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Coffee with a Twist!
Coffee with a Twist!
I went for Chris Brown and came back with snacks and a sermon
A humming parking garage. A head full of bass and stage lights. A ponytail headache and a stomach running on fumes. That’s where this story turns. We headed to D.C. for a Chris Brown show that exceeded every expectation—tight choreography, big production, and the kind of stamina that reminds you why you go now, not “next time.” But the real pivot came after the encore, trapped between concrete pillars and brake lights, when a stranger in a minivan asked to merge and then handed us a cooler of ice-cold drinks and bags of chips like it was nothing. I didn’t know how much I needed the kindness until it landed in my hands.
I share a candid review of the concert—why the performance hit so hard, what great touring looks like up close, and how seeing icons across decades changes how you think about timing, aging, and the urgency to show up. Then we zoom into the day’s chaos: work running long, family logistics wobbling, long drives, no food, and the usual post-show gridlock that can steal the shine from a night out. That’s where perspective finds us. One small “yes” to a driver trying to get in line turned into an unexpected blessing that cooled the room and my mood. It sounds simple. It felt profound.
We talk about alignment and faith without getting preachy—how setbacks sometimes rearrange you just enough to meet the right person at the right moment. I’ve had a heavy year and not everything is ready for daylight, but this felt like the right doorway back: craft on stage, character in traffic, and the choice to be generous when it would be easier to be hard. If you’ve been overwhelmed, if you’re waiting for the big breakthrough that refuses to come, consider the smaller ones. The ones with condensation on the bottle and salt on your fingers. Hit play, ride with me through the noise, and if it resonates, subscribe, share this with a friend who needs a lift, and leave a quick review so more people can find us. What’s the last small kindness that changed your day?
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Hey guys, welcome to Coffee with the Twins. We're here with Madam Balloon. Man, oh man, we are in 2025. We're at the last quarter of 2025. And I think the last time I put it out, a new episode was the first quarter of 2025. So wow. Uh this has been one of those years. Uh first, I just want to thank everyone who has been listening to me or have been listening to me since the beginning. Any newbies that have started clicking, you know, my episodes or my podcasts. Because I do see the stats. People are still reviewing and listening and downloading my old episodes, and I'm so appreciative of that. Um, and I'm sorry, I haven't put out anything new. I have a lot to talk about, a lot to say. Um, but this has been um a weird year for me, so I have so many different angles, so many different things to say, and um as I put out more episodes this last quarter, you know, we'll kind of get into it and you'll kind of see my head space and why I have not put out an episode, you know. I realize in life, even though I love to talk, I do this to like get things off my chest or like just uh have like an outlet and and give my you know and have talk about like my opinion of things. Um, you gotta be ready to talk about some things, some situations you have to be ready to talk about, and um with some things that have gone on in my life this year, I'm just not ready to talk about it quite yet. At least I don't think so, but we'll see how the conversations go. But guys, I it is literally, you guys probably hear the background. I am doing this from my car. Today is what October 8th or 9th. It is 8th. It was the 8th yesterday. It is 2 o'clock in the morning, 2.23 in the morning. Me and my husband went to the breezy bowl in DC. Um, his second show this week on the 8th. Amazing freaking show. Um, it it was it was just awesome. If you have not been able to see him, go see him. It's worth seeing. And the other thing is, his ticket prices really aren't crazy expensive, in my opinion. And you're getting a show, entertainment, singing, dancing, the light show. It is wow, awesome. Um, you must see it. I I've been to a good bit of concerts, I really have, and um, he's ranked up there right now. He's like in my top one. Um, I really wanted to see him because I'm a fan. Um, number one, but number two, like, we we getting older, so I know if he once he tours again after this is over, you know, artists they don't, it's not like they're touring every year. I mean, they they take, you know, five, sometimes ten-year breaks, sometimes longer before the next tour. And at that time, he's gonna be older. He might still have moves, but it ain't gonna be the same. Um, I kind of know that I saw Janet Jackson. I was so fortunate to see Janet Jackson um years ago when she was in her prime. Like, you know, my dad took me to sing see her. I was such a freaking Janet Jackson