Ep. 117: AnyWAY

[00:00:00] Welcome to Ink Drinkers, a Literary Tea Party Podcast where we discuss books and drink tea.

[00:00:30] I'm so happy to have you back. I'm happy to be back too. Spin, spin a couple weeks. How's the little man? He's great. He's very hungry all the time but he's really sweet and like Jamie said, all boy. He just looks like such a little boy.

[00:00:50] He really does. Look at him and he's like, well, that's a boy. I know it's weird. It is so strange but he's so cute. Thank you. And full disclosure, he is here with us in another room so you may hear him crying in the background. Sorry, apologies now. Or as I've been told, he doesn't cry. He screams. Yeah. I have no experience that yet but he's just so hungry. He's just so cute little thing. I can't get over it.

[00:01:20] Wow, I mean it's been a while since I've even seen you. I know. It's been like what has happened in our lives since the last time we recorded. I had a week long that felt like a month long trip to Disney World. That was actually amazing.

[00:01:35] I'm really glad it was amazing because that gives hope that maybe we could do this in a couple of years because I was not real.

[00:01:41] It was really, really wonderful and magical to be just. She was the ages. They were at good ages. Margot. Oh there he is. I'm not talking here. Margot, we did like the Biblity Bopini boutique with her and she got dressed up like a princess. And I like magic. Yes, I have this photo of her dressed up as Cinderella.

[00:02:04] With Cinderella inside Cinderella's castle and it is just the sweetest thing ever. So at three, did she can remember that? I have no idea. Probably not.

[00:02:15] I don't remember when you with the general ages when you like start really remembering. I don't think that she'll remember it but she'll have the pictures. She'll have the pictures and foster.

[00:02:25] I'm sure it'll be one of the things where she thinks that she remembers it because it's how many times it's talked about. Yes, because we will be talking about that. And lastly, because it was just I mean it just like a warm to my heart so much. It was so wonderful. So yeah, it was actually a really great trip.

[00:02:40] There was on our last day, it was like everybody was so exhausted and my mom was like I'm gonna take Margot and go back to the hotel and we're gonna nap. And like John had to go do conference stuff and Hillary and foster wanted to go ride some rides.

[00:02:55] And we were literally a 10 minute walk from Epcot. So I was like, I'm just gonna go walk around the countries because yeah when you when you're walking through Epcot, like you just are walking around the perimeter of the countries but you rarely actually go into them unless you're like eating somewhere.

[00:03:12] So I was like, I want to just actually go walk through every single country and it was just so lovely. You did that by yourself. Yeah. It sounds nice.

[00:03:22] It was really awesome. I loved it. I think just looking at all the merchandise and all the different food today enjoy did they do Epcot the kids. They enjoyed it. There's like there's enough for them to do that.

[00:03:35] Well, there's a lot more rides there now. Okay, like Guardians of the Galaxy is there. But yeah, they really enjoyed it. They liked going through the different countries like we ate in Mexico. And they were like, oh look at these little guitars and these little because it was themed like Coco and they love Coco.

[00:03:51] Okay, I got it. Yeah, yeah, they're all and then like Elsa and Anna are in Norway. Okay. So there's a lot of the kids to do. Yeah, we didn't I mean I haven't been to Disney World since I was in I don't know seven grade or something like that. That was the only time I've been in.

[00:04:05] We you know, we were only there for a limited amount of time and we didn't do Epcot. But as an adult, I would like to do like I think Epcot would be my favorite.

[00:04:15] Is all as an adult, but then also they have really added a lot for kids to do and just while we were there it just felt like Disney like thinks of everything.

[00:04:27] Like when you're checking into the hotel, there's a little area for the kids to sit and watch TV and it like they just they just do a really good job of that.

[00:04:34] So my only my only concern is if we're going to go through all of that, is it better just I don't mean I know you're about to do it so you'll be able to tell me.

[00:04:43] But is it better just to like go to Europe? No. I mean the expense is going to be pretty much the same. Yeah, that Disney trip was insanely expensive and my mom kept joking that it was the same as our trip to Italy.

