10K Dollar Day

INTRO: (00:00) Alison and Lulu are recording while having a girl's night with their friend Melanie, and they are two bottles of wine in, so you may hear a third voice from time to time.

OBSESSIONS: (1:20) Lulu is obsessed with Dark Mode in Mojave, Alison thinks she's talking about chocolate, but she is talking about the most recent OS upgrade for Apple. Alison is obsessed with her Schmidt's Natural Deodorant Sticks.

WISHLIST: (5:01) Lulu wants everything from Jet Pens. Alison wants cooling sheets. Like for your bed.

ALISON’S 10K DAY - IRVINGTON, NY: (8:02) This is the truest 10K Day she's ever done, Alison declares. And by that she means that this is EXACTLY what she would do if she had $10,000. She is staying at Villa Nuits, a stunning estate where multiple movies have been filmed, including The Age of Innocence. Alison wonders why she would ever leave this beautiful place to do anything else. So she doesn't leave. She books Chef Abyssinia to cook all meals and snacks (and bring the wine) for her and her guests. Her guestS being friends who are all performing artists. So with a backdrop as beautiful as the villa, they decide to make a music video covering the Spice Girls' "Wannabe". Makeup artist Ally Martinn and filmmaker Gregg Monteith help them do just that.

LULU’S 10K DAY - PALAWAN, PHILIPPINES: (18:42) Lulu is headed to Floral Island.
It is only $458 per night, so totally doable if you don't count the cost of a plane ticket. To make her day on the island as luxurious as possible, Lulu buys a Hermés beach towel,  a reclining water float, and a new bluetooth speaker. If only she could find a way to stay cool on the island shore...Well look no further than the Coolingstyle personal A/C machine on Kickstarter! She buys nine of them.

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CHARITIES: (29:05)

• The Hope Program
• Survival International 

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INTRO: (00:00) We are so excited about our first youtube companion episode of the year! That's right, on the second Wednesday of every month, you can choose to watch us while we record the podcast. It's fun to see all the interaction and antics. And there are usually props.

OBSESSIONS: (3:05) Alison is obsessed with her organized closet. Over the holidays our producer Ash was in town and helped her declutter. Now she just needs those pretty and functional velvet no-slip hangers. Lulu is obsessed with her new quip toothbrush. It's an electric toothbrush that sponsors nearly every podcast out there, except this one. Yet.

WISHLIST: (8:28) Alison is wishing for the Voloom hair styling tool, which promises to turn flat hair to fabulous hair. Lulu wishes that fingernails grew as slowly as toenails. She hates that she needs a manicure long before she needs her next pedicure. It's so inconvenient.

LULU’S 10K DAY - STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN: (12:35) Lulu stays at Ett Hem, a Swedish mansion that has individual suites. First stop is Swedish Hasbeens for some clogs, then she grabs lunch at Meatballs For the People. Lulu heads on a vintage shopping tour guided by Fräulein Frauke, Sweden's biggest burlesque star.  Next she reserves an armchair at Tweed before heading out for a progressive dining experience with The Walking Dinner. A little shopping to help her voice for an upcoming activity - the Mypurmist Handheld Steam Inhaler, some Grether’s Pastilles and a $2700 bottle of water. Oh and she hired four violinists to play horror movie music as she does the stress-relieving Lappis Scream!

ALISON’S 10K DAY - LITTLE HARVEST CAYE: (33:44) Alison is taking nine other people to this private island off the coast of Belize that comes with a full-time, on-site staff. Alison takes the group on an Indiana-Jones inspired day to the Xunantunich Mayan temples and Actun Tunichil Muknal. Dinner for everyone at Rumfish y vino is on her, as are the back & shoulder massages at Siripohn's Thai Massage. Aren't you hoping to be one of her nine guests?

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CHARITIES: (49:38)

• Futebol dá força
• Pack for a Purpose - How to Participate As a Traveler 

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INTRO: (00:00) Happy New Year, everybody! And Happy Anniversary to us here at 10K Dollar Day! In case you are just now finding us, click here to know all about us! we are coming to you from Orlando, drinking Grove strawberry wine that we are LOVING. We also have some Puff's Plus Lotion and Vicks with us because Alison is sick and nasally. She's not so bad that it's hard to listen to though, we promise.

OBSESSIONS: (2:47) Alison brought her obsession with her for Lulu to try. It's doTerra's On Guard® Chocolate Bark! Lulu is loving the Marco Polo app.

