Gave AI a chance and this is what he/she/they came up with!
Pull up a chair, and let's reminisce together about the kind of St. Patrick's Day that leaves you yearning for just one more hearty laugh over corned beef and cabbage. This week on Mystic Pirates Podcast, we're mixing the rich tapestry of cherished memories with side-splitting travel tales. We honor Jacqueline's beloved grandfather, delving into the legacy of skills passed through generations, and the sometimes poignant, sometimes amusing journey of poring over a lifetime of keepsakes.
Our storytelling sails take us through the vibrant streets of Washington D.C., where city transportation weaves into the quirky fabric of bookstore cafes and the illustrious zoo. We'll share our escapades that include an amusing mix-up with clams, and a dining experience that highlights the need for clear communication about dietary restrictions. You'll find yourself both entertained and empathizing with the trials of traveling with food allergies, and maybe you'll even chuckle at our dispensary misadventures that seemed more like an escape room challenge than a simple errand.
Speaking of escape rooms, they’ve got nothing on the real-life puzzles we encountered in historic Georgetown. From unexpected shopping sprees prompted by the allure of Brandy Melville to the hilariously underwhelming experience at an escape room bar, we're peeling back the layers on how leisure activities have transformed. We cap things off with a reflective look at Washington D.C., from the perspective of time's passage, sharing stories that highlight the city's changes and our own evolution alongside it. So sit back, and prepare for a ride that's part history, part comedy, and entirely Mystic Pirates.
Gave AI a chance and this is what he/she/they came up with!
Pull up a chair, and let's reminisce together about the kind of St. Patrick's Day that leaves you yearning for just one more hearty laugh over corned beef and cabbage. This week on Mystic Pirates Podcast, we're mixing the rich tapestry of cherished memories with side-splitting travel tales. We honor Jacqueline's beloved grandfather, delving into the legacy of skills passed through generations, and the sometimes poignant, sometimes amusing journey of poring over a lifetime of keepsakes.
Our storytelling sails take us through the vibrant streets of Washington D.C., where city transportation weaves into the quirky fabric of bookstore cafes and the illustrious zoo. We'll share our escapades that include an amusing mix-up with clams, and a dining experience that highlights the need for clear communication about dietary restrictions. You'll find yourself both entertained and empathizing with the trials of traveling with food allergies, and maybe you'll even chuckle at our dispensary misadventures that seemed more like an escape room challenge than a simple errand.
Speaking of escape rooms, they’ve got nothing on the real-life puzzles we encountered in historic Georgetown. From unexpected shopping sprees prompted by the allure of Brandy Melville to the hilariously underwhelming experience at an escape room bar, we're peeling back the layers on how leisure activities have transformed. We cap things off with a reflective look at Washington D.C., from the perspective of time's passage, sharing stories that highlight the city's changes and our own evolution alongside it. So sit back, and prepare for a ride that's part history, part comedy, and entirely Mystic Pirates.
Welcome to Mystic Pirates Podcast. We are two lifelong seekers who want to normalize mysticism and cultivate a community of like-minded people. Our podcast is about the pursuit of happiness, fun and inspiration.
Speaker 2:Join us each week as we discuss what we're reading, doing, watching and learning. We join ancient wisdom with modern culture and promote life elevating practices to bring happiness and growth to our listeners and their everyday lives. Welcome to Mystic Pirates. I'm your host, lance, with my co-host, jacqueline, a little later in the show we're going to talk about our trip to DC. But tell it a moment, do ya? It's St Patrick's Day. It's March 17th, on a Sunday, and we're enjoying St Patrick's Day. You guys will probably be hearing this in May or whenever we release it, probably not that late. St Patrick's Day is always fun because there's really nothing involved. All you do is drink, hang out and party. Do you have any crazy St Patrick's Day memories or anything like that?
Speaker 1:Just that. I was living in New York City and they do it really big, so just a parade, a party. There was a really cool authentic Irish pub on the Upper East Side which I was living there for like a blip and my friend and I went and it was just so fun and then I made cabbage, which I love, yeah, yeah, I love how they make cabbage.
Speaker 2:It's not really like I like sauerkraut and I like coleslaw and I can you know I can eat cabbage, can eat corned beef and cavies like that traditional Irish meal Not really my favorite.
Speaker 1:That corned beef is, so it's too heavy.
Speaker 2:So I was, I was stationed, I was in the Army and I was stationed in Hinesville, georgia, which is near Savannah, and Savannah has, like I know they still have a big sink, they have a big thing, but they're up there, but they have like the. At the time it was like the second biggest St Patrick's Day party in the country, I mean, but like before Boston or New York or something, it was insane. I didn't know that until I was stationed there and it was awesome. I mean, they closed the streets down and everybody parties it up and it was awesome. So I've always had really fun saint patrick's days. It's harder to have not to, but this morning I was listening to a bunch of irish drinking songs and stuff like that. I really get in the mood. I'm not irish, but oh well, I might be, I don't really know, but I I still enjoy. It's just a good time. You know, you wear some green, you have some drinks and, uh, it's great. So that's what we're doing today funny that there's drinking songs.
Speaker 1:I've never heard it like that's the only like culture that has a song for drinking. Yeah, no kidding it's.
Speaker 2:It's fantastic, those, those irish, they really know how to do it, and so we're gonna head over to golf forks a little uh kind of like. But the community here, uh, near saint gatorsburg, and we have to go over there for well, the one reason we're going over there, the St Patrick's thing is the secondary reason. The main reason we're going over there is your sabo, which is your grandfather on your mother's side, passed away recently and we're going to kind of go into his condom and kind of assess the situation. So we went to his funeral recently and how was that it was a beautiful funeral.
Speaker 1:I'm just really proud of my family and my sisters and I. Each Esther came down and we each gave what would you call it like a speech.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I don't. I mean you say eulogy sometimes, but I think that might be the main person that's given it. But yeah, you guys both got up and talked.
Speaker 1:All three of us.
