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Citizen Brother flips the mic on host Stephanie Reese while Pistahan founder Al Perez joins in. Together they chart how Bainbridge’s Asian Arts & Heritage Festival and San Francisco’s 30-year Pistahan are linking arms as true sister celebrations of Asian culture. 

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Finally! Stephanie Welcomes to the podcast her dear friend Al Perez, who is the Filipino American Arts Exposition president and has held this position for 18 years!  He is also a commissioner of the San Francisco Entertainment Commission.  Find out how Al inspired and mentored Stephanie to create Bainbridge Island's first ever Asian Arts and Heritage Festival and all about the 5 amazing events they have in San Francisco including The Filipino Heritage Night, Filipino American History Night and their big gala fundraiser!  Al shows us how his search for connection to his culture created a whole movement for his city and now beyond.  Be inspired with his wisdom and learn how community building can be positive and invigorating!

Also in this episode Stephanie talks about the comedy show they just held and the First ever Korean Heritage night that took place on May 8th!  The Festival Season has BEGUN!

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In this episode Stephanie breaks down year 2 of the Asian Arts and Heritage Festival that she created last year with the many extraordinary people in the community.  Find out how last year's 4 event festival turned into a 16 (and maybe more) events this year! So much heartfelt inspiration and love will be happening through the entire month of May from the first ever Korean Heritage Night celebration, to the first ever (in the entire State of Washington and perhaps the U.S.) Melanesian Heritage Night celebration to Stephanie's own show she is creating 'The Asian Monologues; True Stories of The Asian American Experience' and so much more.  AND of course there is the grand Festival Finale Celebration on May 31st....Learn about it all on this special episode of Citizen Sister! 

Oh and let's not forget our incredible sponsors of the Festival- The Agency and Philippine Airlines!

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In this episode Stephanie interviews the incredible Rex Navarrete!  He is not only an extraordinary human being but he is FUNNY....yup- Rex is the OG Filipino American comedian.  Find out more about how he began, how he created a new genre of comedy and how that inspired Stephanie and others to embrace the 'funny' in their roots and culture! Rex is also just about to come to Bainbridge Island to share his amazing talents and launch AANHPI month and Bainbridge's Asian Arts and Heritage Festival with laughter and comedy on May 2 at the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art Auditorium!  There will be 2 shows 6 and 8pm and you can get tickets at https://givebutter.com/5bI6Ws  And even if you can't come on May 2 you can laugh with us here on Citizen Sister!

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Stephanie comes back to the pod after a long hiatus - find out WHY? From a family health crisis, family in the Palisades Fire and sad news about her fur baby Obi, Stephanie breaks down where she has been, why she took a pod break and finally makes a comeback to one of her biggest loves: Citizen Sister!

Her 4th installment of the Travel Series takes us to Lake Garda! Find out which famous opera singer once had a home there, how 24 hours is enough to fall in love with a town and how an addiction to cell phones might just be an American thing!

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Where is Tyrol? It’s the border between Austria and Italy and absolutely stunning! In this episode learn about this unique travel destination!  The beautiful town of San Lorenzen is home to several spa and wellness hotels tucked into the mountains.  Listen to how Stephanie learns how doing what you actually want to do on a vacation and not what you feel obligated to do can be challenging and ultimately so rewarding! Plus travel tips, Citizen Sister questions for every episode and find out where they will be headed next! 

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In this special mini episode Stephanie and Matthew talk about the short time they had in Munich when everything was closed! Find out how they spent their day and how being a non pressured tourist is the way to go!  The best food of their trip? Would you believe it was Asian? What was the most extraordinary ordinary thing about Munich? Listen and find out! 

And stay tuned for the next episode ‘The extraordinary small town of San Lorenzen in the region of Tyrol.  Set in the Alps on the border of Italy and Austria! 

Where they stayed:

The Do and Co Hotel Munich 

https://www.docohotel.com/munich/en/home/

Where they ate:

The Do and Co Restaurant- Contemporary Asian Cuisine 

https://www.docohotel.com/media/tcul5axu/doco_munich_restaurant_menu202312.pdf

Haufbrauhaus Munich

https://www.hofbraeuhaus.de

Where Stephanie got her nails done in Munich:
https://www.tubeauty.de/

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If you love travel as much as Stephanie does you will love this series! After a six week journey to through Europe Stephanie is back! And of course she wants to share this amazing journey with all of you with this travel series of episodes!
In each episode Stephanie and her husband Matthew talk to us from their car and deep dive into where they just were as they drive to their next destination. Episodes in this series will include travel tips, stories, what they saw, tasted and were inspired by and of course the Citizen Sister questions we have in every episode at the end (except this time they will be about the city they just visited!) Also links to their favorite shopping spots and restaurants below! Enjoy this truly amazing 6 week journey across Europe! Find pictures that go with the episode on our Instagram page @citizen.sister or our Facebook page Citizen Sister!

Restaurant links from the trip mentioned in the show!
Maximillian’s Berlin - https://www.maximilians-berlin.de
https://facil.de/de/https://facil.de/de/
https://www.https://www.https://www.amrit.de
https://kamphttps://kamphttps://kampapark.com/ehttps://kampapark.com/en/

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In this episode Stephanie interviews the Extraordinary Qi Gong master, healer, artist, musician, performer and TEDx speaker Anna Choi!
Find out how this incredible and dynamic woman went from being an accomplished musician and successful financial planning business owner to losing it all due to burn out and physical exhaustion and how she healed her life and turned it all around through Qi Gong. 
They discuss how Anna helped Stephanie with a healing session before the episode and their launching of Bainbridge Island’s first ever flash mob to celebrate World Peace Day!
 
Website: https://soljoy.life/

Business Card: https://linktr.ee/annasunchoi

Connect on LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annasunchoi

Free Resources / Videos on Energy TV: https://www.youtube.com/annasunchoi

To see the flash mob for World Peace Day click here! 

World Peace Flash Mob to Anthems One Day Matisyahu and KNaan Wavin Flag 

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As a fan of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Stephanie was familiar with The Agency, a fancy Beverly Hills real estate company that decided to branch out to Bainbridge Island! In this episode, Stephanie deep dives into all things real estate with an extraordinary power couple, Mark Middleton and Suzy Legier, who are the managing partners of this new company. Having just opened The Agency Bainbridge Island in January, they have already become #4 in sales in an incredibly competitive market. Not only that, but Mark is the number one broker in Kitsap County! All this aside, you will hear how their down-to-earth, honest, and genuine hearts are the pulse of why they are successful both in their business and their relationship with the community and with one another, and how this has made them thrive.

BONUS: At the end of this episode, Stephanie asked Mark to explain the new real estate laws that just passed in the U.S. and what it means for buyers, sellers, and the agents representing them!

Bainbridge Island | Luxury Homes for Sale and Rent | The Agency Global Boutique Real Estate Brokerage 

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