WISHLIST: (6:38) Alison is wishing for a bicycle, like a real bicycle. Lulu wants a handwriting bracelet like these from Etsy. She wants to get the Shakespeare monologue "what a piece / of work / is man", in her family's handwriting.

ALISON’S 10K DAY - ST. BART'S: (12:08) Alison is staying in a 7,000 square foot villa overlooking the ocean. She decides to get an ATV for the day. Don't worry, she keeps safety first and buys this helmet to wear. She found a really unique experience on Airbnb called Feeling Samurai Soul. It sounds great but it is actually in Tokyo, not St. Bart's. Whoops! Next is a facial and massage at Le Guanahani, followed by brunch at La Case de L'isle. Alison makes a trip to pristine beach Anse de Grande Saline, then has sea bass and wine at Orega.

LULU’S 10K DAY - PHUKET, THAILAND: (23:17) Lulu heads to the largest island in Thailand where she stays at the Iniala Resort. Along with a private butler she gets a complimentary massage. She heads to Phuket Thai Cooking Academy to learn how to make curry pastes from scratch. She heads out on a yacht to see James Bond Island. Lulu decides for a souvenir she's going to bring home...a tattoo from Aussine Tattoo. Lulu goes for dinner at Ka Jok See, a seemingly hole-in-the-wall place that is one of the most popular spots in Phuket. Lulu indulges in a second massage of the day at her villa, because "when in thailand...phuket!"

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CHARITIES: (36:06)

• Barts Charity for the Barts Health NHS Trust Hospitals.
• Phuket Has Been Good To Us

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INTRO: (0:00) Hope everyone had a wonderfully merry Christmas yesterday! We are bringing a special wrap-up episode to you for our last episode of the year! We are going to talk about our favorites from all of our past 52 episodes, and along the way share some favorites and highlights from our year with 10K Dollar Day.

FAVORITES from our OBSESSIONS and WISHLIST: (1:30)
Alison’s weekly obsession was oat milk in more than one episode, while Lulu’s favorite obsession of the year is TSA Pre-check.
Apparently Santa was working year round listening to our wishlists, as Alison wished for - 

• a handheld milk frother
• a KIRBY vacuum
• Ulta Beauty Mattifying Balm
• and a Samsonite® carry-on,

- and got ALL OF THOSE THINGS. Alison and Lulu are also both ending the year with new computers, so Santa has been very good to them. Though he did forget the ability to teleport, calorie-free pizza, and the personal bubble of A/C. Maybe next year.  Lulu's least favorite obsession was Alison’s obsession with dessert hummus. She just can’t get on board…tell us how you feel about it.

FAVORITE MEMORIES AND MILESTONES...:(8:37)

• getting our logo 
• our first #10Kvacay to Nashville where we picked up our producer
• introducing our Guest Googler monthly feature, to include: Jacob McAlister, Maria Flores Ragan, Christina Bianco, Gaelen Gilliland, Vanessa Ray, Alan Seales, Adam Bastien and Jerome Bell of OneUp, and Sean MacLaughlin
• starting our Youtube channel
• adding a blog to our media arsenal
• doing a live show in New York 
• a SiriusXM spot on John Fugelsang’s Tell Me Everything 
• and the pièce de résistance ending the year with 10,000 plays! 

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INTRO: (00:00) It is almost Christmas, so we are spending our 10K days in holiday-themed destinations. We have a guest googler this week, but he is so important that he isn't here yet.

OBSESSIONS: (4:20) Alison is obsessed with her new Insignia 4-port USB hub...shout out to our Patreon supporters for helping with that equipment upgrade! Lulu is obsessed with lip balm. She's on the lookout for a great one, so if you have any recommendations, let us know on the 10K Dollar Baes page.

WISHLIST: (7:06) Alison is on an electronics kick as this week she is wishing for a rechargeable battery case for her iPhone. Lulu is wishing for a statement ring.

GUEST GOOGLER WELCOME: (12:16) Alison and Lulu welcome Sean MacLaughlin into the room. Alison is enamored with his sexy baritone voice, but Lulu asks her to just not because Sean is her cousin. They only recently learned they were related, after a family feud a few generations back disconnected sides of the family. Sean calls it "a feature film waiting to happen".

ALISON’S 10K DAY - SANTA CLAUS, INDIANA: (21:35) Alison brings 19 friends to the Lincoln Pines Lakefront Resort. Instead of a car service, Alison rents sleighs and reindeers for the day. Breakfast and festive mini-golf at Frosty’s Fun Center is followed by a visit to the Santa Claus Museum & Village. Alison takes a Winter Scenery Train Ride, then heads to the Santa Claus Christmas Store to buy personalized 10K Holi-DAY ornaments as souvenirs.

