The Clopen Effect

Do you use a 'work name'?, Meredith's daughter does now (Jill)! Coffee flavors; maple, hazelnut, vanilla, almond, cardamon, orange, gingerbread, pumpkin, orange, and cherry, teacher breath, the giveaway from last week, food to eat with coffee, Cassandra's Starbuck's story (and she calls him out!), mask-fished, Meredith's customer story

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Our live event was a great success! Thank you to everyone that listened and commented! We chat about keeping your resume updated, bad managers (is it really their fault!?) and surviving the holidays!

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Katie is back this week to talk travel tips, life in Italy, feelings about Italy taking in many visitors, a quiz on cheese, and her Florence and Me podcast

*Now is the time to book your dream vacation experience with Katie, @truly_italy!*

"This we can promise: Authentic Italian experiences with locals, Artisan meet and greets, Food & wine excursions, cooking classes with a Florentine chef and much more. You'll appreciate our focus on relaxation with hosting one activity a day. This is your moment! Why wait another day to experience Authentic Tuscany and Slow travel?" - Katie Portanova, trulyitaly.tours

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Katie brought wine and homemade cookies! The yogi culture may have changed, Reiki healing in CA, sunbathing your bottom, we like our day jobs, the 2 year plan, Katie is looking forward to moving to Italy, high mortgages, what percentage of the US are millionaires, retail hasn't taught us math, Katie's last trip to Italy, travel trips, monkeys, when you forget your prescription

Visit Italy with Katie: https://www.trulyitaly.tours/

Travel bag mentioned on this episode: https://www.loandsons.com/

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Nikki Weed is here this week!

She joined us in see-thru pants (oops!), we talk about her job at Ed's Plants, the job she lost, job hunting, using different sites to apply for jobs, top selling pumpkin beer and polka dots

So many great gift Ideas from Ed's Plants here: https://edsplantshop.com/collections/giftable-goodies

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Jennifer and Lynn are here from Studio D Jewelers! You can find them on the Woodstock Square at:

STUDIO D JEWELERS

118 N. Benton Street

Woodstock, Illinois 60098

815.337.2015

[email protected]

HOURS:

Sunday - Monday: Closed

Tuesday - Wednesday: 10:00am - 6:00pm

Thursday: 10:00am - 7:00pm

Friday: 10:00am - 6:00pm

Saturday: 9:00am - 4:00pm

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We give you a quick recap of Brianna and Rob's wedding, Justin Wallace performs 3 songs for us including an original! We ask almost all the questions - Justin's inspiration to start playing and singing, his favorite bands, memorizing lyrics, his first tune "Drowning" is on SoundCloud (justinwallace27), Justin works a bit of retail, all of us can't wait to be famous, his first gig and everyone showed up, Oasis is one of his favorite bands, 'pop country', Cardi B's bodyguard in the teacups, it's exciting to perform, 90's inspirations and influences, challenges in the industry so far, Justin shares his tour dates, advice for the younger ones wanting to become musicians, Wonderwall (Oasis cover), Something in the Orange (Zach Bryan cover)

"Drowning" on Soundcloud: https://on.soundcloud.com/EKtER

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Wow! What a fun time! Dave Winiarski of Johnsburg Food Trucks and Lucas Matthew Music are here!

You can find Dave and the Johnsburg Food Trucks at 2315 W Church St every Wednesday in the Summer. Visit their Facebook link for more info: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091546492326. We will see you for the summer's final party on Wednesday 9/27/23!

You can find Lucas Matthew Music here: https://www.lucasmatthewmusic.com/ and https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063491414721

Other artists and businesses mentioned:

Lara Bell: https://www.facebook.com/larabellmusic

Justin Wallace Music: https://www.facebook.com/justinwallacemusic

Johnsburg Community Club: https://www.facebook.com/johnsburgcommunityclub

Sandy Dogs: https://www.facebook.com/sandiedogs

Fork N Fry (Gluten Free): https://www.facebook.com/Forknfrypoutine

The Vixen: https://www.facebook.com/vixmchenry

Dn N Dirty Towing: https://www.facebook.com/DNNDRTYTOWING

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Grocery Shopping Etiquette! We share our listener's stories and visit AI for more information on being a better, patient, and efficient shopper. Also, we had a few drinks. It's been a long week. Lol

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Cassandra tells us about her vacation in Florida, all of our listeners are back!, we asked our followers 'what's the best way to plan a day in retail?', the ladies that forgot their luggage, ChatGPT and Vedhq help us plan for a day in retail, Meredith shares a crabby customer story, Cassandra shares the difference between millionaires and billionaires, meat resets, don't hang your wedding dress on any sprinkler system

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