[00:04:57] So what I'm saying like at that point, right is it worth just taking them to Italy. They're going to be two Europe.

[00:05:03] They're going to be two completely different experiences so Disney is for the kids Europe is for the adults. Okay, that makes sense.

[00:05:12] I'm not saying don't bring your kids to Europe because yeah we're doing it and we're going to make it work and we're going to do gelato classes and pizza classes and that kind of stuff.

[00:05:23] But yeah, if you take your kids Europe, you're going for you and Disney is for the kids.

[00:05:28] Anyway, enough travel talk. Although I don't think I've told you yet. I also booked a trip to Iceland.

[00:05:34] Ooh, I think you mentioned that you wanted to. Yeah, when is that September? Okay. Cool. So I'm pretty pumped about that.

[00:05:42] And is that who you go? Is that the one where you're going with the group? Yeah, so it's through all the hacks podcast.

[00:05:49] Yeah, I'm just so pumped. How many people like 16? So I know this year has been pretty.

[00:05:59] So you don't have to plan anything. No, you just go and everything's playing for me.

[00:06:03] I mean, I have to book my own airfare. Right. But everything else is just for me. Now if I want to do like there's a day, I think where you can kind of go walk around on your own or you can do like a spa visit or whatever.

[00:06:15] So yeah, I would have to book that. But otherwise, yeah, I don't have to book hotels. I don't have to book excursions. I know. I know I'm so excited.

[00:06:25] So anyway, I've talked a lot about travel. Sorry. No, that's exciting. I'm very excited. We haven't nowhere to go.

[00:06:32] No where but in but on purpose you have a tiny little baby. We're not going anywhere this year.

[00:06:38] I did see people with tiny little babies at Disney World. And I was just like why like infant? Yes, like they had just come out of the womb.

[00:06:47] I can't imagine. I don't know why you would do that to yourself or to your little bitty baby. No, thanks.

[00:06:56] Yeah. Anyway, do you want to talk about books? Let's talk about books. Okay. Cool. Yeah. You make it first. Yeah. Do it.

[00:07:04] I heard a little snippet of your audiobook. And so I kind of know when I'm getting myself into based on the fact that I heard the word like goblin king or something. So no, I didn't hear goblin king.

[00:07:16] If you did it is anything to do with the book. Okay. I think that was just them chit chatting. I swear I heard goblin. No, you probably did but they were it's not fantasy at all. Okay. That's what I was expecting.

[00:07:28] So this is I'll help you out. This is actually an author that we've done quite a few times. It's just the only thing I could get through it is Vari McFarlane's 2023 book called Between Us. Okay. Have you read this? No. Okay.

[00:07:43] I will start it off saying I don't this was not my favorite of her books. Okay, but never once did I think I'm not going to finish reading this by any means. Right. It's very well written like all of her other books are I just didn't love the plot as much as some of the other ones sure.

[00:07:59] So the main character is Rishin and we talked about this she has one of those names where it's spelled differently than how you pronounce it. One of those very well she names. Yes.

[00:08:10] But it's about a group of friends who when they were 22 all met each other working in a book shop. Okay, I'm on board already.

[00:08:21] And they've stayed remade friends. It's 10 years later and now two of them Dev and Anita are planning on getting married and Dev plans this weekend away at this really fanciest state for them to all come together and like have like a weekend together.

[00:08:38] Why does this sound very familiar? I don't know. This is not the main part of the book. Oh, okay.

[00:08:43] So Dev and Anita are getting married. The other friends are Meredith, Gina, Matt, Joe and Rishin. So Joe and Rishin have been in a junior relationship since they all met at the bookstore.

[00:08:56] He has recently hit it big in regard to he's a TV writer television writer.

[00:09:05] He wrote like a detective type show and it wasn't set to be anything spectacular but it kind of got like a cult following. And so from there he was given

[00:09:16] a book and they basically were like writing another show kind of thing and make this more provocative. And so he's like in this era where he's now having money come in and she's like a secondary teacher so she doesn't make a lot of money.

