Vacation Vibes: From Road Trips to Shark Encounters

Zooming across states but still connected, the Noras dive into the bittersweet final moments of summer in this heartfelt conversation about family, adventure, and unexpected discoveries.

We kick things off with a lively debate about back-to-school shopping strategies. Should you buy all thirty-six pencils requested on the supply list? Do you shop online or brave the stores in person? The conversation reveals how even the most mundane parental tasks can spark nostalgia and joy—that unmistakable thrill of fresh folders and pristine notebooks never quite fades, does it?

The episode takes a fascinating turn when beachside adventures enter the spotlight. One Nora's child becomes the fearless collector of five dead sand sharks washed ashore! Fears and fascinations perfectly capture the unpredictable nature of parenting, where expected reactions give way to surprising moments of bravery and curiosity.

From dream-recording technology that transforms narrated dreams into lo-fi movies to the questionable comeback of toe rings as high-end fashion, we explore the strange and wonderful innovations shaping our world. We also contemplate what makes a true road trip—is it about making good time or having a good time? The distinction reveals different philosophies about travel and family experiences that might resonate with your own approach.

As summer slips away and routines beckon, we're holding onto these fleeting moments of connection—spontaneous tickets to see Seth Meyers, family dinners with everyone gathered around the table, and the simple pleasure of sharing stories across the miles. Join us for this intimate conversation about embracing both the planned journeys and unexpected detours that make our lives rich with meaning.

How do you balance making memories with making progress in your own family travels? We'd love to hear your road trip philosophies and summer adventures!

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Transcript

Summer's End and School Prep

Speaker 1 0:07

Hi, thanks for joining us today. It's Nora and Nora, and we're coming to you via Zoom.

Speaker 2 0:13

We are. So we are together, but not together.

Speaker 1 0:17

Yes, and it actually won't be via Zoom for you, it will still be wherever you find your podcast. A Zoom for you, it will still be, wherever you find your podcast.

Speaker 2 0:24

No change, for you know our throngs and throngs of fans who listen in every week, but for us, yeah, this is a weird, but it's nice that we do it. It is, it's kind of fun. I am currently on a family vacation in New York, visiting my husband's family, and so, instead of skipping a week here we are zooming our podcast together and it's nice for me to take a little tea for time out, to kind of sneak away from my family and chat with you for a bit. So I appreciate you taking the time. Thank you, oh my gosh.

Speaker 1 0:59

I'm so happy to chat with you and I am in full on get ready for school season, which, for me, is early.

Speaker 2 1:05

This is early for you. I got a text from you yesterday about school supplies.

Speaker 1 1:09

I took a page out of your book. Catherine Grace asked if we could go school shopping and I said, of course, because that was one of my very favorite things to do as a kid. And I told her I had heard from someone that Walmart had a great selection and it was very well organized, and she said, oh, oh she said I was thinking more like Target.

Speaker 2 1:36

Oh Okay.

Speaker 1 1:37

And I said I understand that, but I heard that this particular store was organized and has everything, so let's start there, okay. And she said or we could start at Target, okay, so where'd you start? We just went to Walmart. We went early and there was a cute little girl there like working, working, working and she helped us get all our stuff. Oh great it was a, a steal.

Speaker 2 2:07

So much cheaper than the school box right much less expensive. Yes, oh my, when I figured this out last year, I was like what in the world? Yeah, I also. Well, you know too that I don't get all the quantity, because I'm like my fifth grader doesn't need 36 pencils and I do. You did, you got all the quantities. I do get all the quantities 12,000 glue sticks.

Speaker 1 2:34

Yeah, I think that's the teacher in me, oh.

Speaker 2 2:38

I do. Well, we've talked about this before. I just am like 20 times nine glue sticks seems like a lot.

Speaker 1 2:45

It seems like a lot of glue sticks, but let me ask you this Did you physically go into the stores to get all your items?

