Tasting The ENTIRE Menu at the Cheesecake Factory!!!

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Sip with Ryland Adams and Lizze Gordon

Episode: Tasting The ENTIRE Menu at the Cheesecake Factory!!!
Date: April 15, 2026

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Episode Overview

This playful, banter-filled episode takes listeners behind-the-scenes with hosts Ryland Adams and Lizze Gordon as they return to the Cheesecake Factory to sample and review nearly the entire new menu—including appetizers, entrees, and more. Beyond their food adventure, the pair digress into candid discussions on parenting, relationships, pop culture (from Coachella sets to YouTube Premium price hikes), and hilariously relatable everyday struggles. It’s an unfiltered blend of honest food opinions and hot takes on everything from household keys to plans for a third baby.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Personal Catch Ups & Story Time

• Ryland’s Driving Trauma ([00:03]–[08:45]):

  • Ryland recounts how he crashed his husband Shane’s Tesla—destroying both side mirrors in a frazzled rush to acting class.
  • Shane’s signature calmness contrasted Ryland’s stress:
    Quote:
    “He was so calm and cool about it—‘We’ll get it fixed, don’t worry about it. It’s fine.’” (07:52, Ryland)
  • Lucky twist: Tesla repair was covered for free due to a recall/upgrade.
  • Discussion about keys, technology, and Lizzie’s admission of never needing to use keys, reflecting on how technology changes day-to-day life.

• House Hunting & Life Changes ([09:26]–[13:07]):

  • Ryland reveals he and Shane might move for better family logistics, with humorous debate about beach living vs. coastal “gloom,” fire vs. landslide insurance, and child safety.
  • Both admit the practical and sentimental aspects of relocating, highlighting Ryland’s longing for a “wholesome life.”

• Parenting Chaos ([17:03]–[20:18]):

  • Ryland and Lizzie compare notes on their children’s car fights, park demands, and bedtime chaos.
  • They joke about using Instagram Reels for parenting advice, poking fun at “modern” parenting wisdom.

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2. Friendship Dynamics & Monster Jam Drama

• Monster Jam FOMO ([14:01]–[17:03]):
  • Ryland and Lizzie humorously dissect an incident where Lizzie vacillates all day about attending Monster Jam with Ryland, leading to playful bickering and accusations of being a “pick-me.”
  • Quote:
    “I was just like, I didn’t even actually invite you.” (15:24, Ryland)
    “And there it is. The first time he admitted I’m not invited.” (15:25, Lizzie)
• The Event Experience
  • The saga of wrangling toddlers through LA traffic to SoFi Stadium for Monster Jam, noise sensitivity, toddler headphones, and the art of negotiating with small children.

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3. Pop Culture Recaps: Coachella, Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber ([24:00]–[31:47])

• Observations about festival performances:
  • Sabrina Carpenter: Praised for her pop-star rise, production value, and storytelling.
    Quote:
    “It’s so fun to watch somebody completely in their element, so prepared for this moment… She really delivers.” (24:57, Ryland & Lizzie)
  • Justin Bieber: Understated set divides fans; Ryland & Lizzie defend his choices as reflective of his career stage. Quote:
    “There’s power in knowing your ability and being confident in your skill set.” (29:02, Ryland)
  • Debate on double standards in fan reactions, the artistry of performance, and celebrity dynamics.

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4. Modern Parenting and Everyday Struggles

• Costco Barefoot Saga ([35:36]–[39:41]):

  • Lizzie hilariously admits she did a full Costco trip barefoot due to a missing shoe situation during her son’s nap—reveals degree of mom exhaustion and the wild realities of multitasking parenthood.
  • General banter on shoe/house rules, dirty feet, and the “shoeless house” dilemma.

• Family Life & More Kids? ([40:51]–[43:13]):

  • Lizzie debates having a third child, expressing love expansion but time contraction, and shares a nurse’s warning about being “truly overwhelmed” with three kids.

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5. TV Recaps and Disappointments

• Euphoria Season 3 & Other Shows ([47:09]–[53:11]):
  • Both hosts agree the time gap and apparent lack of cast enthusiasm have sapped Euphoria’s spark.
    Quote:
    “It’s too big of a gap. These people don’t want to be there anymore… They feel forced to be there.” (48:56, Ryland)
  • Riff on the importance of character-driven stories vs. plot contrivances.
  • Lizzie gripes about “Friends and Neighbors” losing its emotional core, and the “morning show” failing her expectations.

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6. Cheesecake Factory Mega Tasting – The Main Event

Overview ([64:00]–[93:22])

• The group (Ryland, Lizzie, and “the Chrises”) set out to sample as many new Cheesecake Factory menu items as possible.
• Humor and chaos abound: arguments over the actual number of new menu items, playful bickering about taste preferences, and acting like “corporate” during their recording adventure.

Specific Dish Highlights and Reviews:

• Bread & Ranch: A passionate debate over pairing bread with ranch, with Ryland insisting it’s a Cheesecake Factory MUST.
  “This bread is trash without ranch... you need the ranch. It’s so dry.” (69:00, Ryland)
• Baked Brie with Truffle Honey Butter: Mixed feelings; bread and brie combo is a hit, but orange marmalade divides the table—berry jam suggested as a better pairing.
• Pork Belly Sliders & Meatball Sliders:
  • Pork belly: strong flavors, some find it overpowering.
    “It’s bordering overpowering.” (75:59, Ryland)
    Lizzie: “I would marry the pork belly and have its children.” (90:47)
  • Meatball sliders: universally praised.
    “The meatball is really nice. It’s a lot of bread…but it’s very good, cozy, nice.” (80:08, Lizzie)
• Pickle Fries: Lauded for the right ratio of breading to pickle; everyone keeps reaching for more.
• Asian Chicken Nachos: Big winner—sweet, spicy, addictive wonton chips, quickly devoured.
  “This is like the standout to me so far today.” (79:07, Ryland)
• Tex Mex Bowl & Veggie Burger:
  • Bowl is a sleeper hit, though hard to scoop.
  • Veggie burger praised for actual vegetable-based flavor, not imitation meat.
• Asian Tenderloin: Tastes good but a bit dry.
• Mashed Potatoes, Noodles, and Sides:
  • Noodles are “addictive,” a “sleeper hit.”
• Overall Verdict:
  • Ryland: “A good eight and a half out of ten.” (92:31)
  • Lizzie: “I’d see you at eight and a half and raise you a point…8.7!” (92:34)
  • “The Chrises”: “A meets expectations—like a 7.75.” (92:47–92:51)
  • Noted: Excellent value; $155 total for a huge meal (93:13–94:17).

Memorable Quotes & Moments

• “Cheesecake Factory is the epitome of dependability—she’s reliable, she’s dependable!” (93:13, Ryland)
• “We’re just a couple of corporate girls on a Monday.” (71:49, Ryland)
• Lizzie’s dad on pickles: “Fried pickle sounds painful, but it’s delicious!” (77:01)

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Notable Side Conversations

• Random Deep Dives:
  • YouTube Premium price increases and the existential calculation of streaming costs.
  • Parenting advice sourced from Instagram Reels.
  • Frida McFadden’s secret identity as a neurosurgeon and prolific author ([61:13]–[61:47]).
• Cost of Eating Out:
  • Hosts marvel at the affordability and value of Cheesecake Factory compared to some fast-casual chicken spots ([93:13]–[94:17]).
• Halloween Planning in April:
  • Lizzie tries to rope Ryland into being a toucan for Halloween, triggering his “biggest ick” ([59:38]–[59:48]).
• Spiritual Meaning of Toucans:
  • Chris googles that toucans mean “joyful communication” and “acting as a messenger between realms,” which Ryland hilariously takes as a sign ([59:19]–[59:38]).

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Ryland’s Car Crash Story: [00:03]–[08:45]
• House Move Discussion: [09:26]–[13:07]
• Monster Jam Debate/Friendship Drama: [14:01]–[17:03]
• Pop Culture Recap (Coachella, Sabrina, Bieber): [24:00]–[31:47]
• Barefoot Costco Parenting: [35:36]–[39:41]
• Euphoria S3 & Hot TV Takes: [47:09]–[53:11]
• Cheesecake Factory Menu Tasting Begins: [64:00]
  • Bread, Ranch & Brie Bites: [69:00]–[75:11]
  • Pickle Fries & Sliders: [75:12]–[80:58]
  • Asian Nachos, Tex Mex Bowl: [79:07]–[90:22]
  • Entrées & Final Ratings: [84:48]–[93:22]
• Price Discussion/Wrap-Up: [93:13]–[94:17]

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Tone & Style

• Vulnerable, relatable, and irreverent: The hosts mix real-life stress (parenting, car trouble, emotional exhaustion) with laugh-out-loud banter and zero-filter pop-culture critique.
• High-energy playfulness: Sarcasm, playful insults, inside jokes, and exaggerated self-deprecation—especially around food, friendship, and “adulting.”

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Summary for Listeners

If you’ve never tuned in, this episode captures the essence of The Sip: part food-adventure, part therapist’s couch, part pop-culture tea, and a whole lot of friendly roast battles.
Stay for the food opinions, but expect to laugh and nod along as they juggle relationships, parenting, and life’s bizarre little twists.

Memorable Moment:
When the hosts wrap their tasting with,
“Cheesecake Factory is the epitome of dependability—she’s reliable, she’s dependable!” ([93:13], Ryland),
it’s clear this isn’t just about dinner—it’s about finding joy in the chaos, gloriously messy friendship, and the comfort food that gets us through.

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End of Summary

Transcript

[A]

This is the closest to annoyed I've ever been at. Liz, we're back at the Cheesecake Factory. Come on in, girls. Enjoy. I crashed the shit out of my husband's car.

[B]

Oh, that's right.

[A]

This is like, so much trauma.

[B]

You've never been so honest on this podcast.

[A]

I wasn't gonna talk about that yet.

[C]

I wanted.

[A]

Chris, she keeps threatening pregnancy on me, but, like, she's already pregnant, so I just keep saying congratulations in case it's real. Chris, come this way.

[B]

Come this way. Just noticing how much stuff you keep in your pockets, Chris.

[A]

So much. Can't you get a man purse?

[B]

Should we get this man a crossbody bag?

[A]

Get this man a purse. I just. I don't know. I would never carry a thing around. What about one of those things?

[B]

Do you keep that thing on you? My dad keeps pumpkin bread on.

[A]

Can you give us a pocket tour? Like, what do you have in pockets?

[B]

Like, what do you have in there?

[A]

You need to empty your pockets for us right now.

[B]

Or are your boners just crazy, weird shapes?

[A]

So I have headphones. Okay. Very nice. Listerine mouth. It's all blurry.

[B]

Super blurry.

[A]

I have allergy eye drops.

[B]

Cute, cute, cute.

[A]

Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh. I have aquaphor chapstick. Very nice lubricant. I have a knife.

[B]

Oh, okay.

[A]

In case we need to cut sandwiches in the car.

[B]

Spooky, spooky.

[A]

I have a lighter.

[B]

Oh, yeah.

[A]

Can't somebody give us like an eating tray?

[B]

My mother in law did. Well, you've got more pockets, bro. That was just one pocket.

[A]

Well, this is just my phone and the other pocket. What's in the back? Pockets in the back. Oh, my. Oh, my keys. My keys. Okay. Why are you.

[B]

Why are you. I've never seen a lumpier person. I'm not gonna take him to the vet in a second. Get some fine needle aspirates. But it turns out it's all just Aquaphor. Thank God.

[A]

Wow. God. It's a lot of keys, too.

[B]

Where are all the keys for?

[A]

How many people feel comfortable enough with you that they're giving you keys to that?

[B]

Do you guys know that I have zero keys?

[A]

It is a lot of keys, huh? Yeah.

[B]

What are you doing with all those keys, you fucking cat burglar?

[A]

It's my apartment. Is my mom's apartment. Is my dad's apartment. My dad's shed. It's my dad's. A lot of my dad's things.

[B]

Whoa.

[A]

Lizzie doesn't even own a key.

[B]

I don't even have one.

[A]

She doesn't even have a key.

[B]

Not even one.

[A]

She couldn't even find a key.

[B]

If she tried, I wouldn't know how to use it.

[A]

What?

[B]

What? I doubt everybody knows how to use keys. Who taught you?

[A]

That is a real sign of the times because none of us are going to have keys. We're not going to ever have to think.

[B]

I don't. I have stopped think. Oh, wow, that's so funny. I was actually, like, almost thinking about that earlier, but I wasn't really. I was just like, oh, since I become a mom, I was like, wow. Like, we were filming the aftership and I was just like, wow. Since having children, I just don't want to think anymore. I don't want to think.

[A]

And lucky for you, we're in a day and time where you don't have to, period. I mean, but you also don't know how to work the technology that would think for you.

[B]

Thought less. You see what I'm saying?

[A]

Just not at all. None at all, do you think?

[B]

No.

[A]

So what's going on? Do you want me to tell you what's going on with me? Yeah. I crashed the shit out of my husband's car.

[B]

Oh, that's right.