[00:09:32] But she always kind of supported him when neither of them had money. And so he, his new TV show Hunter is coming out and it's supposed to be like super provocative and she doesn't know what it's really about.

[00:09:45] And this is where such things are okay not going on. Oh no. So they get to oh and then Matt. Yeah. So Gina, Gina and Meredith are Rishin's best friends.

[00:09:59] Anita is really kind of like Dev's devs fiance. And I think they're friends but not as close. Okay.

[00:10:05] Matt is this kind of he's very nice. He's really good looking but he's kind of like a guy that's he never has serious relationships and he's always dating a different girl perennial bachelor.

[00:10:18] Yeah. Gina has always had like a huge crush on him but nothing ever happened but it's like this unrequited love that she can just he's never interested in her but she's really pretty and so anytime he's dating someone you get in she they're around she's like uncomfortable in the little

[00:10:38] little room to them and it's really strange because he's just like I don't know what to do. Like I knew she has a thing for me but we've never never dated we never dated and we never hooked up and I don't know what's going on.

[00:10:51] So they have like a bunch of weird you know their dynamics are a little and they're all different in regard to their backgrounds and their successes as adults so Dev is super wealthy.

[00:11:04] Joe is just becoming wealthy. He wants everyone to go to Lake Como for his wedding and everyone's like we don't have money to fly there and he wants everyone to fly to Miami for a bachelor party.

[00:11:16] And they're just like you need to come back down to earth like we're we and then he wants to pay for everyone's flight because they can't afford it and they're like uncomfortable.

[00:11:24] No we're not doing that like can't you just do something here and so there's a lot going on and it's kind of like a group of people who've kind of they don't really fit anymore but they're trying to keep this nostalgic relationship

[00:11:37] of their 20s like these friends in their 20s and they kind of do but things are starting to sever. Yeah and yet the same is starting to unravel.

[00:11:48] So they're at the estate at the beginning of the book. Matt has come in and there's some stuff that happens there with him and Gina and things kind of employed and he leaves and they decide to watch the first episode of Hunter because it's coming out.

[00:12:07] And the lead character is a detective like in the other book but he's also a kind of like a sex addict.

[00:12:21] Okay but he's very loosely or not loosely based we don't know yet on Joe her boyfriend because he talks like Joe he looks like Joe

[00:12:35] and he happens to have like this really sweet caring girlfriend. He happens to be very similar to her. It's the same amount of friends in their friend group in one each character kind of seem similar to each of them.

[00:12:51] So he kind of formed this around their life but the guy is a narcissist and a pathological liar and he calls himself in the show a monogamous because the girlfriend doesn't know that he has sex with random people

[00:13:08] and it's just random people that he randomly meets and he doesn't ever see them again. And so he's like as long as you're the best liar in the room and nobody knows and you're not really hurting anyone.

[00:13:23] She watches this there are also some scenes in the first episode of the show that depict things that she's told him in confidence of her childhood.

[00:13:33] Oh my god. He didn't tell her what a jerk and so she's pissed by the end of this. She's just like what the actual F you know in confronts him about it he gas lights her and says you know I meant to tell you but then I got wrapped up and I had to turn it in.

[00:13:48] So it's all true not all of it's true but like some facts from her childhood that were traumatizing to her he put in the book.

[00:13:57] I mean sorry and they put in the show and didn't tell her ahead of time so she's watching it on the screen and you know it's like in his mind he's like why I thought you were kind of laughing it off and she was like I told you that when we first met

[00:14:11] and I told you in confidence and I was saying it I was laughing because I was uncomfortable and it was a trauma response

[00:14:18] and I've told you like obviously don't tell anybody that she never told any of the other friends those stories. So anyway so he has to leave to go to LA to meet with these producers and so at this point she's pretty ticked with him.

[00:14:32] I guess so. And he's how did he think this would go down though he's like writing like how does he think yeah I don't know.

[00:14:41] So she starts to really think about the first episode that she watched and she feels like some of the stuff in the episode happened a couple years ago.

