In this episode of Get Your Shit Together we chat about:
🧡 Is this an Oscars x pop culture recap?
🧡 Eating our way through the shuk in Tel Aviv
🧡 The best bus meal en route to Jordan
🧡 How to make and maintain friendships through adulthood
🧡 More listener questions!
Episode Show Notes: www.getyourshittogetherpod.com/podcast/episode78
Follow us on Instagram @getyourshittogetherpod
Connect with Diane:
Instagram: @dianeteall
Website: www.diteawellness.com
Enroll in Root Cause Reset Course (self-study): www.rcrprogram.com
Connect with Adina:
Instagram: @adinarubin_
Website: www.adinarubincoaching.com
Enroll in self-paced Strength Training for Happy Hormones (STHH)
In this episode of Get Your Shit Together we chat about:
🧡 Is this an Oscars x pop culture recap?
🧡 Eating our way through the shuk in Tel Aviv
🧡 The best bus meal en route to Jordan
🧡 How to make and maintain friendships through adulthood
🧡 More listener questions!
Episode Show Notes: www.getyourshittogetherpod.com/podcast/episode78
Follow us on Instagram @getyourshittogetherpod
Connect with Diane:
Instagram: @dianeteall
Website: www.diteawellness.com
Enroll in Root Cause Reset Course (self-study): www.rcrprogram.com
Connect with Adina:
Instagram: @adinarubin_
Website: www.adinarubincoaching.com
Enroll in self-paced Strength Training for Happy Hormones (STHH)
Hello.
Diane:Hi,
Adina:Welcome back to another episode, but also just part two of a different episode of G Y S T
Diane:Yeah. Welcome back to the same episode. We're like, do we give them a big, big con and long app, or we give him a little breather, you know?
Adina:people do it. People do really long episodes, but I just feel like at a point I'm pausing. I'm playing so much that I just like lose track of the conversation.
Diane:Yeah. That happens when I talk sometimes too. It just, it's on an adventure.
Adina:So we figured we had so much fun chatting about our little trippy together, our reunion, Diane's Big Adventure. We figured we just split it into two cute little episodes, so hopefully you caught part one. If you did not push pause, go back, listen to part one and come meet us right back.
Diane:Yeah, we like peppering in some fun and personal stuff in here. So start there and also let us know what else you wanna hear about this season as we get back to our regular tent next week. We love hearing your, your requests, what you're plotzing as someone asked for in her review last week.
Adina:What you are ploting over is how we would use that word,
Diane:my, uh, Hebrew lessons? Or is that like a Yeah, That's a,
Adina:It's also Yiddish.
Diane:mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
Adina:She's trying, ladies and gentlemen. She's trying
Diane:Well, what have you been consuming since we last hit record?
Adina:All right. It's been, it's been a time in the Ruben household basically since you left. I have had only sick children.
Diane:Oh, I'm glad they waited until after we left. Selfishly,
Adina:Oh man. It was a lot. It was like back to back. So my entire month, pretty much, and mini was, they both had the exact same symptoms. They were both, they both had fever for six days straight with no other symptoms. Yeah. And the fevers were like rising and falling and we don't give them any fever reducers. It was just, They would wake up with no fever, be fine, like bouncing off the walls, and then just like hit a wall at noon and be on the couch with like really high fever. So Minnie was out for a week and then Abe was out for a week, and such a bummer. When Abe was sick, it was Purim. So Donnie and Minnie, you know, took to the streets and enjoyed the parties, but.
Diane:Tell the gals what perms all about if they're unfamiliar.
Adina:Yeah, so PERM is a Jewish holiday that involves dress up. It involves snacks, it involves a
Diane:it. It's like Halloween ish, right?
Adina:it is. It's also like, you know the classic story of the Jewish holidays where everyone was trying to kill us and then they weren't able to kill us, so then we. Eat, food and celebrate. And this one in particular, it was like the, the whole story was so topsy-turvy, like the second to the king was trying to kill all the Jews. And then there was a new princess, a new queen in town, and she was Jewish and her uncle was like helping her to get on the king's good side and get. to, instead of killing all the Jews, kill that dude the second to the king. So because the whole story like flipped on its head and was all topsy-turvy, that's why we like dress up and disguise ourselves for the holiday. And then we like give each other food presents and we eat a big old meal.
Diane:dressing up, drinking, having good food, taking to the streets in costume. I kind of.
Adina:Yeah, it's so fun. It was so, I mean like I'm sad that Abe didn't get to get out at all, but at least it was Abe that week and not mini, cuz she's old enough to like really know what she was missing, you
Diane:To have the fomo.
Adina:Yeah. Abe didn't really get it. Like we just, he laid on the couch in his Spider-Man costume and we watched a lot of TV and played cards together. You know,
Diane:I mean, that sounds like my adult like Halloween mood is. I'd like to be invited, but I'd like to dress up and have the option of being horizontal while I eat my snacks and watch.
Adina:Yeah. So it was sad little buddy, like he was so sweaty, fevery, but it was all right. It was manageable. We just, and thankfully Ri was just a champ, so I was able to give Abe the attention he needed, but it
Diane:And no fever for you.
Adina:Thank
Diane:not running hot, hot, hot.
Adina:no. I had, um, I had like the mom version, you know, where like you're a little bit sick but you still have to function and take care of your family. So like, I had some chills and I had like a cough and a stuffy nose for a little bit and Donnie was like, do you perhaps have fever? But you're just like ignoring it cause you're a mom. And I honestly can't tell, like I didn't feel like body aches, like in my bed. I just felt like a
Diane:or are you just exhausted from taking care of other people who are sick and exhausted?
Adina:Exactly. It's so hard to tell. But ales, we are out of it. Hopefully it stays this way. The sun's shining. We are at the beach. We are just enjoying our dang selves. And yeah, that's, uh, pretty much the happenings over here. What's up?
Diane:Nice. Well, and it's also, it's Tuesday and I believe today's the last day for women to get into S T H H. Is that right? If they're catching this on release day on Tuesday.
Adina:Yeah. I did L Strong Gal Sale in honor of International Women's Day because I am an international woman.
Diane:I never know about these days until they're like halfway gone and I'm like, every day is International Women's Day.
Adina:This one I actually know about only because the date of it it's a childhood best friend's birthday, so
Diane:Well, if they wanna get their cutie booty in there and make some strong glutes, and strong rest of their bodies. We'll put some info in the show notes. Well over here. I mean, it's been like, what, two weeks since we got back. Oh my gosh. I, after we got back, kind of got onto the early riser schedule as you had kind of warned me about with that time change. So was sticking to it until this stupid daylight savings time. It's kind of mucking me up this week.
Adina:By the way, it's also really confusing me because we didn't change the clocks yet. So now the time difference is six hours instead of seven hours. Like, Donnie
Diane:you will,
Adina:yeah, we changed them next week, I think. But um, it's really confusing me with scheduling calls. I am confused.