fan. It was it was crazy. I was fucking everything I had was Janet all over my wall. I was I was like a teenager. So my dad was so nice enough to take me and my mom to go see her in concert. Oh, it was great. Um, it was at the uh um the wolf trap. And um I remember we were like on the lawn, we had lawn seats, you know. I'm thankful we still got up in there, and I remember he had to hold me on my sho on his shoulders some of the time. He's pretty strong because I like I said I was like a teenager, um, just so I can see. And oh my god, the show she put on. Woo! Wee! She got the moves, man. So um I saw her here recent, the tour that I think she just wrapped up her tour, if I'm not mistaken, but I could be wrong, or it's coming to an end. But my husband and I went to go see her down at um Jiffy Lube Live, I think it was. Still a very good show, but different, you know. Um, again, she's in her 50s. I respect it, I get it. Um, you know, she was she's not moving like she was moving my first show seeing her. And and and and nothing's wrong with that. I'm not giving any shade. It's that's life, that's aging, that's what happens. So I'm just giving that example to say, you know, the same with Chris Brown. Like I'm seeing him now because I know the next tour he goes on or the next concert he throws after this tour's over, you know, especially if it's any time lapse, you know, the m he'll still have some moves, but they're gonna be different. You know, he might not go as long or you know, things like that. And I'm okay with that. I respect it because myself, I'm getting older. I I don't move the same, so I'm not saying it in a shade way, I'm just saying like definitely that, you know, is a reason, you know, a reasoning as to why I went and was so pressed to go. But yeah, it's worth seeing, like, but um, so yeah, definitely see it. Uh again, me stating this, I am in no affiliation with Chris Brown or I'm not promoting it, I don't get paid. I I'm just telling y'all my opinion on it. It is it it's great. I I'm not soliciting or anything like that, so don't take it that way. It was just a really good show. Even my husband even enjoyed it after a long day of work, so like that was the other thing. Um you know, to kind of turn the conversation just a little, you know, things in life happen, you know. Um it it it's just crazy. So for instance, so this morning, you know, I get up, get my son off to school, um, I put in to work a half a day. I ended up working, you know, a little bit more than I expected this morning, but you know, no big deal. And it was some challenges as well um to make it to that concert. Um my mom uh was gonna watch my son for me, and she did end up watching my son for me. Whenever I do um things where I'm gonna be like away from the area for long term, meaning a few like, you know, a few hours. I typically get my mom to watch them. Um, you know, just because she's older, knows what to do in situations, etc. So, um, but she ended up having some car problems. And this was like, you know, 10 30, 11 o'clock, and you know, I live I live in West Virginia, and um I had to e you know leave from up here. My plans leave from up, you know, where I live by 2 30, so I could meet up with my husband and all of that, and you know, we drive down with that because we knew it was gonna be some type of traffic. So this is like 10:38, 11 o'clock, and she's like, oh, my car stopped working, whatever, you know. She was on her way to take it actually to get looked at. So I'm like, alright, so she was able to get a tow truck and everything, and one of her friends to pick her up. But I was like, well, you know, can she also potentially bring you up here? Because for me to come get you, then bring you all the way back and stuff, you know, I I won't really be able to be ready and stuff by the time I need. So, because my mom doesn't live near me. But in driving distance, but it's still not, you know, the closest. It's at least hour, hour and fifteen each way. So, um, you know, so you're talking me not even being back home till like 1:30, 2 o'clock when I need to be leaving at that time. So, anyway, so that was somewhat of a challenge, but you know, her friend was able to bring her up, thank goodness. So, you know, boom, perfect. Um, I had to run a couple of errands. So, pretty much all morning, all day, all I had was like two cups of coffee. I had no, I hadn't eaten. I hadn't eaten at all. So 2 30 or so comes, you know, I'll go ahead, you know, got a couple of crackers from my house and got on the road to go. Head on down, you know, made it down pretty good timing to meet up with my husband. Stopped, grabbed like some French fries and stuff from McDonald's. Just, you know, something to snack on. I was like, you know, we can eat when we get closer down there. But again, you know, your adrenaline's pump and all of that. So, anyways, we have the concert. We didn't buy no food or nothing at the concert, you know, everything's like so inflated. And I mean, not like you know, that's the only reason why like