Cha Cha Sips

1. Alex Bradberry is an entrepreneur and founder of The Sparkle Bar, a popular hair and makeup studio in the Phoenix area. Alex was one of my closest friends when I moved to Phoenix for a short time, but I learned so much from her. We both can relate to business partner breakups, so we get into more details about our experiences about that, as well as being intentional about the relationships you form in your local business community.

We also talk about:

• Being intentional about making relationships in your business community
• Creating a welcoming space that feels like home
• Aligning with your passion and purpose
• The importance of unplugging
• Cocktails that have ruined you and you can never drink again

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BEING A LEVEL COMMUNITY LEADER IN YOUR CITY, PLEASE FILL OUT AN APPLICATION!!

For more information on LEVEL, visit our website or listen to this podcast episode. 

Drink of the Week:

We were sober in the middle of this work day unfortunately...

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Get more Cha Cha Sips @chanelsonego!

Resources:

• thesparklebar.com
• Follow Alex: @alexbradberry
• Follow The Sparkle Bar: @thesparklebar

Cha Cha Sips is managed and edited by Nikki Butler Media.

20: It’s been awhile but we are a back with another Just The Sip episode featuring my frequent honorary co-host, Jazzy J. She’s been on a few trips, I’ve been on a few dates, and we’re here to talk about it all, beginning with my first “ghosting” experience ever. Ugh. Plus, our thoughts on hair on men in all the nooks and crannies. **Peep the Ranch Water cocktail recipe in the show notes**

We also talk about:

• “Hearing” from exes through some sort of tech medium and it totally wrecking your world
• The boomerang process
• Licking balls
• Data (yes, science) about the average number of partners for men and women

Drink of the Week:

Ranch Water

• 12-ounce bottle Topo Chico, chilled
• 1 ½ ounces blanco tequila, such as Los Sundays
• ½ ounce fresh lime juice
• Tajin

Start by pouring out (or drinking) two ounces of the Topo Chico.

Add the tequila then lime juice to the Topo Chico bottle.

Run the lime on the rim of the bottle and and sprinkle tajin.

Get more Cha Cha Sips @chanelsonego!

Get in touch with today’s Honorary Co-Host:

• Instagram: @jazzy_j_explores
• Work IG: @femaven.travel

Cha Cha Sips is managed and edited by Nikki Butler Media.

19. Ramel Wallace is an artist and entrepreneur who has created a career out of combining the two together. He truly does good work for the San Diego community, and really anyone his music and non-profit touches. In this episode, we talk about growing up in non-traditional families and dealing with abandonment issues at a young age. Ramel is an incredibly talented hip-hop artist, so we also talk about our world’s social, political and economic issues, how they inspire his music and why he feels it’s important to address.

We also talk about:

• Growing up in the San Diego community
• His relationship status
• His thoughts on having children
• The importance of having constructive conversations with friends, family and peers

Drink of the Week:

@carharttvineyard wine!

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Get more Cha Cha Sips @chanelsonego!

Resources:

• theholyfield.org
• Follow Ramel: @realjwallace
• The Holyfield: @theholyfieldorg

Cha Cha Sips is managed and edited by Nikki Butler Media.

1. If COVID has continued to keep you home and you’re craving some girl time at happy hour to talk a little bit about your professional life and your personal life, this is the episode for you. I have Aisha and Des, co-founders of Creative Label, full service agency, specializing in branding, marketing, and public relations in the digital space. I had such a riot in this conversation. We definitely had some drinks beforehand; it looked like a mini frat party just happened. In this episode, we get into going into business as friends and how they’ve maintained their friendship through a fast-growing business.

We also talk about:

• How they came up with the idea for Creative Label and getting the business started
• How they break up the responsibilities of the business between them
• How to charge for your services
• The difference in your mentality and behavior from your early 20s to late 20s
• Building a business to sell
• Fighting like sisters… because they practically are!

Drink of the Week:

Jack Daniels Honey 

with lemonade

*So shockingly delish!!

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Get more Cha Cha Sips @chanelsonego!

Resources:

• itscreativelabel.com
• Instagram: @creative.label
• Follow Aisha: @aisha
• Follow Des: @itsurdestinee

Cha Cha Sips is managed and edited by Nikki Butler Media.

17: My friend Megan joins me today to talk all about her relationship journey. I met Meg through my friend Emma, who in fact was introduced to me as Emma’s first girlfriend. In today’s episode, we talk about falling in love with people, not genders; what is what like telling her Southern Conservative Christian parents about her fiance who is a female; and of course, SEX! Duh who do you think I am?? While we always strive to be entertaining on this podcast, I truly hope you send this episode to someone who might need it <3

Drink of the Week:

@los_sundays Blanco shots

With a shift to red wine

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Get more Cha Cha Sips @chanelsonego!