Diane:I almost missed an, an appointment this morning because I was looking at our oven clock that we forgot to switch. And I sit down at my computer, I'm like, Ooh, I have some time to work on lab notes for a client and do this and that. And I look at the clock, I'm like, oh shit. I need to leave like right now. Uh, and it all worked out, but got into a swing of things of early, early riser. Had so much of my day ahead of me, I finished. Another quilt as of yesterday. Actually, the one that I, it was the, my first ever project that I may have. I put on story a couple times of cute little food, faces the fruits with different faces, and on the back is like bacon, eggs, pancakes, croissants, and coffee. All with faces, turquoise on the front. So it's very on brand. But I had to stop it to make one for Abe, not Abe. Oh my gosh. Ri. But everybody can get in on that. So I stopped it to make a quilt for Adina and Fem, but picked it back up. And this one was hard because things like the squares are on an angle, but all the points are on point. I'm really happy with how it turned out. My mother-in-law is just the sweetest mentor who has been teaching me how to quilt
Adina:The Quilt mentor,
Diane:the quilt mentor. I guess I'm a, I'm a budding sewist over here. Um, I've really been into the modern look, so a lot of solids. Uh, there are some really cool textile designers now who just have the cutest like, mod, throwback kind of fabrics that I really like. So I mocked up in Photoshop. A few people asked in my story what like quilt app this was. I'm like, oh, I was playing in Photoshop. All right. Made myself a mockup so that when I went to the fabric store for my next project, I already knew like what I wanted. So that was really fun. I'm gonna make pouches and snack bags with my leftovers. So that's what I've been deep into this past couple of weeks. Creating
Adina:all need a, we all need a creating hobby.
Diane:Yeah. Super fun. Um, we have been watching some things. There's a lot in the queue. I know the Oscars just happened and I still haven't seen all of them. Uh, but we did watch the Last of Us Season finale. How many Pedro Pascal fans are out there? It's like my whole TikTok for you Paige, right now is Pedro Pascal. Uh,
Adina:been on TikTok in a long time.
Diane:It's probably for the best
Adina:I know I was never really like using it recreationally It was more just like I was doing some research for work and stuff, but even that, I just, I can't hang with TikTok. I
Diane:All the good funnies are on there. I will say that I feel like Instagram's a bit. On the humor front, or you know, things end up on Instagram later, like three weeks after they've been on TikTok trending. But a lot of Pedro Pascal on there. I know you don't watch zombie shows at all. Uh, but the last episode was really good. Um, and we also watched The Watcher. So this is a thriller with Micah Monroe from It Follows, which I think I've mentioned here. I dabble in horror. I don't typically like that genre because I'm. Baked chicken. Uh, but I really like this actress and it's, I mean, I can't give it away, but there is someone watching the main character across the way across from her apartment in her new city and part of me, but this's my letter box review. I was like, so many of the problems in this movie could be solved with closing your blinds and minding your business.
Adina:I feel like that's true of a lot of things.
Diane:Yeah, a lot of things. But I do like Micah Monroe, it was a female director, her directorial debut, and it was a, it was beautiful to watch. The cinematography was pretty, it wasn't too jumpy. In fact, I wasn't as surprised as I'd like to be, but I think that was like the twist without giving it away.
Adina:Mm-hmm.
Diane:good. The watcher, not to be confused with Bobby kind of Ali's show on the Netflix, which was also enter.
Adina:You know, I love Bobby Con Valley, but I didn't watch that actually. Um, yeah, so we, on the media front, we did already finish the most recent season of you, you.
Diane:Ooh. Season four,
Adina:Yeah, it was fun. I always think it's fun. I love Pam Badgley. I think he's a great actor. I think he's a really underrated actor. Cause I think he got a little pigeonholed with like the Gossip Girl stuff. But like, he's a strong actor. I enjoy watching him. I think his performances are nuanced. Obviously the narrating of you is like that comic scratch, like I feel like it, it gets more, yeah, it gets more, uh, every season. You know,
Diane:Uhhuh His curls are popping
Adina:Oh, they're so cute. Um, yeah, he definitely has a curly girl routine down
Diane:We need to know it.
Adina:But this season was a little different than last season. Like they split it into two parts, two distinct parts, and it was a bit of a who done it and just like, I don't wanna give anything away, so I'm not gonna say more.
Diane:Mm-hmm.
Adina:But I think it was fun. I always think it's fun. I think he does a great job. Especially because like he's kind of playing a bunch of different characters, you know, cuz he's sort of different to everyone. Like
Diane:right. He puts on,
Adina:yeah, I, I think it's worth a watch. I think it's fun. I would've been satisfied with the ending being the ending, but there hasn't been any comment from Netflix or the creators, if that's the end. So I guess we'll find out. I
Diane:yeah, four seasons. Whew.
Adina:four's enough. I'd watch more if they make them, but I don't need more, you know?
Diane:Yeah, you could. You could not. I, I think that I saw probably again in a TikTok or was a clip from an interview. He said that his days shooting for that show is just interesting because a lot of times he doesn't have lines and he goes, I might just show up and stare intensely. And there are so many of those clips where it's just. Reacting thinking with the voiceover that they add in later, but as for his day actually acting that day, it's just intensely staring off
Adina:Yeah, I think he's funny. Donnie and I were saying like, I'd love to see this guy in a romcom. Like, where are the pen? Badgley Romcoms.
Diane:We deserve it. We deserve a good romcom. That is for sure. We actually queued up, we were talking about, uh, throwback romcoms like early two thousands, and I remember you and Donnie and Neil were talking about Elan came poll and a specific scene. Luve a ufa scuba. And I was like, why did you play this? And he was like, I was thinking about how maybe they pronounce, um, a Dina's last name in Tel Aviv, Ruben. It's just such a good movie. I love Ben Stiller in his like late nineties, early two thousands. Um, but speaking of who done it, did I tell you this, that we logged into Netflix and we must just be using this infrequently enough that we didn't notice? Uh, someone named Lance has been enjoying our Netflix account for. Almost the past month.
Adina:Wait, do you know about this with us?
Diane:no.
Adina:Oh my God. We had a similar
Diane:You have a lance,
Adina:Yes. Oh my God. I wish I could remember what our Lance's name was. The craziest part is that our lance, it was not Lance, it was, uh, what was it? I don't remember. But they were logged into two of our platforms. It was like Hulu at, yeah, with a slightly different variation of their name. So like we're not entirely sure if it was the same person or not. Just wild stuff on the
Diane:What happened?
Adina:We just changed our password and then they went away.
Diane:Same.
Adina:it
Diane:Well, I logged in in Palm Springs and it was a tiny boutique hotel and I thought, oh, maybe like we left it logged in and someone had that room and created an account because our password was pretty tight. Like it was one of those generated with like a bunch of characters and numbers. Um, but it, Neil goes, at least they had the courtesy to make their own profile and
Adina:what we thought. Also,
Diane:Like, okay Lance, they were watching, okay, forest Gump,
Adina:don't mess up my algorithm.
Diane:Yeah. Forrest Gump, uh, your place or Mine.
Adina:Hmm. I'm sorry, I'm sorry for them Lance. Lance got what he deserved.
Diane:Yeah, Spencer Confidential. And then something else, like they started watching you. I believe so. I have no idea how they got in there, but I promptly changed the password, but I forgot to check like whereabouts it was coming from. So it's a mystery that I have not solved.
Adina:Man, that's funny.
Diane:Same with, um, does Donnie watch documentaries? Neil's like, let's see what happened to flight MH three 70, the plane that disappeared in 2014,
Adina:Oh, Donnie already knows what happened to the plane that disappeared.
Diane:And I had a feeling it would end up exactly as I thought, which was, we don't know. We still don't know.
Adina:we
Diane:it wasn't very satisfying. Yeah. Aliens, I don't know.
Adina:Yeah. Um, we watched everything everywhere all at once, which swept the Oscars. And you know, I'm usually all for that. I honestly, okay, we, we got on behi, like we waited a little too long to watch it, so we got on behind the hype.
Diane:yes.