I was like on clout nine, like I'm not even hungry. So, anyways, so when the the concert's over, you know, head, you know, heading back to the car and all that. Of course, I'm starving now. Um, you know, a little hangry, um, head hurting a little because you know I'm tired, and you know how it goes. My hair was up in a ponytail, so that was giving some tension, and I'm hungry, you know. So, you know, we were in the parking garage, and you know, irritated because you're stuck in a parking garage, you know. You know how it goes after a concert. You're stuck in these things. So, anyways, um ours ended up I found out later. We were stuck so long because firefighters and all that was in there. So, some incident must have happened that I I'm still unaware of in the thing, and it held us up because it was fire trucks and all that blocking and wouldn't let anybody out. So, we're sitting there, and so anyways, when it would be like inches of moving or whatever, cars kept getting in front of me, blocking me, getting in front of me to go. Not even asking, even just like bogarding their way in, and it's like some of these people are like just getting in their car and then bogard them like we've been sitting here for forever. So I come down around, like a couple got in front of me or whatever, whatever, like one or two. I was like, nah, you're not getting in front of me. I'm tired of this, you know. I I was just getting so and I had to use the bathroom, I had to pee, I had, you know, it was just, you know. So, anyways, you know, I'm going around, we're getting to we're at that the final floor to get off, like where the exit would be. And um, there was a car in front of me and uh an um minivan that was parked trying to get out as well, and so that car in front of me sped up real quick so the minivan can't get in front of her. So she kind of started going out in front of me, and I'm like, and again, I'm like pissed off. I'm like, I'm tired of people trying to get in front of me. Like, I'm just like pissed. I didn't do anything, but I'm just like telling this to my husband, like I'm pissed. I'm like, what the fuck, you know? So he's like, I don't know. So he's just like, you know, whatever. So, um, so they finally did ask, like, they put down the window and was like, hey, you know, I'm really sorry, I'm not trying to bogard. Can I get in front of you? I'm just still me, I'm still frustrated, I'm just like, whatever. You know, I'm just kind of like barely paying attention to this person, like, whatever. So, anyways, they you know, I go ahead and let them get in front of me, reluctantly, but you know, I didn't do anything, I'm just like pissed. So, again, we're sitting there for like another 10-15 minutes, just you know, in the parking garage still, and the woman gets out of her car, and um, she walks over, and she was like, and this is what I'm saying, like, life is crazy, and and and you and you never know how things line up for you or why things line up the way it lines up for you, but God knows, or or or whatever your higher power you may believe in, fate, whatever you want to call it. For me, this was God, like and and things like this happen to me, you know, it happens quite often, and you'd be like, man. So, anyway, so she gets up car, she's like, you know, thank you so much for letting me get in front of you. I have been asking people to let me get in front of them, and no one would let me in. She goes, I know it's hot in here, and it was it was hot as hell in the in the actual parking garage, even though it was cooler outside. And she was like, Um, I have a cooler of drinks, all kinds of drinks, and then I have chips. Would you are you hungry? Are you thirsty? Would you like some of that for letting me be in front of you? And mind you, y'all heard what I just told y'all. I haven't been, I hadn't eaten. I'm like starving, I'm hangry, I'm not feeling the best. And she offered us drinks and chips. Normally, I'd be like, nah, I'm good, but again, like I said, I'm starving. So I'm like, yes, please. She's like, Alright, cool. What do you want? I got this, this Gatorade is good. What chips you want? I got chips. Hey, whatever you pull. Such a blessing. So if it wasn't for those particular cars that bogard the ways in front of me, you know what I mean? Got in front of me to where it pushed me back more to line me up to meet up with this minivan, per, you know, the person in this minivan. Because who knows? I say that to say maybe I wouldn't have let her in, and it would have been someone else that let her in, or someone more ahead would have let her in. I I don't know. It's just the lining up of it. She said others wouldn't let her let her in. Mind you, I just told y'all I let so many people in front of me, so they should have let her in, technically, because they bumped me to where I was getting frustrated with her. And she ended up being such a blessing to me because we were in DC, you know, we didn't get out of the freaking parking group. The concert was over like, I don't know, what, 