[00:14:50] And so she's thinking to herself okay did he actually sleep with someone like because a lot of so they were at this party at a pub.

[00:15:01] He leaves his scarf in the episode accidentally but not accidentally.

[00:15:07] All the friends leave and then he's like oh I left my scarf I'm going to go back and get it y'all just go ahead sleeps with the waitress in the bathroom.

[00:15:16] And that wrote like the scarf thing really happened.

[00:15:19] And then he got home and he showers and she was like he never showers before bed.

[00:15:24] And he shower in the character in the book showered when he got home and she's like and he did that that time and I remembered it because he doesn't shower at night before a bed.

[00:15:35] And so anyway so then she starts like losing it kind of in herself and thinking trying to think back on their tenure relationship like where there are signs where some of the stuff happening in the show

[00:15:46] was stuff that actually happened in real life.

[00:15:48] Ten years are they they're not married at this point or there?

[00:15:51] So I was confused by this because they never talk about a wedding but then and then they talk about I thought someone says are you're going to walk down the aisle and then she was like no I'm not ready for that step.

[00:16:00] So I'm thinking they're not but then but then they refer to her mom as his mother-in-law so I'm super confused.

[00:16:10] I don't think that they're married. I think they've just been together for so long that they talk in those terms.

[00:16:15] Yeah but I'm pretty sure they're not married.

[00:16:17] Okay.

[00:16:18] They do own like a home together or like a really nice condo now that now that he's rich.

[00:16:25] Yeah.

[00:16:27] She's starting to slowly think back on things and she's starting to really freak herself out.

[00:16:31] Like is he writing fact?

[00:16:35] Yeah is all of this 100% yeah.

[00:16:38] And so that's really kind of how what we have to figure out like is he actually lying or is he really a stand up guy?

[00:16:44] So it's a little bit of a mystery.

[00:16:46] Yeah and there are some romance like it's categorized as a romance but I would say it's less romance than her other books.

[00:16:54] Yeah I don't so you know there's like a formula for romance.

[00:16:59] There is a potential other romantic partner or the main character.

[00:17:04] Okay.

[00:17:05] But the romance formula is two people falling in love and they end up together no matter what in the end.

[00:17:11] Anyway I will not say whether or not this is a romance because it seems like that's maybe part of the mystery.

[00:17:19] But it was an interesting concept of you know this show that you're watching and it's kind of it's based on your life

[00:17:26] and like they act like they don't think that it's based on your life.

[00:17:30] I mean what would you do in that situation?

[00:17:32] Because I think I would have some red flags come up in my mind as well if I'm watching this play out.

[00:17:39] You mean like because she thinks it's based on her life but then she's being gaslighted to say that it's not yeah.

[00:17:45] I mean yeah that's kind of messed you up pretty bad.

[00:17:53] And the friends are like yeah the girlfriends kind of a dead ringer for you.

[00:17:58] And she's like yeah I'm aware.

[00:18:00] Yes I figured that out.

[00:18:02] Oh when he made some comment like you have that one really hot friend that's off limits and like he I guess has made comments in the past that he thinks Gina is attractive

[00:18:11] and like she is pretty and so she's like what?

[00:18:15] And then the character that's the friend that's attractive resembles Gina it's just super yeah.

[00:18:20] This whole thing is just making me uncomfortable.

[00:18:23] Were you like uncomfortable when you were reading it?

[00:18:26] I wasn't uncomfortable because they don't delve too deep into it but whenever they discussed the first scenes of the show and then when he said the thing about the friend I was like yeah kind of cringe.

[00:18:38] So I'm listening to The Beasting right now by I think Paul Murray

[00:18:42] and the first it's like 25 hours long and I'm like 10 hours into it.

[00:18:48] And the first like good bit of it is told from the point of view of these two like teenagers I guess like she's in high school

[00:18:59] and he is maybe not in high school yet but maybe about to be I'm not really sure.

[00:19:04] And they're both just so naive and keep doing really dumb stuff and it's making me really uncomfortable

[00:19:09] like I don't know if I can handle this.

[00:19:13] Yeah we've moved on to the mom's perspective but that part is putting me to sleep so I don't know.