Adina:I think if I had like gone to the theater, know nothing about this film months ago and seen it, I would've been blown away. But having like already seen all the hype and anticipating that it would win every Oscar, it, it just, it wasn't the hype for me. It was great. It was really enjoyable. Also, grant. We did have to cut it into a few pieces. Cause we had to watch it over three nights just cuz of like, kid, you know, being sick, waking up, whatever. But, um, and it is very much immersive, so like, if you can watch it in one setting, highly recommend that. The performances were amazing. I just, I was a little disappointed with the Oscars this year and I'm glad I didn't like, stay up late to watch it or wake up early to watch it. I think like the best act, like best supporting actor. Oh my God, he's such a cutie. And like his
Diane:The way he thanked his.
Adina:oh my God.
Diane:tears,
Adina:And his performance was amazing. It was super nuanced and wonderful cuz he played a bunch of different characters throughout the movie and they were all completely different. I thought it was really amazing. And she's great. Like I really do like her and I think she did a great job
Diane:Michelle.
Adina:Yeah. But um, Like Jamie Lee Curtis winning an Oscar for that. I know you didn't see it yet, so you can't really chime in. But it wasn't her Oscar moment for me. Like, I
Diane:Yeah, and I heard that people were expecting Angelo Bassat to win.
Adina:I don't know. I just, it. It wasn't it for me. And also like Best picture, it was really, really great. Honestly, like you guys know, I'm all down, I'm down for highbrow, I'm down for lowbrow. Like this year I kind of feel like Top Gun should have won Best picture like
Diane:I mean, the amount of times I heard about it and all the people who said that they saw it, not like one, two, but like five times in theater because it was just so entertaining
Adina:And that movie bought it brought everyone back to the movies like, you
Diane:How about this instead of the Academy? There was a great dark history episode. I think it was, I'll link it if I find it, um, about the Oscars and the Academy Award. I feel like the people need to be like, why can't we just all vote? We are the, we are the masses that are really going to be
Adina:I mean the Oscars are broken, like everyone knows that. It's just not,
Diane:it. And what was that beige carpet did you see? Because I love seeing the looks, of course, the beige carpet, apparently they added it because they were, they were putting this orange tent overhead in case it were to rain because LA's had some messy weather and they didn't want it to clash with the red. But then it just looked like everyone was in. A basement.
Adina:you see Lady Gaga perform in her t-shirt
Diane:I didn't, but why did she do the full on glam? I
Adina:was
Diane:her fresh faced, but
Adina:Donnie's question was why was she like glam for the carpet and then in a t-shirt and jeans for the performance? And also like, you know, me, any Lady Gaga performance is the best performance I've ever seen in my entire life. I don't know if it was like the sound, cuz we had to watch it on YouTube the day later or something about the direction. It was weird. It wasn't my
Diane:undone french bread look.
Adina:I don't know it. I don't know. She didn't sound as amazing as she always sounds,
Diane:Hmm.
Adina:but I do love her and I love the song. Like I think it's, I think it's great. My kids belted out. It's so fun. Again, top Gun Maverick should have won everything, but it's just when you.By the way, welcome to our Oscars podcast. Hope you guys enjoy it.
Diane:people are like, I thought that they said that the, this is a digestible health and wellness podcast. Well, in order for us to be, well, we have to talk about pop culture. Okay.
Adina:Amen to that. Okay, fine. So let me wrap it. I'll just talk about the quick things we ate in this house because we can't go nap without talking about food and. So we consumed delicious, sour, do hamin, which if you are not familiar, is a traditional cookie that is eaten on Purim. And the reason is silly. It's cuz the bad guy's hat was maybe a triangle or maybe his ears looked like triangles. like
Diane:I love Jewish holidays,
Adina:the reason. Um, so. I just used a sourdough sugar cookie recipe, combind any online, just to make sure it's got a lot of butter, a lot of sugar, and I just fermented that. And then we turned them into ment tain filled them with like a chocolate filling, so yummy. And
Diane:Now, is that what you sent me home with or were those just sugar cookies?
Adina:were just sugar cookies, but it was the same.
Diane:has a filling.
Adina:Mm-hmm. Yeah. You can either fill it with like jelly or chocolate or some people fill it with poppy seed, but I'm like, why?
Diane:do you want seeds in your teeth?
Adina:No, thank you. Anyways, so those were the cookies I made. And then Did you like those sugar cookies, by the way? We never talked about
Diane:I did.
Adina:Love them. They're such
Diane:know what? I had to
Adina:cookie, you know.
Diane:I had to make sure I got them because Neil was just tearing through'em. Neil's like a, oh, there are eight things here. Two of us. I will have seven.
Adina:Oh, that's annoying. Yeah, no, those are like biscuity and Mm. Love
Diane:They were nice. I love the Bob was my favorite though, cuz chocolate, you know.
Adina:So good. Um, okay. Yeah, so then I mentioned that we give each other like food presents. So you basically like give to a few of your friends, like a, you assemble some cute little food present. And so I made these little baby loaves of sourdough and I packaged them up with a roasted tomato and garlic butter. And
Diane:Ooh, okay. Is that like manara
Adina:But yeah, I was inspired. I was inspired, but I did add butter to it. So basically what I did was I, you can do it on a sheet pan under a broiler. You can do it just in a pan on a high flame. But I put just a bunch of heirloom tomatoes and garlic cloves, put'em under high heat until the tomato skins kinda like burst open and they got a little charred, peeled the skin off, mashed up the tomatoes, mashed up the garlic. And then made like a compound butter with it. Basically, I just like mix it up with the butter, put it in these cute little jars, and it was so yummy.
Diane:That sounds delicious. Delicious. I was thinking of compound butter because we did smoke another chicken.
Adina:Oh,
Diane:We used the beer can chicken method, but instead of beer, we just do a bunch of chicken broth, like some lemon juice and whatnot in the grill, uh, for Neil's parents to come over and usually I'll rub a compound. In and around, all over the chicky too, for that extra crispy skin. But we just kept it really simple this time, and you get so much flavor from the smoke and I got this, let's see, it was about four and a half pound chicken, and Neil's like, that's, that's enough for four adults. I'm like, speak for yourself. I, I can eat half of this
Adina:that is a personal pie.
Diane:That's a personal chicken. Every chicken's a personal chicken. I, well, the ones that we would get from my favorite farmer, those were big girls out in pasture. Big, delicious. So next time I would love to do a couple of those at a time. There's, oh, it's just so delicious. We love that method.
Adina:Also chicken is like the best meal prep. If you're just roasting one chicken, why not roast two or three chickens, you know?
Diane:right? I guess. Hmm. I need to campaign for a larger green egg grill. But his parents, Neil's parents came over and, um, we did make, I made for them salad or Israeli salad so they could have a little taste. Um, they're not too into spice. Uh, so I didn't make it aggressively spicy. Like I like to add some diced up, finally diced up jalapenos to it when I've made it. Um, but. They, we were able to split the chicken pretty nicely because they like the breast meat and I need the entire leg and then some. So gimme both of the legs and all the skin please. Thank you,
Adina:All right. Well, I'm glad that worked out for you.
Diane:Me too. Well, speaking of food, shall we just dive right in? Where we picked up, picked off, left off.
Adina:Why don't you try
Diane:back up where we left off. Let's pick back up where we left off, which.
Adina:got it.
Diane:Yeah, the Shook Tour. Ah
Adina:We're gonna drop you right back into part two of our reunion recap episode.
Diane:Yeah. So after that training session, we got to walk and eat and enjoy uh, all the sites of Carmel Market or the, is that the main shook there in Tel Aviv, like the bi, the biggest one? Certainly. So, uh, Tina paying some of her contacts for the best food tour, walking tour of the, uh, of car market. And we'll put it in the show notes. It was with Delicious Israel, I think was the name of the company, but we had a small group and we got to go to his favorite places. And that was nice because there was so many options that it was a bit overwhelming that first time. So the first thing we had was actually my favorite from the tour. We had like five different dishes and I thought, oh, we're gonna get like a piddly sample. No, we got full on sandwich. So I don't know if you're gonna hear this plane. Maybe they're coming to get me. Oh, helicopter. Hello. Um, so the first thing we tried was called Subby. Did I say that right?
