's just like devil's advocate and everything. You're right.

SPEAKER_02 31:01

The Cheshire Cat's a little bit more sinister, maybe, than I am, but I feel like oh yeah, I feel like m half would be Alice, and the other half would be a mixture of the caterpillar and the cat. Okay. Does that make sense? Yeah. Because it's like sinister and laid back at the same time. Okay, that makes sense. Because I feel like to be so sinister, you have to be laid back and not really care that much. I think so. So it's like a whole personality wheel. Yeah. So I'm really cheating because I'm picking like three or four characters. Oh, okay. But no, I I love that. I also now need to re-watch Alice in Wonderland because I don't remember that much about the character and how it was portrayed in all the different movies of the caterpillar and the cat.

SPEAKER_00 31:39

You and I should do that. Fun! We really should. So we've seen Alice by Heart recently, but we should honestly, before we go see Alice in Wonderland, we should watch it. We should dress up.

SPEAKER_02 31:52

I'm gonna be the cat or the cat? I'll be the caterpillar.

SPEAKER_00 31:55

I'll be the worm.

SPEAKER_02 31:56

I will be the mad.

SPEAKER_00 31:57

I will go as the mad hatter. I will use Tim's hat, his St. Patty's hat, and go as the Mad Hatter. Well, I don't know how I would dress up with the dress up like a caterpillar. Let's go to this store and get you some white ears for the white rabbit. Or Amazon. The store. The store. The store.

SPEAKER_02 32:16

What year is it?

SPEAKER_00 32:18

What store are we gonna go to to find rabbit ears to send it? Probably Patricia's. Yeah, that's probably right.

SPEAKER_02 32:24

I've known the wrong idea.

SPEAKER_00 32:26

Survey says Amazon. Already have my hat. I'm going as Ned Hatter.

SPEAKER_02 32:32

Oh, that's funny. I think that'd be so much. Yeah, I could just get some white ears.

SPEAKER_00 32:38

You get ears, I'll get I'll wear the hat, and then we're just that's what we are. Yeah, okay. I'll just get little white rabbit ears.

SPEAKER_02 32:44

And then does anyone have a stopwatch? That'd be so cute.

SPEAKER_00 32:47

If I could wear a little and I'll what if you went to a thrift store and found one? Ooh, Chrissy would know. I could put it on my pants. Let's we'll talk to Chrissy and see if she knows.

SPEAKER_02 32:56

We're late for the play, Jen. Come on.

SPEAKER_00 32:58

Right, we're late. And y'all be like, that doesn't matter. What is it anyway? Time is a construct. Why is my teeth held again? I love that idea. Oh my god. Oh, we're gonna have the best time. Okay. Oh, and yeah, we're gonna have the best time. I'm so excited. Good idea. Um, so okay, looking back a little bit though, so this will be I don't even know how many shows that we've gotten to go to for Ballet Wichita because they just keep letting us come to things because they're amazing and we love them. I think what is this gonna be like our fourth or fifth production that we get to go to in one year? So we've so we've been to Dracula.

SPEAKER_02 33:39

If you're only counting this year, I feel like it's been more.

SPEAKER_00 33:41

We've been to Dracula, we've been to the Nutcracker, we've been to Breaking Barriers, Elephants, Warfare Elephants. Well, that was Broadway and Wichita, and we've been to the Sparkling Social, which I feel like was still kind of a production. So this will be our fifth show, yes, technically, with Ballet Wichita in one year. I don't I feel like you're I feel like we're like blurring the Broadway Wichita Ballet Wichita line. Yeah, that's true. Because they're always a century too.

SPEAKER_02 34:10

Well, and a lot of the same people on the board are the same. So a lot of people on the board are on both boards. So for me, you know, it's yeah, when we're at one, we talk about both.

SPEAKER_00 34:21

And we see the same people at both. So that that's probably people who appreciate ballet also appreciate theater. Imagine that. It's the wildest thing. Crazy. I just love that I don't this developed within months. It all started with Brent saying, Hey, I love your podcast one night out at the brickyard, and then look, look at where we are. Um we have two merch lines that benefit Ballet, Wichita. And we're on our fifth show, fifth situation with them.

SPEAKER_02 34:51

And not to mention all of like the posts that they promote us with and we promote them with.

SPEAKER_00 34:56

It's just an amazing partnership.

SPEAKER_02 34:58

It really is. They send us really good helpful content and tips, and they like they're totally, totally supportive. And I can't wait to see what comes next.

SPEAKER_00 35:07

I can't either. They're a wonderful partner.

SPEAKER_02 35:09

Very excited.

SPEAKER_00 35:11

I am too. Very, very excited. Yeah, so that's something to look forward to. I'm sure there will be more of that in season two. I would love to have Sandra on as a guest in season two. Definitely.

SPEAKER_02 35:24

I know she's a busy lady, but I'm sure that we can figure something out.