Speaker 2:Oh, that's right, that's right.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, um. I think it's really nice when your grandkids, you know, get up and say something and each of us really um had some cool stories to share. There was laughter and and sadness and just a lot of honesty. But a big thing that I love about him is that he has such a big influence on who I am and that is going to stay around until I die. So I'm so appreciative of the things that he taught me and the person that um he made me become. I guess I should say just tough um, loving the outdoors. You know, um, I can do anything.
Speaker 2:All of that there's no doubt about it. Um, he actually did some like body work on your car. You know you've done that before. That's what he did, you know, yeah, it's not like you learned that shit from him, but it's like almost in your dna and I really like it. Like you put our furniture together and don't get me wrong, I'm something that's some fucking beta bullshit male. But not I don't like doing that shit, but and you love it and you're good at it, so it's like, hey, do it I.
Speaker 2:I think you made a great point while I'm talking about the grandkids talking because you know, everybody says, or a lot of people say this you know when, when you're growing up, say your mom like he wasn't that cool to me, but he's awesome to his grandkids, and the same thing, my mom said that, like you know, my mom's mom was cool and with it and and so progressive and just was awesome and it would probably defend her grandkids with her wife, but probably defend her grandkids with her wife but and my mom loved her mother, but she's like grandma wasn't as cool when I was a daughter, you know.
Speaker 2:So that that's kind of nice. It is nice that the grandkids get up to give a perspective that other people may not have seen. So we did that and we're gonna go to um he was a hoarder and he was pretty disgusting.
Speaker 1:Um, I think he enjoyed living like that. Uh, so I'm a little nervous, but whatever, it's got to be done yeah, we're gonna.
Speaker 2:We're yeah, like I said, we're gonna go see what's going on from there. But the other thing too is they didn't. Um, I guess in the jewish religion you're supposed to be buried. If you die, you're supposed to be buried by sunset the next day. And he wasn't, because your other grandpa died right before our wedding. Did they do that that quickly? I don't remember.
Speaker 1:I believe so, because they're more observant. I learned later on they're atheists, which I found confusing, but that's none of my business. I guess confusing um, but that's none of my business. I guess I mean um, but they were always so, uh, entrenched in the jewish religion. Like started jewish day school, um, you know, went to synagogue all the time. Members like, on the board of the synagogue, all of the above um. And to later in life I found I heard from from them that I don know, I guess they didn't believe in the iPhone.
Speaker 2:That's good for them. I think what's great is they were still involved in the community. That's what it's about helping people and having that fellowship, whether or not you believe in an iPhone or not. I think they didn't say, oh, now I'm going to shun myself. I don't know if you can do that, you're shunned. No, I shunned myself. It's like you're fired. No, I quit, but you know, keeping it in the community. I mean, they were good people, they are good people. Your grandchildren are still alive.
Speaker 2:So hey, because they don't necessarily believe in an afterlife or a God or higher power yeah, yeah so your grandpa, this one, you know, your sava did not, we didn't fairly quickly, but not not the next day, I like you. I like that whole deal I mean you guys are so efficient, let's, let's take care of this and everything like that. And then didn't you say you have to set sit shiva for yes, the immediate family um needs to sit shiva for seven days.
Speaker 1:And, uh, people come over bring food. Uh, the mirrors are covered in the home. Like you, you tear your clothes or you just wear something that's torn, basically showing your um, not society, your community, uh, that you're in mourning and like so that people can be there for you're not supposed to do anything and just sit there and be sad. Yeah, and then, and then, um, if you're immediate family, for a year you don't. You don't do any celebration, um, with the exception of one holiday which is called lagba omer, the rules don't apply, um, and then after that, there's one day every year that, um, you light the candle and some people will go to synagogue say the murder's kaddish. So I think what's nice about it is basically like feel it and just sit in it.
Speaker 2:Yeah, wallow in it.
Speaker 1:Exactly, and then there's a timeline, you know, and I think that it's psychologically so helpful. I saw it with my own eyes, I saw what it did for people, so I'm so grateful for that.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I think it's a fantastic idea. The more and more I learn about things like that you guys do, the more I'm like but it just makes sense, Exactly so. We were going to Las Vegas next week. We'll tell you all about that. We're very excited about that. But we have, and I'm looking forward to that trip, obviously. But I'm looking forward to it more so for you, because I want you to have a vacation where you don't have to do anything. The reason I say that is because we were in Washington DC last week and I had a vacation because I wasn't doing anything but me and your mom and you and your dad. We all went up there for you guys and my aunt oh, your aunt was there too, correct and we all went up there for for your kind of continuing education, for you guys, in a conference of learning more stuff about this.
Speaker 1:Exactly what it is.
Speaker 2:And for me and I joke around, for me it was Arnold Farmer Von Candy or yours, even though we didn't go to any events or anything. So we went up there, and how did it go?
Speaker 1:Yeah, well, lance is right, there was no like back in the day or at least with other conferences there would be like a happy hour, you know, something like dinner. You know there was none of that. And Lance is a veteran and I was there for veterans advocacy, you know that's what the continuing education was, and so I was excited to be like this is my husband combat veteran. But I didn't get through.
Speaker 2:They didn't everything.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, but in general, you know, the conference was okay. I didn't have high expectations because I'd been to them before. They're just so boring and they really don't teach stuff that I feel is that useful in practice. I think they're trying to keep people out, so it was really okay. Hey, I got my hours and we got to go to DC togetherC together, and I used to live in DC.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and that was what was really cool, because I've been to DC probably five or six times, a couple times when I was a teenager, and then we used to go. When we would go up to Williamsburg, me and my dad and my stepmom would drive over because we have cousins there, and so I've spent some time there, but not as like a I mean, I was an adult, but it's been a while since I've been there, so I was really looking forward to it. So we flew away and we got cheap tickets and, uh, flew, and it was so awesome because when you know we're lately, we've been used to flying, you know, long yeah, and out west and those flights are, you know, kind of a pain in the ass. So it was kind of nice to have a short trip and I know it was like two hours and some change. So we got up there and we got one thing I love about I love cities that have just a great public transportation and they do.