Adina:Yes. Ish. That's, yeah.
Diane:Okay. You're like, no, you didn't, I thought I did a good job. Okay.
Adina:No, people pronounce it differently. That's, you're good. You did great.
Diane:So what I was
Adina:Side note, Neil and Diane were talking about how like hard it is to hear Hebrew if you're not accustomed to it. My kids were like talking to them and they were like not understanding Word they were
Diane:Yeah.
Adina:Um,
Diane:and also they have a lot cute accents now, her older kids, and Diane and Neil
Adina:Yeah,
Diane:Neil. Um, so the Cevi was my favorite and it was a vegetarian sandwich. I mean, it would be great with more eggs and with meat,
Adina:I know Diane and I were both like, let's put some eggs and lamb in here. Be delicious.
Diane:Yes. Oh, I, I wanna recreate it at home and try that. But what it was, if you are unfamiliar, is, um, roasted eggplant egg hummus. made with like lots of tahini, which was really delicious. I don't typically go for hummus. There was like some peppers, cucumbers, several different herbs in there. But what was really unique about this place was every bite was a mouth party. Like they didn't, I dunno, give you like a mouthful of pita on one end or like a mouthful of dip here and nothing over there. Like every bite was really good, which I really appreciated.
Adina:I just wanna correct one thing. The eggplant is fried
Diane:Oh, it was fried. Oh,
Adina:you gotta recreate it with a roasted eggplant and see if you can get that same crisp
Diane:Yeah. Yeah. Oh, oh, oils they slip in there. But this was delicious. Next up, I think this was, the next one was called Malibu. Malibu, which was a milk mala. I was totally wrong on that one. Mala milk pudding. And this was also made with rose water. Fruit and it had a little bit of crushed. Crushed shortbread? Or was that nuts on top? I think it was
Adina:It was a mix, I think I think it was peanuts and shortbread. Cookies.
Diane:it was very light, a light dessert and, uh, reminded us of Panta cotta or almost like flan, but maybe not a stents. That was really good. Uh, we actually stopped first at this local juice place and I bought y'all, I bought nose lotion, that's what I'm calling it. Or the Israeli version of vx. And I'm grew up Filipino with the vx and I know our Latino listeners also are very familiar with VX for anything and everything. Uh, but I wanted to find something a bit more holistic. So this did have camper in it that's like the main ingredient in vx. Um, and then it also had lavender and ginger.
Adina:Oh, Ginger, Get up the nostril right there.
Diane:yeah. So our guide started there and he's like, we're gonna start off with picking our nose. I was like, all right. So he put a little lotion on, put it up. I bought a bottle because I love us so much. Uh, it was a little bit stuffy from travel. and whatnot. And I've been using it since I got home too. Also on the back of my neck too, because it still can be used for anything. Everything like the bakes I want my, our Filipino and Latino listeners to Love. I hope that they enjoyed that. The bakes, the bakes So got that. And then we tried some falafel and hummus, which I don't typically like chickpeas or they, they definitely don't like me back. But I will say it was a lot smoother here and I really, really, really liked that. The hummus had a lot more tahini in it and garlic and lemon. And we actually ate it with raw onions, which apparently the aggressive onion taste is canceled out by either the lemon or maybe it's the chickpeas. Who knows?
Adina:Science. Am I right?
Diane:science and the falafel
Adina:Yeah. Falafel. No, I was gonna spend a moment on the falafel cause I didn't know if you were gonna do it justice.
Diane:yeah. It was like the perfect little savory donut balls.
Adina:Yeah. If you've had like American falafel don't
Diane:Soggy dry
Adina:so bad. It's a completely different food than the falafel here, And again, neither of us would recommend that as an always food, but you're not gonna not have falafel if you come here
Diane:right? I mean, you might fart, but you'll enjoy it.
Adina:yeah. I I do think that a lot of the places, especially these smaller spots that like a Shur is finding for you, a lot of these spots are properly preparing the chickpeas cuz it's like someone's grandma's recipe. Like they're not just pouring chickpeas out of a can and putting in that like they, they taste so fresh, those falafels and Herby and like, Hmm,
Diane:Yeah. He did say if you go somewhere and their falafels under a red light, like run away, like these were fried to order and so fresh, and he put some tahini on top and they were really good. They were good.
Adina:And also a note about oils. Yes, shitty oils are terrible and they're not a good thing for you to consume on a regular basis. If something is perfectly fried, which means that the oil was at the right temperature so that the thing gets crispy, but the thing gets cooked all the way through and the thing doesn't get soggy, you are going to be eating way less of that chia oil than if it's like you bite into it and the oil oozes out because the oil wasn't hot enough. So it just, the falafel soaked it up like a sponge, you
Diane:Yeah. Yeah. But that, I, I think the place that we stopped, he had a special contraption that ensured that the falafel balls, is dunked in there for the perfect amount of time. Perfect. Temp. Uh, yeah. Here in the States, I feel like I've only ever had, and actually Detroit on the east side has fantastic, um, middle Eastern food, all kinds of stuff over there. Uh, but not over here. It, it was either soggy or it's dry.
Adina:Yeah.
Diane:and or under season, which is just criminal. So, um, this one is, wasn't in the Caramel Market tour, but it was in another Shook the Levinsky market smaller, I think more spice folk spoke, spice focused, uh, in that area. And pronounce it for me one more time. Tino
Adina:Go
Diane:drink
Adina:But the, the place is called Cafe Levins.
Diane:Yes. Cafe Lavinsky. But these drinks were uh, zero proof seltzer based, uh, drinks with a local fermented fruits and herbs and spices. And it was a just piece of art because what's unique about this tiny little stall in this shook is that whoever is making the drinks, be it the owner or, uh, one of the employees there, they are just vibing I asked actually how they construct each drink. No drink, no two drinks are the same. And he goes, I just feel the vibes of the person and just make it
Adina:Yeah. And they really are art. Like the book Zos is beautiful. And if you wanna take a look at their Instagram account, Kathy Lavinsky, uh, we can drop that in the show notes. But like some of their reels are just art, watching. Some of these drinks get assembled.
Diane:Yeah. I lost count of everything that was in my drinker. I was try, I was trying to identify everything. There were things that were new to me, like Persian lemons on top. They also put things that were inedible in there, like some pine, I think, but also lavender. There were some fermented strawberries, all kinds of things. So it was a fun and just beautiful soda alternative, and I love that. In general, there are more places popping up in cities that are really giving attention to quality non-alcoholic drinks. If you are not someone who consumes alcohol, which I think is really.
Adina:Yeah.