[A]

Like, so much trauma. Oh, my gosh. I would do that. I, like, have prided myself on being a great driver for a very long time.

[B]

And I will say something about Ryland Adams is if there is a will, there's a way with him. No matter how big the vehicle or how tight the spot, he will spit on it and fudgeing, force his way in.

[A]

I will ask Chris to empty his pockets, grab the lubricant, and get my way into the spot.

[B]

Listening to Ryland park sounds like this,

[A]

And 99 times out of 100, it's successful. It's shockingly. It's really impressive. What none of us are breathing.

[B]

We're all bracing and it's like, fine. He's like. And all. And we have enough room to get out of the car.

[A]

Well, a huge vehicle. You know, it's confidence. But the other day, I was overwhelmed. I was me. Out of all the people in the world.

[B]

Had you. Not me. Had you not meditated.

[A]

I don't think I had. And the check was. Is like, well, you know, I'm an actress.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So now I'm in actress classes.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And I really don't have the time for actress classes.

[B]

No.

[A]

Like, I really don't. Like, my days are stacked and I'm running from thing to thing to thing. And so I Had just finished, like, posting the podcast. I had the dogs being groomed. The van was right behind my garage. But I was like, oh, I'm confident that I'm going to be able to execute this.

[B]

For those of you who are confused, the groomer comes to Ryland's house in a van.

[A]

Oh, we're not all doing.

[B]

No, that's a. That's a unique rich people thing. I also think people should know that when you get your car washed, someone comes to your house and washes it.

[A]

He left with my assistant. My good car washer left with my assistant.

[B]

Oh, I'm so sorry.

[A]

I haven't been able to find him. She found him. So I need to reach out to her. I mean, we. We ended on good terms, so I think she would give me. But I'm. It's. I feel a little awkward being like, hey, can you give me that car washer's number?

[B]

This is so gnarly. So the groomer is at his house in their groomer van, and I'm already

[A]

running late to acting class. But my husband was also trying to leave the house, but he's afraid to pull the huge, massive truck out of the tiny garage spot.

[B]

Right.

[A]

Because it's not like one garage opening. It's like two garage openings for each spot. So it makes it tighter spaces for pulling in and out. And so, like, the truck barely fits and Shane will not pull it in or out. And I was like, well, this man's not going to be. He's going to be, like, locked at home.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

If I don't pull this out first for him. So I'm trying to pull out his car. Before I pull out my car, I'm trying to miss the grooming van behind me. So instead of like, backing out my normal way, like, I have it down to a science, I tried to go the other way to miss the van. I was looking at the van instead of the mirror.

[B]

Yeah,

[A]

the entire left mirror just gone. Gone. Gone first into dangling dust, bursting into pieces. And like with the Tesla's, you, like, swipe to go forward. I swiped to go forward, but it didn't fully go into forward because I

[B]

was in such a panic. Yeah.

[A]

And I thought it was in forward, so I gas it again. And even more so.

[B]

The same side.

[A]

Yes. Because I thought I was going forward, but I was actually still in reverse. And so then I get it into going forward, but I had then overcorrected my will. So I take out the other mirror on the other side. No way.

[B]

Good thing mirrors are Obsolete now because those cars have cameras.

[A]

Like, I put my husband's car through so much, and he tolerates it all. I curb check it, I eat in it, I spill everything in it.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And he's always just like, what's one

[B]

more number three in the cybertruck?

[A]

And so I, like, finally get it out and I run inside, and I'm just like, shit, Shit, shit, shit, shit.

[B]

Then Max and Jed are behind you in a parade going,

[A]

luckily, they weren't home. I'm glad they didn't see me in this state. And Shane goes, what's wrong? What's wrong? Like, he thought something horrible happened. And I was like, something horrible did happen. I just crashed the shit out of your car. And he's like, it's gonna be fine. He knew I was so stressed, and I was, like, trying to get out. He's like, it's gonna be fine. Don't worry about it. It's gonna be fine.

[B]

One thing about. One thing about Shane that I've noticed is he really like, you come. You're a storm.

[A]

Oh.

[B]

And he comes in and he just goes. And it's like, fine.

[A]

Yeah, yeah. And he was so calm and cool about it, and he was like, we'll get it fixed. Don't worry about it. It's fine. And I go, okay. But I felt so bad. Like, of course it happens to his car and not my car.

[B]

All piling on. You did nothing for the anniversary.

[A]

Exactly.

[B]

And nothing for Valentine's Day.

[A]

I'm driving and I'm calling him, like, hey, just, like, temperature check. How are we? And he's like, I already scheduled it, like, through the app to get fixed. And he goes, there is good news. And I said, good news. And he goes, well, yeah. There's already, like, not a recall, but an upgrade on those, so they're gonna fix it for free. I hit the one part of the car that. That is your replaceable.

[B]

That is your luck more than anyone else's. That is your.

[A]

So they were like, you know what? We'll just come to you and fix it.

[B]

Beautiful. For free. Off for free. I was driving our Tesla and something fell off because the rain was too hard. They made me pay for it.

[A]

The rain was too hard?

[B]

Yeah. Joe was like, so we can't drive the car in the rain? And they were like, seems like it. And we were like, huh? The. Oh, but good for you.

[A]

Thank you. I just couldn't believe it.

[B]

For you.

[A]

It's like, who hasn't hit my garage at this point in time?

[B]

I'VE hit your garage.

[A]

I know.

[B]

I didn't realize it at the time,

[A]

and I know, but Shane's also hit the garage, which. But there was no damage. When Shane hit the garage, he, like, did a nice little tap, and that's when he was like, I will no longer back the car out of the garage or pull it in. And now I, too, have hit the garage.

[B]

And that's why you guys are moving.

[A]

I guess so. I wasn't gonna talk about that yet.

[B]

Oh, I'm so sorry.

[A]

It's fine.

[B]

Because that's how serious it's, like, wasn't

[A]

clocking to you yesterday, though.

[B]

Like, I know.

[A]

It's how many times I could, like, reiterate. Wait, I'm like, oh, are we literally.

[B]

We're not gonna talk about it?

[A]

I mean, we're talking about it.

[B]

Okay. Because I'm sick right now. Are you moving?

[A]

Who knows what will happen? I mean, you know. You know, I was. Look, well, first I found that property that, yeah, we all loved.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Not the right location for me and my family. It just is.

[B]

No, it's not. Gorgeous house.

[A]

Gorgeous house.

[B]

Sickening.

[A]

Stunning.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

But just wasn't right for our family. And then, like, after we went to Orange County, I was like, I really am like a beach girl. Like, I really do like this lifestyle. But that really would implode our work life.

[B]

Do you know how gray it is at the beach in the mornings all the time? Like, more often than not, living in June gloom.

[A]

I know. That would be horrible.

[B]

You won't even go to Hawaii because you think it's too cloudy. Are you stupid?

[A]

Okay, I've been supportive about your third child. Can you be supportive of me?

[B]

No. Both of these are bad ideas. Okay, continue.

[A]

So then I was, like, aggressively looking in Orange county, but I was like, this really. Like, we have this office lease. This office is incredible. We. I. I'd have to drive here multiple times a week to work. Just a. No. And then we were just browsing at what's, like 10 minutes down the road from our house that is coastal and. Oh, we bought a house. No, we haven't. But we. We have been back twice, and we're considering going back a third time if you want to come back.

[B]

Feel comfortable there.

[A]

I think you'd feel comfortable there.

[B]

Really?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

You should really go during June gloom.

[A]

I know. Okay, well, this house would need some renovations.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

So, luckily, the renovations would be happening during June gloom. Just relax.

[B]

Do you know that?

[A]

Just relax.

[B]

Do you know that, though?

[A]

Can you just relax?

[B]

Okay.

[A]

Nothing set in stone.

[B]

I know, but I'm worried you're gonna buy during a sunny day and you're gonna live there and you're gonna be like, it sucks here. It's damp and it's cold.

[A]

Well, it's 10 minutes from our current house, which.

[B]

Yeah, cool, 12. Cool, 12. Whatever.

[A]

So my life would remain the same.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

I would just, like, have more fog. Sure.

[B]

And a different kind of insurance issue. Well, from fires to landslides.

[A]

And technically enough. In a better fire zone than my house.

[B]

I'm saying you would be changing from fire to landslides and tsunamis.

[A]

Well, just chill out, okay?

[B]

No, it's cool.

[A]

Just chill out.

[B]

No, no, it's cool.

[A]

Nothing set in stone.

[B]

Okay. It's fine. Obviously, I hate.

[A]

I'm just having fun. I can't have you go, well, this isn't on the sand. I don't feel comfortable having children.

[B]

Like, on the sand.

[A]

On the sand because of sharks? No, because of water safety.

[B]

Because of water safety. And sharks.

[A]

And sharks. I suppose. But more so, like, if the beach was, like, right in front. Was your backyard, I just. I would be. I wouldn't be able to sleep at night.

[B]

Malibu is cool as fuck.

[A]

Well, so the thing I like about this location is it's still so close to our house, but it's five minutes from, like, the cutest part of Malibu, which is, like, even better than the Calabasas Commons. It has so many cute stores and restaurants and, like, fun, different offerings. And then, like, two minutes from the house is this beautiful bluff side park where, like, we went there after with the boys, and it's like, there's soccer programs going on and baseball programs going on. A beautiful park. You can walk down to the ocean from it. Like, it's just a wholesome life. The gloom is obviously a bummer. A bummer.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

I don't think that location specifically is in danger of flooding. And then the fires are as prominent as the fires are where we live.

[B]

Right.

[A]

But I don't know. We'll see, we'll see, we'll see.

[B]

You know, I grew up in a beach town.

[A]

Okay. Maybe that's why. Do you hate it then?

[B]

No, I'm just so pale. Like, I can't. I can't.

[A]

You can't be.

[B]

You can't catch me at the beach.

[A]

Okay. Well, do you want to talk about you, or do you want to ask me? Well, I don't have anything to say about that.

[B]

About what?

[A]

Well, I don't know. You said. So how was your acting class? But was that left over? From last week. I don't think you had gone to

[B]

your class yet last week.

[A]

I've been to a few now.

[B]

Oh, you've been to a few now?

[A]

I literally came to you after last week's class.

[B]

I know. For some reason I thought that was like your first time.

[A]

No.

[B]

Wow.

[A]

No.

[B]

Crazy.

[A]

Don't worry about it. Okay, so you. Oh, okay. We've got a lot to cover.

[B]

What?

[A]

Well, Monster Jam, right?

[B]

One of us went to Monster.

[A]

This divided us greatly. Yeah. I will say this is the closest to annoyed I've ever been at list because all day you witnessed this happening live last week where you just chill out. Let me say my side and then you can say your side.

[B]

Ready to fight.

[A]

There's room for all of us. Okay, I'm ready to fight too. Don't worry about you. Don't worry about it.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

So you watched us discover this.

[B]

Oh, no, go on.

[A]

What? Billy's back at school.

[B]

I'm listening. I'm literally not even looking at anything. I'm just being a batch.

[A]

But I need you to listen because you're part of this.

[B]

Frick you.

[A]

So I. Last week on the podcast was like, oh, like I heard Monster Jams coming to town. And then Lizzie was like getting all excited about it. We discovered we could get tickets. Gets on seatgeek. We were like, oh, let's execute. And she said, well, just hold on.

[B]

No, tell the people what you said.

[A]

Well, I'm getting. That's where I'm getting. Okay, okay. So we have that conversation on the podcast. I'm like, we're going to figure this out after it starts after the podcast. So we're not like doing this for 15 minutes on air. And then I would say for the next four hours, Lizzie's vacillating on the idea of whether or not she could go to Monster Jam.

[B]

An hour long drive to SoFi Stadium with a three month old and a.

[A]

We're teaching the three month old. He's staying with someone else.

[B]

No, he's. We don't ever ditch him. He's part of the family.

[A]

Okay. And so all day she's like, oh, I could go. No, I can't go. I could go. I can't go. And four hours into this, I was just like, I didn't even actually invite you.

[B]

And there it is. And there it is. The first time he admitted I'm not invited. And let me be honest with you guys. Maybe I sensed that all day. Maybe I sensed a non invite all day. And that's why I was Vacillating.

[A]

I just take the back and forth anymore. I was like, come or don't come. But to be honest, I wasn't even, like, begging.

[B]

But to be honest, I don't even want you to sounding.

[A]

So pick me to be like, should I come? It's like, cover. Don't come.

[B]

And then he called me a pick me on our show in front of everyone.

[A]

I would love for Elizabeth to come, but I can't with the back.

[B]

Even invite me.

[A]

It was the most.

[B]

You would love it if I could come, but he can't even invite me.

[A]

It was the most me thing you had ever done, not being able to make a decision.

[B]

Welcome to my world.

[A]

And she took it so personally. I was like, yeah. In the heat of the moment, I go, you know, I didn't even invite you, so come or don't come. Yeah. Like you.

[B]

You weren't a part of the planning for this Crazy.

[A]

And all week, she's been bringing it up. Now she's insecure about our friendship.

