Dine with us during the last dog days of summer with the super fun and accomplished Lisa Camooso Miller and guest producer Cleavon Davies at the ever fabulous Et Voila! In our last summer episode we talk about everything from how Lisa got to DC from NJ, to the trials of teaching teens to drive, to how to get your creative flow going.

WARNING - this episode might make you extra hungry since we also discuss favorite family Camooso meals and best recipes! Relax and dine with us at www.lunchwithshelley.com or wherever you get your favorite podcasts and in the meantime Peace, Love and Lunch!

Welcome to the ONE YEAR Anniversary episode of the Lunch with Shelley podcast!  Claude and I celebrated together at the ever fabulous Cafe Milano - just us - for  a fun, relaxing lunch together on a beautiful summer day.  We chat about how we first met and how the show began, along with just regular lunch conversations  that range from going to the movies and trips to McDonalds to the intricacies of self care and the importance of being nice.

We hope you’ll enjoy listening to this very special episode at www.lunchwithshelley.com - we thank you for LUNCHING with us this past year - and as always - Peace Love and Lunch!

Welcome to the latest Lunch with Shelley podcast featuring our uplifting and fascinating guest Michael Petricone, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs at the Consumer Technology Association (CTA).  While dining at our favorite booth at the Palm over salads, shrimps and truffle pasta,  we talk all things tech – what’s the latest in tech, what Michael’s favorite new tech is and also what’s cool and coming down the pike.

While Michael assures us that there’s no need for techno panic (a new phrase we love) we discuss the glory of innovation and his infectious optimism for the technology industry and our country as a whole.  It is easy to see why Michael is a beloved, happy tech warrior, so check us out at www.lunchwithshelley.com or wherever you get your favorite podcasts, and in the meantime, Peace Love and Lunch!

Hello and Welcome to a Super Special Episode of Lunch with Shelley!   I cannot underscore how important this episode is to me because it features my hero - my Dear Ole Dad.  He is funny, smart, kind, and generous, and I am the luckiest girl in the world that he is my father.  As I write on my website, even my love of lunch began with my father.  Ever since I can remember he was always having lunch, either with colleagues or friends (famously he had a Friday lunch with two guys named Norman), and on my very lucky days he had lunch with me!

Lunch with my father was always so special because it was US time - we always had fun, we laughed, and we always shared our food.  I watched and learned from him all my life about everything from how he treated everyone he met, to what he was working on.  AND not only is this episode taped around Father’s Day, but also my father’s 94th birthday!  He continues to be his awesome self, and my admiration of him still grows each day.  I am very excited to share his wisdom and joie di vivre with all of you - so check us out at www.lunchwithshelley.com or wherever you get your favorite podcast from and in the meantime Peace Love and Lunch!  

GOOD HEALTH ALERT!!! Join us this week for what is an incredibly interesting, moving and VERY important episode for your health and wellness!! Our guests are the incredible Drs. Christy Teal, Chief of Breast Surgery and the Director of the Breast Care Center at the George Washington University Hospital (among many other titles) and Rachel Brem, Director of Breast Imaging and Intervention as well as a Professor of Radiology at The George Washington University Medical Center (again among many other titles too!).

They are also the co-authors of the book “No Longer Radical – Understanding Mastectomies and Choosing the Breast Cancer Care That is Right for You.” Both the book and these women are amazing, and their messages of support, empowerment and self-advocacy are enlightening, and critical to every woman, regardless of their health status, as well as every man who knows and cares for any woman in their lives.

Our conversation ranges from their personal stories to the importance of being informed, and the very critical aspect of being your own best advocate as well as the best advocate for your loved ones too.  There’s some really valuable information in this episode, as well as a few laughs while drinking champagne and eating fabulous food at the wonderful Ris restaurant, so downloading this episode will literally be a healthy choice for you to make today!

Check it out at www.lunchwithshelley.com or wherever you get your favorite podcast, and in the meantime, Peace Love and Lunch!!