Diane:And so I have to share this highlight because it was an absolute highlight. Major highlight for Aneal and I of this trip. Uh, we both have wanted to see Petra, one of the new modern wonders of the world, Petra in Jordan. Oh my gosh, absolutely incredible trip. We did a two day visit. Definitely could have done, done more and would like to in the future. We went through Abraham Tours. They have a host in Tel Aviv and they do several different tours. Um, 2, 3, 5 day tours in Jordan. So they took care of everything, almost everything. So we met at the hostel really early, like 6:00 AM and drove out there. And our guides really helped with crossing the border, arranging Israel exit fee, the entrance fee into Jordan. Um, there was some other fee that we had to pay, so they really helped that be a streamlined process. And then we drove through Jordan to a bein. Campsite. So there were dome tents and bubble tents. And fun fact, the Martian with Matt Damon was filmed in Wadi Rum, which is, um, near Petra, outside of Petra. Red Sand looks like another planet. And so after that movie, all of these bubble hotels are popping up and you can see just beautiful view of the night sky. We saw so many stars and it was really cool to experience their camp, have a, a traditional meal there, some be tea. And then the next morning we woke up early, so early again and went to Petra, like 20 minute drive to Petra, and we spent like six hours there. So if you're unfamiliar, I thought it was going to be like the treasury, kinda the photos that you might see on social media, right? It's an entire city, an entire ancient city that you can explore and there are so many, um, buildings that are carved into the rock there. It's this softer. Rock or clay. Um, and there's an amphitheater just so much to see. And I think the entire city, if you wanted to walk through, was like a five mile loop.
Adina:That's crazy.
Diane:all kinds of like side hikes, right? So we knew that we wanted to make the trek to the monastery, which is like 48 meters high. It's taller than the treasury, which everyone's taking photos of, right? So like, in order to have enough time to do that, Neil and I had to rent donkeys and mules and ride to the top. So jumping ahead with someone, sh it's been on her list for a while too. She responded to my Instagram story or my question box and said, what if we want to see Petra, but we're scared to ride on a donkey? I don't blame you. I was too. And you need to know that here, there are no waivers. There are no waivers. You are riding at your own risk completely. They're just like, here. You pay, you pay someone like 10 Dina, and they guide you up this mountain. It's eight over 870 stairs. It is steep. And let me tell you, like I love to hike, but it was getting hot. We wanted to make sure we had enough time, and that was the best money that we spent when we were at Petra because we were passing people who looked miserable and they kept asking like, how much time to the top. Also, you're avoiding like donkey landmines along the way on the stairs. So like I was on a donkey Um, so we rode that to the top, took in the monastery. I recommend bringing like a little lunch and checking that out. And then we did walk down and the views just into the valley and, and are breathtaking, absolutely breathtaking. There are a ton of sweet little kitties up there too that seem to be really taken care of by, um, people who have their stalls there, their shops and something in general that I noticed about Jordan is, uh, I was unprepared for how good the souvenirs would be.
Adina:Diane bought a table,
Diane:Diane bought a table, okay, but not just any table like before. We got to that owing camp the first day our tour stopped in MABA and took us to a mosaic workshop. Um, this is a workshop that they employ, um, people with disabilities too. And they have other art artists there who are making beautiful mosaics in the style, uh, that we saw in, um, an original Byzantine mosaic floor. Like the mosaic tile floors that you'll see in some churches out there are so gorgeous still preserved from like over 1500 years and they still are keeping up this tradition of mosaic artwork. And they painstakingly cut tiny little stones, natural stones to make beautiful pieces. So we we stop on this workshop and I thought, okay, I wanna get like a small little thing. And Neil's like, I love this table He's like, I love this table. And I was like, Ooh, I love it too. And rarely are we, we, we have pretty much similar tastes, but we were like, oh yeah, I love it. So we bought a table and I just got a DHL notification that it's coming on Monday. Um, So I, maybe I'll post a photo. Um, I put it on my close friend's story, but we got to meet the artist who made it too, and he was showing us some of his pieces. It took him four months to make this, this table that we chose. He showed us another mosaic piece that's like his, you know, it was, he un he opened this velvet box and I don't know if it was actually for sale. He's like, if you were to buy this, I think it would cost like 24,000 US because it was so intricately detailed. Um, so that was really cool. But coming down from the monastery in Petra, we saw beautiful brass and bronze figures, hand woven carpets made out of camel hair. Um, I bought this little, like, Onyx bowl. So, uh, I've showed some clips of our home and like, I kind of like a eclectic, um, like collected decor style. But like, I wanted multiple suitcases. In fact, someone, someone offered to buy me a suitcase in my Instagram, DS. If I were to bring her back a rug and I didn't get to, but I was like, dang, you know, if I saw this earlier, I would take you up on it.
Adina:I feel like customs would hit you hard for that one. Like, are you bringing anything for anyone?
Diane:Yeah. They actually brought, asked me if I brought back food and I said no. But then I was like, wait, I have dates. I have, I mean, don't come get me. You know, I had a
Adina:while you made it, you live to tell the tale.
Diane:Yeah. Yeah. So that was, that was Jordan. Highly, highly, highly recommend. Um, we definitely wanna, we wanna go back there and the tour that we went with made crossing through the border, uh, so easy. So really like that
Adina:Wait. I will say one thing about the tour that you went on
Diane:Mm.
Adina:is that Diane looks at the schedule the night before and she goes, they're not feeding us till noon.
Diane:and we're waking up at six.
Adina:frantically starts ordering food on Walt and we ended up, we had eaten dinner out the night before and we had some leftover steaks, so she took it with her to eat on the bus in the morning.
Diane:yes I did. I am not fucking around with my meal times. Yeah. I'm glad that you brought that up because I had the focaccia, right? The Faca pillow and I had leftover ribeye. Meanwhile, the, the, these women across the aisle from us were splitting a biscoff cookie from Delta, which is yummy. And they're like, this is to ti I heard them say, this is to tide me over until lunch. I'm like, what? Cuz I eat the steak with, with my hands. I am not gonna be hungry.
Adina:Don't be caught unprepared.
Diane:And we got, I mean, it was a long trek too back. And we stopped a couple times at rest stops, which again, looked kind of nondescript on the outside. Incredible souvenirs inside. Like, here's a camel bone table. Oh, would you like this? Um, beautiful hand woven carpet. Like, I, I wish I knew to bring more donars. Um, But there weren't many snacks there, so packed them snacks. Um, and then the final, a final couple highlights here. Old Jaffa, we stayed at the old historic port, old historic part of the city. We did a little tour that Neil signed us up for, which was very interesting with an interesting man, but learned a lot about Tel Aviv. Uh, and we loved watching the sunset at this port. So that was a fun place to stay.
Adina:It's just a cool city.
Diane:it is. And it's so cool how like there's so many, like so many different neighborhoods from the American colony to where you live by the beach that felt very LA and like Venice beachy to Old Jaffa and seeing the really historic old city, like, I can't even imagine what those apartments cost there overlooking the port. Just stunning. Um, but there was one day that I was going to go, we were going to meet you and ri at, uh, Manara again for lunch, right? So we're leaving with our. Bubbly drinks, walking around this crowded street corner and I just hear someone go, Diane, and I was like, oh, weird. Someone has my name. And then I turned to my left and almost literally run into Talia Organic Fertility, who we've mentioned here. She's a fertility awareness, uh, method educator and a friend of G Y S T. It was her on her way to an appointment.
Adina:Just riding her scooter right by you
Diane:Yeah, I could not believe, like what are the odds that I almost literally ran into the only other person in Tel Aviv that I owe a city of? Like how many mil, like a million people like.
Adina:so fun though cuz like, I mean part of it is how walkable the city is. Like everyone's just out and about. But that's what I, I mentioned this on the podcast when I first moved here, that like, it has the hustle, like the pulse of a big city like New York, but it's so small town, beach town. Like you run into everyone, you know, every time you leave your house and just like, it's so fun.
Diane:Yeah, it feels smaller that way. And that was, I think, I mean second to us getting that buddy in friend time was what I, something I really appreciate about Tel Aviv is the community and the family oriented feel just has a different energy. And it was fun to see what that looked like over Shabbat when everyone out at the beach and, um, a lot more places are closed to give people that time with their loved ones. That just seems so special.