[B]

I'm not comfortable. I am uncomfortable in this relationship. I don't know where I stand or sit, quite frankly.

[A]

When I then went to execute on tickets, I was like, this is where we're getting tickets. I would love for you to join us.

[B]

Liar.

[A]

It would be so much more. It would have been even more fun had you joined us. You want to know what wasn't fun?

[B]

The show.

[A]

The. No, the show was great.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

The hour and 45 minutes it took to get there.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

On a weekend when I thought everyone was at Coachella.

[B]

Yeah. What's everyone doing in the city?

[A]

It takes us less time to get there on weekdays when we've gone to MGK and Katy Perry.

[B]

At rush hour.

[A]

At rush hour. So I was like, what the. Are all of these people doing an hour and 45 minutes with toddlers in the back seat?

[B]

What were they doing?

[A]

They were fine.

[B]

Oh, great. Well, then what was the problem? Just being in the car that long.

[A]

I was more upset than anyone.

[B]

Oh, you were the.

[A]

I was like, I could kill myself right now.

[C]

This is.

[A]

I'm done. I'm done with. My kids were, like, having a blast in the. The backseat of the car.

[B]

What were they doing?

[A]

Just having a great time.

[B]

They, like, chat with each other now, which I think is so funny.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

When they're not fighting with each other, they're chatting with each other.

[B]

Did we talk about their fighting on air?

[A]

I don't know if we have yet. Whenever we get in the car, they both have different ideas of what it is they want to do. So they start fighting about what it is they want to do. One will say, park. And they'll say, no, park. And then we'll say, mimas. And I say, not today. And. And then they'll like, library. No library. Library.

[B]

No library.

[A]

And then they just. And then I'll say, you know what? It doesn't even matter what you want to do, because I'm gonna take you to do whatever I want to do.

[B]

And then all three of them are fighting.

[A]

And then I'll say, daddy's gonna choose. Dad's choosing. They get the opportunity to tell me what they want to do when they wake up in the morning. What is it that you would like to do today?

[B]

And then you say, we're all going to yoga.

[A]

I hope they want to go to yoga with me one day.

[B]

I'm sure they will.

[A]

Hopefully.

[B]

I want to go to yoga with

[A]

you one day, but I'm just not invited.

[B]

It is what it is.

[A]

But once we got there and once we got the headphones situated. It's loud.

[B]

I heard it was loud.

[A]

Outside of being 400 miles away and the loudness being out of control, it was so much fun. And most importantly, they had a blast.

[B]

My friend went with her kid, who's my kid's age. Oh, my God.

[A]

And it's too much.

[B]

Do you see this?

[A]

It's crazy.

[B]

Should I leave it here?

[A]

No.

[B]

Where do I put it down?

[A]

Out of Frank. Frame. I don't care where it is. Just out of frame.

[B]

Okay. Out of frame. Yeah. She went for 20 minutes with her kid and then had to leave.

[A]

She drove that far.

[B]

Can you believe that?

[A]

Did the child not wear the headphones?

[B]

He hated the headphones, and the headphones were the deal breaker for him.

[A]

So we were practicing. Somebody in the sip comments actually was like, this is like, what you gotta do. And so we got the headphones and we were practicing for two days leading up.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

But when we got there, they did not want to wear them. But then I think think they finally realized, oh, this actually helps.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And once they realized that, everything changed, they were rational. Yeah.

[B]

See, I keep trying to tell the parents of toddlers these kids are rational. Reason with them.

[A]

No, Shane was trying to reason with one of them having a meltdown yesterday. And I was like, don't talk to them.

[B]

Just.

[A]

That's never gonna work. Yeah, it's not gonna work.

[B]

Joe does the same thing, and I'm like, don't talk to him right now. He's not listening. You're escalating. It's not. Just shut up. Maintain the boundary.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

Hold him. You're bigger than him. Just calm down. And he's. And then Joe's like, so it's just based on your gut feeling? And I'm like, no, it's based on Instagram reels. Grow up. This is parenthood.

[A]

I mean, literally the same to Shane. No, I know everything about parenting because I've seen Instagram reels. And let me tell you, this is how we're doing it.

[B]

This is how we're doing it. Well, at least I have an idea. And he's like, well, maybe your idea is not good. It's like, well, then what's yours? Crickets. Great. So we're reason with it. So we're gonna move forward with my plan because when I'm walking with his ass in the street, he holds my hand. Yeah, yours is the hand. He's not holding yours.

[A]

Wow.

[B]

That is what it is.

[A]

Next year, though, I think will be the ideal age for my. I mean, my kids had so much fun, but, like, next year they'll lose their minds.

[B]

I know you're not down, but I would love to take. I would love for all the boys to watch, like, a movie about knights that they like with, and then get all the little kids, like, knights gear. Like, knights in arm armor. Like Medieval Times.

[A]

You want to go to Medieval Times with the boys? It's cold there.

[B]

It's so fucking.

[A]

Somebody check on whoever's running the temperature there. Really? Seriously? For real right now?

[B]

They're out there running.

[A]

Oh, I didn't know there was a purpose.

[B]

Yeah, well, I. I've been meaning to text Shane. I think about Medieval Times all the time. We had the best time.

[A]

We had a lot of fun there.

[B]

I really been reading a text. I'm like, hey, thank you for that one time you took us to. It changed my life for the better.

[A]

It was so fun. It really was. It was sick. Wow. I'm thinking of how we can get back.

[B]

I know. I always am thinking of how we can get back. That's how much. That's how much of a good time I had there. That's why I'm like, is it weird to text him three years later and say, hey, I love you?

[A]

Was that three years ago?

[B]

No, but it was one.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

Yeah. Okay, Calm down. I wasn't pregnant yet again, so it was probably, like, to the day, a year. Oh, my God. It probably was like, a month ago to the, like, the year mark. Okay, we should go back. We should go back Take me back.

[A]

I. I mean, I want to do Disneyland with the kids.

[B]

Let's go.

[A]

Yeah. Because I'm continuing the nap. I'm not powering through the day. No, we're gonna take a break for the nap.

[B]

We're tanning. Yeah.

[A]

And we're gonna go after traffic at night.

[B]

Yeah. We'll get a hotel room for two days. Yeah.

[A]

Oh, my gosh. Sounds so much fun.

[B]

I'm down.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

At the resort.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And we'll do some poolside. Shenan's.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Oh, my God. We'll eat like Queens.

[A]

We always do.

[B]

We'll get park hopper passes. Should we go for three days? Should we get a hotel for three days? Are we making plans on the sip? Am I invited? For real? Am I invited?

[A]

It's okay. If we can get both of our husbands aligned, then yes.

[B]

Period.

[A]

Or you. Yeah. Okay. I did want to thank SeatGeek for sponsoring today's video. They did not sponsor me going to Monster Jam, but I did use our code, the ZIP10, to get 10% off my tickets to Monster Jam.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And let me tell you, that made a big difference. And as a person who reads seatgeek ads often, I didn't even think, like, oh, I've got to get my Monster jam tickets on SeatGeek. Until it hit me when I was searching for tickets, and I was like, of course I'm going to seek it, period. And of course they had them. Which goes to show they have tickets for literally everything. Concerts, concerts, music festivals, comedy shows, Broadway shows, Monster Jam. Are you kidding me? I love SeatGeek because they rate every ticket on a scale of 1 to 10. Look for the green dots. Green means good, red means bad, and every ticket is backed by their buyer guarantee. They also have over 70,000 events listed on SeatGeek and are the number one rated ticketing app with over 35 million downloads. There's also so many artists on tour spring, summer, and fall that you're not going to want to miss out on.

[B]

Alex Warren just started this new thing at his show where he has, like, a fun party button that gets pressed, and he had his wife be the first, like, inaugural button presser.

[A]

That's fun.

[B]

I'd love to go to that show.

[A]

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[B]

We love you, seatgeek. Send us to Hillary Duff. Seat Geek.

[A]

Oh, my gosh.

[B]

Her album. I know I say it once a week. Makes me so horny.

[A]

It makes you horny?

[B]

Makes me horny.

[A]

It makes her horny.

[B]

Thank you, Hilary Duff, and thank you.

[A]

Gosh. Somebody else that's really doing it for me is Sabrina Carpenter.

[B]

But we'll get really.

[A]

Did we watch her set?

[B]

No, I didn't watch any of it. I mean, I saw snippets.

[A]

Well, I was really excited to see Beaverchella. And then I googled what time it was coming on. 11:25pm and I was.

[B]

For you, not in this season.

[A]

I happened to be up that night, though, so I was brushing my teeth and I was like, 25 be perchella. So I put it on to.

[B]

Why were you up so late?

[A]

I don't know.

[B]

Crazy.

[A]

I just was.

[B]

Oh, was. It was Monster Jam night.

[A]

Oh, that was Monster Jam night.

[B]

Yes. You raged.

[A]

Raged hard. Rage. The boys went to bed like, an hour and a half late. So then that moved my routine like an hour and a half late. And, you know, so then I. Yeah, I was consuming that, but I. I just wanted. Then I went back to watch Sabrina's. And it's just so fun to watch somebody completely in their element, so prepared for this moment, having worked for 10 years to, like, fully live out this pop star fantasy. And she's so good at it.

[B]

She delivers.

[A]

She really, like, even her entrance was. So.

[B]

Was it the car?

[A]

She. The car. But then when she steps on stage, there's like a strange strip of stars and she's, like dancing around and jumps on the star and it lights up. And it's just like this comedy bit of her entering the stage in such a fabulous way.

[B]

Her production value is that of Taylor Swift. Yeah, well, but she's also, like. She does, like, storytelling in a different way. It's like a movie. Like, she, like, makes a scene and it's like all a vibe and it's like, it's really cool.

[A]

Giving it like, she's dancing, she's doing the choreography. She's. She's really there to put on a performance.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And what I thought was interesting is, like, obviously people had mixed opinions about Justin Bieber, but the thing with Sabrina Carpenter is she is still in the, like, launching of her career. Like, yes, she's been out here doing it for a long time, but this is the first few years of her really like being a staple industry.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So she still has something to prove. And I think she probably got a big payday and was like, spend it all on the production of this thing. Like we have to make a moment out out of this. And I am going to live and die for making this production something people enjoy. People are talking about.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

In contrast to Justin Bieber, who's in a different stage of his life, I'm

[B]

not mad at Justin Bieber.

[A]

Justin Bieber's performance to me reflects where he's at as an artist. The music he's putting out currently, he. A lot of it was swag heavy. And that's not an album that calls for a lot of dancing or movement. Movement or huge production. And he's not trying to prove anything to anyone.

[B]

So Justin Bieber gets on stage with like a laptop and like a fold out table and essentially is like, let's YouTube and chill and start pulling up viral videos.

[A]

The first chunk was swag. He was just singing swag. No crazy visuals. Like climbing a weird shaped structure. Cool. Just walking around it at singing.

[C]

Cool.

[A]

But he can sing.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And I think that reflects where he's at in life and as an artist. And I understand some people could say, well, he got paid $5 million for this one single performance. He should be doing what these other people are doing. But he's not that kind of artist.

[B]

But he made a creative choice.

[A]

And who's to say, like what he gets paid dictates how crazy his performance has to be visually.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And I did see a lot of people were saying, well, if, if Chaparral, Roan or a woman did what he did, you guys would be ripping her to shreds.

[B]

Would we though? And it's like, that's why I I on Truly. I don't love when immediately it goes to comparisons like that because it's like you're victimizing a person that doesn't exist in this exact moment. Can we talk about Justin Bieber in an isolated. It's about Bieber, not about some fictional woman who didn't quote, unquote, underperform and get shit for it. You know what I'm saying? Like point to the. You know what I mean?

[A]

Like I can understand have. If I was at Justin's performance and I was on drugs, maybe I'd be like, I'm gonna go to the next stage. And that's fine. It's still a great performance.

[B]

Right.

[A]

Maybe it wasn't the exciting spectacle that was Sabrina Carpenter's, but also, like, if

[B]

I'm on drugs, to be completely honest with you, I want a little less. If I'm popping Molly and I'm at a music festival, I want it to be a little bit more personal. We're all chilling. Everybody take your shoes off and sit the fuck down.

[A]

I was inspired. I thought maybe I, too, could pull off a nose ring.

[B]

I won't know.

[A]

I won't. But, like, Justin and Haley inspire me to think I could be cool like them.

[B]

You're cool. Not like them, but you're cool like you. And you are the coolest you.

[A]

Thank you.

[B]

There is no one cool like, you

[A]

got to admit, Justin and Haley.

[B]

No, they're cool. They're. Fuck.

[A]

They're. Even if it's with a lot of effort. They're like this effortlessly cool celebrity couple that.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Are unattainably beautiful.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Pretty. We don't know too much about them.

[B]

Which ugly Justin and Haley are? You and me, like, ugly.

[A]

We're definitely, like, the budgetiest budget version.

[B]

Should I lose some weight? And we should be like them. Like, what's the deal?

[A]

They're just so, like, you know.

[B]

No, she's. She's goals for me, which is really complicated because I'm about 10 years older than her and I could never be younger.