LULU’S 10K DAY - ROVANIEMI, FINLAND: (33:50) Lulu stays at the Arctic Treehouse Hotel then has smoked salmon soup for breakfast at Cafebar. She heads to Santa Claus Village where you can walk a line that separates the Arctic circle from the rest of the world. She also visits the Santa Claus Post Office to mail 10K Dollar Day postcards designed for her by Jacob McAlister. Stops at Santa Park, Santa's Salmon Place, and Arctic Design Shop, then a dinner with a private chef at Rakas. She may have ordered reindeer...

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CHARITIES: (51:38)

• Santa Claus Volunteer Fire Department
• Northern Ireland Children to Lapland

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INTRO: (00:00) It's a very festive time of the year, as both Alison and Lulu are in Christmas shows right now. You can see Alison in The Winter Wonderettes at Stageworks Theater in Tampa, and Lulu is in The Christmas Carol at Hanesbrand Theater in Greensboro, North Carolina. So if you are in either of those places, come see the show and say hi!

OBSESSIONS: (2:16) Lulu is obsessed romantic Christmas movies that she calls "fairytales for grown-ups". Just check out her insta story to follow along as she chronicles this obsession. Alison is obsessed with Lumify Eye drops whose sole purpose is to make your eyes whiter.

WISHLIST: (6:56) Alison is wishing for an affordable teeth whitening kit. Lulu wants all the best hot cocoas, this Ghiradelli one will do just fine!

ALISON’S 10K DAY - SEYCHELLES: (11:15) Technically she stays in a villa on a tiny island off of Seychelles, called Fregate Island. She invites five friends to come with her. They have to pay for their lodging, but she does treat them all to a day at Rock Spa.
Next the group goes on a chartered helicopter ride, before snorkeling, sunbathing, and sipping rosé on secluded beach called Anse Macquereau.

LULU’S 10K DAY - COLOGNE, GERMANY: (25:33) She stays at Kalthoff Grandhotel Schloss Bensberg where she has a champagne welcome. Her first stop is at the Schokoladen Museum where she gets a 10K Dollar Day themed custom made chocolate bar. She gets one to gift to each of our Patreon supporters. Cologne is famous at this time of the year for their Christmas Markets. Lulu decides to fly Alison and Jerome and Adam of OneUp out to meet her. Dickensian costumes, pitch pipes, and thermoses full of Glühwein await them, as does a night of Christmas caroling.

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CHARITIES: (37:10)

• Hänneschen
• Fregate Sea Turtle Conservation

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INTRO: (00:00) Will we ever be able to remember what episode we are on? It's episode 50! We have a surprise guest, he may just be the cutest ever, so check out the youtube companion video! If you are wondering why the episode is titled "It's Harry Potter!", listen or watch around minute 43 and on.

OBSESSIONS: (2:29) Alison is obsessed with rings, which she shows off for the youtube viewers with some jazz hands. Lulu is obsessed with honeycrisp apples, they are just the most consistently delicious.

WISHLIST: (07:00) Alison is wishing for wine right now. Or she wishes she had the power to turn her water into wine. Lulu wants an app to replace her metrocard, that works like Apple Pay.

LULU’S 10K DAY - OSLO, NORWAY: (10:26) Lulu is very excited to visit the hip capital of Norway. She stays in the top suite at the Thief Hotel, then starts her day with a tour of the Henrik Ibsen house and buys Ibsen's Selected Plays. Next is elk carpaccio at Dr Kneipp’s Wine Bar. She purchases a nordic sweater at Dale of Norway, and gets a Adriana Degreas swimsuit and these Gucci "Guccy" crystal flip flops to wear to Árdna Sauna at SALT, where you hang in a sauna while enjoying live performances. Lulu visits the retro community around Grünerløkka, and gets a pin-up girl makeover from Miss Rockabully before visiting the 50s-themed Italian cocktail bar, Bettola. For dinner she went to Maaemo for their set menu with wine pairings.

ALISON’S 10K DAY - MIDWAY, UTAH: (26:10) Alison stays in a luxury suite at the Homestead Resort. She has a soak in a geothermal spring Homestead Crater. Alison takes a tour of Heber Valley Artisan Cheese, and buys a few gift baskets for herself and a few friends. Next she goes for a guided fly fishing adventure, and she's dressed the part in waders, boots, and a rain jacket from Amazon. She stops in at Blue Boar Inn for a bite, then hires chef Aki Kamozawa to fly in and cook the rainbow trout that she caught while fly fishing.