Adina:Yeah, it's really cool. It's fun that you notice it, even just like visiting the city, but it feels entirely, entirely different. And I talked about this, actually, I think it was on my, when I talked about my birth story a little bit. I don't know if I shared it on the podcast or if it was on Instagram, but part of my birth story with RI was the timing. Like Shabbat was start. towards the end of my labor and like the sun was setting Donnie litter Shabbat candles. And if you've ever had that experience, if you're a person who has ever lit your Shabbat candles and just like welcomed in that calm and peacefulness that comes with it, like there is just this feeling that shifts in your home and that shifts outdoors. Like it's not like anything I can describe, but if you've had that experience, you know what it is. So you kind of feel it here on a larger scale than just like in your own tiny home, which is again, as a Jew who is raising a Jewish family, like a huge part of why I wanted to be a part of this. But yeah, I love that you had that experience. It was so fun to have you.
Diane:I love, it just seems like, like you said, a small community and that people really honor family time times people you love and I mean, I did see people working hard, the core hotel space that we were in. But even there too, like people were wrapping up, starting later, wrapping up earlier. Something I saw when it, like we've traveled in Europe, but it just was a completely different fuel from Friday to Saturday. Evening over Shabbat. And there were things that I thought, I wanna take some of this home to practice. Whether that's like taking time off my screens or just having that dedicated time with friends and family was so special. Which brings us into a listener question that really inspired this part of the episode, and that is like about friendship and maintaining and building them in general. Uh, so we had some thoughts we wanted to share that. So thank you for submitting this. She asked maybe unrelated, but advice for making and keeping strong friendships into adulthood.
Adina:Yes. start a podcast because then you get, you automatically have to hang out once a week.
Diane:We were friends for a while before that, but
Adina:Yeah, no, that was just a joke. But, um, I think something for me, obviously we are very consistent in our friendship and I think like the podcast is just a nice opportunity for us to have these conversations and have our weekly meetings and keep up our conversations. But something that was really special to me and just like indicative of this friendship and I think holds true to all friendships that you keep is the mark of a good friend for me, is someone who meets you at the stage of life that you are in.
Diane:Mm.
Adina:And having Diane and Neil here and both of them like so lovingly playing with my children and like expressing interest in their world, like that felt so special to me because. That's a huge part of the stage of life that I'm living in. And it's not that every friend I have needs to care about my kids or wanna talk to them. You know? Like I know kids aren't for everyone, but just something special about like entering into their world when that's such a huge part of the life that I'm living now, that means so much to me. And I think it like kind of adds a layer to friendship. I don't know, I can't, I don't know if I can explain that more, but that was really important to me and special.
Diane:Well, I love that. And I, and spending time with them was so fun. I hadn't been able to see them very often on Zoom, because usually we're recording after the big kids have gone to bed, but, Just playing and seeing how they, what they're excited to share with me was so cool. Um, many immediately was like, do you wanna see my room? And um, she was trying to teach me some Hebrew words and she was just like, in big sis mode, but also catching up with a was so special. So I love that we we're able to share that together. Um, oh man, this question got me in the feels too. You know, I we're both, I think I first saw end of Ludial phase, but it is hard to make and maintain friendships and especially through the covid, like peak covid, pan panorama times. I don't think I experienced like, significant anxiety and depression like sads until that time. And it felt really isolating. And um, I don't think I ever mentioned this here, um, but like I had a falling out with someone who was a really close friend, like at the very beginning of Covid. Like I remember not getting on a plane for a trip that I looked forward to. It was like, when. Everything was hitting the fan and no one really knew what was going on. And I remember she and I were on the same page and it was like right when I was about to leave, she said like, oh, you're so selfish for wanting to go on this trip. And I was so surprised because something I really value in my friendships is being able to hold space for someone's feelings and for them to safely express themself. And she just ghosted me. I think I said something like, I wish I thought that I could be upset about a trip and no one knows what's going on. And she just never opened my message. And I think after being friends for like eight years, she never talked to me again. And I think if you, whoever asked this, if maybe you've had friendships and for one reason or another can be really painful when you've known someone for a long time. I think in some ways ending friendships is like more painful than breakups romantic relationships. Um, I very much believe that as you go through life, there's, there are friends who are there for a season, a reason and for a lifetime and have had some friendships evolve. Whether that was, we grew outgrew each other, um, maybe someone moved away. Um, maybe there was a falling out like that friendship. And sometimes it is still hard. And so like giving yourself time to mourn, that can be really helpful. Um, but for me, something that I've also really appreciated is quality over quantity and time is limited. Free time is limited. So I'm really intentional with who I've spent time with. And something I appreciate about Adina and our friendship is, one, it's a safe space where we can express all of ourselves to the communication. I noticed like a lot of, like my close friends, several are therapists, some shape or form or were before, um, I don't play games in friendships. So when there is conflict that comes up. I appreciate when I can talk to someone or I know there was a time where I didn't know that I had hurt your feelings and or upset you, and you told me, Hey, I just wanted to put this out there. Like no guessing games, we don't fuck around anything. We just nip it and we talk about it. And I really appreciate the mature communication that we can have with one another. So
Adina:And it's funny
Diane:I really keep.
Adina:Yeah, I agree a thousand percent. And it's funny too because sometimes like when we're short with each other over text, cuz it's like it's 7:00 AM for you and you're just getting your day started. Or it's like late at night for me and I'm putting my kids to bed and then like we hop into our podcast meetings and I'm like, When you sent that text, can you just clarify like, were you mad at me? Like, tell me what you're feeling like We need to like clear the air before we start recording this episode.
Diane:Yeah, right, exactly. Um, I always appreciate our communication together or that it's just easy to talk about things that I feel I can always be myself here. But as far as like making and maintaining friendships too, whoever sent this in, I'm feeling it with you. Like I said, like things have shifted for me. I recently had something shift with another friendship and it, it's sad. It can be sad, but also like I'm really in a time where I enjoy my own company and alone time as well too. And, uh, been really intentional while nurturing, like hobbies, trying new things. I just really enjoying my own time. That said that community and friendship is so, so important. Um, especially after Covid. So I've been trying to like, reach out and make dates with people I've always wanted to hang out with or, um, I've met some friends through Instagram, honestly, and some who are now really close friends, like my friend Topsy, like we, I think bonded over a joke about vegan jerky and we're really close friends now just reaching out to some people there. Or, um, here there's something called Hot Girls Walker and Rapids. Maybe there's something like that in your community and it's like a meetup and you're walking around with different gals and I met some people that way. Um, it is hard. Do you have
Adina:Wait. Yeah, I wanna jump in with a couple of things. Okay. First of all, so I moved to a new place, so like a lot of this is really relevant for me, but one of my best friends from home sent me this meme, like right before I was moving. She was also moving to a new community. I don't know if I shared this on the podcast before. The meme was like, Moving to a new place as an adult is so hard because all of the people who I wanna hang out with also aren't leaving their home. and I have full on had that experience with Talia Organic Fertility we just mentioned because we're both such homebodies and she lives a little more south than me. And so like we keep talking about how it's so annoying how badly we wanna hang out, but like, it's gonna have to be in one of our homes, like we do. We have hung out on the beach before, but it's just like, you
Diane:but I don't wanna leave my home.