Speaker 2 2:50

No, I did it online. Was that a mall? I did Target online mostly.

Speaker 1 2:55

How did you sort them all? When they came, did you have to sort all your packages?

Speaker 2 3:00

I did yeah. So then I'd be like these are for Kevin, these are for Rose. Our kids use. I mean I don't know how exciting this is for our listeners, but the school supplies give them that. It's very smart, it's like a file folder and it's expandable. A docket elastic always gets overstretched, so I buy my kids one that zips. Oh, that's a good idea. The zip one was great. That's good to know. But I do love new, fresh school supplies. I do too.

Speaker 1 3:39

I had to exercise some restraint and not buy myself. Oh, you're like what's on my school supply? I know I know which incurs a little bit. I was doing some prep for the podcast. I know I know which incurs a little bit. I was doing some prep for the podcast. Yes, and I was reading about this girl who set a new Guinness World Record Okay, for the most golf tees in her hair. What? Yeah, she put 711 golf tees in her hair, so would she do?

Speaker 2 4:01

like a big bun. I didn't see a picture of it. I mean good for her reaching her goal, but is that like worthy of a world record?

Speaker 1 4:13

I don't know. I remember when I was a kid getting the Guinness Book of World Records and loving to flip through it. Yeah, I don't remember anything that strange. I remember like long fingernails and like.

Speaker 2 4:24

Yeah, her hair and yeah, Like biggest ball of, like a foil ball or something Right. I mean, eden has about 15 tees in his pocket when he gets home from caddying. I wonder if he could do a world record.

Speaker 1 4:39

Put them in his hair Right.

Speaker 2 4:42

That seems like the bar should be higher. You know, no disrespect to her, but it's like I have the world's record of how many pens I can hold in two hands, you know yeah, I know, is that a record?

Speaker 1 4:57

we don't could be possibly who knows?

Speaker 2 5:00

anyways, I mean, I've never met or spoken to the guin people, but I don't know, I don't know.

Speaker 1 5:06

Is everything a record? Anything can be a record, I suppose I guess.

Speaker 2 5:11

So While you were at Walmart, did you see the newest Oreos that are coming out? No, have you heard about this? I hope they're better Listeners. We like to try every single Oreo that comes out. It's a collaboration with Oreo and Reese's, so they're going to be chocolate peanut butter. I'm surprised they haven't done that yet. They have done it. There have been chocolate, because my dad used to eat them all the time, but it was never Reese's peanut butter, it was just peanut butter. But now this is like a Reese's collab, so maybe it'll be.

Speaker 1 5:43

All the Reese's chemicals get thrown in there All the. Reese's Great Exactly.

Speaker 2 5:48

You know which.

Speaker 1 5:49

Oreos. I do love Selena Gomez, yes, but over Christmas time, or maybe always, they do the white chocolate covered, oh, the dip Oreos. Have you ever had those?

Speaker 2 6:03

I've had the chocolate-covered Oreos.

Speaker 1 6:05

Okay, but I've never had the white chocolate ones. Yeah.

Speaker 2 6:09

Those would be cute. You could probably decorate them if you wanted to, to be like little snowmen.

Speaker 1 6:13

They probably could. Yeah, big old sugar cups.

Quirky World Records and Oreo Talk

Speaker 2 6:15

Yeah, there you go. Why not Merry Christmas? I was looking at an article because you know I love Wirecutter from the New York Times. Yes, yes, yes. They just had an article about the best canned cocktails.

Speaker 1 6:28

I would love to hear more about this.

Speaker 2 6:30

Okay, and there's one brand kept like coming up and coming up like for all, like for margaritas, for old fashions, for all these things. It's called Tip Top. Tip Top, that's a cute name. It's such a cute name, tip top, that's a cute top. It's such a cute name that's. And it has oh my gosh, it's such a cute can. It's a cute little can. And um, it says the margarita is punchy and freshly acidic, zingy, tart and bright. This margarita was miles above the rest, so I'm a little worried that we're not gonna be able to find them in chicago. Why? Because it's a New York Times website, but I'm hoping so. While I'm here, I'm going to try to look for them. Just go to my local Binnie's. But they look so stinking cute Because then they recommended Tip Top Whiskey Sour, which I don't think I've ever had one of those.