[A]

Right.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

But I think good for them. I think.

[B]

No, I love them.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

Yeah. And I also. I don't think what he did is stupid. I mean, I think.

[A]

Well, he did the same thing at the Grammys. Like.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Where he just, like, took his shirt off, did nothing, and sang. And I think there's power in knowing your ability and being confident in your skill set. I think you'll see experts in any field living in something more comfortably than somebody who's right out the gate, trying so hard.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And that's where he's at. He's like. He has, as he was doing this Watch party that Lizzie was referencing, essentially doing karaoke to past versions of himself while playing the music video on YouTube. Like, I don't think he's excited to sing baby from 15, 15 years ago. Like, his voice is different.

[B]

Nor should he have to sing it.

[A]

You can't keep him, like, like, locked in that box where he's, like, excited to get on stage and do that. Well, I understand some artists might be like, we went to Katy Perry, and she was dipping and doing her old songs.

[B]

I vibed so hard with the Backstreet Boys.

[A]

Incredible. But he doesn't have to be in that place.

[B]

No.

[A]

And that's it, period. He doesn't have to be there if he doesn't want to be.

[B]

Do you think?

[A]

Yeah, of course.

[B]

I love that song.

[A]

I love that album.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And he performed that album Problem.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So good for him.

[B]

Yeah. I also love that Katy Perry.

[A]

Speaking of, did you see what I sent you?

[B]

No.

[A]

Her just running around Coachella like a little school girl with her school girl

[B]

crush with her prime minister boyfriend.

[A]

Incredible, right?

[B]

Like, this is fan fiction. Like, what is Katy Perry and Justin true. Like, it's crazy.

[A]

They are running around Coachella like two 17 year old lovers who are just head over heels for each other and having the best time of their life.

[B]

I'm pausing only because I remember there's like some really funny beef between like a comedian or like a celebrity and Justin Trudeau. Trow. Whatever.

[A]

I could never get him straight because Jennifer Aniston dated a man with the

[B]

same name, but he was smaller, both had dark hair and both were white. White men, maybe.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah. No, there's a celebrity that like has famous beef with Justin.

[A]

Really?

[B]

Yeah. I can you. Chris, do you mind googling that? Because it's funny to me. It's so petty and it's so funny. Me. Someone's just like, I hate him. And it's like, who is it? Who is it? Because you know, I love me some petty beef. Katy Perry about Justin Bieber's performance. She was like, I'm so glad he pays for YouTube Premium. And we didn't have to watch the

[A]

ads and they just upped the price. I just got the email that they

[B]

upped the price and it was expensive.

[A]

It was 18.99 before or maybe 17.99. It's now like 2100 and 99.

[B]

Yeah, I won't pay for that.

[A]

It is out of control. They're so lucky that they have me in a chokehold because.

[B]

Why do they.

[A]

Because you don't. You. You don't have to watch any ads, Right? I hate ads on YouTube and I would say 95 of what I consume as entertainment is YouTube crazy. So I don't want to watch ads on that. No, I'd rather pay more for that than like have a streaming.

[B]

What are you watching?

[A]

Everything. I mean, do you not watch YouTube?

[B]

I mean, I watch YouTube.

[A]

I love YouTube. Oh, it's just sad.

[B]

Is it? Because the person's past, Matthew Perry, had beef with him. And mentioned that he beat him up

[A]

in his book rip.

[B]

That probably was exactly what I was Thinking about.

[A]

So sorry.

[B]

Also, I loved Matthew Perry's book.

[A]

I haven't read it yet.

[B]

It's an incredible book about the psychosis of addiction and it really is like a really gnarly study in that battle. And if you're a person who's dealing with addiction, be it a person that you love is struggling through it or you are struggling through it, I would highly recommend Matthew Perry's book. Book which is not titled Unaccompanied Miter. It is called something else. Oh, friends, lovers, and the great big

[A]

terrible thing being addiction. Water streaming down her face. She's helpless. I'm helpless. She's helpless.

[B]

I'm gonna turn it over to the higher power and we're just gonna keep going. With water dripping down my chin like a mutton chop.

[A]

I'm just gonna leave it. What got you to that?

[B]

Just remembering that there's a celebrity that had beef with Justin.

[A]

Okay, so what were your thoughts on the two of them frolicking around Coachella?

[B]

You know, good for them. Good for them. They're hot. They're. They're middle aged and they are dipping and doing. And if that's not me when I'm 40, then put me out of my. So then take me out back and tell me nobody wants any more. Like Old Yeller.

[A]

Timothy just ditch Kylie.

[B]

No, he was there. He's just not on camera guy.

[A]

He couldn't be more than an on camera guy. He just knows that he's overexposed right now. So he was like, leave me out of all of it.

[B]

And also, she had the best Coachella ever. I mean, Kylie Jenner.

[A]

Wouldn't we all if we had a net worth like her?

[B]

Yeah, but like, she's unbothered and she's just joy personified. And she's out there. She's smoking cigarettes. She's got her titties out. She's got the best weave in all of Hollywood. I that girl is living and her

[A]

house tour with Sabrina Carpenter. House tour song, like, funny, just fucking.

[B]

She's like, yeah, I am rich. I am hot. God bless her.

[A]

God bless everyone. I love it.

[B]

I had the weirdest weekend in juxtaposition to, like, Kylie Jenner's Coachella. Like, I watched a documentary on the Titan submersible and a woman who went lost at sea named Amy something.

[A]

That's my nightmare. I'm not laughing because of those two things.

[B]

It's just like, what a weird choice of content.

[A]

You're like barefoot at Costco while Kylie Jenner is being, like, carried by like 18 people to wherever she wants to be at Coachella.

[B]

Yeah. I mean, okay, so in my life, I'm vacant right now because my son's going through a sleep regression. And I'm also, like, gently hinting at sleep coaching with him. Right now. I'm waiting until he's exactly four months old to, like, really sleep coach, but we're. We're dipping and dabbling in the damn thing. And so when he's asleep in my room, I don't want to that up. I'm honoring his sleep space. I've asked him to do crib hour. I'm not going to be the reason why that's a problem for him.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

And usually my lazy ass is just throwing shoes all about, you know what I mean? Like, there's shoes in every room. Every pair of shoes I own is out and about. And I can get it. It's accessible. This one day, my baby's asleep. Not a shoe in sight. Not a shoe in sight. And I have to go to Costco, and I've got my one year old because he's on day 95 of spring break and it's just never ending, and I have to shoot a vlog. And so I went to Costco barefoot.

[A]

You just said fuck it.

[B]

I just said it.

[A]

And they let you in?

[B]

They didn't give a fuck. No. There was like a crazy woman in Costco the other day that genuinely made me scared to the point where I like, like, huddled over my baby and pushed my cart faster. Cuz she started, like, talking to him and I was like, don't talk to him. They'll let anyone in Costco is my point.

[A]

Yeah. And I think too, if they were like, ma', am, you'd be like, just with your baby disheveled.

[B]

Like, it's from me. It's part of. It's a. It's a Easter tradition. We walk barefoot and we remember the struggles of those that came shoeless before us.

[A]

And if you need me to get shoes so bad, I'll get a $4 pair of shoes in Costco right here.

[B]

Here. Period.

[A]

Did you see all the fake food they're selling? They're selling no synthetic blueberries Costco is selling since.

[B]

Well, we should say allegedly, right?

[A]

I think it's literally on their packaging.

[B]

What if that wasn't a real video? Oh, so allegedly we were sent a video by an informant. We'll call them Morgan.

[A]

Oh, my God.

[B]

You just outed her like that.

[A]

Oh, my gosh.

[B]

I was gonna call her Morgan schmaddle.

[A]

I think she was probably sending material for Shane's podcast, so we're probably jumping the gun. But it's like they're doing this with everything. Like, their chicken's not chicken. That's why it's so cheap.

[B]

That's not true.

[A]

Their rotisserie chicken, they're pumping with, like, so many things to, like, plump it up to weigh and look bigger than it is.

[B]

So, like, plump up the jam.

[A]

The smallest ingredient in their chicken is chicken.

[B]

That can't be.

[A]

I mean, that can't.

[B]

Literally.

[A]

You gotta ask yourself how they're 79 to the hundred when it comes to Walmart.

[B]

To the hundred.

[A]

Like, what you can get for a hundred dollars at Walmart, which was previously the everyday low value.

[B]

Right.

[A]

And you can get for Costco for $79, so.

[B]

And it's because, allegedly, their blueberry bagels have no blueberries in them. And it's just food coloring and cornstarch.

[A]

Blah, blah, blah, blah. I can't stand walking through a Costco anyway.

[B]

My feet were so dirty.

[A]

That's crazy.

[B]

My feet were so dirty. It was like I had filth. Socks. Socks. It was nuts. It was absolutely nuts.

[A]

You didn't get shoes there?

[B]

No.

[C]

Why?

[B]

Because they're also. They're. They're simulated Birkenstocks.

[A]

I'm not gonna buy 3D printed.

[B]

They're 3D printed Birkenstocks. I'm not gonna buy those.

[A]

Oh, no.

[B]

But I did think it was interesting because I'm a girl who's barefoot a lot. Like, I walk around the block naked. I'm so tired. I'll walk around the block barefoot.

[A]

And how you're going on your nightly

[B]

walks if my kid's asleep. Yeah.

[A]

Aren't you afraid of, like, stepping on something or cutting yourself?

[B]

Not afraid.

[A]

Enough.

[B]

Enough.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

I got some hard feet. I walk hard, but my feet are never as dirty as they were when I got to the car from Costco. It was freaked.

[A]

See, that's what makes me rethink wanting to have shoes on in the house. Because, like.

[B]

Oh, me too.

[A]

If your feet were that dirty.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Think of the bottom of our shoes.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And if it were up to me, my house would be a shoeless house. But my husband can't get on board with, like, enforcing that.

[B]

That's my.

[A]

And I'm like, I don't care how annoying I am. I would be like, take your shoes. I. Off.

[B]

Take them off. Well, this is the thing. My husband won't take his shoes off. He has, like, the softest feet you've Ever seen. And I'm like, take your shoes off.

[A]

I have a solution for that. It's called how to seat off.

[B]

Oh, that's exactly what I was going to say. It's called how to speed off.

[A]

You want him even more useless? He already has a knee that doesn't work. That was nasty. Huh?

[B]

That was nasty.

[A]

Is knee working again? I haven't heard any.

[B]

He is working again. Oh, we'll just see how that goes with number three.

[A]

She keeps threatening pregnancy on me, but, like, she's already pregnant, so I just keep saying congratulations in case it's real.

[B]

Earlier I was like, it's almost my birthday. Should I announce a pregnancy? I don't know.

[A]

I mean, do it. What do we have to lose at this point?

[B]

A lot.

[A]

Sanity.

[C]

Oh.

[B]

I mean, like, that's gone. That's gone for me. I'm almost a lobotomized person.

[A]

I know, I know, I know, I know.

[B]

But I do. I do feel in my heart that I want another baby. Because every time I think about this being my last do Si. Do. Like, I don't want to move Ernie out of my room. I don't want him to not be a newborn anymore.

[A]

Just don't worry about it.

[B]

My husband's a million years old.

[A]

You could do it. You're already doing it.

[B]

And then I think about actually having a third, and I get so overwhelmed. I'm like, now, when I had Ernie, one of my nurses was like, I had two kids, and I was like, I want a third. And then I had a third, and I was truly overwhelmed. And I've never heard a person say it in a way where she was like, I wish I had stopped. I love my child, but I was truly overwhelmed. And then I got a divorce, and

[A]

I was like, oh, no.

[B]

Oh, okay.

[A]

And that's. That's where I, like, with the third, it's like, yeah, of course we could have a third. And of course we could do it, but it would strain a lot of things.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Like, it would put a lot of physical and mental strain on our relationship, our jobs, our, like, capability to do things.

[B]

And I. Like, I know that. I know because I have experienced it. Now, my love doesn't get compromised. It expands. But my time is compromised. My time does not expand. There are still only 24 hours in a day, and I can barely make it. I am crawling to the finish line every day, every day, every single day, every day. And I don't want to live a life where I'm just like, when is bedtime? Like, this Guy.

[A]

I'm not like that.

[B]

This guy's watching the.

[A]

No.

[B]

Go through our text message conversations and look at how many pictures I get from you that say, is it bedtime yet?

[A]

That hasn't been for months. No, I would say ever since I upped their bedtime to like 8. Sometimes after 8, we're just having fun now.

[B]

It is.

[A]

Honestly.

[B]

There was so fun.

[A]

There was period of time though, where like 6pm got really cranky and then I. I was like, let's get these little children to bed. Yeah, but they're not, I guess because they're naps later now. Maybe they just still have more energy. Or maybe they hit like a developmental milestone where, like, we're not hitting that fuss period at night anymore. We're just having fun.

[B]

That Billy went so wild last night at bedtime. I. I was like, what is going on?

[A]

The dude was like, like on drugs probably.

[B]

Yeah, it's like, it's like he's.

[A]

Our kids get a second surge after bath time.