SPEAKER_00 35:27

Oh, I'm sure we can. I know that she would love to be on this podcast as well. I know that we've had a conversation about that. So, Sandra, we're coming for you. Yes. Okay, so this week is a crazy week. I know that by the time this episode publishes on Thursday morning at 5 a.m., we will be four hours out from digital day starting.

SPEAKER_01 35:50

Woo!

SPEAKER_00 35:51

Yeah, it's gonna be crazy. But in the meantime, tomorrow, I'm so excited. I'm going to lunch with Chrissy Buck, who is a past guest of this podcast. She is the chair of Digital Witch Top. She and I are taking speaker and old longtime friend. He's not old, but he is a longtime friend of ours, Mike Alton, the AI hat. We are taking him to breakfast tomorrow.

SPEAKER_02 36:21

I love that.

SPEAKER_00 36:22

And I'm so excited. We're gonna go to Homegrown. We're gonna spend some long awaited time with our friend Mike. I'm so excited about this. And then right after just so happens, Homegrown is Caddy Corner, or right across the street from Bella Benita. So I'll be popping in to see Stella at Bella Benita for a certain super fun thing that is anniversary party related. So excited. I will be probably FaceTiming you. I was about to say video calling you and I will be video calling Rachel during this time. Yes, let me know when time. Because I think there will be a reveal of some sort, which I'm so excited. Oh my gosh. Also, tomorrow night. This is crazy. Tomorrow night is the pre-event digital day. Pre-event and the pre-event meetup at the Hopping Gnome. And because right because this podcast is a sponsor of Digital Day, we gonna go hang out together tomorrow night and have some beers at the Hoppy Gnome.

SPEAKER_02 37:23

Oh, it's been actually a hot minute since I've been to the Hopping Gnome.

SPEAKER_00 37:26

I'm so excited. It's also gonna be a hundred fucking degrees. So ew. I think I'm oh my gosh. If merch, if my caviar and champagne and caviar bumps merch arrives, I'm totally wearing that tomorrow. Oh, you should.

SPEAKER_02 37:42

Remind me and I'll wear something. Yes, she's yes, she is podcast related. I'll have to bring it to work.

SPEAKER_00 37:48

We're wearing podcast merch to the hopping gnome thing. It's guys so much but that will be a blast. I'm sorry, Ted. Is there gonna be food truck there? Yes, there is. Chef Roberto's gonna be there. Where's that? Oh my god, ridiculous food. Like his food is so fucking good. It's delicious. Like he everything, like burrs, nachos, you name it. This guy makes oh, it's so good. It makes my mouth is watering just thinking about it. Roberto. Yes, Chef Roberto is going to be there tomorrow night starting at five o'clock. Our meetup starts at 5 30, goes till 7. Okay. It's gonna be so much fun. I love it. So excited. We will be, of course, making content. I love it. It's gonna be so much fun. And my headspace going into the rest of the week is bongers. I know. It's crazy. Like, I it's fun, but it's crazy. It's fun, it's crazy. Thank God. Like, I really, really focused at work at my nine to five today. Just went in really hard yesterday and today and got everything out of the way. That is really important that I get out of the way. So I'm really excited about that because now I have peace of mind for this.

SPEAKER_02 38:56

Yeah, everything's wrapped up, it's in a bow.

SPEAKER_00 38:58

It's pretty, it's very pretty. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 39:00

So you're good to go.

SPEAKER_00 39:02

Uh in a bow and good to go. That is very white rabbit of you.

unknown 39:06

Oh my god.

SPEAKER_02 39:08

Ordering my ears now. Yes. She is so, so funny. She's not slot. I think these ones are cute. They're pink in the middle. Oh, I love how it's flopped over.

SPEAKER_01 39:19

That is precious. The model looks a little more risque than I'll be dressing, but oh my god, that is so very legally blonde.

SPEAKER_00 39:27

It's not even funny. I love this so much. You have to wear the tail. Okay. It's in here to sit down. Don't worry about it. Smush it. It's a clip-on. Smush it really. No good. Easy gin. Anyway. That is funny. Okay. So it's gonna be a crazy week. My brain's at ease. I'm excited going into digital day. It's gonna be amazing, and I'm so proud to be that our podcast. It's gotta watch. She's got the whole thing. She's got her white rabbit things figured out. Sorry, I got I had to before I forgot. I mean, I already have my hat. Now you have your thing. Oh my god, this is going to be the best. Who wants to come to Alice in Wonderland with us? Because we're clearly dressing up and you should too.

SPEAKER_02 40:15

Oh my god, I might have to wear the shirt.

SPEAKER_00 40:16

Also, if you win the contest, we have another plan that we will run by you too. So we're not telling everyone though. Oh my gosh, season two is coming up.