Speaker 1 7:19

I don't think I like.

Speaker 2 7:20

Whiskey Sour. And then they also recommended Tip Top. For their Tip Top, espresso martini. I don't know if I've ever had an espresso martini and the Tip Top Old Fashioned. I do like old fashioned. The Tip Top is as the name says. How about?

Speaker 1 7:37

it. Are they a new company?

Speaker 2 7:38

I don't know.

Speaker 1 7:39

Do you like an espresso martini?

Speaker 2 7:41

I've never had one. Me neither Do you want to try one, I'll try one, I mean not right now, oh gosh, no, I know somewhere that makes a good one. Okay, that's what I was going to say. Should we get one from a bartender, or should we get a tip, or like get it from a can.

Speaker 1 7:58

No, no, no, no, no. We should get, oh, and then we can compare.

Speaker 2 8:03

Yeah, I just worry about how strong that is. Oh you can order them from the website.

Speaker 1 8:08

Well, I just wonder, like what is the caffeine and the alcohol together do to you?

Speaker 2 8:14

Yes, that is my question too, because you've got a stimulant and a depressant. Yeah, does it just cancel each other out?

Speaker 1 8:23

It's like a mocktail.

Speaker 2 8:26

We need like a health teacher to explain this to us.

Speaker 1 8:30

Or a nurse Like. A lot of people drink that as a nightcap, but I would think you should drink it to get your party started, to give you a little more giddy up.

Speaker 2 8:39

Right, like first thing in the morning. Well, I don't know, depends what kind of day you want to have.

Speaker 1 8:46

I don't know what you do in your mornings, but yeah, I mean it sets you up for success.

Speaker 2 8:53

So that would be interesting. All right, so if I can't find them in New York and we can't find them in Chicago, we can order them online.

Speaker 1 9:01

I'm supposed to be going to get uniforms today, but I might take a side trip to Binnie's. They're just cute as can be.

Speaker 2 9:08

They are cute as can be, and they have every cocktail like some I've never even heard of, like the bee sneeze, isn't that cute.

Speaker 1 9:17

Yeah, what is?

Speaker 2 9:18

that Gin, lemon and honey, which is probably really good, but then you have to take a nap.

Speaker 1 9:24

Don't you get angry when you drink gin?

Speaker 2 9:26

Well, not angry. I get competitive and aggressive.

Speaker 1 9:31

Isn't that angry? No.

Speaker 2 9:34

Well, it depends how the other person reacts, I guess.

Speaker 1 9:38

Let's have gin one night.

Speaker 2 9:42

I mean, it was just one night I had too much and got a little. That's also because Al's friends were cheating at the game we were playing and I did not care for that.

Speaker 1 9:51

Well, I love that you spoke up for yourself.

Speaker 2 9:53

I sure did Nora, While you were busy reading about cocktails.

Speaker 1 9:58

I was busy reading about a magical bedside device.

Speaker 2 10:02

Wow, I can't wait to hear about it.

Speaker 1 10:06

Which I think is a poor description of what I'm about to tell you. I think that's a little misleading, if you will, is it like a genie lamp? It's a dream recorder. So AI has created a way or a device to let you watch your dreams as lo-fi movies. What so? You narrate your dream, okay, and they turn it into a short. So you speak it and the dream recorder creates it that is so weird, so weird.

Speaker 1 10:45

My dreams are so bonkers, where the setting can change in like the blink of an eye. Yes, and then people come and go like it and like the point of view. Sometimes you see yourself, but then sometimes it's from your point of view yeah, so it would be hard for me to speak or narrate my dream because it's so wonky sometimes.