Speaker 2:So we decided, hey, we're going to take the metro is that what they call it there to the hotel. But it's raining and I'm carrying our bags and stuff like that, but we made it. We had to walk. It was a lot of walking from the terminal to the metro, but we got there and we got on the metro it was easy to do and went to our hotel and then we had a little bit of a walk outside get the rain down it was shitty weather, no big deal and checked in and the hotel was fine and it was good. And then we decided to go to one of your old haunts down the road. After we got cleaned up the place called Kramer's, which is a bookstore but also kind of like a cafe.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it was one of my favorite places to go. This was the first city I lived in after you know what I mean like big metropolitan city. So there were so many things that I loved that I never um experienced before and I was so excited. So this was a bookstore, like lance said, and then had like a cafe and then also it was a bar and like, yeah, I loved that when I was there. Um, so I wanted to take lance and we had a lovely time. That the waitress was whatever.
Speaker 2:We're not really ones to bitch about stuff and I don't know why I ordered a Cuban sandwich in DC and it wasn't even a Cuban sandwich. It was called Cubano. So I knew it was a little different because I looked at the ingredients. But I was really craving something brand new. And what was funny is the waitress. I asked if it was pressed. If you guys know you can press a sandwich, you know it's hot. When you press it, it makes it thin anyway. And I said, is it pressed? And she's like I'm not sure what kind of pork we use. And I'm like, okay, well, I'm talking to the wrong person. So I just said, yeah, just give it to me how it comes. And it was not, it was just a it. It wasn't what I was really thinking it was going to be. But you're right, we went there and it was a little different than you expected, but it was still fine.
Speaker 1:And I hate that thing where it's like a computer and they bring it to you to pay and then they sit there and literally watch you decide how much to tip. I will always tip well, but man, I fucking hated the service there.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I didn't like it either.
Speaker 1:The thing I like about that is that it's quicker yeah, I might say next time I think I'm I'm gonna tip in cash well, that's a good idea and they probably prefer that too, you know, because they don't pay taxes on it.
Speaker 2:But we were also up there during the state of the union, which I don't care what your political affiliation is, it does not matter but you know d is active as it is during this time Fucking crazy. I mean there was Capitol Police Secret Service regular everywhere we were walking I'm trying not to get too much ahead of ourselves, but we were walking down to Abbott's Old Abbott Grill, yeah, old Abbott Grill for dinner. And then all of a sudden you're being mean and I Old Epic Grill, yeah, old Epic Grill for dinner. And then all of a sudden you're and I know this happens all the time but then there's like four SUVs and cops and I know it wasn't the president, but it was somebody, because then they're running lights but they slowed way down and this guy just looks. I mean that was probably 20 yards away from the guy and it's in a Suburban and the window's halfway down. I guarantee he's got a gun, like where you can't see it, and he's got glasses on with a with a, you know, a tie, and it was.
Speaker 2:It was intense, dude, it was like out of a movie, because and that was in the evening, you know, the state of the union wasn't till later on, but it was, uh, it was cool. It was cool just being around. That I mean, that's where stuff, I mean make all the jokes you want, that's where stuff's supposed to happen up there, you know. So that was really cool. So we were on that first night we, um, after we, after we checked in, we went to Kramer's. Yeah, after Kramer's. Oh, the next day Correct, I'm sorry the next day you had classes to go to. So me and I wanted to go to the zoo, and I'd been to the zoo there a couple times, I really like it and so your mom says, yeah, let's go to the zoo.
Speaker 1:She loves the zoo.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and it was cool. So your mom and I took the Metro. We had that Because here's a weird thing because I was trying to add to the MetroCard and the lady came out and then so I put in 20 bucks for your mom because I knew that would be plenty for us to go in and come in. But for some reason the lady misunderstood me and she was cool because she put like kind of the amount that we would need rather than the whole 20. So it gave me change back in one dollar coin, oh yeah, and so I got 12 one dollar coins. I'm like nobody uses these anymore To me I hate to say this like who would throw $12 in the trash, but I almost, I thought about it. Oh no, I want to carry these fucking coins with me.
Speaker 1:But I get them. Yeah, they came in handy later.
Speaker 2:They did, they did. So we went to the zoo and it was awesome. I liked the gorillas and the gorilla had a baby gorilla I don't know how old it was, but it was still hanging on to her and everything. So we saw all that and that was a lot of fun. I really enjoyed it. So on the way back, my mom and I stopped at this Irish bar and had a drink and I had some fries and she had a salad.
Speaker 1:I think it was salmon fries and she had a salad, I think salmon possibly. Yeah, where was all of this?
Speaker 2:well, wherever that, whatever the zoo neighborhood is, we walked from there towards there. Eventually, we just is it? What's this um dupont circle? I think that's where kramer's was.
Speaker 1:Yeah, okay, well that's like, from what I remember, that's the last stop okay.
Speaker 2:So, yeah, we weren't quite there yet, I guess, but we uh, yeah, we had a good, we had a good time that day, and then we walked all the way back, which it was beautiful that day because it's um, I don't know, it might have been in 60s yeah, the weather was really nice for a few days it was and it's very walkable if you, you know, if you, if you don't mind walking I know I loved it yeah.
Speaker 2:So we came back, met up with you and then, uh, that night we were going out to old ebbets grill. While we were at the irish bar, your mom and I were talking to a guy and we wanted to know about seafood and he says, well, you need to go to the wharf. In the wharf, um, he's like it's been a two billion dollar thing and he goes. But if you want good crab cakes, go to old ebbets grill. And I, oh, we're going there tonight. That's funny. So, yeah, so that's what we did. We walked to the. That night we went to Old Abbot's Grill.
Speaker 1:Right, Right. You know my mom and Lance both love seafood potatoes in any form. They're not, they don't care and I think she likes having a beer with her crab cakes, so you guys are on the same page. Yeah, it was fantastic. I had an awesome time. Yeah, it was nice because they just got to spend a lot of time together and my mom loves Lance and Lance loves my mom, so that was lovely, Absolutely.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it was. So we go to Old Edmonton. You and I decided to walk there and your parents and your aunt decided to take a cab. Yeah, so we get there and this is, this place is like you know, an old school place where probably thousands of deals have been made, blah, blah, blah.