SPEAKER_02 40:26

Okay, so yeah, season two. We have a lot of things to look forward to, so very excited. I have an Easter egg on my shirt for season two. What is this? Is it is this a bear? Is it a snake? Is it a large? It's a sloth. There's sloths! Yeah, so who could it be?

SPEAKER_00 40:41

Who could it be? There's our next guest, girl. Who in the Wichita area has sloths? Tanganika! Ooh, that's right. That's right, that's right. We had Tanganika coming for you in season two. We're working out the details right now, but the way that it's looking is we're gonna be on site at Tanganika hanging out. And yeah, I'm so excited about that episode. Unreal. A man. Unreal. So we're starting off with a bang.

SPEAKER_02 41:11

We gotta dress up for that too. Should I dress like a ray off?

SPEAKER_00 41:13

I will definitely be wearing my sloth shirt. Oh, I'm sure. Oh, yeah. I'm sure. That's why Amazon exists. Oh, I know. It's a blessing to exist. So lots to look forward to in season two.

SPEAKER_02 41:29

That'll be really fun episodes. It'll be really awesome.

SPEAKER_00 41:31

We have we're so we have cool additions that are in the works. A little bit of polishing up our formats.

SPEAKER_02 41:40

Yeah, our format up of our episodes is gonna maybe hopefully sound a little bit different. We will see how it works. We're making tweaks, we are experimenting with different programs of formatting, and then there's gonna be, of course, probably eventually, new different little games we play. Of course.

SPEAKER_00 41:58

New segments.

SPEAKER_02 41:59

Yeah, new segments. Um, maybe some more live episodes. Maybe some more live episodes.

SPEAKER_00 42:03

Maybe some like live and in-person episodes.

SPEAKER_02 42:06

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 42:08

Oh, we've got to be able to do that. We really loved your fests.

SPEAKER_02 42:10

We really did. So there's gonna be, I think, a lot more opportunity for that. A lot more opportunity for exposure for us and our guests and all of our favorite places we love going. That's right. Um and then touching base with all of our past guests is gonna be very important to us, of course. Always. So that's gonna be a lot of fun, and that's gonna be really cool. And then I feel like the collabs are just gonna grow. I think so too. That that really excites me. Same, same. And it's gonna be just super cool because we're gonna be able to reflect back on all of season one every time something does happen from season two. So yeah, I'm really excited about that. And then shoot, you know, I'm over here like itching for it. I know we didn't talk about it yet, but like we need a girls' trip. We need a sew this happen trip. Like, we need to make something happen.

SPEAKER_00 42:55

Oh my god, we could totally make that happen. I know.

SPEAKER_02 42:57

We're gonna make it happen.

SPEAKER_00 42:58

If you're down for that, let us know because we want to hear from you. I think a sew this happened trip could definitely be a oh, like everybody comes, that would be fucking fun.

SPEAKER_02 43:07

But I'm at just you and me, but okay.

SPEAKER_00 43:09

Oh, we totally definitely need to do that. But I you know, I could definitely see maybe a sponsor trip in the future. Well, that would be freaking amazing, of course. Something to strive for. Yeah, if you want to sponsor a trip. Oh, yes, I know there's some cool jobs we've been wanting to go to. And then oh, there's a winery up in Manhattan.

unknown 43:28

Oh, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 43:29

There's also a wine store in Kansas City that I'm gonna go visit over the 4th of July weekend that's sending us back with some wine. So we're gonna be starting off season two with a bang. Yes. Bang. So we bang, baby. Oh, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 43:44

So very exciting things are coming. I'm so excited. I'm sure our ideas will only grow. We have so many more behind the scenes, but we don't want to fill with empty promises. So we're just gonna zip it up and listen to you guys at our party. I listen to you guys in our comments, and just like leave these next couple weeks for us to brew and stew and build.

SPEAKER_00 44:05

That's right. So, and again, like we couldn't do what we're doing without your support and your constant listening, sharing, commenting, DMing, all of the fun things that you do with us. We appreciate it. We love the inside jokes, we love the heads ups for certain things. You know who you are. If you know, you know, and you definitely know. Just keep chatting at us. We love you guys so much.

SPEAKER_02 44:31

Thank you so so much. We're so grateful to have you and our Sip Squad. Sip Squad, yes, Sip Squad. Yes, cheers to the SIP squad. Cheers to the SIP squad, and thank you so much for everything you do for us. And this has all been able to continue and grow and keep our energy under our wings because you guys.

SPEAKER_00 44:50

That's right. And of course, because we have amazing sponsors like Vu events. We love you guys. Your team is amazing, Javana. DJ Panda, we freaking love you guys. Your team is amazing. We can't wait to celebrate our first anniversary with y'all. Yes, absolutely. We're so honored and so excited. So So for season one, guys, this is it.

SPEAKER_02 45:11

This is it.

SPEAKER_00 45:11

So this happened. So this happened. I'm Rachel, I'm Jen, and we will see you in season two. See you guys. Bye.