[00:19:20] Like seriously I turn it on at night and then I'm asleep like 10 minutes later.

[00:19:24] Honestly, I know honestly maybe it's doing when it needs to be the list of this book every night to fall asleep.

[00:19:30] That's not good.

[00:19:32] Yeah please don't tag Paul Murray or anyone in this I'm so sorry I shouldn't have said any of that.

[00:19:38] Anyway, we're not doing tea I don't know why I picked this up.

[00:19:42] Yeah I was just having a higher book.

[00:19:44] I have to tell you about a whole book first.

[00:19:46] Sorry I'm a little scatterbrained right now.

[00:19:48] Sorry and I think it just haven't talked to you in so long so I talked a lot about my book

[00:19:52] and just wanted to check.

[00:19:54] We've just really missed each other.

[00:19:57] So my book is more like quiet and literary and it's a little bit coming of age and a little bit family drama.

[00:20:05] So I have a feeling that whenever I explain this book to you it's not going to sound super interesting

[00:20:10] but it was really good.

[00:20:12] I like it a lot so I'll just start there.

[00:20:15] It's called Mercury by Amy Jo Burns.

[00:20:18] She's written some other stuff and I also read Shiner by her which was like a similar vibe

[00:20:23] and a similar kind of coming of age type thing but it was not for me.

[00:20:27] But this one I did really like.

[00:20:29] That's good to know.

[00:20:30] I don't know what made me pick it up after I didn't love Shiner but I don't know, it is what it is.

[00:20:34] So we have the Joseph family and this consists of the mom and the dad whose names I obviously can't remember.

[00:20:41] And then three boys named Baylor, Whalen and Shay.

[00:20:45] So they're Bayway and Shay.

[00:20:48] Which is super weird.

[00:20:50] And they call themselves Bay like those are...

[00:20:52] Yeah.

[00:20:53] I mean no, they'll stay like Baylor but they'll also sometimes just say Bay.

[00:20:59] I can't not into it.

[00:21:01] Shut up.

[00:21:03] I don't mind like the names when you set them but then you're like and then they go by Bay, Shay and what name.

[00:21:09] Never once was it mentioned like all three names together like that.

[00:21:13] Okay, no.

[00:21:14] No, they go by Baylor way away like that.

[00:21:17] Shay occasionally...

[00:21:18] That makes sense.

[00:21:19] They'll say heyway instead of...

[00:21:21] Okay, stop making that face.

[00:21:23] Anyway.

[00:21:24] Say...

[00:21:25] Anyway.

[00:21:26] Anyway.

[00:21:27] Sorry.

[00:21:29] So we have the Joseph family and then we have Marley West who has just come to town.

[00:21:36] I should also mention their ages, that's probably pretty important.

[00:21:39] Baylor and Whalen are in high school.

[00:21:42] I think...

[00:21:43] Yeah, they're both seniors.

[00:21:45] They're Irish twins?

[00:21:47] Yeah, they're like a year apart.

[00:21:49] Irish twins.

[00:21:51] Well I thought Irish twins was when it's within a year.

[00:21:54] Oh maybe so.

[00:21:55] I don't know.

[00:21:56] Maybe so.

[00:21:57] Anyway, yeah.

[00:21:58] So there may be Irish twins maybe about a year apart.

[00:22:00] I don't know.

[00:22:01] Okay.

[00:22:02] But they're very close in age and then Shay is quite a bit younger.

[00:22:06] Like he's...

[00:22:07] Like maybe in middle school.

[00:22:09] He's pretty significantly younger.

[00:22:11] So Marley comes to town.

[00:22:13] She's also a senior in high school.

[00:22:14] She's been traveling around a good bit with her mom.

[00:22:17] At first we don't really know why they travel around a lot.

[00:22:20] We do learn that later in the book but she's...

[00:22:23] Her mom's a single mom works all the time.

[00:22:26] So she's kind of a loner.

[00:22:28] And she ends up going to a baseball game where Baylor and Whalen are playing.