Adina:Exactly. Um, that makes me think of a few things and they're contradictory, which is kind of funny. I think something in friendships is bonding over shared interests and shared values. I think like that's a huge piece of what's happened for us, especially through a few really hard years, was being able to speak openly to each other about our perspectives and being able to. Disagree about things but respect each other or feeling on an island with certain perspectives and like, you know, having friends that are the only people who you feel like are really seeing you and really understanding you. I think that is so, so very important. And then I also think that being a little more carefree and not dismissing certain friendships just because they don't share all of that depth with you. Like I think there are plenty of friendships where you don't have to agree about all those super deep and important things about your perspective on health and your perspective on the world and your perspective on friendship and people. But like you can still like the same movies and like that's all you guys talk about and it's fine to have a friend for just that. Or you can enjoy going out to eat together and like you both are foodies but have nothing else in common and that's fine. You know, like I don't
Diane:love that.
Adina:I don't think every friendship needs to be the perfect friendship. And then I think. Some friendships who are the perfect friendships, you really have to nurture those and appreciate them for what they are. You know what I mean?
Diane:Yeah. I'm so glad you said that. I mean, it reminds me of, I've kind of heard something similar in the context of romantic relationships. Like your significant other cannot and should not fulfill every need. So I mean, there are different reasons for different friendships and different seasons and and so on, but like the ones that check like a ton of boxes, those are the ones I put time in and I'm very, um, very focused on. And I mean, you are one of them. And I,
Adina:Spoiler
Diane:yeah. Yeah. I mean, through the past couple years, like friendship and community have been increasingly, increasingly more important to me, and I've been very selective. I think we talked about this in our recent episode about body, uh, body image is that I'm very intentional about the energy. of the people that I keep closest to me. I don't have time for games. I don't have time for people who are always negative or constantly playing the victim. Um, I, I'm looking for people who are like, growth focused. So that's been really important for my close circles. And, um, yeah, I, I hope that you found this helpful if you submitted this one and be open to new experiences, to new people and know that things might shift and change and that's okay. I think ultimately it's for your best good. Your highest good. Right? So hope that was helpful. If you like chatty stuff like this, let us know, like, how did this feel? Did it resonate? Um, do you have other tips for people making and maintaining friendships? And yeah, I think that was a good combo. Thank you for submitting that. Really appreciate it.
Adina:Go visit your friends too.
Diane:Mm-hmm. Yes. Plan those trips. That was something too. Oh, one final thing is that so many of us are busy, right? We all have things to do. Lot and lots of things vying for attention, but I think like intentionally like setting dates. Like I'm having a breakfast club breakfast with a couple of, um, friends I haven't seen in a long time, um, this Friday. And we set a date, or even, even set that date, like when you're together, if you have a hard time making time to see each other, or another friend who was like, I'm really busy, but let's set a phone date. Like, those things are really special.
Adina:Yeah. I think that's a huge piece of keeping friendships is like you have to nurture them and like it's hard. And like Diane was saying about communication, communication is the most important thing in every relationship. And so if you are a person who has trouble communicating in friendships and you have trouble telling someone, like for example, in the diet culture conversation, I mean the body image conversation. Like if you are really uncomfortable around your friends and the way they talk about their bodies, Either say something or get out. You know, like if, if you don't enjoy being around those people and their conversations, try to communicate that to them
Diane:Yeah. They can't reach your mind.
Adina:yeah. And you know, don't just sit there and grunt and groan every time you're around them or don't be around them, you know, like you have to make hard decisions.
Diane:Yes, absolutely. Another listener question, and maybe you're wondering this if you have some international travel plans. Someone asked any Bali belly, what do you do to help support digestion and overall health while traveling? Well, wasn't in Bali, so it didn't have Bali belly but uh, maybe she's referring to, I've shared a couple of reels where my tummy had some chaos going on when we were traveling around, uh, Indonesia and Singapore. So felt good this time. Um, that said some things did shift a little bit, and it's hard not to have things shift with your digestion when you are in a metal tube high up in the air. So this time I did notice that, um, my body was just like more bloated and puffy when I first got. In to Israel, and I wonder how much of that was the airline food because I wasn't as prepared and it was aggressively salty. Also was eating all kinds of things. So on the whole, I'd say that my digestion was in a good place. Going into this trip did notice some shifts, but I didn't have any like scary blowout situations. I also, as we mentioned earlier in, um, the episode that I brought along, some functional support. Now this is something we cover more specifically and customize within root cause reset, or if we're working one-on-one together. But practically, um, if you are someone who used to take functional support or some kind of digestive support, you took a break because you felt like you didn't need them anymore. It is a good idea to bring them with you when you are traveling because you're going across time zones, you're encountering different bacteria, different critters. Having that extra support is really gonna strengthen your foundation and be a good idea. Um, So
Adina:it could just be like a bunch of rolled up socks in there,
Diane:don't wanna feel like that. Um, and so I made sure that I stayed hydrated. I packed some electrolyte packs with me because on the plane, what is it about them like giving you this tiny little baby water bottle that's supposed to sustain you for 12 hours? Like what is that
Adina:I bring a giant metal water bottle with me and I refill it once I get through security
Diane:I mean, I wasn't too keen to pee in that airplane bathroom after like everyone had been in it, but gotta stay hydrated. So once I got in, made sure to, to do that. Um, also, one thing I forgot to mention earlier was that don't bring or buy water in the airport leaving Israel. Like they didn't tell us that after security, they still will make you dump everything. I didn't had no idea. So I saw someone chug, chug a liter water, like water bottle. um, right before boarding the plane. But anyway, staying hydrated. Brought along some tummy supports. Um, I also brought ginger. I don't typically get nauseous, but I didn't know, like, I dunno, sometimes being in a plane traveling, you never know what's gonna happen. So sucking on some really gingery spicy candy. I think they're called ginger, choose. I just like them in general. So that was fun. Um, I think that's all we'll share there.
Adina:Yeah. I think, um, don't drink tap water
Diane:oh
Adina:ever, ever. But also when you travel
Diane:Yeah, that's a big one. I was also mindful of, I think there was a restaurant in the Shook where I asked for mineral water, but someone brought over a pitcher, and I think I texted you. I was like, do, do you think this is filtered And he said It's a gamble. Uh, so I'm, then we just ordered mineral bottle bottle water. Whoa. Mineral bottle waters.
Adina:Bottled water
Diane:Bar water, and that's what I would recommend doing if you're traveling abroad. Um, yeah, so no tummy trouble. Most of us were feeling pretty good. Uh, how many days or weeks do you recommend for this trip? Well, for tele people alone, I feel I can get see quite a lot in five to seven days. If you really had a pack schedule, if you were to go see Petra and Jordan, we did two and we did see the main things. But I, I would do a three to five day if I were to go next time. But it depends on how many places you want to see. Um, over there. In general, if you're the kind of person who likes to get a feel for a city, settle in, or if you're okay with packing and repacking your bags every few days, I guess you'd have to consider how you like to travel.
Adina:Right. That's the thing with Tel Aviv too, is like the whole city is so walkable. Um, you know, you could hop on a bus and add a little more mileage, kilometer ridge to um, the day. But there's so much here that like you could do this and have it be the kind of trip where you just like sit on the beach for a few days and go out to eat, or you could see more of the city and do more of that stuff, like shuk tours and old Jaffa and you know, that kind of thing. So it really depends what you're looking for.
Diane:I think our time was a bit long and had, but um, like a considerable amount of time. I mean, in one place. Um, and of course like a focus of our trip was to, to visit you guys and, um, but I think if someone was trying to pack in a lot, then you could spend less time Tel Aviv, maybe go hit Jerusalem, go to Jordan. Um, it'd be pretty easy to get to like Dubai from there too. So if you wanted to do a little, a little tour, um, highly recommend bringing packing cubes that just makes packing and repacking if you're staying in different places. So much easier. I love mine. They've been through it.