Canned Cocktails and Drink Recommendations

Speaker 2 11:06

Yeah, Cause you're like I was in the car and then I was in a campsite and then I was in my childhood bedroom.

Speaker 1 11:13

Yes, yes, um, but I think that's kind of. Last night I had the craziest dream that I was Ryan and I were getting ready I have football in the brain getting ready for football and he was helping me load coolers for the team, which I do, and then all of a sudden, we were in a hotel room sleeping, oh, and he got up and then he yelled to me get out of the bed, hide, and I was so paralyzed with fear I couldn't move. He was fighting and it looked like. It seemed like maybe there was an intruder or something, but I was so paralyzed with by fear I couldn't move and I woke up in the same position I was sleeping in my dream. I was terrified. I don't know if I would really want to see that.

Speaker 2 12:04

Yeah, a lo-fi video, because I feel like, most of the dreams I remember are anxiety, horrible nightmare dreams. Yes, I'm like. I don't want to see the dream of me in a car with somebody who decides they don't want to drive they don't want to drive right yeah, oh gosh, that's interesting. Did they show any examples? I'd love to see an example.

Speaker 1 12:27

Yeah, they showed a picture of it. It was interesting also because you don't buy it. You get a code from GitHub and then you can print it out on your 3D printer and put it together.

Speaker 2 12:40

What if one is currently without a 3D printer?

Speaker 1 12:45

What if one sold a 3D printer at a garage sale? No, I didn't sell it.

Speaker 2 12:49

I still have it.

Speaker 1 12:50

Oh, I don't know. Then I guess you can buy the kit.

Speaker 2 12:54

Oh, okay, you have to put it together yourself.

Speaker 1 12:57

Kind of funky.

Speaker 2 12:59

So you have to provide your own material because you have to use your own dreams and then you also have to put it to. It's a nice racket that these people are putting it. They're like yeah, we thought of it, but we're not gonna put it together for you, yeah, and you have to use your own, nora. There's a new trend. I'm sure you've heard of it. You know it's making a comeback. I can't toe rings oh sick.

Speaker 1 13:24

No one needs a toe on their ring.

Speaker 2 13:28

That is true. No one needs a toe on their ring, nora. It's so gross. People are spending thousands of dollars on toe rings and there was a New York Times article. This article is called it's a Great Time to Be a toe. You're gonna barf. Look at some of these shoes look at her wait. Look at her toenails gross like toenails yeah, it's not pretty, but there's flip flops for 690, you know, because that's what everybody needs. These are, like think, like gloves for your feet.

Speaker 1 14:04

I've seen those for running.

Speaker 2 14:06

And these are from Balenciaga and I'm trying to look up. Oh, and then look at these. Just look like a soap dish on your feet. I don't know how else to describe it. These, I think, are the worst. There's like a hole in your shoe. Yeah, there's like a cutout in the middle. So you're like middle toe.

Speaker 1 14:25

You're going to give somebody the middle toe.

Speaker 2 14:27

The middle toe, but they were having parties where people were spending thousands of dollars on toe rings.

Speaker 1 14:36

I think it's uncomfortable too, probably to have a toe ring on. I would think so.

Speaker 2 14:41

I lost the article. Now I can't find it.

Speaker 1 14:44

Gross Toe rings, I just no, thank you, it's not for me. Yeah, just say no to the toe, no to toe rings, but also no to labubus.

Speaker 2 14:56

Those are very popular. My niece has like six of them.

Speaker 1 15:01

Does Rose have one?

Speaker 2 15:02

She does not. Aren't they expensive Well, they're $27.99.

Speaker 1 15:08

Yeah, but I think they get marked up because of the high demand.