[00:22:34] And the first thing she sees is the two of them just getting into an all-out brawl in the outfield.

[00:22:41] And then after the game, Baylor kind of catches her eye and he's like,

[00:22:48] Hey, do you want to get in my car?

[00:22:49] And I'll take you home whenever she's like, yeah sure.

[00:22:52] This is by the way...

[00:22:53] Bad move.

[00:22:54] By the way, this is like in the...

[00:22:58] I think it takes place in the 90s.

[00:23:01] So it's...

[00:23:02] Get out of the car.

[00:23:03] No, it's okay.

[00:23:04] It ends up being okay.

[00:23:06] Sorry.

[00:23:07] The way you're presenting it, I'm like,

[00:23:10] I don't mean to know.

[00:23:11] There's nothing to fairy out here.

[00:23:13] I just mean to say that the two of them kind of hit it off immediately.

[00:23:18] Okay, good.

[00:23:19] No, I feel better.

[00:23:20] Okay.

[00:23:21] I should also go back and let you know that the book starts out with Marley and her husband,

[00:23:28] Whalen watching their son, Theo, play baseball.

[00:23:34] Okay.

[00:23:35] So that's how it starts out and then we jump back in time to when Marley first gets to town.

[00:23:39] I do like a good brother triangle.

[00:23:42] Yeah.

[00:23:43] It's always interesting.

[00:23:44] Yeah.

[00:23:45] So she...

[00:23:46] Oh poor Baylor.

[00:23:48] All right.

[00:23:49] I know, I did feel bad for Baylor the whole book.

[00:23:51] He's the older brother.

[00:23:52] He's the oldest brother.

[00:23:53] Yeah.

[00:23:54] So...

[00:23:55] I feel like usually they end up with the older brother over the younger brother.

[00:23:58] True.

[00:23:59] But in this case, it didn't happen.

[00:24:02] All right.

[00:24:03] So Baylor kind of thinks of Marley as the one who got away.

[00:24:07] Whalen thinks of Marley as the love of his life and she kind of thinks of her as a mom.

[00:24:14] Her own mother ended up having some health issues and so she wasn't super present.

[00:24:21] And she also has a deep dark secret that Marley ends up finding out like slowly throughout

[00:24:29] the novel that none of the rest of the family knows.

[00:24:32] She found out as an adult or as a teenager or 20 years old.

[00:24:39] Okay.

[00:24:40] So she knows and she never told them and married them?

[00:24:42] It comes to light.

[00:24:43] It comes to light later.

[00:24:45] But yeah.

[00:24:46] Okay.

[00:24:47] Like everyone finds out eventually but Marley finds out this secret before everyone else does

[00:24:51] and anyway.

[00:24:54] So that was an interesting piece of the book.

[00:24:56] But yeah, so it's really just about the family, the Joseph brothers along with their dad

[00:25:01] have a roofing company like that's their thing and it's just kind of known where together

[00:25:05] is adults.

[00:25:06] They work together.

[00:25:07] It's just kind of known that when they graduate high school, like they're joining their dad's

[00:25:10] roofing company and that's what that's what's going to happen.

[00:25:14] Marley kind of, it was kind of fun from this perspective because Marley ends up being

[00:25:18] this great little entrepreneur and she ends up like kind of becoming the secretary of

[00:25:23] the company and like taking the calls and setting up the appointments and like she goes out

[00:25:28] and finds work for them and all that kind of stuff.

[00:25:30] So it was kind of cool to see it from that sort of feminist perspective of this young woman

[00:25:34] who's just like jumps in and just get stuff done.

[00:25:39] Right.

[00:25:40] And of course, meanwhile the guys are like, oh yeah, you're just the secretary.

[00:25:43] You don't need a paycheck and all this kind of stuff.

[00:25:47] So that was frustrating but also very believable.

[00:25:53] And I already mentioned that Marley has a child with Whalen.

[00:25:58] She ends up getting pregnant during high school and so they're kind of forced into things

[00:26:05] very young.

[00:26:06] So there's just a lot going on.

[00:26:08] There's a lot of drama.