Speaker 2:It's funny because you walk in there there's no dress code. I looked it up. But you walk in there and you do see, I mean, maybe they're faking it till they're making it, maybe they're lobbyists, whatever. But you've seen, the guys are like you know, nice suits and the ladies are dressed up and they got it's always funny up there because you know, I have short hair. For a reason I'm losing my hair, so I keep it short and uh. But you know, you see all the guys with kind of like the princeton haircut and, uh, they're older men, you know that have this, this, look to them like they are somebody, even if they're not, and so there was a lot of that going on. And so we all sat down and went. Great meal. I mean, our server was like some people didn't like her. I thought she was okay, but what was funny is I ordered-.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I didn't care for her at all. Look, it sounds like I don't like servers.
Speaker 2:Yeah, but you're not and you're not a pain in the ass.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I was just very clear. I just said, um, I can't eat dairy, I don't want dairy, and she made me tell her if I was deathly allergic or if it was a prec right, and I'm thinking to myself. So do you want me to explain what happens when I do that's?
Speaker 2:right, it was weird.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:The best thing I can think that she was doing is so she was avoiding cross-contamination. So if you don't like it, we'll just leave it off, but if it's going to really kill you, then we're going to prepare it in a separate workstation. It's the only thing I could come up with Right, and I don't want to lie and I don't want to lie, exactly yeah.
Speaker 1:EpiPen, I know it's a little much, but I've been in situations where they didn't take it seriously and she can die, so I would advise her to just put it on the table just. I don't know how serious it is. Anyways, I ordered cauliflower. It was really cool the way it was prepared fucking covered in. The way it was prepared Fucking covered in cheese.
Speaker 2:Yes, when it came to the table, I didn't notice the cheese, but I saw this cauliflower. It looked like a steak. Yeah, exactly, it actually looked like. Oh, I feel like some cauliflower. This is probably for you. I love cauliflowers, yeah, yeah. Yeah, it wasn't the best. Well, I was there to eat.
Speaker 1:I mean, your dad doesn't eat seafood. He actually ordered salmon.
Speaker 2:Well, you know what I mean Shellfish and so but your parents never have a problem with it because it would be disrespectful. But I ordered oysters because you got to there and I'm not a big oyster fan really I like a three, but I got six and then I ordered clams. I was very excited about the clams and then mussels. Well, what I didn't realize is the clams were raw and so I let them steamed. So I'm like fuck, but I ain't saying shit Cause they were still good and I ate them. But I was like I ate the oysters and the clams and just really relished in the, in the muscles because the muscles were steamed and I was like, damn, I didn't even think about that. That was my mistake. But I had a, I had a great meal and, um, and your grant season order a pork chop and uh, that looked delicious and I, it was great. I I really enjoyed the experience. I was glad that I went there, had a good time oh yeah, definitely.
Speaker 1:And then lance and I took an evening stroll around the city. We walked by monuments and it was just I love walking at night and it was great. It was so nice to be walking around with Lance because I wasn't on guard. So many times when I was living in the city I had to be vigilant. You know it's not that dangerous, but like, come on.
Speaker 2:Every city has got this.
Speaker 1:Exactly. So it was just really nice. I was like la, la, la yeah.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and just to backtrack, the night before, we wanted to find a dispensary, you know, and so we did. That was near us and we walk in there and it was like huh, really fucking weird. It was shady. It's legal there, recreationalist, so you would think this would be fun, but we go in this place and it's almost. What are they? What do they call it? Cbd.
Speaker 2:CBD everywhere, yeah, so we're like is it only CBD? That's what you asked the guy oh no. And then the guy was kind of an idiot and then I gave him money, I think cash, and he gives him money and just opens up and like behind him it just throws it in this drawer, like barely counted it. It was just an odd, odd situation, but we got what we wanted, sort of, and we left. But so then this night after edits, we were using our GPS on our phones and I don't know if it's because, I mean, dc is a big city or district, whatever you want to call it. So you know they have, you know, millions of people using self-service all the time. I don't know if maybe it was fucked up because of the state of the union, there was more people there, what? But it was just rerouting us and circling around. It's fucking awful, because we were trying to find another dysmentery, because you wanted to find a different. We're walking into chinatown. I mean we, we had a good walk exactly but well, it was just frustrating.
Speaker 1:And then, like, when we got to the one that I thought we should go to, um, I called because we couldn't find it. We were right there according to the address, and then the lady's like you know, I don't think we have any available appointments, but if you want to place an order like you, can pick it up in 15 minutes. And it was like then she talked about bringing it downstairs and I was like what the hell is this?
Speaker 2:And did she say something weird, Like well, you know how it is. Yeah, no, I don't.
Speaker 1:There's dispensaries all over and it was, and it literally like, it was like.
Speaker 2:Missing.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it was like what is going on?
Speaker 2:Like, so the address is like whatever street 217.
Speaker 1:No, we didn't even. There's nowhere to go in.
Speaker 2:Well, there was a thing and it had all the. It had like a placard with like a lawyer's office and all this other shit, and we're like this is odd. It almost looked like a like a lobby to a condo or something.
Speaker 1:Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 2:And then, yeah, like you said, we talked to the lady. Finally, we're just like, well, fuck off, dude, maybe find another one, that one.
Speaker 1:It was fine. But yeah, and the thing is, we finally were just like let's stop following the GPS, and we just used our brains. You know, the problem is that you have diagonals, so that gets confusing, but for the most part it's a grid.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and it's real nice because you're right, though you have like Connecticut and New York who knows where that goes but you have 16th and then you have K, so you know like numbers and letters do they go in order? So you can kind of figure your shit out. So I, that was great and that way we just we probably took the longer walk home, but at least we knew how to get there and I I mean again I'm happy to walk, so yeah and it was cool there was some kind of concert going on.
Speaker 2:Remember we walked right through. Oh yeah, that was fun, so was fun. So on day two you're off to class. Me and your mom didn't have a straight play. Well, we talked the night before about going under the wharf because the guy at the Irish Bar told us that they'd done this. You know, the wharf's been there forever but I'd never been.
Speaker 1:Me neither. I don't even remember hearing about.