Speaker 2 15:15

I don't get them, it's not on her radar. And when you get them they're kind of like I think they're not cute. No, I don't think. So I don't find them to be cute. And then you just hang them on your bag or your purse. Yeah, it's kind of like a beanie baby. It's a less cute beanie baby.

Speaker 1 15:33

That you can take with you. Do you have labooboos? No, but you know what I ain't going to have next week? What A dog, oh my gosh, it's happening.

Speaker 2 15:48

Yes, oh my gosh, it's happening. Yes, oh, you're insane, have you? So my, I've been at my in-law's house in long island and my brother and sister-in-law have a six-month-old puppy. He's been here. She loves shoes oh shoot. But this is a golden retriever. She's big. You're going to have an itty-bitty dog, right?

Speaker 1 16:09

Is she trained? She's trained, but she's a puppy, yeah, so tell the listeners about your dog Well, I don't know much because I've never had a dog Okay, but we are going to pick up an eight-week-old Maltese and a poodle. Oh my gosh, she's going to be so cute. I don't even know what. I don't know, yeah. So I've been reading a little bit, but you know how I like to do research.

Speaker 2 16:40

But you know, what we do know is that friends of ours have a dog from the same place and their dog is delightful.

Speaker 1 16:46

Yes, I was reading a lot about how often you have to get up with a puppy in the middle of the night.

Speaker 2 16:51

Oh yeah.

Speaker 1 16:52

Yeah, that doesn't bother me.

Speaker 2 16:54

Okay, what is the number? Like every two hours? Oh, like a newborn.

Speaker 1 17:01

Yeah, dang, I was reading that you have to have them on a pretty strict schedule. Okay, so that they get in the routine, sure, and yeah.

Speaker 2 17:15

I really don't know much else Are your kids so excited?

Speaker 1 17:19

Oh yeah, they're out of their minds. So, and I do think they'll be helpful at the beginning, because the novelty won't have worn off and that's really when I'll need the most help In the beginning.

Speaker 2 17:28

Yeah, sure, and I know your youngest daughter is probably over the moon. Yes, I bet you she'll be super. Not that your other kids will not be helpful, but I think Catherine Grace is the most excited. I think you're right and she'll be all over it. Well, that'll be. Now. We're going to have to have, like dog report every episode just to hear how it's going. I don't know. I had a bit of a go ahead.

Speaker 1 17:55

I was going to say, or if listeners have any tips for me. Yeah, for sure.

Dream Recorders and Toe Ring Trends

Speaker 2 18:03

Different animal experience on my end. We went to the beach on Sunday and on the it's the Atlantic Ocean, it's a beautiful beach and my kids went earlier with my nephew and I walk in. I walk up to where they were sitting on the beach and Rory is holding a shark, what like a foot long, and I'm like, what are you doing? And five of these things ended up washing up on the beach, five dead sand sharks with like holes in their gills. Oh, he picked it up and this is my child who has OCD problems and struggles sometimes to open up a doorknob. And here he is picking up all these dead sharks off the beach and then he and his cousins were burying them and making little sharky like gravestones. What this?

Speaker 1 18:54

you will touch, but not the door handle what, um, what did you get the backstory on it, like why they wanted to, why they're?

Speaker 2 19:03

showing up dead on the beach. No, I Googled it, though, because I was like maybe this is a thing, and what it said on the internet is that either they got, they swam too close to shore and they got disoriented and they couldn't survive and they died, and then there were like scavenger creatures that just kind of like almost like vultures of the ocean, like crabs and stuff, just like scavenge and eat them, and I guess the gills are the softest part what did rose think when her brothers were picking up sharks?

Speaker 2 19:38

everybody thought it was the coolest thing ever. They were like psyched about it. So we'll have to post a picture. I have a video too. I was a mate like he's like so psyched to hold that thing. He like will barely hold people's hands in church, but he's like dead shark, no problem. He was like, do you want to hold it? I was like no, absolutely not. Al ran away. I mean I could look at it, but I wasn't like yeah, let me hold it. But it was bananas. Like the kids just kept coming out of the ocean with these dead sharks. That was brave, it was brave. I'm like, are you sure it's dead? And then Rory's like there's holes in its gills.