[B]

And after he couldn't hold his little feet still. He was like doing little stompy stomps on the changing table while Joe was putting lotion on his body.

[A]

The way that changed this child is crazy. Why I was over. No, it's just like. It's hilarious. Like, most people, like lay their children on their.

[B]

Oh, I can't get my kid on

[A]

his back because Billy is full blown. I was over there the other day. Billy's just like standing on the changing table, banging the mirror and Lizzie's like wiping his shit out ass, like while he's standing, like your. His cheeks are closed.

[B]

It just seems I'm getting in there.

[A]

I. Oh, I know. It's just.

[B]

I pick. Listen, I pick and choose my fights. Joe wants to fight to get that crocodile on his back on the table. Joe can fight to get that.

[A]

Well, have you tried the floor?

[B]

What is he. Yeah, have you. Do you not see the diaper rash butt stains all over the floor? There's little pink spots.

[A]

I'm not judging about it. It was just a hilarious visual.

[B]

Oh, yeah. But no, I'm picking and choosing my fights. It's easier for me to not have to get him on his back. I'm not. You know what I mean? Yeah. Why, why do. Why, why struggle harder. It's a Montessori thing. I saw it on Instagram. It's fine. This can stand up while I suck his poop out of his butt with my hands.

[A]

Okay, so you went to the Ronald Reagan library. It is so sick. You Came.

[B]

I got season passes. We're gonna rope drop the Ronald Reagan library every weekend.

[A]

What time's rope drop? 10am I'll be there next week with you.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

It's yeah. On the there. Hell yeah, I'll be there.

[B]

There's going to be a Princess Diana exhibit that's coming soon and I thought Shane would enjoy that.

[A]

Okay. No, I'm down.

[B]

No, I'm serious.

[A]

I'm serious.

[B]

And you get little bands that you'll wear around your neck with these things that look like remotes so that you can have the audio. Toro. One thing about a baby, they love a remote. Get that kid the remote thing. They're going to hold it to their ear the whole time even though nobody's talking to them, and they're just going to go, hello. Hello.

[A]

You know what else a baby loves?

[B]

What?

[A]

A healthy, happy mom. And you know what healthy helps create a healthy, happy mom?

[B]

A smooth and easy vitamin regimen that,

[A]

that comes from ritual, period.

[B]

If there's one thing about me, it's I am going to be taking my prenatal and my postnatal pills when I'm pregnant and after I have a child. Because no matter what, as long as you're breastfeeding, as long as you're within the two year range of having a child, your body is hormonally dropping. And one of the things that can really help with that is maintaining, maintaining a healthy vitamin regimen, which unfortunately can also mean handfuls of pills, which is exhausting and disgusting. And I do not have the time to take a literal handful of pills with ritual. It's two.

[A]

Well, yeah. And they also are flavored like a nice mint. If a burp were to arise, it's

[B]

not going to be fishy. You're getting your omegas. But it's peppermint girl.

[A]

You're fine, Your co host is fine, your husband's fine, mine.

[B]

It's awesome, awesome, awesome.

[A]

And all moms agree.

[B]

When I was pregnant with Billy, I was having a lot of morning sickness. And so taking big handfuls of pills was like, honestly impossible for me. So I called some of my other mom friends. I was like, how are you doing this? And most of the moms who live the lifestyle that I want to live all said ritual, period. So it's a mom tested and approved item that I enjoy myself as well.

[A]

And they're nutrients your body needs. Yeah, you need them.

[B]

You need them. So don't settle for less than evidence based support. Save 25% on your first month at ritual. Dot com, slash the SIP25. That's ritual.com/the SIP25 for 25% off your first month.

[A]

Ritual. Thank you so much. Appreciate you.

[B]

Thank you not only for sponsoring this podcast, but also for making my life as a mother better, period.

[A]

Okay, so did you have other hot topics topics on the sheet? I know you did.

[B]

Hottie teas.

[A]

Hottie teas.

[B]

Toppy teas.

[A]

Hottie Toppity.

[B]

Where did the sheet go? Did I have other hot topics? So both of us watched Fractions of the Euphoria premiere.

[A]

Yes, I tried. It's Monday when we're recording. It came out Sunday at 9pm I didn't get to sit down to watch it until 10:30. It's like I have a bedtime of 11.

[B]

I turned it on this morning. There were still sound machines on. I'm recording breastfeeding. It's a lot.

[A]

You rope dropped the day with Euphoria season three.

[B]

I, like, literally, I dragged my three month old out and Joe's getting Billy and I was like, do you think it's up if I put on watching

[A]

drug smuggle through her body?

[B]

Spoiler alert.

[A]

Oh, is. I mean, she's always been dealing in muling drugs. Like, I don't think that's a spoiler. I think it's fine.

[B]

It's in the trailer.

[A]

Oh, it's fine.

[B]

I'm saying it's fine.

[A]

Okay, fine.

[B]

So I don't care anymore. The show is cinematically gorgeous, cinematically fantastic, but oh, my gosh, I just. There's gonna be spoilers in this review.

[A]

There is?

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Hold them up.

[B]

When the peace sign disappears, the spoilers will be over. But as long as the peace sign is up. Go ahead and fast forward if you want to watch this show by yourself.

[A]

I don't know that there are spoilers. I feel like everything that happened was in the trailer. Unless I did miss the last 20

[B]

minutes, none of it matters. Like, nothing matters in Euphor area. Nothing matters there. The. And I don't care. I don't care that Rue is opening with Rue in a jeep in the desert, driving over the wall that separates Mexico from America.

[A]

It was beautiful, though.

[B]

Oh, come on.

[A]

It was beautiful.

[B]

Okay. Yeah, no, I. I can't hold my fingers up.

[A]

Okay, that's fine. I think the thing about this is it's too big of a gap. These people don't want to be there anymore. Like, they're there because it made them stars and they're there because they're contractually obligated, but they're not excited to be there. They feel forced to be there. They're not really promoting it.

[B]

I'm not excited to be there.

[A]

And I think that's the genuine consensus, or the general consensus is that people are just like, okay, we're doing it again.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And fine, like, it's beautiful. I'll still keep watching it. But it's not what it once was. That calls for, like, us to recap every episode like we once did.

[B]

There's like an. There's like a beautiful simplicity to interpersonal relationships and the cinematic storytelling of vulnerability between characters who are going through something. And I, I feel like sometimes shows forget that and they get tied up in this weird plot driven frenzy where it's like, very rarely am I going anywhere for a plot. I'm going because I'm invested in a character.

[A]

Right.

[B]

And I'm longer invested in these characters because their journeys are farcical in nature. Like, calm down. Do you know, like, there's look, for real, for real. Calm down. Like, how did Rue get a contact for a guy on a dirt bike in the middle of nowhere, Mexico, to throw those, you know what I like? And just to open it with, like, them, Like, I don't care. I cared about R's relationship with her mother and her little sister. I cared about R relationship with Jules. Yeah, I care. And, you know, I. This is. I. I had a moment this weekend where I told my husband. I was like, need a break. Like, I'm overwhelmed, and I'm getting to a point where I'm livid. Like, I. I just changed Billy and he slapped me in the face. And I was trying to be cool about it and not get an emotional response, but it's like, I just needed a break. And one of the things that I was really looking forward to was Friends and Neighbors coming back for season two. And it's just like, episode two is just like, all right, let's check the boxes of setting up these plot points. Let's do this. And then, and. And for some reason, we're so hung up on this guy being a cat burglar in a fancy neighborh that we're going to work out all those logistics on an episode when truly what we really cared about is watching this man who was capitalistic greed personified, become a human being. And I'm no longer watching him become a human being. I'm now watching them figure out how to legitimize his cat burglar business. And honestly, I don't think any of the writers know how to do that. And we already watched Breaking Bad. Like, stop it. Stop it. I mean, I'm a mad. I'm a mad girl. I'm a mad girl. I'm a sad girl.

[A]

That's fine. It's hard lately.

[B]

And that's why I loosely watched a documentary on the submersible Titan.

[A]

Because you couldn't take. Oh, and you were looking. You brought your. Up your friends and neighbors, like 1800 times last week.

[B]

I was so excited. I was so excited. And then when Joe, when I told you I was overwhelmed, he's like, well, why are you overwhelmed? I was like, I don't know. I just am. Because it's like that question alone was putting more on my plate to answer it. And it's just like, if your wife has had two. Two children within two years of each other and she tells you she's overwhelmed, just give her a break. Don't ask her why. It should be obvious, brother. And asking why makes me have to do another thing where I'm just like, don't make me do another thing right now. I just told you I'm overwhelmed. And so then I'm. I'm a to him. And then he's like, you're being a. And I was like, yeah, I am now. Because you were an. And then because he was an. When he was like, you're being a. It's like, well, do you think I want to deal with that now, too? No. So I'm dealing with two extra things on top of being overwhelmed. Anyways, the point is, by the end of it, when I calmed down, I said, you may give me a hug. I said, now would be a good time to hold me. So he came up from. At first, I went outside and sat in a trash chair and I thought. And I said out loud so that my neighbors could hear, I thought, hate him. Every time I tell him I need a break and I'm an emotional distress. He's always an. And then I came back in the house. I said, you may hug me from behind. No.

[A]

And that's on parenthood.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And then it really is.

[B]

And then I was explaining to him why I'm overwhelmed. And the last thing I said was,

[A]

and I'm really disappointed in friends and neighbors.

[B]

And I was really looking forward to watching this. And that episode came out and they just missed the point of all of it. And I just really upset about it because I was living for it. I was living for it. I told you about it 50 times.

[A]

That's like when the morning show lost its way for Me?

[B]

Oh, God.

[A]

I was just like, you guys had such a good thing, and now I can't even consume it.

[B]

No. Devastating. You want to fight with your husband about it? Go crash his car. I did the morning show.

[A]

I did tune into the Rooster with Steve Career. I'm actually enjoying it.

[B]

It's okay.

[A]

It's okay. Did you watch the whole first episode?

[B]

I watched the first few episodes because the kid I used to babysit is in them and he was in last.

[A]

Tony.

[B]

Jonah.

[A]

Jonah, yeah. Who's making a film in New York and didn't invite me, period. But I declined his non invite anyway.

[B]

Also, I asked him if he wanted my dad to be in it, but my dad never gave me a clear answer, so I never gave Jonah an answer after I asked.

[A]

Wait, he's in it?

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

He's a working actress.

[B]

He is a working actor.

[A]

Oh, my gosh. I need to call him.

[B]

He's dipping and doing.

[A]

Wow.

[B]

I'm so proud of him.

[A]

And, like, what's his role?

[B]

I don't think he has any lines. I texted him. I was like, you're a series regular. He's like, I'm not. And I was like, you are. You're in multiple episodes in the series.

[A]

Wow.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

But I like the daughter in it.

[B]

I do too. I. I also just feel like this is the. The Rooster is a sitcom with a really high budget.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So you just did something that actually eliminated the buzzing for the first time in the whole episode. Episode.

[A]

We've been having a buzz the whole episode.

[B]

Yeah, but what am I gonna say?

[A]

What are you gonna do? What am I gonna do? Okay. And you're planning a baby shower. Do you know what that entails?

[B]

Of course I know what it entails. I threw myself two babies.

[A]

You're so stupid. I could punch her in the face.

[B]

Just so you guys know, that was. That was a take two for us because I said it live before we started rolling. And he was so upset about it, he put it on the docket. And so.

[A]

Well, because she gets. I'm hosting a baby shower. And I was like, do you know what that's like? And she was so nasty as to say, oh, yeah, I've already played two of my. You didn't plan any of your last one. You planned your first one because you were a micromanager. You micromanaged the out of it. And then you did let go on your second one.

[B]

You're welcome.

[A]

And me, my mom and my sister, I, I, I, I spearheaded that. And then had little minions.

[B]

I will say Morgan knocked it out of the park with the food display.

[A]

She did?

[B]

She really?

[A]

Oh, my gosh. She has a future in food design.

[B]

Truly.

[A]

Good for her.

[B]

Good for her.

[A]

So what are you gonna do?

[B]

I don't know yet.

[A]

Good luck.

[B]

I think we're gonna do it. I think I'm gonna set up a tie dye station so that people can tie dye onesies.

[A]

Well, it's good that you get this, like, point from another friend. This, like, good graces point, because she's gonna be hosting your next one. I'm retired.

[B]

What?

[A]

Oh, I'm retired from throwing any sort of parties.

[B]

Come on.

[A]

This woman that you're throwing a baby shower for. Can't do it. Return the favor for you next time.

[B]

That's not how it works. When you get pregnant, you always just go to your best friend and you say, throw me a baby shower.

[A]

So you're her best friend, but she's not yours.

[B]

Listen, I've been backed into a weird corner, and I don't know how to respond to that.

[A]

She just knows I'm gonna throw.

[B]

I. I do love throwing a baby shower. I will be honest about that. Like, I threw Katie's baby shower.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

But also, like, it was Katie's second child, and most often people are like that. We don't care.

[A]

Care. Right.

[B]

But Katie's tip tiptoeing towards number four. I told her I'd throw the fourth one, too.