Contact Today’s Honorary Co-Host:

• Instagram: @meg_harry

Cha Cha Sips is managed and edited by Nikki Butler Media.

16: Needless to say, Sara Brooks is a PR maven, with experience working on both coasts, and both ends of the spectrum on the media side and with clients. She launched Covet PR in 2014, setting out to create a PR agency like no other, focusing solely on consumer brands that are pushing boundaries, setting new standards and innovating the wellness industry. Covet PR has been so successful, that top digital marketing agency, Power Digital, acquired Sara’s business baby, keeping her in an executive role. 

Sara is so much fun to talk to; I seriously felt like I was sitting at happy hour with a friend I’ve known for years. She has so many useful tips for business owners and also balancing your lifestyle around your entrepreneurial life. 

We also talk about:

• Managing several female personalities in the workplace
• Being acquired by a large company
• Meeting her husband on Tinder and dating in the pandemic (from Chanel)
• Making poor lifestyle choices while trying to balance your home life and work life and how to fix it

Drink of the Week:

Skipped the booze this week! WHAAATT??

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Get more Cha Cha Sips @chanelsonego!

Resources:

• covetpr.com
• Instagram: @power_digital
• Follow Sara: @thesarabrooks

Cha Cha Sips is managed and edited by Nikki Butler Media.

15: Today we are talking ALLLLL about cheating. After playing back this episode, I couldn’t help but realize that cheating is literally just like a playbook for football. There are a few different positions, and several ways to “play” the ball. You can be the cheater, the mistress, the friend who knows, or the one being cheated on. Jazmin and I go through our thoughts on these different positions, opinions on hypothetical situations and our own personal experiences being in these positions. Theme of this episode: we empathize with all of you out there in the fucked up game of cheating.

Drink of the Week:

@los_sundays Coconut Blanco

Topped with Key Lime @lacroixwater

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Get more Cha Cha Sips @chanelsonego!

Contact Today’s Honorary Co-Host:

• Instagram: @jazzy_j_explores
• Work IG: @femaven.travel

Cha Cha Sips is managed and edited by Nikki Butler Media.

14: BONUS EPISODE! What you didn’t hear on my Just The Sip episode with ex-boyfriend, Chris, were the fishbowl questions we asked each other! I wrote up a bunch of questions, threw them in a fishbowl, and we picked them out at random. We’re talking about our weirdest dating stories, pegging (???), red flags, and of course the burning question, "Why are men so stupid?" Lol. Listen to this one as you’re getting ready to go out on a Friday night to scout some fresh meat. Cheers!

Drink of the Week:

@whiteclaw 

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Get more Cha Cha Sips @chanelsonego!

Contact Today’s Honorary Co-Host:

• Instagram: @cfsiedsma

Cha Cha Sips is managed and edited by Nikki Butler Media.

13: Chanel sits down with Jazmin and little Los Sundays tequila to talk about mixing business with pleasure. Do you swipe right or left when your hot client or coworker pops up? What are the boundaries you should set and should follow when it comes to mixing the two? Not going to lie, we do get a bit more serious about dating guys in the corporate world and comparing your {lack of} benefits to theirs. We also talk about my experience getting my face licked in Cabo, how to attract men when you're traveling by yourself and the whole concept of the “fuck buddy”. 

Drink of the Week:

@los_sundays Coconut Blanco

Topped with Key Lime @lacroixwater

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Get more Cha Cha Sips @chanelsonego!

Contact Today’s Honorary Co-Host:

• Instagram: @jazzy_j_explores
• Work IG: @femaven.travel

Cha Cha Sips is managed and edited by Nikki Butler Media.

12. Lara Worm is the founder of Bivouac Ciderworks and she is one badass entrepreneur. I love how much she loves women and supporting them and making them feel included no matter. Her and I hit it off pretty instantly and realized how similar we were and how much we had in common... including a dude lol. We are fucking eskimo sisters!

Lara has had quite an amazing career path, starting out as a big time prosecutor in Washington DC and later moving back home to San Diego to start her own business. Her personality is super radiant and she's so easy to talk to and so open, which is exactly the type of person I look for to interview on this podcast!

We also talk about:

• Her love/hate relationship with men and being a feminist.
• Leaving her career as a prosecutor in DC to start her own business at home in San Diego.
• How her professional expectations have impacted her past relationships.
• Our mutual thoughts that dating a woman would be so much easier.

Drink of the Week:

Bivouac Cider

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Get more Cha Cha Sips @chanelsonego!

Resources:

• bivouaccider.com
• Instagram: @bivouaccider

Cha Cha Sips is managed and edited by Nikki Butler Media.