Speaker 1 20:19

I was like, okay, that's a pretty safe bet here's when I say I love that for them.

Speaker 2 20:24

Yes, so happy that you were. He was like this is the most fun I've ever had at the beach. He gave them all names and little like burials, so hopefully their little sharky souls are up in heaven. Appreciate it, Rory.

Speaker 1 20:36

Oh, I'm sure they are. I'm sure they are. Thank you, Rory.

Speaker 2 20:40

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Speaker 1 20:44

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Speaker 2 20:50

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Speaker 1 20:50

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Speaker 2 21:17

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Speaker 1 21:19

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Speaker 2 21:31

Our topic today, which is a little bit geared toward what I've just done, is a road trip. It is a road trip. Do you like road trips? I love road trips, but what I've realized in researching them I don't know if what we do is a road trip, because we are basically our trip is New York and we get here by car. A lot of the stuff I read about was like you're taking like the trip, is the road part, like stopping places along the way, going off the beaten path, like driving Route 66 would be a road trip. Or the pacific coast highway. That's really cool. I would like to do that someday. Um, so, uh, oh, yeah, that way. Do you know the town williams, arizona? Yeah, have you been there? Is it super cute? Oh, there's a quote from the movie cars that sally is talking about. She like back then people drove to have a good time. Now people drive to make good time. So we definitely drive to make good time. I don't mind driving in the car.

Speaker 1 22:39

I think that I have done a road trip yes, and I think you may have done the same one where you leave Chicago. Someone, one of our first years here, suggested this to us you leave Chicago and you go to Louisville, okay, and then you drive to Nashville and you do all things Nashville, and then you drive to Indianapolis and do all things Indianapolis, and then come home.

Speaker 2 23:13

I have not done that trip. That would be a road trip, right? Yes, 100%, yeah, okay, I would think so Yay. We've driven to Louisville, but we didn't stop and see anything, it was just like on our way to Florida. And then we stopped in Nashville, we had lunch and walked around. We've never done like a slow road trip.

Speaker 1 23:34

Wait, you did something cool in Atlanta.

Speaker 2 23:36

We did. We stopped in Atlanta, we went to the aquarium, we went to the Coca-Cola experience on our way to Florida. Yeah, I guess that counts. Yeah, that was cool. I highly recommend that aquarium to anybody Go. That's that counts. Oh, not Atlanta, not Atlanta. Car trips yes, car trips in general, and that the most common time for a car trip, I guess, is six to ten hours.

Speaker 1 24:05

Six to ten and then stop.

Speaker 2 24:07

Yeah, or total. I think total, but we drove about ten hours on the first day and then about six the second day. But Al and I split it up. Oh, you did.

Speaker 1 24:21

Yes. Do you prefer to be the driver or the passenger?

Speaker 2 24:24

I like taking a turn at both.

Speaker 1 24:27

You do.

Speaker 2 24:27

Yes, I don't mind doing both, but Al and I split it up. Am I working out? Not your day, I am.

Speaker 1 24:34

I don't know.

Speaker 2 24:35

We he drives first and then I do Pennsylvania to the hotel on the first night and then I drive first on the second day because he's better at driving through New York and Long Island.

Speaker 1 24:48

Do you need directions? Still, I feel like you've done it so many times.

Speaker 2 24:51

We put the GPS up just in case there's traffic and it can find a faster way. But if somebody was like, drive to New York without GPS, I could do it. Wow. I mean we've been doing it for like 10 years, that's cool, though do that, so we kind of know. But the best thing happened to me, nora, on Friday. So we were driving, driving to New York. We were in Ohio and I got an email that I got tickets for the Seth Meyers show.

