BEHIND THE SCENES | Filming the podcast in NYC

Come behind the scenes with us in NYC as we film episodes of our podcast! From side quests at the Harry Potter store to Met Gala Monday and picking up BERO merch, it was a magical week.

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Transcript:

Hello. We are currently passing the New York

Library and we are about to pick up some bureau samples for our interview in the next few days and we're very excited. Ava, Jenna. Oh, we're on our way.

I feel like he would probably be swinging from the building. He's supposed to be swinging from the He's supposed to be I haven't spotted him yet, but we're hopeful that we'll see him soon. We didn't even realize yesterday it was Met Gala Monday, which we didn't even like I don't even know. We've been obsessed with the Met Gal forever. So, we went down to try to spot the gala and it was like totally and we spotted the the tent which was really cool. Spotted the tent and we saw like a bunch of people who must have been like assistants or stylists with like Burberry bags or like makeup kits. Cool to see all the people running around in the streets with the suitcases. There's a cute little like outside of store. It was like net gown on Monday. So cute. Don't mind my fugly braid. It's so that my hair looks good later. We've come to a crossroads. Literally what we do here. Just go over here. [Music] We are currently in the middle of the road hoping not to get struck by a car. We're in the middle of the road. hair is pooping up as you speak. Okay, let's go this way. Also, I had to get this jacket yesterday cuz I was freezing. I'm so cold. I was shivering and I was uncomfortable and we were going to Central Park and I was like, I don't want to be unhappy in Central Park. So, anyway, a rainy New York stroll to pick up bureau samples. How we got Bureau samples was I connected with one of the people that work at Hero, Jackie, and she was so lovely and I kind of pitched her on our show like saying that we're going to have an episode where we talk about sobriety. We're going to be plugging Bureau in our episode which is like such a fun little alignment with them and they've been so lovely. The whole team has been so amazing. So amazing which is so nice to experience. They're the real deal. There's this huge line and it went all the way across the street down the street. Are you here for I guess this sample sale? And I was like, I'm just trying to cross this. I was like, I'm just trying to cross street. And they're like, okay, go ahead. I was like, okay.

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[Music] We're going to Milan. Okay. What we've done is we've taken all the beer and just put them in one in each bag so we can walk home. So smart. So crazy. We're at the Harry Potter store. This is hands down the highlight of my entire life.

[Music] We got a baby Slytherin. Baby Slytherin shirt for Quinny. Cousin is a Slytherin. is she got like the Slytherin key change. So she has a baby who's probably gonna be a Slytherin, too. So we're starting her early. Packing up our mics and our our little bear bags. Cute bureau bags. Like that works. Time to set up for the [Music] podcast. First one coming soon. Stay tuned. Stay tuned. [Music] Okay. So Jenna has secured her $1.50 slice of pizza for it for days. This is her goal to go to New York is to get a $150 slice of pizza and she got a big reveal. Wow. So excited. Beyond beyond excited. Maddie and us all got Sweet Green. I've never had it before and I hear about it all the time. So, we all got Sweet Green and we're just eating with our setup because we already filmed with Jelene. Now, we're just waiting for our next guest. So, was awesome. Jelene was amazing. And now we're just waiting. Um, we met Jolene through Tamina who we're filming with us. Yeah. So, yay. [Laughter]

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Spooky.

I'm on a walk post

interview. It's the next morning and we had two good interviews last night and now we're on our way to go to Brian Park. We have two more interviews today. Yes. And then two more after that. [Music]

So, we finished our interview with Sydney. She was amazing. It was so much fun. We got to try We didn't get it on camera, but we did try some of her snacks and they were delicious. We loved them. We were just snacking on them. Now, we are We're getting Jenna some pretzel supple. And then we have to rush over to the hotel, grab our equipment, and then we're going to head over to Courtney and have food and have some bureau. We're so excited to try it. Is currently getting a self pretzel. What are we doing? We're on our way to interview Courtney with our bureau samples. This is our equipment in here. And then we have the lovely bureau bags holding our mics and cameras. Cameras and bureau samples. I've got mine as well. And it's an hour walk, but we're in New York, so we thought, why not? And I'm gonna grab a bagel on the way. So, and I'm having a cappuccino. It's going to make me all [Music]

zy. Okay, I'm going to do a little update. I'm feeling very devalicious with these sunglasses on, so don't mind that. We are currently eating lunch. I had a slice of pizza at this Italian cafe and they have bagels and Maddie has Lebanese food and it's delicious. So, we're sitting here eating lunch. We had an interview this morning with Divia. Had an interview with Courtney last night. What you went to her apartment for? It was so Carrie Bradshaw coded. So so so so cute. And today we got our interview done this morning with we had the best time. And now we are heading off to the hotel after we go to Soho. And then after Soho going to try to go back to the Met steps and go to Central Park. We were here in Mecca on Monday, so everything was blocked off. So we're going to head back there today around dinner time. Oh god, that's soft. Wow, that's a real Oh my grilled cheese.

[Music] If you know, you know, [Music] we are leaving. Goodbye room. Goodbye room. Goodbye, lady in the page. We have one more interview to do and then we're heading out to the airport. Bye. We stayed in the beautiful Westgate New York Grand Central for the duration of our stay and it was really fun. The Westgate treated us to a cozy room and a beautiful boardroom to film in and the location was just spectacular. If you're headed to New York and want a place that brings both comfort and charm, hit the link in our show notes and treat yourself to a stay at Westgate New York Grand Central. [Music]