Stories and Cocktails

Sara and Rob go to see the Chicago White Sox attempt to break an MLB record by losing the most games in one season. Many drinks are consumed for this process by the entire South Side of Chicago. Then the drinking duo move on to Milwaukee to sample some beers only to find the brewery themed hotel they are staying in... doesn't sell beer.

Sara and Rob continue their baseball stadium chase through Pittsburg, Cleveland, Cincinnati and Chicago, where they sampled all of the drinks those cities offered. The drinking duo went extremely hard at the Makers Mark Barrel Room at Wrigley Stadium. They also went very big at a Steelers Bar in Pittsburg where Sara decided there was insufficient equity in the bathroom situation. Score was kept!

Sara and Rob find themselves in south Philly trying to survive dive bars, cheesesteaks and a Presidential motorcade. Eddie Vedder looks them in the eye and tells them to vote. They find out the real Paddy's Pub is an ashtray and on the west coast a Hollywood veterinarian to the stars bilks the a Kriders of their life savings.

Sara and Rob go hard for a college football tailgate party in Nebraska (Go Corn Huskers!). Then they head to Missouri to join Taylor Swift at a Kansas City Chief's game (well, they were in the same stadium as Taylor anyway). Shenanigans ensue, and technically there could be an open arrest warrant for Rob in Missouri (if the police are good at their job, which Rob is convinced they aren't). Also, Rob catches on fire but survives. Racing is involved and Sara is very clear she couldn't care less.

Sara and Rob have a big disagreement on this episode after a hard night of drinking in Baltimore where the intoxicated couple couldn't agree on the best method for getting safely back to their hotel room. They catch a Baltimore Orioles baseball game at Camden Yards as part of their 30 MLB park tour. There is a rumor that Rob is sick, but he won't admit it (however, his voice says it all). And Sara plants trees to save the planet (sort of).

Sara and Rob hit the Big Apple hard, getting lost like a couple of dumb Californians on the subway. They catch a Mets game, a Yankees game and a WNBA Liberty game. They try to bicycle around New York unsuccessfully and somehow avoid being accosted in Central Park. Rob misses his Vicoden as he struggles with a bad back. George Clooney makes an appearance (not exactly).

Episode 38 is a very special edition of the Stories and Cocktails podcast as it corresponds to Rob's race car number (38). Sara and Rob discuss the campy car films of the 1970s and 80s that shaped the car nerd that Rob is today and they discover some odd relationships Rob has with Kenny Rogers and Gary Busey. The films Smokey and the Bandit, Grease, Corvette Summer, Cannonball Run, Gumball Rally, and Six Pack all make appearances in this episode (and we find out -way too many appearances in Rob's real life).

Rob tries to surprise Sara with a little manscaping only to find out she hates it. Lots and lots of Golden Road Brewing Mango Cart is consumed in Anaheim next to Angel Stadium during this episode. Lorena Bobbitt, Sophie's Choice, and the color bronze are all discussed by two people who know very little of the subjects but are drunk enough to think they do.

Reno is the host city for this episode of S&C, don't worry no homeless people were harmed in the making of this show. Middle school students create an Instagram page of their math teacher's butt (and nobody can figure out why). Sara does her first ever stand up set to a raucous crowd at DiCicco's Pizzeria (the same place Seinfeld got his start -not true). In the process, Rob's ego is thrown away just like Milli Vanilli's grammy award.

The Dynamic Drinking Duo take on Boston and Las Vegas in one double episode. Sara (in her drunkest episode to date) doesn't feel the need to lie to Rob about how fat he has become (which hurts his big fat feelings). Rob is given a surprise Father's Day gift which is a free hotel in Vegas after he sits through a time share presentation. Uncool. The two somehow drink their way through another episode that is guaranteed to make you laugh.