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CHARITIES: (39:25)

• Kids Action for Kids
• Best Friends Animal Society

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INTRO: (00:00) Alison starts off the episode by admitting that she's "reeeaallly tipsy". By the way if you missed last week's episode, "Our Skanket is Shook..." with OneUp, click here to listen and read about it. It was the perfect day-before-Thanksgiving episode. ALL the feels...and some laughs, of course.

OBSESSIONS: (03:33) We've made a Holiday Gift Guide featuring our obsessions (and wishlist items) throughout the year, so if you are needing a gift, you can't go wrong with any of these! Alison is obsessed with avocado toast, while Lulu is obsessed with Grove Strawberry Wine.

WISHLIST: (08:24) You should listen to this section because minutes of nonstop giggling will definitely make you laugh. Alison wishes teleportation existed. Lulu's wishing for Nuraphones, the personalized headphones.

ALISON’S 10K DAY - AUSTIN, TX: (15:26) Alison stays at the Saint Cecilia. She hires Cynthia's Limo. Breakfast at Epicerie before heading to The Woodhouse Spa. A visit to Driveway Austin to race a Ferrari, then a private winery tour. Alison downloads the Detour app, which offers immersive audio walks, that she customizes by stopping for an app and a drink at Eddie V's, Easy Tiger, Koriente, Beerland, and Hoboken Pie. Somehow still not satiated, Alison heads to Roaring Fork for a steak dinner and a bottle of wine.

LULU’S 10K DAY - BALTIMORE, MARYLAND: (35:39) Lulu gets car service through Dryver and stays at the Inn at Perry Cabin. Lulu takes an aerial lesson at Mobtown Ballroom, then goes to see the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death at the Maryland Medical Examiner’s Office. Lulu wants make a parody video of On Broadway except it's going to be "...have Old Bay®”, and she hires the Oracle Band and Producers to make this happen. A guided tour and tasting at Guinness®'s american outpost brewery is followed by Loch Bar and Woodberry Kitchen.

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CHARITIES: (56:17)

• Operation Blue Santa
• Public Justice Center

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INTRO: (00:00) We are excited to have two guest googlers - Jerome and Adam of OneUp are here with us. They were recently on The Voice - press pause and go watch their audition and their battle song. We hear all about how they met, and how they became a duo. We are all so emotional and we are only 8 minutes into the episode.

OBSESSIONS: (15:31) Alison declares her obsession to be OneUp and Oat Milk Cortados. Jerome is obsessed with the boil on waverly in NYC. Lulu is obsessed with Ashley's blanket scarf... a blarf or a skanket are the new names the group comes up with. You can get it on Amazon for $15! Adam is obsessed with Cheddar Jalapeño crunchy Cheetos.

WISHLIST: (25:01) Lulu wants to try the Blue Bell Christmas Cookies ice cream that everyone is freaking out about. Adam is wishing for the brand new Buick Regal Station Wagon. Alison wishes the dongle didn't exist. All Jerome wants for Christmas is a remote control airplane.

ALISON’S 10K DAY - USHUAIA, ARGENTINA: (37:25) Alison stays at Arakur. To say she's officially been to the end of the world, Alison goes to Bahía Lapataia. She takes a boat ride to Isla Martillo where you walk with the penguins. An off-road adventure in Tierra del Fuego National Park where "you can see all the beavers". On to Kalma Resto, for some gourmet bites. A little gambling at "The Casino at the End of The World". It is so cold in Ushuaia, so Alison has the bar at the hotel make her some local Yerba Mate, with a splash (or ten) of whiskey.

LULU'S 10K DAY - MEXICO CITY, MEXICO: (51:50) Lulu stays in a luxury suite at the St. Regis. For breakfast she tries La Esquina del Chilaquil. After some exploring, she eats lunch at Restaurante Nicos. A tour of the Frida Kahlo museum is followed by a private mezcal tasting tour with Paco Bernal.  Lulu hires a mariachi band to write an arrangement of the 10K Dollar Day theme song. She buys some mariachi instruments including a viuela. Dinner is at Pujol, and after-dinner drinks are at Baltra.

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CHARITIES: (1:05:35)

• World Monuments F

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There are no words for this amazing EXTENDED Guest Googler episode with duo OneUp, from NBC's The Voice 2018!