[00:26:09] There's a lot of things happening.

[00:26:11] Obviously there's the rivalry between the two brothers.

[00:26:15] She is very young and has his own issues and his own story.

[00:26:20] And I don't know, and the father meanwhile is like he's not a bad father but like he has

[00:26:27] been handling the company money and not necessarily doing the best things with it.

[00:26:33] So the brothers have to deal with that and Marley has to deal with that.

[00:26:38] So yeah, it was really...

[00:26:39] It sounds good.

[00:26:40] It was a good read.

[00:26:43] It kept me interested even though it was quiet and not super plot driven.

[00:26:48] It was enjoyable.

[00:26:49] Cool.

[00:26:50] I mean it sounds like something I'd want to read.

[00:26:54] Okay.

[00:26:55] I'm glad.

[00:26:56] I was worried I wouldn't be able to say enough about it until I get into you.

[00:26:58] Yeah.

[00:26:59] And again, I like that dynamic in a story.

[00:27:02] Yeah.

[00:27:03] Like I love coming of age.

[00:27:04] I love family drama.

[00:27:05] Exactly.

[00:27:06] It's not quite the type of family drama novel that we typically read but it's definitely

[00:27:12] a big part of it.

[00:27:14] Cool.

[00:27:15] Okay, now can I talk about the team?

[00:27:18] Now you can talk about the team.

[00:27:20] Awesome.

[00:27:21] I don't know what I was thinking before.

[00:27:23] So I bought this in Blue Ridge, Georgia where I literally did a day trip earlier this week

[00:27:32] with my parents and that was exhausting but I got some tea out of it and I got to visit

[00:27:39] a bookstore so I didn't complain.

[00:27:41] Yeah.

[00:27:42] So this is from a place called Tupelo Tea and it's called Picon Black Tea.

[00:27:50] It is Sri Lankan Black Tea with pecans, walnuts, and white chocolate pieces.

[00:27:54] It's a satisfying, it's Picon Pie without all the calories.

[00:27:58] This is Picon Pie and a Cup.

[00:28:02] It's delicious.

[00:28:03] Do you think so?

[00:28:04] It's quite delicious.

[00:28:05] I don't know that I think it's Picon Pie and a Cup but it's a really good dessert tea.

[00:28:11] It is so much better than I was nervous because Picon can have a weird flavor in drink form.

[00:28:19] I love pecans.

[00:28:21] Me too.

[00:28:22] But no, it is so good.

[00:28:24] But it hits all of what we like.

[00:28:26] Like all the food it does.

[00:28:27] It does.

[00:28:28] And it had actual white chocolate chips.

[00:28:30] Yes.

[00:28:31] That was so cool.

[00:28:32] And it is, yeah, it's pretty sweet.

[00:28:34] Yes.

[00:28:35] And it pairs very nicely with the delicious chocolate chip pecan cookies that your mother

[00:28:40] is so kindly made for us.

[00:28:42] Yes.

[00:28:43] They're very good.

[00:28:44] Yeah, it was a great pair.

[00:28:45] Yes, unexpectedly.

[00:28:46] We didn't do that on purpose, of course.

[00:28:49] And I just think this is a sweet that your mom pulled out her fine tea set and we're drinking

[00:28:56] out of these lovely little golden painted flowery cute little teacups.

[00:29:03] They are cute.

[00:29:04] We will definitely, we'll have to piss to picture.

[00:29:06] Yeah, we will.

[00:29:07] I just, I love that she did this for us.

[00:29:09] It's so sweet.

[00:29:10] Thanks, mom.

[00:29:11] Thank you.

[00:29:12] Appreciate it.

[00:29:13] If you knew how to listen to our podcast.

[00:29:15] And thanks for keeping thin while we record it.

[00:29:18] I know.

[00:29:19] He's been pretty quiet.

[00:29:21] He has been for the most part.

[00:29:22] Yeah.

[00:29:23] Well, I want to go play with him.

[00:29:25] Sounds good.

[00:29:26] So, cheers.

[00:29:27] Cheers.

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