Speaker 1 25:24

You love Seth Meyers. Oh my God. So, like three weeks ago, when did you ask for the tickets?

Beach Sharks and Surprise Encounters

Speaker 2 25:30

Like three weeks ago, Like Seth Meyers, Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert, like all those late night shows, you need a ticket. They're free, but you have to get in some kind of lottery or wait list. So three weeks ago I was like I wonder what we're going to do. I don't know if I'm going to see a Broadway show, they're kind of expensive. And so I just joined the lottery for Seth Meyers and I got tickets for Wednesday.

Speaker 1 25:55

Who are you going with?

Speaker 2 25:56

So then I texted my friend Michelle, who lives here, and I was like any chance you can see Seth Meyers. She was like yes, I'm in. And she's like do you want to try to see a Broadway show at night? So I'm going to see Seth Meyers at two o'clock and then she and I are going to go see oh Mary, this play that just won the Tony Award for best play at 8 o'clock that night.

Speaker 1 26:20

This is a dream day for you. The only thing that would make it better would be if you stopped at the scene shop or whatever it is. What's it called the Broadway Museum? No where do you get the scripts?

Speaker 2 26:36

Oh, I should have. I have the Broadway bookstore.

Speaker 1 26:38

Yeah, the Broadway bookshop.

Speaker 2 26:40

I mean, maybe there will be time, I don't know, but it's like I could not have planned a better day for myself. Oh my God. And it all happened last minute. And this is tomorrow. This is, yeah, well, yeah, wednesday the 6th.

Speaker 1 26:55

If you're listening to this when it airs, I am so excited because this play is supposed to be hilarious.

Speaker 2 27:02

I'm also a huge Abraham Lincoln fan. Oh, I knew that about you. Yes. So on so many levels. And Pete Davidson's going to be the guest on Seth Meyers, who I think is hysterical, and I know they'll talk about SNL because I think they overlapped on SNL together. If not, there'll be tons of Saturday Night Live talk. He'll be a good guest. I love Seth Meyers.

Speaker 1 27:29

I'm so excited, so happy for you and I'm glad you have a friend to go with.

Speaker 2 27:33

And yeah, and Michelle is an awesome wingman and she's super excited and we got really good seats. She just she was like oh, there's this whole like ticket, like last minute ticket program, like we're in row G, like we got great tickets and they didn't cost a fortune. Oh, my God, I'm so excited. It's one of those things where I'm like trying to be cool about it, but I'm like, oh my.

Speaker 1 27:55

God. No, you don't have to have any chill about it.

Speaker 2 27:57

Oh, zero chill. That's awesome. I'm going to be like fangirl and it's in like Seth Meyers films and Rockefeller Center, which is like I always like to go there and just see it and I can't take pictures while he's filming, but I'll have pictures to share of dead sharks and Seth Meyers Great. How about that for a vacation? Oh, I love it. But for road trips, how do you feel about like snacks and eating and stuff?

Speaker 1 28:24

Oh, we're back to road trips, back to road trips.

Speaker 2 28:26

Sorry, I digressed.

Speaker 1 28:27

No, no, no, I like healthy snacks.

Speaker 2 28:32

Okay, In the car too.

Speaker 1 28:34

Yeah, because I don't like to get out of the car and feel like bleh.

Speaker 2 28:37

Yeah.

Speaker 1 28:38

But I do love treats so I feel good about it. Yeah, I don't like to drive in the car, I like to be the passenger.

Speaker 2 28:47

Oh, you never drive.

Speaker 1 28:49

Well, I drove once. So in high school my parents sent a car out and then we road tripped back to Chicago from Arizona. That was a true road trip. That is a long one. I think it took us like two weeks to get back. Oh God, no, no, it really. It took us forever. And, mom, if you're listening, you can maybe confirm this at a later date. We stopped in Durango, Colorado. We stopped. We stayed at the Broadmoor for a while because I think my mom really liked that resort. Oh, it took a long time. Yeah, we went to the Four Corners. It was raining. Oh, that's cool. We stopped in Flagstaff. Yeah, it was a very long trip, but I did the driving because I was newly licensed.