This week’s podcast features the fabulous Suzanne P. Clark, President, and Chief Executive Officer of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.  Join us at the popular Peacock Café in Georgetown for a very informative, wide-ranging, and fun conversation about everything from small business issues and the current thinking on AI to favorite lunch spots and cherished memories.  Over salads, sandwiches, and delicious tomato soup, we discuss entrepreneurship, the benefits of standing still, and as always, the importance of seeing friends and colleagues over LUNCH! Check us out at www.lunchwithshelley.com or wherever you get your favorite podcasts, and in the meantime, Peace Love and Lunch!

Just in time for Memorial Day Travel!  Join me and Claude for LUNCH at Black Salt with our very special guest and mutual friend Jean Card! Aside from our big love and admiration for Jean, there would also be no Lunch with Shelley podcast if Jean hadn’t introduced the two of us to each other so we are eternally grateful to her and couldn’t wait to dine with her at one of our favorite LUNCH spots!

Come listen as we connect with Jean about all things Boston – what she loves about it, what folks are talking about ‘up there’ and where she’s having the most fun.  PLUS we talk about her recent 50th birthday – how that’s feeling and what’s different on that front, and through all things age and location, how important friendships are to every aspect of living! It’s a Birthday Episode – a Friendship Episode – and as always - a very Joyful Lunch! Download this episode wherever you get your favorite podcasts, and in the meantime Happy Holiday Weekend and Peace Love and LUNCH!

SPECIAL MOTHERS DAY EDITION ALERT! To celebrate what might be my best Mother’s Day yet - MY SON SAM agreed to be our very special guest for this very special Mother’s Day edition of Lunch with Shelley.

For anyone who has known me over the last 26 years or less, they know that the central focus of my world, and my extreme pride and joy, is my son Sam.  I like to think that Sam and I have an especially close and special relationship because we’ve spent so much one on one time together over the years.  I also like to think that we’re a lot alike in many ways.  We generally have the same sense of humor – I think we look alike aside from the height difference – and we share many mannerisms, affectations and more.  I am incredibly proud of the person that Sam is, and bursting that he agreed to be on the show!

Join us at the always fabulous Café Milano as we talk about fun trips, poignant memories, and just everyday life stuff with the person who put the Angel in Angel Enterprises, and the reason I can so proudly call myself a mom.  We hope that you enjoy this episode as much as we enjoyed taping it, and maybe it will inspire you to call your mother, or someone like a mom in your life, or just reach out to someone you love.  Download this wherever you get your favorite podcasts, and in the meantime Peace Love and Lunch! 

Welcome to our first ever Bonus Episode all about the Grateful Dead with special guests Matt Rosenheim – President of Tiny Jewel Box – and Mike Melore – General Manager of the very excellent Palm restaurant in Washington DC.  We hope you enjoy some fun stories about favorite concerts and some true fan experiences – and that this episode inspires you to listen to some Dead or some Jerry today! Let us know if you have a particular song you think we should download, or have a story you’d like to share, and in the meantime peace, love and lunch!

Welcome to Lunch with Shelley!  Join us for a great chat with this week’s awesome guest and my good friend Matt Rosenheim who is the President of the very fabulous Tiny Jewel Box, a real Washington Institution! I like to think of the Tiny Jewel Box – or TJB – as Washington’s Tiffany’s or Cartier, but better in many ways because it’s truly unique to this city.  And if you’ve ever been lucky enough to shop there or get a present from there, you know that a Tiny Jewel Box box is just as or more impeccably wrapped as one from Tiffany’s or Cartier and certainly what’s inside will be way more unique!

During today’s lunch, we discuss all things Tiny Jewel Box beginning with what the store was like when his grandparents first opened it, how each generation has marked their tenure while presiding over this remarkable jewel, and a lot about watches which was both fun and educational! We discuss what luxury is like these days, the joy of legacy, and how Matt and his wife first met and fell in love. We’re dining at the Palm – so join us for a very interesting conversation with a great Washingtonian who also happens to have fabulous music taste! Download this episode wherever you get your favorite podcasts and in the meantime Peace – Love – and Lunch!