Dinner Plus Drinks

We've hit 150 episodes and we have big news to share!

Join us on our walk down memory lane of the last 3 years of podcasting, and learn what the big news is. 

The first two minutes of the podcast are recorded with a backup source, then the audio quality gets better. Sorry for the mix-up.

As we shared at the end of the episode, we'll be taking a break until early December, thanks for your patience, and we can't wait to talk to you then.

Cheers!

Bridget & Nick

Hey all - we're a day late, thanks for your patience. The extra day did give us time to decide on this important programming announcement: 

Next week's episode will be out around Tuesday, November 22nd. It's our 150th and we'll be celebrating the almost 3 years of podcasting, as well as the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday!

That's enough about the future, here's about what's happening on this week's episode:

• Check out the exciting news about the World's Tallest Glass Tree that's going to be build in Williams Bay, Wisconsin at the Yerkes Observatory!
• If you are interested in history, architecture, and long reads, this NY Times Magazine piece on Spain's Islamic history is great.
• Check out this awesome "Freak in the Sheets" Excel mug that would be an awesome Christmas gift for your local Excel nerd.
• If you're as jazzed about Baskin Robbins' Turkey Ice Cream Cake as Bridget, you can get more details right here.

Have a great week, thanks for listening, we'll talk to you soon as we celebrate 150 episodes!

Bridget & Nick

How are you all doing out there?

We are having great weeks and getting ready for Friendsgiving - more on that after the break. Here are links to what we talked about this week:

• Why give out candy when you can give out potatoes for Halloween treats? Check out the cool story of this Milwaukee women who found children preferred spuds to candy bars!
• If you are a dry shampoo user, check out this list of recalled products, you should maybe not use your shampoo!
• Bridget recommends Asos dresses for fancy season!
• Nick loves a good Ah So wine opener for special bottles. It's easy to master, you'll look cool while using it and not ruin corks!

Have a great week everybody, we'll talk to you soon!

Bridget & Nick

We all know banquet food can be bad, but this week we had an interesting experience with banquet food that needs to be talked out. We'd love to hear your bad banquet food experiences, let us know!

Here are a few links to what we talked about today:

• Babies don't need fancy things! Check out this article from The Atlantic to reassure yourself that no, you don't need fancy things for your baby.
• The McTrain is a real thing. Read about McDonald's attempt to take over the German rails in this article.
• Nick would love one of these Arsenal smart watch bands for Christmas!
• If you want to check out the 90's life hacks we discussed, here's the link!

Have a great week, we hope you avoid bad banquet food, and we'll talk to you soon.

Cheers!

Bridget & Nick

We had an awesome week full of events and friends. While it was a little overwhelming, there were still plenty of positives, so we hope you enjoy our canter through the week that was!

Check out these links from this week's episodes:

• Busch NA Beer for Dogs
• Milwaukee's New Pro Soccer Team
• Animatronic Santa at Home Depot

Have a great week - we'll talk to you soon.

Cheers!

Bridget & Nick

Guys - do you believe there is cheating in competitive fishing? Yep. There is. 

We tried a salted caramel pretzel beer, marveled at the lengths some people go to in order to win a fishing contest, and much more on this week's episode.

We hope you enjoy your week, we'll talk to you soon!

Cheers!

Bridget & Nick 

We recorded this episode from the back of a truck...full of wine!

We're doing a Truckload of Wine sale at Lake Geneva Country Meats and we took the opportunity to multitask and record while getting ready for the event. If you like wine and you're in the area, you can get more details about this event and a link to buy the wines right here.

If you want to see the awesome McDonald's inspired merch that Bridget shared on this week's episode, you can visit Cactus Plant Flea Market's shop and grab some for yourself!

Have a great week, we'll talk to you next episode.

Cheers!

Bridget & Nick

In this week's episode, we test out 90's kid energy drinks and Bridget's survival skills, and you may be surprised by the results...or not!

If you want to learn more about some of the things we talked about on this week's episode, here are a few links:

• Alani Energy - plenty of energy, lots of 90's kid flavors!
• Learn about the Twins Fashion Show hosted by Gucci!
• Can You Survive Challenge! 

Have a great week, we'll talk to you soon.

Cheers!

Bridget & Nick

Hey there y'all, it's fall, y'all!

We have a bit of fall (or is it autumn?) themed fun after our product recommendations today, coupled with Bridget ACING a quiz about wine at the start of today's episode. 

We tried these three wines:

• 1924 Double Black Cabernet Sauvignon
• 3 Finger Jack Cabernet Sauvignon
• Castoro Zinfandel

Here are a few links to things we discussed on this episode:

• Check out this article about how it is now recommending US adults under 65 get an annual screening for anxiety.
• If you're looking for matching Christmas pajama sets, start shopping now! Bridget recommends Cotton:On, Burts Bees, and Old Navy as good places to shop.

Thanks for listening, we hope you have a great week, and we'll talk to you next week.

Cheers!

Bridget & Nick

It's the day before Bridget's birthday as we release the episode, so we feel the need to acknowledge her - happy birthday Bridget!

We hope you enjoy our talk this week and stay tuned for next week's episode.

Cheers!

Bridget & Nick