Speaker 2 29:36

Oh, when you were excited about it driving because I was newly licensed.

Speaker 1 29:39

Oh, when you were excited about it, yes, and I had the new Notorious BIG double disc CD. How does your mom like that? I think I listened to it in my disc with him, oh, okay, yeah, I don't think I drove the entire time. I think it was either my dad or myself.

Road Trip Adventures and NYC Plans

Speaker 2 29:53

But yeah, yeah, no-transcript. When we lived in New York, we would drive from New York to Chicago to visit. In the summer we drove from Texas to Chicago. Uh, they're good in the car, they're good in the car and they don't mind it. It's what. I feel that a little bit bad, though, like I feel like my older kids, they're good in the car, they're good in the car and they don't mind it. What? I feel that a little bit bad, though, like I feel like my older kids, they always sit in the third row and I feel like it's getting a little tight.

Speaker 1 30:47

Oh well, it's like their little hideout, alas and alack.

Speaker 2 30:50

What can you do? I would like to go, I think, from what's it called Mount Rushmore and drive down to Grand Canyon. Oh, is that a thing? I don't know. I think my brother-in-law said that's what he wanted to do for his 50th birthday and I was kind of pumped about it, but it never happened. But he wanted to do it in RVs and I was like oh, that's fun.

Speaker 1 31:12

I would love an RV and then park it in a hotel.

Speaker 2 31:15

Well, that's what I was like. I don't want to camp out in it with my family, because I heard people who have RVs. They're like no one's allowed to use the bathroom. That's because they don't want to clean it out.

Speaker 1 31:25

But that's my road trip.

Speaker 2 31:27

But I like to eat Reese's Pieces in the car.

Speaker 1 31:31

Not gummy bears.

Speaker 2 31:33

No, because then I feel like I need to brush my teeth. I mean, I do brush my teeth after Reese's Pieces, but just a little sweet treat, a little sweet treat.

Speaker 1 31:43

I love pretzels and a Diet Coke.

Speaker 2 31:45

Yes, so we stop and we eat and we get out of the car. When I was growing up, my parents would get food and we ate it in the car. So you never got out to like stretch and grow up so we would just motor through. But for me I feel like it's important, for I just think it's healthy to like get up. Get out stretch around Stretch Unless we're really in a time crunch.

Speaker 2 32:07

But and then it gives you something to look forward to driving to lunch, driving to dinner, yeah, you're kind of like, your day is just kind of like sit and eat, but whatever it is what it is, but I like a road trip. It doesn't scare me, I'm all in. No, I do too. Yeah, same. But it is funny. When I tell people we're driving to New York, their face is like whoa, but it's also easier. You know, with a family of six you need a car. Shall we high and low? Let's launch into highs and lows. Let high and low.

Speaker 1 32:42

Let's launch into highs and lows. Let's do it. My high is my future, my Seth Meyers.

Speaker 2 32:46

Future Nora is so excited. Present Nora is very excited too, but that's oh wait, we're supposed to start with lows. I am so excited about this. I really have no low. You're on a high. I have no low really.

Speaker 1 33:00

Okay, my low is summer coming to an end, because you know I never want summer to end, and my high has been having my kids around all summer. We haven't all really been together too too much. We had a couple family dinners back to back the last two days and it's been really nice to have everybody home and around the table. That is nice. Yeah, everything starts next week, so I mean clinging to us.

Speaker 2 33:27

We get back on Saturday and then it's off to the races. Really, yeah.

Speaker 1 33:32

Okay, well, thanks for joining us again this week, happy trails. Joining us again this week. Happy trails, happy trails, and don't forget to tune in next.

Speaker 2 33:40

Bye, bye.