[A]

Wow.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Well, good for you. You're more fun than me.

[B]

I don't think that's true. Not anymore. You're an acting class. You're going to Monster Jam.

[A]

Well, I'm killing myself a little bit, but it's all fun.

[B]

You're.

[A]

And you're.

[B]

You're seem happy and light and beautiful.

[A]

It is. I'm doing way more, but I think it provides a more well rounded life.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And it provides more fun.

[B]

And you might not know the difference between a toucan and a pelican or a lobster and a crab, but look at you.

[A]

I'll never know what this is.

[B]

It's a toucan.

[A]

I think maybe if you say that to me three more times throughout the course of a few days, I'll get it.

[B]

I have blocks. My son has blocks that are like jungle animals. So you can, like, make different animals out of the blocks. And one of them has a toucan head. And I showed it to Rylan. I said, what does this animal?

[A]

And he goes, well, it's crazy how many toucans have started popping up since I realized I Don't know what a toucan is. They're everywhere. Even I encountered one in the wild with Shane yesterday. Not like a real one, but like, another fake one.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And he some, for some reason asked me. Like, it came up, like, what is that? And I did the same thing. I called it a pelican. And he died laughing. And I was like, why can't I escape toucans? What do they have out for me? Like, why are they following me? I really need to look up, like, spiritually, what a toucan.

[B]

No, you truly should.

[A]

Can you Google what a toucan represents, Chris?

[C]

Wow.

[B]

Spiritually. Okay.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

You're not going to care about this, but the girlies out there are going to care.

[A]

Okay?

[B]

And it's iced tea. It's not. It's no longer piping hot.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Freda McFadden came out and she said. My name is not truly Freda McFadden.

[A]

She's an author, right?

[B]

She's the author of the Housemaid.

[A]

Oh. You want to know the only reason I know her name?

[B]

Why?

[A]

From doing Audible ads. Bestsellers. Like Frida McFadden. That was some of the copy.

[B]

I have read a few of her books, okay? I've talked mad about them, but she's a bazillionaire who's a New York Times bestseller over and over and over. And her books are huge. They get turned into movies all the time.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Everybody seems to really love them. They're twisty, they're turny, they're toxic, they're odd. They're not for you. They're a bit redundant and some. I don't.

[A]

You could just say, not for me.

[B]

I don't have to read it.

[A]

You see how we could spin it positively Instead of making an enemy, you could just say, like, not my.

[B]

They're not. Not for me. They're not. Not for me because I. I've consumed.

[A]

Chris has an answer.

[B]

What's the toucan?

[A]

So it says, the toucan. Spiritual meaning centers on vibrate vibrant communication, joyful self expression, and acting as a messenger between human and spirit realm.

[B]

Girl, that is you.

[A]

Maybe it just knows that that's what I. And so it's following me.

[B]

Oh, my God. Are you gonna be a toucan for Halloween? Don't break, because my family is gonna be a murder of crows.

[A]

Don't bring me.

[B]

Are you. Do you want me to make you a toucan? Do you want me to make you a toucan?

[A]

You know, my biggest ick about Elizabeth is she can't shut the f up about Halloween. 20 months before Halloween, and it's like, yeah, I love Christmas, but you don't hear me talking about Christmas so prematurely.

[B]

That's not true. We're forced to hear about your Christmas in October time, girl. Two days ago, you text me, I'm finally taking down Sienna Frankenstein.

[A]

Well, I just didn't have time.

[B]

Yeah, but I still had to hear about it. And what is this month? Oh, it's my birth month. Nobody said anything. It's my birth month, and nobody said anything.

[A]

Whatever you want to do, I will take you to do for my birth month. Yeah, awesome. No, like, where? Whatever restaurant or experience you would like, I will take you.

[B]

I want to do Botox and filler, and I want a. Everyone to shut up about how I'm not supposed to do that while I'm breastfeeding. I want all of you to mind your own business about that. I want Botox and I want filler, and I'm sick of it. Not having it. I'm sick of it.

[A]

Moms don't even pump and dump anymore.

[B]

No, we be out in these streets drinking and feeding.

[A]

That's what I heard. Like, they've done all these studies that you're allowed to drink and feed.

[B]

I mean, I don't know, because.

[A]

Well, it's not mom shaming. I don't know why I brought that up.

[B]

You can test your breast milk and see alcohol in it. I'm pretty sure, because they have test strips for you to do that. I don't know, because I don't drink, so it's not a problem for me.

[A]

Okay. Period.

[B]

But I. I would love to put some botulates in my face. Okay. You know, I would love to.

[A]

Okay, what was the.

[B]

What was the topic we were talking about? Frida McFadden.

[A]

Oh, yes. Okay.

[B]

And how she is Superman.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

That puts on a wig and glasses and calls herself Frida. That's not her name. She's literally a brain surgeon. In real life, she is a brain surgeon.

[A]

This authority.

[B]

Yes. And in her spare time, she writes 15 books a year.

[A]

Wait, she's a brain surgeon for something like that.

[B]

Something like that. Damn.

[A]

Something like.

[B]

But we can't click the links on the paper. It's so stupid.

[A]

She couldn't put any talking points from the link.

[B]

No, no, I. Well, I just put Frida McFadden is Superman.

[A]

Okay, perfect.

[B]

And then there's a clickable link here that would give us the information that I'm trying to relay.

[A]

Women.

[B]

She's a brain surgeon.

[A]

They can do everything.

[B]

Women can do everything.

[A]

They can do everything. And you know what can make make it seem like I might be able to do everything?

[B]

What?

[A]

Factor. Because they take the stress out of meal time for me. Normally I'm like, this stressed out girl. I'm like, I either have to spend a ton of money on takeout or I'm like, I have to go to the grocery store and try to find a recipe. But nothing fits my lifestyle and makes me able to accomplish more in a day than factor. Because they deliver ready to eat meals to my door. These fully prepared meals are designed by dietitians and crafted by chefs. And like I said, delivered right to your doorstep. They make it easy to hit your nutrition goals based on whatever healthy lifestyle you're trying to live. Something else I like is they're ready in two minutes. There's no prep required. It's not like you have to be in the kitchen making something. It's like, no, we're on the move. We're heating this up for two minutes and then we're eating lunch. As either me as an individual or me as a family. They have meals packed with protein. They have meals for GLP1 support for strength and workout recovery. They also have a Muscle Pro collection. Factor is fresh, never frozen. They have over 100 rotating weekly meals, including globally inspired flavors like Mediterranean and Asian. So there's always something new to look forward to. I like that I can feel good about what I'm eating. With Factor, because they do have high standards. They've banned over 175 ingredients. Ingredients. They have no artificial colors or sweeteners, no high fructose corn syrup, no refined seed oils. Just nutrient dense food. I'm genuinely obsessed with Factor and I know that you will be too. They're offering you guys something special right now. If you head to factormills.com sip50off and use code SIP50OFF, you'll actually get 50 off and free daily greens per box. This is with new subscriptions only while supplied last until 9. 27 of 2026. You can see their website for more details. That's factor meals.com sip50off and use code sip50OFF to get 50 off and free daily greens per box. Okay, guys, welcome back to the sip. We are back at the Cheesecake Factory.

[B]

Give me a clear frame, huh?

[A]

And we have checked our camera settings. They are good to go. This time you are going to see us eat at the Cheesecake Factory. But it's almost like the Cheesecake Factory knew that a mishap would happen last time because they have since launched 18 new menu items, of which we're going to try as many as we can get our hands.

[B]

There's literally only 14.

[A]

No. No, you're stupid.

[B]

No, you're stupid.

[A]

You're literally stupid.

[B]

No, you're literally stupider than me. And I'm pretty stupid.

[A]

This one says 15 new menu items.

[B]

Oh, that was a lie. So we're both wrong, but I'm the closest to right?

[A]

I guess it is. If you go above, you normally lose. Right? Like in game shows.

[B]

I mean, you're. You're three away and I'm one away.

[A]

Okay, look at the Cheesecake Factory.

[B]

Should we keep arguing about who's less wronger?

[A]

Less wrong. So anyways, we're back at the Cheesecake Factory. Come on in, girls. Enjoy. No, come this way.

[B]

No, no, come this way.

[A]

Chris, come this way.

[B]

Chris, come this way.

[A]

Chris.

[B]

Chris, over here.

[A]

Here you see the factory, Chris.

[B]

Here you'll see

[A]

people watching us get up.

[B]

Don't these people have jobs to work? Go back.

[A]

Okay, guys, so I think today it's like last time we were here, everyone just got to eat whatever they wanted to eat. I was cool, calm, and collected. But this time, it's like you're picking off the new menu, and that's just what it is. Unless you're losing this.

[B]

Right? The special items, the bites and. And the bowls. Right.

[A]

I don't think. I think it's just scattered throughout.

[B]

Truth be told, I miss you.

[C]

How can we pick off it if we don't know where it is?

[B]

I was literally in the middle of something, and truth be told, I'm lying. Okay. No. I'm so glad when I see your face if it gives you health Gives you health okay. When it walks my way oh, you

[A]

guys did get the barbecue pork belly buns last time.

[B]

And we got the pickle fries.

[A]

Oh, a lot of this was new stuff.

[B]

Yeah, that's what I'm saying.

[A]

Is that all new?

[B]

I believe so.

[A]

Oh, I don't know. Okay, we're figure this out and we'll be back. You didn't get to experience it with us last time, but I did introduce them all to ranch and bread. And it's a hit, right?

[B]

I think so. Because I just found myself wondering, are we going to get ranch for this bread?

[C]

It's a hit. Ranch.

[A]

I'm still undecided on how I. Stupid. He's stupid. He's no longer joining this excursion.

[B]

Rip Chris, have a good life.

[A]

You can go sit with somebody else and you're stupid.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Yes. Okay, so I'm gonna put up the screenshot here or Chris will, of the new appetizers and bites. We actually got all 1, 2, 3, 4. Oh, I didn't get one of them.

[B]

What, did you miss the baked braise?

[A]

No, I got that. I didn't get the spicy jambalaya.

[C]

Jambalaya.

[A]

Oh, do you want it?

[C]

No, it's really messy.

[A]

Okay. That's the only one I didn't get. And then there's like, six new entrees, too. We'll get there when we get there.

[B]

I think my dad. Dad's gonna get the Southern fried chicken.

[A]

Well, of course. He's so cool.

[C]

Cool.

[A]

Did you just hit your head, like, so performatively? You just needed attention because you couldn't

[B]

handle not being the coolest girl in the classroom.

[A]

Yeah, I'm in this, like, boring poop brown sweater, and he's in this white rain jacket. Like he knew the rain was coming.

[C]

It's a windbreaker. Oh, is there a different rain jacket's a windbreaker.

[B]

So it's not waterproof.

[C]

Break wind. It keeps it all close to the body.

[B]

Starts inflating. Well, no.

[A]

And so then what's a rain jacket? Waterproof.

[C]

A rain jacket would be a little bit longer and slicker and more waterproof. I guess it would also break the wind, but the additive values are repelling water.

[A]

So then it seems like all rain jackets should be windbreakers. But windbreakers aren't rain jackets. So then what's the point of a

[C]

windbreaker when it's just windy?

[A]

Got it. Seems like I don't want one.

[B]

Then should we go get rain jackets?

[A]

Yeah. Because we obviously aren't getting windbreakers. They only have one purpose. Losers.

[C]

Do you know what feels like temperature is?

[B]

No.

[C]

You open up your app and the temperature is whatever it is, 73 degrees. But the feels like temperature is what it actually feels like on your skin. And that's the temperature in the ambient environment and the wind. So the two things combined make it. You feel colder. So if you break the wind, then you are a little bit warmer.

[A]

So then that would be closer to the temperature that is in reality.

[B]

You're going to need windbreakers in Malibu.

[A]

I'm going to need windbreakers in Malibu. Chris, you don't own a windbreaker or a rain jacket. I don't know the difference between any jackets, but no. I live in California. I don't have a windbreaker. I don't have a rain jacket. I'm not prepared for weather. I live in California. California. We'll be back with food. This bread is trash. Without ranch, it's like, you need the ranch. It's so. It's so dry. Without ranch. I'm, like, doing gymnastics around the bread. This is a particularly dry batch. Normally when it's fresh, it's not this dry. Okay. You need ranch.

[B]

Okay. Also, a word that always makes me feel stupid as hell is particularly.

[A]

Why?

[B]

Because I say particularly, and then someone in a conversation one time was like, particularly. And I was like, you're saying that weird. And they were like, no, you're saying it dumb. And I said, wow.

[C]

Wow is a good way of saying,

[A]

is this the same family that calls you Schlebby?

[B]

Schluppy? Schlubby. You say schlubby wrong so often, I've forgotten how to say schlubby.

[A]

Well, I don't know what the word is. Schlubby.

[B]

Chaprel. Rain.

[A]

The ranch counts, and your life changes.

[B]

It's like, dude, you put so much ranch on this one little piece of bread.

[A]

It's like, I can see in color again. But show them the ranch, because what it comes in is very unique to Cheesecake Factory. Look at how much ranch.

