Coffee to Cocktails

Welcome to the Season 6 opener! Tonight's guest is usually a host, but on THIS episode, she is in the hot seat as the subject matter expert. Nina Luckie joins Kristin to discuss her new wellness venture called, ⁠Focus 2 B Fit⁠. Our girl has managed to fuse her business savvy, with her commitment to health & wellness and begin an exciting passion project that is sure to change people's bodies, minds and their lives. We discuss what motivated Nina to begin coaching friends, family, colleagues - and now clients, on fitness and nutrition. We also discuss how small lifestyle changes can have a huge impact on your overall wellness and quality of life. If you are ready to move the needle in 2025 and beyond, please check out Focus 2 B Fit to get the knowledge, community, and support you need. Tonight's beverage is a refreshing, low-calorie Ranch Water cocktail.

Ingredients:

1.5 ounces silver tequila

1 ounce fresh lime juice, plus lime wedges for garnish

Teeny Tiny pinch of fine salt

Sparkling Water, preferably Topo Chico, or Mineraugua

Instructions:

Mentions:

Sign up for ⁠Nina's Fitness Challenge⁠ by 01/08/24

⁠Yuka App⁠

⁠Bodi⁠ (formerly Beachbody)

⁠That's It. Fruit Bars⁠

⁠Les Mills⁠

Season 5 comes to a reflective close as the ladies ponder what advice they'd give their younger selves. The open with letters that they wrote to their 17 year old selves. Keep your tissues nearby. Nina and Kristin discover that while they may have changed some things and made different decisions in the past, everything that occurred in their lives shaped them into the women they are today. No regrets, only lessons! Tonight's drink is a Bourbon Margarita!

Ingredients:

2 oz of bourbon

1 oz of fresh lime juice

1⁄2 oz of orange liqueur

1⁄2 oz of simple syrup

Lime wheel for garnish

Salt for glass (optional)

Instructions:

If you like salt, salt the rim of the glass by

rubbing a lime wedge around the glass and

dipping into salt

Put ice in your cocktail shaker

Add bourbon, lime juice, orange liqueur, and

simple syrup to shaker

Shake well until everything is super cold

Pour into glass and enjoy!

This week the ladies bring in one of the kiddos as a subject matter expert. Last season it was Nina's oldest daughter Brielle giving useful advice for making friends. This time Kristin's oldest son, Marcus joins the convo to help decipher some of today's most popular acronyms & phrases used in person and on social media. Tune in to decode some of those hashtags sayings and alphabet soup that are common as you interact across generations, and browse your favorite platforms. The episode transitions to a hilarious trip down memory lane, as Kristin and Nina wax nostalgic about the lexicon of their own coming of age and use some of the new words they learned in real time! This week's featured beverages are Tabitha Brown's "Love Y'all" Sweet Moscato, found at Target stores nationwide, and House of Brown Chardonay. Press Play!

Every person living has insecurities. You are either letting them stop you or overcoming them. Tonight, Nina and Kristin open up about personal insecurities they have needed to conquer some of them as well as others that might still be lurking now and again. Per uge the show is always going to give you a dose of reality, and take the edge off with a few laughs and lil dranky drank! Tonight's cocktail is a yummy Tequila Pineapple Punch.

Ingredients:

Frozen Peaches

Peach Puree

Tequila

Pineapple Juice

Lime Juice

Ginger ale

Instructions:

Add ice to blender

Add peaches, peach puree, tequila, pineapple

juice, lime juice, and ginger ale

Blend

Pour in glass and enjoy!

This week we welcome guest, Kourtney McGowan, a certified

As of this airing, Kourtney was invited as a guest on The

Kristin and Nina bring lots of questions to the table, and

Kourtney's book "Help! I'm Black and I'm

Tonight's Beverage is Hippie Juice (replace the alcohol with

1 oz of Malibu Rum

1 oz of Strawberry or Watermelon Vodka

2 oz of Country Time Pink Lemonade

2 oz of Triple Sec

2 oz of Pineapple Juice

Mix all together in a glass

Enjoy!

** The information (and opinions) shared about pregnancy and

... a time was HAD during this recording! In this episode Nina & Kristin welcome their life-long BFFs Danae Love and Victoria Pittman to the air, for a fun conversation about how their friendships have managed to endure the test of time. You will find out how a classroom mix-up caused 7-year-old Kristin and Victoria to cross paths, and how an elementary school math quiz was the start of Nina and Danae's lasting friendship. We discuss it all from authenticity to pettiness, and about enduring relocations, and life events. Friends + Cocktails = Truth telling with a heavy dose of humor. How'd Danae end up with a torn contact lens, and what made Kristin a little bit jelly about Victoria's high school trip to the UK? Wouldn't you like to know? Well Press Play!

Show Note: Victoria is a dating coach! Join her online community The Vibrant Society.

Tonight's Drinks Are: Sgroppino (an Italian Cocktail) and The Pour Girl Rose

Sgroppino

Ingredients:

1 tbsp lemon sorbet

1 oz vodka

Prosecco

Instructions:

Place sorbet into flute or glass

Add Vodka

Top off with prosecco

Enjoy!

If it's up then, it's up!... that seems to be the way it is regarding the cost of ... EVERYTHING. On this episode Nina and Kristin discuss how they are managing to ride this crazy inflation wave, with hopes that it will level off at some point. Talking points include the cost of groceries, housing, and education. If you can afford a cocktail after all that, it will be just in time!

Tonight's beverage is a Strawberry Mojito.

Ingredients:

1 lime wedge

Sugar for rim of glass

Fresh mint leaves

2 large strawberries, diced

1 oz of rum

1.5 tbsp of lime juice

1.5 tbsp of simple syrup

1 cup of ice cubes

Splash of sparkling water

Instructions:

Rub the lime around the rim of your glass and

dip into sugar

Add mint leaves to the glass and use a

muddler to muddle the leaves

Add 1⁄2 of diced strawberries and muddle into

glass

Add ice to glass

Place remaining strawberries in food

processor or blender.

Add rum, lime juice, and syrup and blend

smoothly

Top off with sparkling water and enjoy

Rocket Money App:

Grab a front row seat for a nostalgic conversation about the movies we love (and a few hilarious mentions about films we DIDN'T love so much). We discuss Glenn "Wanda" Close grubbin' on fried catfish and mackin on Omar Epps in her latest Netflix feature. We recite lines from favorite scenes, and discuss movies that literally made us snore in the theater. Lights, Camera, Action ....grab your drink and bring your popcorn. Tonight's libation is a refreshing Blueberry Lemon Sangria.

Ingredients:

Add 2 lemon slices and a handful of
blueberries
Muddle with simple syrup
Add vodka, orange liqueur, lemon juice, and
wine
Top off with soda water
Give a stir and garnish with a lemon wheel
and some blueberries
Enjoy!

In this episode, Nina and Kristin talk about the journey of

Featured Cocktail: Aperol Spritz