Speaker 2:They must have like maybe it was, maybe it was just EcoBot Go, you know, oh yeah. But now he said they did like something, something like $2 billion renovation, all it is and I don't mean as bad, because it was fun, it's bars and restaurants and it was fun and then on one end they've got fresh seafood that like seems like it was just caught. So your mom and I walked that well, we walked all the way there, which and we had to walk kind of almost under this tunnel. There was a sidewalk there, but it's almost like the interstate.
Speaker 2:Well, it's like it's good you were with her oh yeah, and then and then we may you know we did, but but we were all. We were focused straight on regular directions, no gps. And it was great. I had a great time. We went couple of bars, we looked at the wharf we saw, talked to a guy at another Irish bar. We had great crab cakes. Down there too. We got crab cake at I can't remember the name of the place, but it was fantastic. And then we came back and we were going to get on one of those tours where you get on in and off the bus, but the time just got on me for a minute. There was no way that it was even going to be worth it. So then we walked back and met up with you.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and on our lunch breaks I was trying to find places nearby to go to eat and I ended up just walking to Whole Foods. It was really nice because they had all kinds of options and, uh, I I wish I would have found more israeli places, like my o's was there. I just can't help myself.
Speaker 2:I love that well, we did find an israeli place after um framers. They were in prostrate, call. It started with a t tiny yes, and we went in there. That was. That was a nice little fun, gosh, it was so good.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I had a fourth meal because I, just I had to eat. It was so good. Yeah, I had a fourth meal because I, just I had to eat it. It was so good I can't stand it, it's my food. So then that evening I took the reins, it was my, it was my turn and I made reservations at a place in Georgetown. I love Georgetown. A place in Georgetown, I love Georgetown.
Speaker 1:And just to give some background, I lived in DC when I was in college. I went to Georgetown for a semester and I interned for Patrick Kennedy and I lived right by the Capitol and, oh, I could see the Supreme Court right outside of my balcony and I lived there with all the other um students. It's called the fund for american studies and it was like a very international, like children of, of, like um politicians and and like, but in foreign, like it was so cool, I bet it was. Yeah, and these people were partiers too, yeah, and long story short, I ended up like one of them got drunken and threw something at me and I was just like sitting there and I had a black eye. So it was a really weird time in my life because I was interning with a black eye at a Kennedy office. So no, and I was 20, so I technically could enjoy um, but it ended up. It ended up being such an incredible experience and I wanted to show Lance some of my old haunts, of course.
Speaker 2:Yeah, so yeah, we tried to get reservations at this place called Flamingos in Georgetown, which is an Italian place, and we couldn't.
Speaker 1:Is it weird that I said that about the black guy?
Speaker 2:Okay, you sound like you said black guy, I said black guy. Well, whatever People can think, whatever, they're not going to hear this. So we went to well, we went to Philomino's to just check it out because we couldn't get reservations. And you were like we got to see this and it is cool. I mean it's gaudy is not the right word, but it's just got shit everywhere. They it was for easter, so they just they make it all easterly and they do it for all kinds of holidays and it's a little loud and there's big long tables and it's.
Speaker 1:It looked really awesome, although we were not eating there and when we, when you walk into, your right is a woman, an older woman, making um pasta from scratch and she just waited us there was some guy like standing there watching her.
Speaker 2:Did you see that guy? That like worked there and it was the weirdest thing. I'm like what are you doing? And I mean it's almost like for show, I'm sure, but she's like in a costume and shit almost.
Speaker 1:But yeah, so we left I'll post pictures of felaminas, you can kind of get an idea. But I told lance, when you go there it's like you're like hypnotic and I just remember like they, they give you a little uh, cordial, is that the right word? I think so, yeah, and you, it's almost like you don't have a choice, you have to drink them and you just feel kind of dizzy and and cozy and it's a really cool experience and I was so delighted to see how busy it was oh yeah and there was, there's a jazz club right around the corner at least I knew there used to be and it's hard to find a jazz club like that anymore.
Speaker 1:and so we I found it and I was like, oh yes, it's still there. And they said that both shows were sold out. And then that made me so happy. But the guy wasn't getting it like why I was happy, and that's fine, it was just.
Speaker 2:Yeah, you should be sad because you wanted to see the show. Yeah, but you were like it's good to see everybody coming here.
Speaker 1:Exactly, and so I made a reservation at this place called Bella Yara and it was Middle Eastern place and I didn't really know much except that it was Middle Eastern food and it seemed really cute online, like the whole vibe, so that's where we went for dinner and it was wonderful.
Speaker 2:It was, and I don't remember the name of the stuff that I got, but there was like a strip of beef and then, if you get this side, it was like rice mixed with stuff Kafta I think it's called Kofta and Muzhadara. Yeah, and I asked the server. I'm like if I get this and this, she goes oh, that goes together, great. So I guess people do that. And then your dad got these. I don't know what they're called, but they're like big, like hush puppies, that they look like like hush puppies almost, but they're not.
Speaker 2:You know that's not what they are, but they're. They'll go deep, I think. So he's like have one of those. And I'm like, oh, it's great, because I'm like here, have this other cabal or whatever the hell I got and he did. It was, it was a fun uh, it was a fun deal. It was fun meal. I had a lebanese beer. I mean it was cool. I like the uh. I mean I like I'm I'm not thinking about stuff so and I love being exposed to new shit. That was probably the first time I had it, knowing they ever had anything like that, but that was great.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah. And we got like fresh mint tea, which I love. Was it minty? Yeah, was it minty, both. It was minty, minty Really, yeah, okay. And then we Wanted to walk around, and so Lance and I walked around Georgetown.
Speaker 2:Yeah, but before that, the four of us are, you know, walking around. And finally you just had to say we love spending time together, exactly, but finally you just had to say listen, I just want to hang out for a little bit. That was real cool. Yeah, because we hadn't had any like you and me time around the city at all. And, uh, so that's what we did. And your mom, I know, wanted to go walk around the monuments at night with your dad. I don't know if they ended up doing that or not, but that's what they plagued them doing. And then you and I said, yeah, let's just walk around georgetown.