[B]

No, I've tried. I love it. I'm waiting for my own piece.

[A]

So you just put your fork all over it. It comes in a tub. It's a genie cup.

[B]

Make a wish.

[A]

I wish for more ranch.

[B]

There it is. Magic. Can you put a visual effect in there?

[A]

Don't act crazy. You're being crazy.

[B]

Some glitz. You know what I mean?

[A]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[B]

Thank you.

[A]

I left my coffee at the office. Thank God they have more here. Is it good, though?

[B]

Smells good. He hates it. It's not my disgusting, nasty.

[A]

Well, I'm reviewing food. It's watery as hell.

[B]

I've never been so honest on this podcast.

[A]

It's water.

[B]

You could have been. Oh, you could have been confident. It's not for me.

[A]

All right, well, I feel like dragging a Fortune 500 company. Is this a Fortune 500?

[B]

I don't even know what a fortune. What is Jack? What's a Fortune 500 company?

[C]

There's a magazine, financial magazine called Fortune, and they just rank companies by size. So there's Fortune 500, Fortune 100 cheesecake on it. Cheesecake is most likely owned by a larger conglomerate that you've never heard of before. And so that's. That may be in the Fortune 500.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Cheesecake. A money laundering operation.

[A]

Okay. This. Okay. Goodbye. We'll see you in our appetizers. Come.

[C]

It's a tablecloth laundering operation.

[B]

But there's literally no tablecloths here.

[C]

They're all being laundered.

[B]

Oh, period.

[A]

I thought we were getting busted. Like, I thought we were busted. I thought they were going to be like, you cannot film, cuz, like, the general manager came over and she's like, are you from corporate? Because we have the big camera out. I thought we were corporate and coming to, like, bust the factory. And I was like, no, we're just trying the new menu items. And she was like, oh, you're like, photographing them? And I was like, sort of. Yeah. But she was great. And then Lizzie and I both had the same nasty thought, which is like, we love that anyone thinks we're from corporate.

[B]

We're just a couple of corporate girls on a Monday.

[A]

Oh, yes. We're just from the corporate offices in Calabasas for lunch.

[C]

Luxe Cafe.

[A]

Yeah, they were in Colorado. I used to see them in Colorado.

[C]

They're coming by Cake as well as North Italian.

[A]

We also found out Cheesecake isn't owned by a bigger conglomerate. They are the big conglomerate and they own smaller factories that aren't called factories.

[C]

Cheesecake Factory is owned by Cake, but it's a larger.

[A]

But I think Cheesecake and Cake are the same.

[B]

The founders.

[C]

No, they are legally separate entities.

[A]

Well, so am I. And Beauty by Ryland, period.

[B]

Me too.

[A]

But I'm the same.

[B]

I'm Cree. I am Lizzie Gordon. But I'm also creative control free duty beauty.

[A]

Beauty. Because I'm a beauty guru.

[B]

You can see it in his eyes. The beauty and the guru. The baked brie with truffle honey butter. Warm bread with brie cheese drizzled. I'm literally salivating. Truffle honey butter and house made orange marmalade.

[C]

Smashing these in half. Not really cutting them.

[A]

That's fine. Here, Liz, let's try it at the same time.

[B]

I'm. I'm dairying. Oh.

[A]

I mean, you have to. It's baked.

[B]

Dare to dare.

[A]

Oh, it smells like a lot of garlic. Oh, my gosh, no. Is that just minced garlic on there?

[B]

No, it's marmalade.

[C]

Is it garlic marmalade?

[A]

Huh? Oh, what's the apricot on top?

[B]

Girl, that is orange.

[A]

Oh, get out. I want the brie. Couldn't we pair it with with like, cherry or like a big.

[B]

Yeah, you want to try it?

[A]

It would have been nice to have something like a berry. I agree. Not a citrus. Not a citrus.

[B]

With the While I love Paddington Bear. I do not like Mama L. Oh,

[A]

but a Brie in the middle.

[B]

Divine.

[A]

That's nice. They cut the center of the bread and the whole center is brie chicken nachos. Oh, perfect. Thank you.

[B]

Do you want to try that and the meatball slide? Not the meatball sliders.

[C]

She asked if we were from corporate. It's kind of scary that people like us would come from corporate.

[A]

So you're trying the slider. What's your review? Pretty good.

[C]

A little too saucy.

[A]

You disagree?

[B]

I'm here for the sauce.

[C]

The sauce? The sausage and the coleslaw, the barbecue sauce. The bun itself is really squishy, so when I tried to cut it in half, I kind of just smashed it in half.

[A]

Okay, you two need to take a piece of the brie. The Chris's here. We can see the Chrises enjoying a piece of brie toast. I like consistency a lot. It's warm. Feel the spray.

[B]

Crunchy.

[C]

You can trace the Brie.

[A]

I'm uncultured swine. So ignore my. I trust his opinion more than mine, but to me, this is delicious. You don't mind, like the. The citrus flavor on top?

[B]

Top.

[A]

I love the citrus flavor.

[C]

I. I am cultured swine. I'm going to try a little bit of the citrus with the. With the toast and the wheat. It's not bad. Jam. Jam is frequently served with cheese, a

[A]

jam, or a berry cultured twine who

[B]

proceeds to chew with his mouth open. Oh, swine. Still there.

[A]

I got it. He was just hypothetically dragging someone we don't know for not having manners, chewing with their mouth open in the car. Who? Him.

[B]

Who?

[A]

He was at breakfast with Kylie Jenner the other day who had no manners, who was chewing with her mouth open.

[B]

But it takes one to no one.

[C]

I'm a cultured hypocrite.

[A]

So you weren't into the bread, into the brie? No, I loved the brie. I would rather a berry or a jam than a citrus on top.

[B]

Technically, a marmalade is a jam.

[A]

Okay, well, I want a berry family period, not a citrus family.

[B]

All I can think of right now is the fact that the pickle fries are across the freaking table from me.

[A]

Did we get that much dip last time?

[B]

No.

[A]

What is that?

[C]

Are you related to the dingles?

[B]

The Dingles?

[C]

The dingles in your berry family.

[A]

This man, we're going to eat without him. What do you.

[C]

Hot.

[A]

It's. Oh, that's what my kids would say too.

[B]

Haha.

[A]

I haven't tried this yet. I didn't even try it. So this is the pork belly slider.

[B]

You tried it last time I had

[A]

a tiny bite of yours.

[B]

It's so good.

[C]

Pork belly by itself, itself is, like, real fatty. And then to add so many sauces on a bun that's really smushy hot.

[A]

Yes, very.

[B]

I love it. I thought about this flavor all week. Or for two weeks.

[A]

I guess the flavor is good, but it is. I would agree with your dad.

[B]

It's.

[A]

It's bordering overpowering.

[B]

Then find less. I thought we all really liked people

[A]

who were bordering overpowering here.

[C]

The people at corporately gonna hear about this.

[A]

Yeah. God bless our server. She's trying her best. Oh, did you like the pickle?

[B]

The pickle fries are great. It's just the right amount of breading. It's fried to perfection. I'm not sure the sauce is benign, but it does add something like calories, maybe. It's giving.

[A]

I know that we've done this already, but this is incredible. I don't know. I'm bad at, like, recreating a thing we've done already. I realize, but this is fantastic. It's one of the best, like, version of a. Of a pickle fried thing.

[B]

Agree. It's not too skinny.

[A]

Yeah, really, really good. You gotta get Chris. He's trying it.

[C]

Frying pickle. It's not painful. It's not.

[A]

Look at it. It's incredible. The breading is nice. You get a lot of pickle in there. I would say their thing is, like, a lot of pickle. It's not just like a pickle chip. It's like a thick pickle.

[B]

Did you hear what my dad said?

[A]

No.

[B]

Fried pickle sounds painful, but it's the delicious. Do you get it?

[A]

No.

[B]

It's about frying your penis.

[A]

Another penis sounds painful. But it's delicious to fry your penis. Imagine putting your penis in hot oils, period. Well, why would it be delicious?

[C]

Sounds painful, but it's not.

[B]

Oh,

[A]

oh, oh. That one's yours, Chris.

[B]

Did you try it? He tried it.

[A]

I had it already.

[B]

You tried it?

[A]

He had it last week.

[B]

No, he tried it. He's tried it.

[A]

This one's for Chris.

[B]

No. Enjoy it, Chris.

[A]

Shut up.

[B]

Oh, no. It's all you, Chris. I'm not eating that. Yeah, it's too much sauce.

[A]

See, last week, if I remember correctly, Liz and I. Lizzy and I both loved this. Yeah.

[B]

It goes so hard.

[A]

Is it as good today?

[B]

Oh, no.

[A]

What's their problem? No, it's good.

[B]

They're not good people.

[A]

Well, who do you trust? The people that like Their bread and ranch or the opposing? No, it's good. They're wrong.

[B]

They're trash.

[A]

It's so good. It's incredible. It is so good. It's just borderline too much flavor for me. The bread finally came. Flip the ranch.

[B]

Give me that meatball slider.

[A]

What we have to try next are these nachos.

[B]

These are kind of gorgeous.

[A]

I love Cheesecake Factory's regular nachos. So this is like an Asian flair.

[B]

I feel like this one's fully loaded.

[A]

Yeah, a lot of them do look fully loaded.

[B]

Oh, it's like sushi, but not.

[A]

And they're not regular tortilla chips. They're wontons. Interesting.

[B]

It's, like, addictive. Like, you can't just have one.

[A]

A little sweet, kind of the peanut ginger ginger sauce. Wow. Fascinating.

[B]

Delicious.

[A]

Okay, Here you go, Chris. Should I wait for Chris? He can try.

[B]

He's been eating it.

[A]

Okay. Okay. Wow. It looks good. What's in this?

[B]

Everything.

[A]

Everything.

[B]

I don't think they needed to put cheese on them. There might not be any left by the time my dad gets back because they are delicious and I can't stop eating them.

[A]

This is incredible. The chips are really nice. What? It's like, it's not a normal kit. It's a wondon. Oh, the wonton. That's why. Oh, wow.

[B]

Wow. Wake up and smell the wonton Krin.

[A]

It's almost like a Chinese chicken salad, but all the delicious parts and none of the salad. And none of the. It's a Chinese chicken salad minus the salad. Incredible. More people should have been thinking about this. This is like, the standout to me so far today. Oh, we have the meatball sliders. The bread looks. Looks heavy on them.

[B]

You guys, I just got a call from my doctor, and they said I have to finish the last pickle fry, and I'm really sorry. Is that okay with everyone? I literally have a note from my doctor.

[A]

Doctor's orders. Then you have to.

[B]

Chris respects a doctor.

[A]

I gotta hide my face for it to be in focus. I don't understand what that. Let me hold up.

[C]

All right.

[A]

Are you fine with it being cut in half?

[B]

Yeah, girl. There's a little ranch on it.

[A]

Cheers. A little ranch. It does look good. You like it?

[B]

I like it. I like it a lot.

[A]

Oh, the meatball is really nice.

[B]

Yeah, it is.

[A]

Wow. The protein in this, it's like a soft, perfectly cooked meatball.

[B]

Oh, yeah. It's a lot of bread.

[A]

It's good. It's really good.

[B]

And then God said, let there Be meatballs. And they rained down from heaven upon his peoples.

[A]

The marinara is a little sweet.

[B]

I'm not getting in any marinara at all.

[A]

Oh, and the bread, although it's a little thick, it's crisp perfectly.

[B]

That is good. That is good. Cozy, Nice. Bleak day like today.

[A]

Me up with that.

[B]

Whoa.

[A]

I like that better than the pork slider.

[B]

Honestly, they're not comp. You can't compare.

[A]

Oh, you can compare them.

[B]

You can't compare.

[A]

And this is better. The. The flavor profile is even.

[B]

It's really good.

[A]

We have to get Chris Franklin.

[B]

Chris, would you like a nacho?

[C]

My dad got a bunch.

[B]

I know. I watched you eat them off camera.

[A]

What did you think?

[B]

Here, I've loaded it for you.

[C]

These are quite good, actually. And you're expecting Mexican, I guess.

[B]

They're called Asian chicken Nachos.

[C]

Well titled.

[A]

You guys should cut this one in half. We are cleaning this up. Look at all this work. We've done so already. The bread's really nice. Nice. I like. I love when a bread is, like, crispy on the outside, soft on the inside. It is. That meatball looks nice.

[C]

I agree with my uncultured friend. I like a bread that's biteable.

[B]

I'm upset. There's no more of it. I'd like more of it.

[C]

Really good. Really good.

[A]

It's really good, huh? It's nice because that's more balanced, flavor wise, than the slider. Like, it's not too overpowering.

[B]

So you did find less.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

The slider. You couldn't taste the. The meat, the pork belly. You were just tasting the sauce. With the coleslaw and the barbecue, you

[B]

could have tried harder to taste it.

[A]

I. I could order more of the meatball sliders. I like them so much. Very, very, very good. We all agree on this one.

[B]

Wow.