10:30, maybe, 10 45, 11. I I don't know. It was like 10:30, I think. We didn't get out of the parking garage until well after 12. It was like going on one o'clock. And I was able to drink, I mean, the drinks were so cold. Oh, they were so cold. Good cold. So I was able to drink that, you know, drink some Gatorade, eat some food to tie me over. And it and it did. It put me in a it actually put me in a good mood. Like, I was like, man. And just to know, I was like about to be kind of an asshole and be like, F you, I don't hear you. You know what I mean? And and it this is just that reminder, guys, that things happen. Some things line up. You might not understand it when it's happening. It might everything might just seem so negative, negative, negative, negative, or challenging that day, that week, that month, that year. And somehow, out of those negatives or those challenges that you have faced or seen, they turn into some type of glimmer of light and blessing. So, you know, if it I'm just putting this out there, like, again, I'm telling y'all how I was. I was in a mood, not a good mood, you know. I was just irritated, you know. And I like I said, I still reluctantly let her over. I didn't like bogart her by like moving my car up or nothing, but I kind of just looked at her and told her, yeah, but I was like very, you know? And um, she still blessed me at a time of need. She didn't know that I was hungry. Nothing. I don't know this person, but you know, things line up, we just don't know it. We don't, we sometimes don't get to see in on the plan to see the full picture, but God or your higher power, whatever it is that you believe in, has that big picture and knows the direction and knows what's at the end of it for you. So, you know, I told y'all this day was a little bit of a challenge, the whole thing, and at the end of it, I'm smiling. I'm feeling good. I'm tired right now. Yes, I'm almost home. But um that was a that was a big blessing. She did not have to share her hard-earned money that she spent on those things to share it with us. And she did willingly in an abundance of it. It wasn't like she just gave a couple of chips, you know. She gave us bags of chips, little snack bags of chips, and like I said, ice cold drinks. And I'm I'm thankful. And I if she ever, I don't know her name, nothing, but she'll if if she ever listens to this, she'll know who she is. Priest breezy bull, 10-8, and she really did. She she she made me like get myself back in check. You know what I mean? Um, I I let things get to me, and um, I shouldn't have. And she kind of helped me put things back in perspective, but guys, you know, I hope this motivates someone or motivates anyone that's gone through anything, and know that you know the challenges may be there, but there's some it's gone, it's something, it's it's lining up for something. We just don't know what, and at the time, you might can't even see any type of positive or good in what's going on, but it has to be, it has to be that other side, that glimmer, that it has to be something shiny on the other side, but yeah, I I had to share that because I thought that was that was really nice of her. But but yes, if you have not had a chance to see Breezy wherever you live or whatever, you better check it out, see if he comes into your town or near, and I I don't think you'll be disappointed. I was highly, highly, highly impressed. Um, he definitely put MS team F definitely put time, effort, money, vision, creativity into this um concert. Uh, you know, he he definitely did, and um, they it and look like they all had fun doing it, like his dancers and stuff that I could the stuff I could see, like it was amazing. But um, but yeah, I'm gonna end it here. I'm almost home. Thank goodness. I wanted to jump on here, do an episode, and definitely shout out the person that helped me tonight, and hopefully that also motivated. I hope it also motivated someone out there that might be going through a lot of challenges um this year to this month, this week, this day. Um, I can assure you, and the more I put out episodes, you'll hear I have been having a challenging year. Um, but it's gotta be something out of it, you know. So we just, you know, take life every day at a time. I'm just thankful that I could that I'm here. I'm thankful that I'm breathing, I'm healthy, thank goodness. You know, I'm just happy to be here and be with my kid and my family, you know. That's a big deal. Um, something seems so small is big, you know. So I you know, I'm just thankful. I'm thankful. And uh, like I said, that blessing she did really um helped realign me, and I needed it without even knowing I needed that. So, but yes, I'm gonna end it here. Um thank you for tuning in. I do apologize for the you know not having an episode sooner, but I'm gonna do my best this last quarter to give you guys more and talk more about my year and and um try to be motivating and a blessing to my listeners to anyone listening. So, alright. Thanks, thanks for listening, Madam Belou. Check you later.