Speaker 1:So we did, and so we're walking and what we passed is dispensary that looks really cool and like the place that we would have wanted to find originally. And I said, you know, I wouldn't be surprised if we found a brand new Melville, because if you're a long time listener, you'll know that this is a story I really like. And when I was younger and I would just use it to find out where my neighborhood was, yeah, and so we're walking, la la la, and I swear it was crazy we passed a Brandy Melville and Lance thought I was like I had seen the sign or something?
Speaker 2:Yeah, because I'm walking by and I just look to my right and then in the store there's a sign inside the store that says Brandy Melville. I go, hey, look, and then you're like whoa. And you would just finish saying well, if I see one, I'll buy like three crop tops or something.
Speaker 1:And I'm going Without even trying to find. That's what I said.
Speaker 2:And then you're like well, if you don't and I didn't want to sit there- it's not a place where you should be sitting. Oh, I didn't want to shadow you either, exactly Rush you, so take your time. I'll just walk down the road and find a bar and tell. Tell you where I'm at and you'll come find.
Speaker 1:so you were in there shopping, losing your hat yeah, maybe I don't remember taking my hat off, but uh, I did what I said I was gonna do grab three crop tops, didn't try them on, and bought them and you know it was, it was great. So then I go to find lance and he's telling me you know where to go. And so I find the place and I look in and it's completely empty, very bright lights, and it's just lance sitting there and it's the weirdest.
Speaker 2:It just looks so weird I didn't know what it was yeah, I'm walking, when I left you, I'm like, well, I'm gonna find the bar not too far away. And I walk a block or two and I hadn't found one yet. And I look and you're right, right as fuck in there. I look and I see that they have beer in the back. I'm like, well, I look into the skateboard yeah, you know things you go to as a group and you try to get out. I'm like, oh, fucking, I'll go in there.
Speaker 2:So I did, and um, and then told you where I was, and so I'm sitting there and I asked this this guy couldn't have been like less interested in customers, but he's kind of like a, an overweight nerd that runs the escape you know the escape room. And I said I go, hey, man, how's it going? He's like good. I'm like can I have a? Whatever I ordered? Oh, it was like an IPA that I never had. So he's doing something and I'm like I'll be right back, I'll go to the bathroom, I come back and there's no beer there and I'm like, hey, and he's like, oh, I need your ID. And I'm like, that's fine, I'm almost 50. And I don't look 50, but I don't look 20. I'm like, know, 20 like okay, here you go, buddy. And so he gets the beer, and then he comes and sits, goes and back and plays I don't know dragon or something, so so I was just sitting there then you were.
Speaker 1:You were there pretty soon after that yeah, and then a wave of people comes in, um, but it was kind of fun. It was like nine different escape rooms, I guess, and, uh, apparently very popular. And this group came in and this one guy was like oh my god, I've done this nine times and I'm, and it was just. It was an interesting experience very safe in there oh, so safe you guys you wanted a water. They didn't have it oh my god, I was like would that be like the first thing you would buy.
Speaker 2:I mean, don't worry about your liquor license and shit, get the water. But there was no water, like unreal. And then what was weird about this guy the reason why I kind of described him um a minute ago is is we didn't have any interaction, any interaction besides that, until the end. And he comes up and he goes hey, I just put a sticker on that guy's back and he didn't even notice it and I'm like like, almost like we're in eighth grade and almost like we're friends and I'm like I'm not mad at the guy for today and I'm just like dude, what the? I don't give a fuck. I'm not talking to you, you know. I mean it's not. We don't have any kind of rapport at all, except for you idea. So it was just a weird situation, but fine, harmless, and everything was was fine. But yeah, then we left there, we uh, we walked.
Speaker 1:No, I got a cab.
Speaker 2:Oh, that's right. Yes, we had to get a cab home Going the wrong way. Remember, I was like we got to go. I'm going the other way Because, anyway, but the guy, the cab driver, made a U-Wheel and everything was cool and we went home and chilled the fuck out. It was great. It was a great day.
Speaker 1:So day three to you guys, but we're really excited. I think that it's fun because if you ever go, maybe there's something that we shared that you'll want to do.
Speaker 2:Yeah and I mean just to. Obviously you go there to see the monuments and you go see the history and all of that stuff. We've been there. I mean I've been there multiple times. You have to. That wasn't this kind of trip, although we walked right by the Washington Monument, actually the right by the Washington line in there, and actually the African American Museum, which looked awesome. And I talked to my buddy Z yesterday and he's been in there. He said it's phenomenal. Yeah, probably should have gone. Totally, we'll do it. Yeah, he would you know. He told me this quick story that you couldn't get tickets for a while. That's awesome. And him and Allison just happened to be traveling through there came up to them he's on the blue. I said do you guys have any interest in going to that? He's like, yeah, we did. There's no waiting tickets because today's your lucky day. We have two extra ones here you go.
Speaker 1:That's so cool.
Speaker 2:He told me a little bit about it. I talked to him yesterday because he's in Orlando for work.
Speaker 1:They both are.
Speaker 2:I'm like, I'm kind of sorry, I missed it.
Speaker 1:Yeah, me too now. We'll do it next time.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and that building looks cool because it's you told me it's like this basket. We saw it, but it looks cool because it's different. You know, it's not all of the stuff up there I really like, because it's very substantial. I don't know if it's marble or stone, but all these federal buildings look like okay, they look like they're supposed to like knock them down, if it's right. And this is like a beautiful building, that's like. It's almost like a little diamond in the rough. In a sense it's not rough around there, meaning the monuments and stuff, but it's just totally different. It stands out Interesting, yeah. So anyway, we missed it though. So day three we get up, up, and today's like it's the last day we're there. Obviously we're leaving that night, but you have classes in the morning that are you don't really have to be there all day, and so we decided to go. You wanted to go, take me to the Hawk and Dog.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:And also maybe see your old place.
Speaker 1:All of this is by the Capitol, yeah. And also maybe see your old place. All of this is by the Capitol, yeah. And Union Station slash square. I still don't get that. I guess the station is in the square, and then I think about when I lived in New York City, and there's also a Union Square, so whatever.
Speaker 2:Is there a station in the square?