[A]

More natural than that. We're doing a take two. Cuz as soon as I stopped rolling,

[B]

Lizzy said, wow, the new menu really sucks.

[A]

Now it feels like you're an actor who doesn't believe what she's saying. I need attention behind the line.

[B]

Wow, the menu.

[A]

Here, I'll help.

[B]

You're really walking.

[A]

This is okay. It's just like. It's just. We're natural, we're having a good time, and it's like, oh, my God, this new menu, really? That's the best work you've ever done, Dinko. I have to make an apology to Cheesecake Factory. It turns out their coffee isn't, in fact, watery. The waitress thought I said half water, half coffee. And that explains why it was so water. Cuz I literally like dragged them.

[C]

You did.

[B]

You literally said it's watery as hell.

[A]

I was like, this coffee is watery fresh. Yeah, we'll see what it's like for real when it comes out now. She was like, do you want more? Half water, half coffee. And I was like, except excuse me. No, no, no.

[C]

It's like my cafe Americano problem.

[B]

Oh no, I'm still triggered by your cafe Americano.

[A]

I don't know that we have enough time to tell the story.

[B]

Well, I'm in the middle of telling another really long story and I'm almost done.

[A]

I don't even know what it's about. Oh, Wayne Brady.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Okay, we'll be back. It's always about Wayne Brady. No, hold on, hold on, hold on. I'm inter. It's never going to be.

[B]

I'm just trying to tell a story.

[A]

I'm interrupting. Interrupting. I'm interrupting her off camera story. To bring you an on camera taste test of the full strength coffee. Chris also has it. Let's see if we can both get in here. Cheers.

[B]

Lean in, dad.

[A]

Lean in. Oh, I mean, it's still not great, but it's much better.

[B]

What's your review? Are you gonna steam your eyes? I wanted.

[C]

I wanted to. I wanted privacy.

[B]

Give him practicing. He's got a do a dad thing.

[A]

He's got to agree with me. He's also an espresso man like me and we both drink black. Look at him.

[C]

I wanted prison.

[A]

I do that kind of thing too. Do you have a headache?

[C]

No, it just feels good on my eyes. And if your ducks are. Are clogged, it loosens them up.

[A]

Do you get dry eyes? I get dry eyes a lot for that.

[C]

I have dry.

[A]

Ey, is this a Chris thing? Chris is. And they're dry.

[B]

You still have your gallbladder, Jennifer.

[A]

I still have Michael.

[B]

What did you have removed? Liar. You liar. You're so crazy for that. I'm sitting there.

[A]

Okay, she's got to go. She's got to tell her Wayne Brady story. That's never going to end. All right, the food has arrived. This is on their new menu item. It's like a Tex Mex bowl. We got it with chicken. This is their new veggie burger, so we thought we would try it. It doesn't look from this angle.

[B]

It does. That might just be.

[A]

Oh, really? And this is. What is. What are you. What. What did you get?

[C]

This is called fried chicken, but it doesn't. It doesn't remind you of anything. Fried chicken. It's not southern. It's kind of Asian.

[B]

Y.

[C]

It's a little. A little tempura. Tastes more like tempura.

[A]

Tempura, it looks like to me.

[C]

And this is not honey.

[A]

This is just melted butter. Can I steal one of them? Absolutely.

[B]

The potatoes are good. That's spicy

[A]

over here. I don't know that I've ever had like, tempura fried chicken.

[B]

I don't think I need to dip my chicken in butter.

[A]

That's just straight butter.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Wait, but this is interesting.

[B]

I don't like it.

[A]

It's just something I've never had before.

[C]

If you have like, oftentimes if you have chicken in your Chinese food, it'll be. So it'll be coated like that, fried like that, and then mixed with a sauce.

[A]

So this is pre orange chicken. This is before the sauce. Exactly. Okay, so I have had breaded like this. Just not sauce. Not raw. Dogged. But then why are they. They calling it. Aren't they calling it southern chicken or something? So it's tempura chicken with green beans. And that's what makes it Southern Bait.

[C]

Bait and bite and switch. Bait and switch.

[A]

Do you want to try a beast, Chris? I'm going try it first. By itself, I think it's fine. But yeah, it's not.

[C]

I don't know.

[A]

It's not what they claim it is at all. You said this is spicy.

[B]

Very. It's not even a sauce. It's just spicy hot sauce.

[A]

The br.

[C]

And then just serve it with potatoes.

[A]

The sauce makes it way better.

[B]

Oh, really?

[A]

I like it. The potatoes do look good.

[B]

It's pronounced petite.

[A]

Honestly, it's kind of bland. It's really bland, actually. It's very bland. It needs something.

[B]

But as we found out last time we were here, it's made fresh.

[A]

Oh, it is. So can we. Can we say it? Can we? People, we literally like. You have to lean in to be seen. Chris.

[B]

Lean in. Chris, be careful.

[C]

It's gonna go up the edge.

[A]

Last time we asked the waiter if the food here is in fact the waitress, if it is in fact made fresh. And she confirmed that they are a from scratch kitchen. They have people coming in at 4am, sous chefs chopping everything up. She went on a whole spiel. And it is in fact made fresh. Everything. Everything. Everything except the cheesecake, which is made like at their headquarters in Calabasas, which is flash frozen, frozen, AKA frozen, and sent to the stores. But that's it. Everything else they're making in house, every Day. So congratulations. I don't know. I was always told that it's fresh and I'm like, that's why I liked eating here because I thought I was eating real food. This veggie burger is falling apart when I'm cutting it. It's like mush. It's mush. It's literal mush. And also for the price of everything, it being 30 fresh food, it's a great price point. Yeah.

[B]

Send noodles to lunch.

[A]

Oh, thank you.

[B]

Thank God there's more.

[A]

Oh, my God.

[B]

Is anything else.

[A]

Can I get it for you?

[B]

Maybe do some jiggle boxes? Jiggle boxes.

[A]

And to check, just whenever you're ready.

[B]

No cheesecake today.

[A]

Oh, actually Chris probably wants some.

[B]

No, he's been overserved.

[A]

We've been overserved. Thank you. I'm trying what I could salvage from the veggie burger. Oh, the flavor is actually nice. It does taste like lentils or beans. It's nice.

[B]

I look at a Baja chicken bowl and I just think, why didn't I get nachos, you know?

[A]

Well, that's why they accommodated with the Asian nachos on the menu. The Asian chickens out.

[B]

Very spicy.

[A]

Really? Then I'm gonna like it. The flavor of the burger is actually really good.

[B]

The veggie mouth, it's a also a bit spicy.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

I like spicy.

[A]

Oh, no. I'm totally messing it up.

[B]

Did you just go in blind? Like, did you close your eyes and just bash her?

[A]

Well, half the mess is mine. Oh, it's hard to get. It is hard to get. Bread's nice. It's kind of tasty. Not as good as a regular burger. No, but not bad for a veggie burger, though. I have tried quite a few veggie burgers and the patty is nicer than most. I will say it's veggie. Yeah.

[B]

It's not trying to be a meat burger. No, it's not like an impossible burger or an imitation meat. It is a veggie burger.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Through and through.

[A]

This was the tenderloin.

[B]

The Asian tenderloin.

[A]

The Asian tenderloin. I'm just going to try a piece of the meat off of it. The. The actual beef on it looks really nice.

[B]

And if there's something Ryland knows, it's beef. No, I can't possibly.

[A]

I actually eat quite bit a bit of steak.

[B]

I know, that's why I said that.

[A]

I thought you were being far cr.

[B]

No, no. You actually know a lot about steak.

[A]

It's good. I like it.

[B]

He's dancing.

[C]

I'm very Impressed with your steak knowledge.

[A]

Right.

[B]

Thank you, dad. Would you. Would you say it's.

[C]

I say yes. I. Maybe. Maybe a half one of those.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Good, good, good. Chris, on a scale from to where are we settling? It's like, oh, he doesn't like it.

[A]

I think it's tasty, but it's a little dry.

[B]

To me, everyone else was dancing and

[A]

to me it's like, I don't know, it feels well done and I don't like a well done. It's cooked. Yeah. I wonder why they don't ask like a temperature preference for that.

[B]

Because it was all prepared at 4 o' clock this morning already.

[A]

Okay. I'm going in with a clean fork on this one. I want a little bit of everything. The Tex Mex bowl. It's really hard to scoop what you need up.

[B]

Do you want a spoon?

[A]

No, I guess I don't need a piece of chicken. Yeah. Low scoopability detects Mexico. Well, the lighting is like so orange in here.

[B]

I might have to sneeze. Might? I'm not committed to the sneeze yet.

[A]

Oh, if we wrapped that in a burrito. Yeah.

[C]

It'd be gone.

[A]

Good.

[B]

Oh, okay.

[A]

It's good. I actually really like it. I would get that as a meal. I'm trying to match to keep it. It's a nice variety.

[B]

I would have. I would have only gotten the meatball sandwich and the pickle fries as a meal.

[A]

You really could just do good with their appetizers. Their new menu appetizers are really good.

[B]

And the. Hold on, the meatball ciders are 10.50. That's not bad for an entree. And that's an entree. That's a lot of food for one person.

[A]

I agree. I love all those things. I know half the table did not like it, but I love the pork belly. I would get the pork belly.

[B]

I would marry the pork belly and have its children.

[A]

Okay, well, great. I think this was fun. This was nice. I do want to try also. The mashed potipatons are very good. They're very tasty. Yeah.

[B]

But I can't stop on these little green beans.

[A]

I'm going to scoop out now with a spoon. Another bite. Well, you missed us having cheesecake. We had cheesecake the last time we were here. But we've been overserved this time cuz we tried so much of the new menu. One more piece. I want to know how the noodles are. Oh, garlicky. The noodles are pretty nice. They're like thin and buttery and garlic dang.

[B]

That's a big bite.

[A]

Some nudes.

[C]

Are they pasta noodles or.

[A]

Yeah, very good. Thank you. Pasta.

[C]

No, are they pasta noodles or are they rice noodles?

[A]

Pasta. Not that I know what a rice noodle is.

[C]

We added rice flour instead of.

[B]

They seem more like. They seem more like a chain noodle than a.

[A]

Than a delish. Okay. The way they're seasoning some things is really right. They grab green beans. Incredible. The broccoli has a wonderful sauce. Thank you. And Chris is now addicted to the noodles. I literally can't stop eating. They're so good. They really grew on me, and now I'm addicted. This bowl is like a sleeper hit. It grows on you. Yes, agreed.

[B]

A sleeper hit.

[A]

Did you not understand?

[B]

I loved it.

[A]

Just understand.

[B]

No, I. I blocked it. You're standing on business.

[A]

Go on. You want to feed me one of those?

[B]

Oh, yeah.

[A]

Oh, they are nice.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Oh, man.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Lizzie can't stop with him.

[B]

No.

[A]

Okay, so on a scale of like, cheesecake was like.

[C]

Thank you very much.

[A]

Thank you. All right, you guys. Well, that's gonna do it for us at the factory. I would rate my overall experience, the taste profile of everything. A good eight and a half. Out of ten.

[B]

Hell yeah.

[A]

Hell, yeah.

[B]

I'd see you at eight and a half and raise you a point. A percentage point.

[A]

Nine.

[B]

No, I'd say like 8.7.

[A]

Oh. I'll meet you there.

[C]

So we learned that the Cheesecake Factory is owned by its parent company, Cake. Public company, but not Fortune 500. I would give it a. A meets expectations. Like a seven. Seven. Five.

[B]

Whoa.

[A]

Does that lower ours? Are we influenced?

[B]

We're still.

[A]

We're not influenced.

[B]

We are the influencer.

[A]

I think it very much depends what you get here. Their menu is huge. It's too big, actually is one of the big complaints. But some things are fantastic, some things are not. But overall, yeah, I'd say. I'd say an eight. Or depending. Some things are a nine, depending what you get. Dependable. She's like, reliable. She's dependable.

[B]

She's not faithful.

[A]

You know what you're gonna get. And I don't know if I said this on camera, but the price point really matters to me. Cuz, like, for what you're getting at the price point, it's like a great deal.

[B]

Yeah, agreed. I said. I said a thing about the price point as well.

[A]

Period. Cheesecake Factory. We had a great, great time. And they're playing old school Camila Cabello. Alright, you guys, thank you so much for watching and enjoying the sip. Everyone's links are in the description down below. And we will see you guys next week. We love you so much. And that. We're back. Chris is eating his to go food. I put it in the to go box and I didn't really try it. And like, let me get one bite. And now I can't stop eating it. No, that is like, if I were getting a few appetizers and a meal, I would go for that. The Tex Mex Bowl. It's really good. And the price point for, like, a million items was 155, which I just want to note is great. Like, that's very impressive. I feel like we spend that at, like, the chicken places we go to that are fast food. Right. That Lizzie's always, like, so affordable.

[B]

Yes, I was listening.

[A]

Okay, bye.

[B]

And.

[A]

Oh, you want to kiss him this time. Last time, Lizzie bit you guys and she goes, oh, I bit them. I should have kissed them. Keep your lipstick off the lens. Oh, tongue.