Grits to Glitz

Gotta get down on Friday! Wait, this isn't Friday. Well, it's Grits to Glitz, anyway, and we have tons to chat about! More olive oil chat, and Taylor Hicks, our friends' comings and goings, and what we wrap around our necks. Email us at [email protected]!

• Shop like Bay does!
• And avoid bad olive oil!
• Hemlocks aren't the enemy; the enemy of hemlocks is the enemy!
• Taylor Hicks in Vegas!
• Taylor Hicks on TV!
• Rent Palm Springs! (OK, not the whole town. Just the best parts.)
• Wrap one around your neck!
• Cowboys do it, too!
• Isadora Duncan was the bomb.

Didja head out on the highway? If you did, you're hangin' with Amy now! We had a podcastapalooza all by ourselves, judging from the wide range of topics we covered. Scooters, pork chops, olives, olive oil, roller coasters, bed bugs (don't let 'em bite!), Vanderbilt's medical facilities, Harley Davidson motorcycle classes, and leaving the lights on for a year at a time. Good heavens! It must be Grits to Glitz. Our voicemail is (206) 309-7232!

• Sweet tea brined pork chops recipe -- tested and verified to be top-notch!
• McCormick sweet tea marinade for cooks on the go!
• Olives have to be cured?! Yes!
• Olive oil sucks in the US of A!
• Tree and Vine shop in Knoxville & Asheville
• Dollywood's roller coasters are so cool! (a.k.a.: SQUAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWKKKKK!)
• There's a Bed Bug Registry. (Bay endorses intelligent, informed travel.)

We went to podcast land and all we got was this fabulous podcast! OK, that might be the drinks talking. Anyway, we finally found out what was wrong with Bay's tree, we worried about Amy's helmet hair, and we smell marvelous. Seriously! Vocab Vixen makes a holiday visit thanks to a beloved listener's pique, we need to unlock our phones with our faces, and sheep might come equipped with doorbells. We're not sure. Holler at us! [email protected]!

• Estée Lauder Beautiful!
• Helmet hair solutions!
• Tichel me tidy!
• Dogs and doorbells!
• Calories in sushi!
• Guilt-free cheesecake!
• Your cell phone knows who you are!

Dear Listeners: Tonight Bay goofed.There was a gaffe. A mistake. An error. A flub. She started with the question, "Can I complain about my Christmas tree again?" And then we didn't talk about Bay's sub-par, super-fat Christmas tree. It's a Freudian slip. Who wants to talk about morbidly obese Douglas firs? No one. We all want to pretend that doesn't happen in America. So that's what we did tonight. But that tree is struggling with a weight problem. And next January, we'll have an intervention. If you want to hear about Christmas prep, new Vespas, and movies we want to see, go ahead and listen. Just don't expect to hear about Bay's chubby tree. Call us! (206) 309-7232!

• Conversational no-nos, according to This American Life
• Take cover! Amy got that Vespa she wanted.
• Thanks to darling Epilonious, we smell fabulous!
• Thanks to darling Satyr, we're on Pocketcasts!
• Amy's grilling meat. Inside. Boggles the mind, huh?

Knock, knock. Who's there? WE ARE, BITCHES!!!!!!! Yes! Amy and Bay are back, not with a Thanksgiving episode (because who's grateful for all the stuff that broke this year?), but with a generic gabfest. We're still sisters, and best friends, and people who love E TN, Las Vegas, and everyone and everything in between. Except homophobes and loud morons. Smart phones and smart TV's are outsmarting us! We lost stuff we love! We found stuff we love! And you can leave us voice mail at (206) 309-7232!

• When Gazelle sucks, it sucks REALLY BADLY
• When Chromecast broadcasts, it broadcasts really niftily!
• Yeah, we love Netflix.
• And we adore Vespa motorscooters!
• When metal meets microwave!
• Rest in peace, sweet Georgia bird.
• Eek! Dancing Bear Lodge burns to the ground!
• Eek! Super giant Ferris Wheel threatens to eat Las Vegas!

It's the end of Bay's trip report to Amy's home in gorgeous Las Vegas! We really did a lot, so hold on to your iPods and listen as we talk about the Las Vegas Farmer's Market, Red Rock Canyon, Red Rock Casino, the Yard House gastropub, Penn and Teller, the Hoover Dam, FatBurger, and of course, the Stratosphere rides. Hey, we also went to the Pinball Hall of Fame! Email us at [email protected]!

• Find a personal chef of your own!
• Try Bear Naked granola in your yogurt!
• Keurig isn't instant!
• Real, true farmer's market -- in Las Vegas!
• See the colors at Red Rock Canyon!
• See desert tortoise butts, too!
• Enjoy the gorgeous Red Rock Casino nearby!
• Have a meal and a beer at Yard House while you're there!
• Love Penn & Teller, like we do!
• Love Teller's Play Dead as a movie (if you can't see the play)!
• A lotta Dam walkin'!
• Bay's fave FatBurger makes an appearance!
• Bing bingbingbing your way around the Pinball Hall of Fame!
• Ride everything at the Stratosphere!!

It's a Grits to Glitz travelogue! Bay took a newbie to Las Vegas to visit Amy, and good times were had by all. (Including the meteorologists!) Manhattan Express, Shark Reef, Aria, Cosmopolitan, Crystals, Caesars Palace, Sushi Roku and Comme Ca reviews feature heavily in this week's extra-long podcast. Did we see lots of Las Vegas? Oh, yeah, you betcha! Leave us voice mail at (206) 309-7232!

• Welcome to Fabu-... er, Big Bird
• Shark Reef
• Manhattan Express
• Judith Leiber
• Sushi Roku
• Great salad dressing
• Henry Moore in Las Vegas
• Comme Ca
• Best valet parking art EVAH
• Las Vegas Downtown Farmers Market
• Never too much Kahlua
• Monsoon season
• The Laundry Room

Special edition! Grits to Glitz is dishing the Project Runway dirt on a more timely basis now -- Wednesday night, as soon as the show wraps! You'll get all our thoughts, from loving the designers' moms to cursing about the jerks. Get the scoop, hot off the presses, no need to wait!

• Project Runway
• Tim Gunn's podcast and blog
• Ooh, look! Project Runway auctions! (You know we love Uli's outfit!)

Project Runway chat -- don't say "fat"!!!! -- and the addictive nature of Stuff On My Cat! Amy's got a new computer and scooty new chair, but Bay behaved herself at the DMV. An "only in Las Vegas" moment; "Dancing With the Stars" pre-season dish session; and the newly renamed Glitz Hit is wicked fine show! Finally, Amy reviews a fast food restaurant, and we got some listeners' sibling stories to share! The contest rolls on.....

• Stuff + Cats = Awesome
• Prepare for Dancing With the Stars
• Rebekah's sibling torture story
• Podcast of the Week: The Wicked Good Podcast

Lots of old business, from Project Runway's Tim Gunn insider gossip to the coolness of last week's 5 Questions Podcast! Our Meals of the Week consist of a darned good Las Vegas buffet and a totally wretched "Don't Eat Here With or Without Bay" East Tennessee tourist trap. How much do we love this week's Podcast of the Week? TONS! And finally, we play some listeners' sibling stories and beg for more, more, more!

• Project Runway
• Bay's eBay Auctions
• Experimental 48HFP "film" -- Hmmmmmm
• The Amy & Bay 5 Questions Podcast episode!
• Red Rock Casino Feast Buffet
• Dixie Stampede
• Podcast of the Week -- "How Much Do We Love...?"