Speaker 1:Okay, so we went to Hawk and Dove and you know it was, it's great. It wasn't the same divey bar that we used to go to, and this is like an old school bar and me and all of the people that I was interning with not at the same place, but that were in the program with me we used to go there. I was the only one that was underage, so, um, but I got to drink, that was, and we, I just had so many good memories there and so we go in um the bar. I was telling a bartender you know that I used to come here. It looks different. He's, he was saying that a lot of people come back to and say that you know kind of the same thing, uh, and I was telling him, yeah, it was like 10 years ago and then I'm like it was freaking 18 years ago.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that's crazy. Yeah, time goes by so fast. Yeah, I looked it up. Well, because I wasn't. My impression wasn't exactly like you described it. You know old, small dark wood, yeah, you know people, probably hundreds of deals have been made there, kind of like the abbots girl. And then I, I googled I didn't read the whole article, but there was an article kind of the title of it was the hawk and the, the rise, fall and rise again. So I guess it was popular and then it wasn't for a while and then now it's back. But it was, yeah, it was, it was bigger than what you that, what?
Speaker 1:you more like sitting areas as opposed to just being like a bar with a corner? I was really hoping I could show you that.
Speaker 2:Yeah, you wanted the old school.
Speaker 1:Exactly.
Speaker 2:It was so great.
Speaker 1:It was great. I had a really good food too.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, it was cool, we went there and then we decided that it was raining and we decided well, we'll walk to Union Station Square.
Speaker 1:Because I thought that's a good place to go because it's raining and so we'll be in there and we can look around. I thought there would be a bar. I don't know what I was thinking. I had a different memory of the place. It seemed like a fantastic idea.
Speaker 2:Yeah yeah, and we made it there and it's like an airplane terminal. They've got food and gift shops and shit like that. We finally saw an Uno that was at a bar. We sat down there and had some weird experiences that we won't really go into. There were a lot of customers that were acting weird and bartenders were okay, but it was fine. It wasn't a posh experience no, it wasn't. It wasn't bad. We don't need our feet rubbed while you're getting here or anything. But you know, whatever it was just the service was odd and the customers were odd.
Speaker 2:There was a crazy lady in there putting pepper and drinking and then, when we were trying to get up to this other floor, we were going to like this service entrance and it was almost like not a homeless encampment. There were some homeless people in there. I'm walking around, they're like looking at me and you go, we're on their turf and I'm like, yeah, you might be right, because, like there was a couple. One of them was like just oh, this is a random homeless guy just here. Then we ran into it. Somebody else kind of one was a little aggressive, like yeah, didn't do anything, just but was looking at us like what are you doing exactly. The other guy was just like hey, you need to go right there because like you were real friendly and shit but like also crazy right yeah, so we, we had a little experience there.
Speaker 2:Nothing happened, obviously, but it was. It was a little tense it was. And so we go back to the hotel and we got to change because we got rained out a lot and we're flying that night so we don't want to be all you know shitty on the plane. So I go in the bathroom and change. It took me forever because I'm I got all my bags and shit and I'm, you know, changing multiple layers of clothes in a stall. So it was really hard. We do that before afternoon it was before, or was it?
Speaker 1:I think it was after was it because that's?
Speaker 2:when we got really wet okay, yeah, I guess it was after. So anyway, so before or before that, we went to dinner. So we go to your dad's room to leave our luggage because we had to. Oh, actually we were going to leave it there, we decided to leave it with the Bahama Smarter and your dad says, well, you guys want to meet us for dinner? We're going to Joe's. And then he looks like yeah, joe, snow crab, which I mentioned on the show before, stone crab is my absolute favorite, I mean favorite, and you know, king crab's close second love it. But snow crab is the shit for me. And I'm like he's like do you guys want to go? That's what I'm like fuck, yeah.
Speaker 2:And he made it made the reservation earlier so that we could yeah, that was really nice because we we didn't want to be rushed and we're like, yeah, we at first we're like, no, you know, we, we don't want to go in there and then we'd have to leave it like 15 minutes to just not to work. But he moved it for us and then he was really cool when your dad um told the waitress that we're, you know, we had, we had a schedule and shit. So we walked to joe's and it's fucking raining and shitty, but we made it because it was only a few blocks away. And I'll tell you what, man, it was awesome, dude, I mean that was so happy yeah, and it's.
Speaker 2:I mean, I got some medium stone crab, which usually that's what I get. I like that. You know, people like the large, I think it's kind of kind of what I prefer, but and but they're pricey, dude. I mean, you know they they depend on the season, but I was, your parents treated us and that was like lovely and uh, I, it was just a great end to the trip. I mean, sit there having a couple of drinks and I like it in there. I like the way it's like casual fancy. It's really cool. You know, white tablecloth in it but it's a little louder, so it's not like you don't feel like you're at Burns. And there was no dress code because, well, we were dressed fine, but we weren't dressed like snacky or anything. And Well, we were dressed fine, but we weren't dressed like snacky or anything. And so, yeah, just to enjoy some stone crab. And then we just left. You know, hey, see you guys later and it was a fantastic meal.
Speaker 1:Yeah, went back to the hotel completely drenched and then Lance gave the. Like I'm like why don't we give him the? You know we kind of felt crappy about it, but it was also like a $12 for the.
Speaker 2:You know we kind of felt crappy about it, but it was also like a 12 for the, you know oh right and and he was, he was really appreciative and so I'm like okay, good, because I didn't know if it would be kind of rude well, it was a 12 tip, which is pretty good, just for them getting us our bags, but it was all those those one dollar exactly. He didn't care. He was like actually come back here, and we went oh my gosh, it was so nice, yeah. We went back into the luggage room and he had all these towels for us, so we just got off and that was really cool. And then I went to the bathroom. I took forever, tried to change into regular clothes. That jack lean was going to call a fucking swat team to get me out of there so I might have a heart attack or something in there yeah, I was about to go into and and I was like land it was just hard because there wasn't like a locker room in there.
Speaker 2:It was straight up stall and I'm trying not to drop my phone in the fucking toilet at the same time, or my wallet or some shit, and we didn't mention this. But there was some weather coming through Tampa.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:So there was a lot of flights canceled and I was like, oh fuck, and luckily, usually when we travel we normally leave in the morning. This time we didn't. Luckily, we didn't Missed all of that shit. However, your aunt she ended up being on our flight and sitting next to us. She changed her flight because her flight got canceled coming into town and then she missed an event that she was supposed to get kind of inducted into this thing.