Adina:Welcome to our travel podcast,
Diane:Yeah, welcome. Um, but someone also asked you like, what did you do for overall health as well? As far as, um, adjusting to the schedule, I think, I know I, I made a reel about this, but I'm not sure if we talked about it on the show and that was, um, try to stay up until a normal time or normal bedtime at arrival destination. I like Time Shifter app also, if that will give you cues for when to stop caffeine, when to take naps, if any, and how to move up your bedtime if you want to start planning to get onto a new sleep schedule a few days before your departure. So that's a nice app. It's also great for shift workers too, time Shifter app. Um, but then the next morning in Tel Aviv made sure that I got outside in the
Adina:Well, I will say stay with people who have children that will wake you up at 7:00 AM
Diane:Yes. I mean, I had earplugs in so I couldn't hear them at all. Um, but then I really liked hearing a little voice like, I'm gonna go wake Diane up. And Donny going, no, don't go up there. And then one day I just see Abe's like crazy little hair popping up. Diane, come down.
Adina:And it also helps if you go to a place with lots of sunshine cuz you can like get out, get that sunshine in your eyeballs and it helps to regulate you. And busy days I feel like makes a big difference cuz you just kind of go, go, go, and then you crash and you get on a good schedule.
Diane:Yeah. I slept so well at your house because we walked so much that first couple of days. And I mean, just in general, if you're someone who struggles with sleep, whether you're traveling or not, is getting that sunlight and exerting yourself. We'll do wonders for, for Sleepies, So that really helps. Oh my God.
Adina:what
Diane:A cat just ran away from our house and it has, is carrying a mouse in its mouth
Adina:you serious? Like a
Diane:in our front yard. Yeah. Well, good for you. Oh my gosh.
Adina:Wow. Secured the bag,
Diane:Just secured the bag. Um, there were cats everywhere until ViiV two that I wanted to pet, but
Adina:Gross. Don't pet the
Diane:I didn't, I didn't pet them. They looked kind of dingy, but
Adina:Yeah,
Diane:to boo. them.
Adina:boo. Um, wait, you were saying that. I'm not gonna cut that out. They're gonna hear about the cat and mouse. Then also it was probably, my house is really cold. And also the avocado mattresses. Those things help
Diane:Oh yes. I love sleeping in a cold room.
Adina:so icy. Wait. But Diane was saying about getting movement and that helping you fall asleep. If you take nothing else away from this episode, take this because we talk all the time about people who say that strength training is too stressful during their healing journey, and then they're struggling to fall asleep at. and I am all like, why would your body wanna wind down if you didn't use it at all today? You know, like you gotta,
Diane:of this? Like going from the office to the kitchen to the living room. Yeah. I
Adina:like, did we ever even wake up yet today? Like why would we go back to sleep like
Diane:crashed
Adina:I know. And it's just so silly because if you're a parent, you know this, like you take your kid to the beach or you get them in a swimming pool, or you bring them to a playground if you want them to fall asleep easily at night, why do we not know this about ourselves as adults? Like, you need to move your goddamn body during the day. to
Diane:also I felt, um, I mean, I resonated with your kids when like, okay, they're starting to meltdown. I think they're telling me they need to go play outside. Like, this is me at the end of the day. Why, why haven't I had a chance to play yet?
Adina:No, totally. Let's listen to those cues.
Diane:Mm-hmm. Oh, I don't think we, okay. This next person said, tell us all about the Spice Shop. I forgot to mention that during the Shook Tour, but we also stopped at a spice shop. You could also do a self-guided spice tour. I mean, your nose will know where they are when you're walking by. It's just, oh, wish I could encapsulate the smells and share it all with you. Um, and again, season your food, not just salt and pepper and garlic. There's a whole world out there. But we stopped at this little, this little spice stall, and I picked up zar, which I love on chicken so much. Um, I also picked up a bag of, to make caram mom coffee. It smells so fresh. Just everything was so fresh and delicious. I think I also got another, um, I didn't get to the place that had the onion soup blend you've talked about on the show, but there was like
Adina:Yeah. That one's in Jerusalem.
Diane:Yum.
Adina:Um, yeah. The card coffee recipe, that is a recipe. P from a D assessment, and she's like a Tel Aviv local and, A big personality at the Shuck and Tel Aviv. So we can link that in the show notes too, cuz it's yearMy.
Diane:Mm-hmm. all about it. And then someone else asks all the food recs, please. And don't you worry, we gotta Google Maps for you and we'll also be linking some other things in the show notes for the episode. But if you want to head out there, check out the Google Maps list. And I know there are a ton of other places that we didn't get to Adino sending me shots, uh, photos from her dinner the other day, a place that we didn't get to check out that looked fantastic and I mean, hit her up. Maybe she'll respond to your TM
Adina:Maybe. It depends what kind of day it is. What's going on here?
Diane:Yeah. What's on your to don't list? Um, because I know she's, she's had like eight months there, so you're adjusted, explored quite a bit, right?
Adina:We're getting to it. We're getting to it slowly but surely. I feel like I was just getting into like, I emerged from my postpartum cocoon and then my kids were sick and then we had like back to back to back visitors. So I like am just slipping back into my routine after my parents leave this week. So
Diane:yeah, they got there the day we left. Like you've been the hostess with the mostess for a few weeks now, So I thank you so, so much again for welcoming us to your new home and housing us, feeding us. I know it's no small things when you have three small things you are also raising. Um, but it was so special. Like they're don't tell anyone they're my favorite kiddos. Um,
Adina:they're so funny.
Diane:like being able to play and to share meals with you guys several nights. Thank you for getting a babysitter to, to come out and hang out with us too. Like it was just, it was just so much fun and a memory I will cherish for years to come until I come back to visit you again.
Adina:Yeah. I mean, and thanks for coming out here. I know it's like not an easy journey. And when you, when I first moved and you were like, yeah, we're gonna come. And I told Di, I told Donnie, I was like, yeah, Diane's gonna come. And he's like, I'll believe it when I say it. It's like, here they come. Um, so yeah, that was awesome and so fun. Wait, there was one other thing I wanted to say.
Diane:The far sickness is real. Like I have to, I want to go to everywhere.
Adina:how could we not give them crow updates?
Diane:did I send you, did you watch the video I sent you yesterday?
Adina:I didn't get a chance to watch it. I saw the beginning, but I was like, Ori was there and he was sleeping, so I didn't wanna put the sound on.
Diane:for sure wake him up. Well, and Neil regrets sending it to me, so I'm gonna tell all of you. I mean, I could play it for you right now, but it's, it, I won't. Um, anyway, it was a video of a man somewhere in India who has figured out how to call crows. So he calls and you like see a couple fly overhead and then you see dozens of them flying overhead. So Neil showed that to me yesterday. Big mistake. Um, I've been walking around the house practicing my call and he said, please do it outside to see if it actually works, and also to get away from me with that loud noise. But there are crows all over, all over Tel Aviv. And, um, I didn't get to, to feed the Medina's house because then they would keep coming back looking for presents.
Adina:I'm just saying like, I feel like she may not be telling the truth because like, the crows have been rah wing out my window ever since you left. So they know, they know you wanted to feed them even if you didn't. Um, speaking of crows, a crowing, it sounds like my baby is crying downstairs, unfortunately. So we're gonna have to call it here for today. But we love you. We hope you enjoyed this recap, more chatty recommendation style episode. I think we had some fun conversations in here, so hopefully it resonated. Hopefully enjoyed it. Hopefully you stay hydrated and unclench your butt hole.
Diane:UNC Unclenching right now.
Adina:Till
Diane:it loose.
Adina:we love you. Bye.