Speaker 1:Honor officer or something.
Speaker 2:And so that kind of stuck. But it was kind of nice we were all traveling together, so that made it a little bit nicer. And then we came home.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I wonder, if she was at the airport that whole time, I would, I would be, oh god you think about that, yeah, uh.
Speaker 2:So yeah, we got home and lance's mom picked us up which is just so nice.
Speaker 1:It's. I mean, yeah, yeah, and we had a great time, I, you know, to me it was like um, a lot of walking, which I love. I got my steps in and then reminiscing because I was telling Lance all kinds of stories that were coming up, well, I think I was right, because we were there and my parents, everyone seems to love DC.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I would go back there in a heartbeat. You know, traveling up there is easy and the city is cool. And one, one thing about your place we didn't walk by your place, but we drove by it in that place that you used to live and it was cool because you're like, yeah, there it is and there was a girl standing on her phone standing on the steps and I was like that, could, that, could have been you 18 years ago.
Speaker 1:You know what I mean 18 years ago. There's a picture of me doing exactly that.
Speaker 2:That was cool when Jacqueline said she could see the Supreme Court from there. It's not like, oh, you can kind of see the top, it's right there, it's literally across the street. That's some cool shit.
Speaker 1:It was so cool. I think I realized at the time how cool it was. I'm so glad I did that. Absolutely, that's what we did.
Speaker 2:The thing is, but I really I mean, it was just I'm so glad I did that, absolutely yeah, cool as hell. So that's what we did.
Speaker 1:Thing is, after that semester, that's when Patrick Kennedy had taken Ambient and drove into like some gate or whatever and I wrote an article. Or yeah, I wrote something to the St Pete Times, or maybe it was Tampa Tribune. Yeah, I wrote something to the St Pete Times, or maybe it was Tampa Tribune, and they posted my article with my little picture and I was in defense of Patrick Kennedy With his ambient and giant quotes. And also you had been to their fucking compound recently.
Speaker 2:So what's the name of their place? Not Kennebumport? That's where they're at Hainesburg. Yeah, I don't know why I felt compelled to do that Compound recently. So what was? What's the name of their place Now? Kennebumport? That's where the yeah, yeah. Hyannisport, yeah, so yeah a little bit of a show for them, but that's he did something really cool when I was intern.
Speaker 1:So he I asked him I was working, I was working, I was going to school, it was a libertarian think tank that I was studying at the Cato Institute, so like diametrically opposed to Patrick Kennedy and his you know, democratic whole family. But I remember I had asked his scheduler like do you think he would talk to my class? And she's like don't count on it, basically. And I guess I asked him and he like I don't know what, I guess it was ballsy, and he said yes and he didn't. Everyone was so excited to meet kennedy and the guy that was like the president of of the group like came and was like taking pictures with him and I was like you couldn't get him in here, but I did.
Speaker 2:He's an ass. He liked the ladies? He liked the ladies? No, he didn't.
Speaker 1:There was none of that at all. It was not even a little bit.
Speaker 2:When you were at the Cato Institute, did Cato Catelyn wear?
Speaker 1:Yeah, okay, absolutely.
Speaker 2:What about Cato from the Green Hornet? Was he Bruce Lee played him? Was he there? Yes, interesting. I thought about Kato from the Green Hornet. Was he Bruce Lee played him? Was he there? Yes, interesting. What did he teach you Karate? Yeah, all right, Kung Fu.
Speaker 1:That's what.
Speaker 2:I was saying, actually there's another one. It means I can't remember Senator Bruce Lee podcast. Well, anyway, so it was a great trip to DC. I had a fantastic time. I would love to go again. I'm sure most of you guys have been out there, some of you haven't. Whatever Go, it's fucking awesome dude. There's so much to do there.
Speaker 1:You can never do everything. We saw cherry blossoms kind of.
Speaker 2:Yeah, we did, they were just kind of starting and your mom loves them, but they weren't quite as bloomy. Yeah, but close. It was cool. Treasure chest he was doing watching, reading stuff like that. We only have one thing to talk about the treasure chest.
Speaker 2:I got this uh recommendation. You had heard of this comedian and seen him multiple times, said he's really good or solid, I can't remember exactly. Um, my friend, lisa at work, who knows a ton about comedy, uh recommended kyle canane canane and he had like a. She said he dropped a bunch of new stuff on youtube so he watched newest one which is about an hour and a half on YouTube. I think it's about a month old, Don't remember the name of it, but it was great. First time I'd ever seen him. I really did.
Speaker 2:I mean, sometimes I get on a tangent and like if their whole set isn't good, I kind of. But you know, cause there was some stuff that it was great and he goes on these tangents. It reminded me, like I was telling you today. It's like I don't want to be a comedian but I'm definitely going to do an open mic here and there, but the way some of his bits reminded me of almost like I don't even want to do mine because it's almost like I'm stealing it because they were so good. It reminds me of how I would want to be. It's very similar to if I had a style. I would be like I really loved it. I'm so happy to hear that.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and then a night before I had heard this is another special If you're like us and you're like just Jones and for stand-up comedy. That's why we recommend it so a lot of and I talked about this earlier, so I won't get into it, but things are just different. Their post-cop comedians are putting their specials on YouTube, and so you have to really know about it.
Speaker 2:Good for fucking them too. Take the control of your own shit.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, they just have to get the word out there. That's kind of the hurdle. But Dan Soder, who's a pretty good comedian. Unfortunately, I guess I fell. I just fell asleep, so I don't know if the special was good, but it should be, um. So did you watch it at all?
Speaker 2:yeah, the I can't say if it was the beginning. There were parts of it that I was awake for, not because he sucked, it's great. I'm tired that so, but again, can't give a whole recommendation for the whole thing. But yes, it was. It exists, we can say that and I did it for some of it. Just don't know a part, right. So that's about it. Thank you guys for listening and we'll talk to you guys next time.
Speaker 1:Bye guys.
Speaker 2:Thank you.