WEBVTT 00:00:04.680 --> 00:00:08.400 Hey, I have Windsor -Essex County's very own 00:00:08.400 --> 00:00:11.099 Jen, the tailgate takeout. If you follow her 00:00:11.099 --> 00:00:14.500 on Instagram, and if not, you should be. Hi Jen, 00:00:14.539 --> 00:00:17.039 how you doing? Hi Tracy, I'm good. How are you? 00:00:17.199 --> 00:00:20.960 I'm awesome. It's been a year since we've had 00:00:20.960 --> 00:00:24.879 you. I didn't realize it was that long. Jen knows 00:00:24.879 --> 00:00:28.230 everything. food -related in the Windsor -Essex 00:00:28.230 --> 00:00:30.949 County area. She is the go -to person. If you 00:00:30.949 --> 00:00:36.789 want to know about any events, about food trucks, 00:00:37.729 --> 00:00:40.810 restaurants, you name it, she knows it. I try, 00:00:40.929 --> 00:00:43.649 I try. I try to keep up with. But there's always 00:00:43.649 --> 00:00:45.350 new ones popping up, which is really cool. I 00:00:45.350 --> 00:00:47.280 just, I love our region for that. Now, how do 00:00:47.280 --> 00:00:50.240 you find out about these? Do they come to you 00:00:50.240 --> 00:00:53.899 now or are you still scrolling? A little bit 00:00:53.899 --> 00:00:56.619 of both. You know, sometimes I'm tipped off. 00:00:56.820 --> 00:00:59.079 Someone says, oh, this person's opening a restaurant. 00:00:59.520 --> 00:01:03.240 Sometimes they reach out to the page. Or, yeah, 00:01:03.280 --> 00:01:06.540 just kind of scrolling and seeing what's out 00:01:06.540 --> 00:01:08.859 there. I like to kind of keep my ear out for 00:01:08.859 --> 00:01:11.239 new things. And there's always things popping 00:01:11.239 --> 00:01:14.859 up, it seems lately. Or people are rebranding, 00:01:15.040 --> 00:01:19.019 retooling. reinventing themselves and but uh 00:01:19.019 --> 00:01:21.780 my waistline hates it no i was gonna say this 00:01:21.780 --> 00:01:23.780 is we don't want to look at last year's and how 00:01:23.780 --> 00:01:26.640 much weight has gained since the last uh i saw 00:01:26.640 --> 00:01:28.900 the last interview no we don't look okay good 00:01:28.900 --> 00:01:31.579 it was good it's fine we have our personality 00:01:31.579 --> 00:01:35.069 that's okay We like food. We do. We do. And it's 00:01:35.069 --> 00:01:38.689 so it's hard to say no to a lot of this. It's 00:01:38.689 --> 00:01:42.469 just so good. And our area is full of like super 00:01:42.469 --> 00:01:44.370 talented people. And I think people don't realize 00:01:44.370 --> 00:01:47.829 how spoiled we are here. Like the restaurants, 00:01:47.890 --> 00:01:50.530 the diversity of the restaurants and, you know, 00:01:50.549 --> 00:01:51.950 basically whatever you've got a craving for, 00:01:51.989 --> 00:01:53.870 you can generally find around here. But yeah, 00:01:53.870 --> 00:01:56.269 it's very hard to say no, especially when you 00:01:56.269 --> 00:01:57.969 look at some of the stuff coming out. It's just 00:01:57.969 --> 00:02:01.310 like beautiful and it looks as good as it tastes. 00:02:01.430 --> 00:02:04.859 And yeah. Oh, I hear you. After we're done, I'm 00:02:04.859 --> 00:02:09.520 going to Villa 92 in Decumseh. Yep. They have 00:02:09.520 --> 00:02:12.539 such great food. Nice small menu. So because 00:02:12.539 --> 00:02:14.879 I can never choose. I always ask the waitress, 00:02:15.240 --> 00:02:17.419 so what do you suggest? What's your favorite? 00:02:18.219 --> 00:02:20.699 Because you can make too many options. Forget 00:02:20.699 --> 00:02:23.960 it. Yeah. Yeah. Or or go with a friend. You make 00:02:23.960 --> 00:02:25.639 someone order one thing. You order the other. 00:02:25.699 --> 00:02:27.360 That's the trick. That's what I like to try to 00:02:27.360 --> 00:02:31.560 do is share. Well, at Villa 92, the nice thing 00:02:31.560 --> 00:02:34.340 is, it's kind of like Eerie Street Gastropub. 00:02:34.419 --> 00:02:38.460 There's a lot of apps and their appetizers are 00:02:38.460 --> 00:02:41.120 shareable. So you have more than enough. So we'll 00:02:41.120 --> 00:02:44.060 order a ton of apps between me and John. I love 00:02:44.060 --> 00:02:46.979 doing that too. It's nice to have those restaurants 00:02:46.979 --> 00:02:49.060 where you have a lot of, like a variety of things 00:02:49.060 --> 00:02:51.840 that you can kind of pick at and share. But yeah, 00:02:51.840 --> 00:02:54.120 I have a hard time choosing. And sometimes, I 00:02:54.120 --> 00:02:56.259 mean, just from doing the page and thinking about 00:02:56.259 --> 00:02:58.340 it from a perspective of like, What do I want 00:02:58.340 --> 00:03:00.280 to photograph? Or what do I want to feature? 00:03:00.460 --> 00:03:02.020 And then I actually have a hard time deciding, 00:03:02.219 --> 00:03:04.740 what do I actually want? Because I'll eat anything. 00:03:05.280 --> 00:03:09.939 I'm not too picky. But you're like me. You tend 00:03:09.939 --> 00:03:14.039 to lean towards Mexican food. And the margaritas. 00:03:14.500 --> 00:03:16.719 And margaritas. That's where my heart is. I think 00:03:16.719 --> 00:03:19.280 anyone that follows the page, I get so many memes 00:03:19.280 --> 00:03:23.719 about tacos and also pickles. So that's pretty 00:03:23.719 --> 00:03:26.740 funny. Actually, Red Piston just did the little 00:03:26.740 --> 00:03:29.620 action figure AI trend that's been going around. 00:03:30.080 --> 00:03:32.840 And my accessories were a taco and a pickle. 00:03:33.620 --> 00:03:35.719 So yeah, it's just something. And I think we 00:03:35.719 --> 00:03:39.770 have a great shmattering. of Mexican style restaurants 00:03:39.770 --> 00:03:41.849 of all different like you have like authentic 00:03:41.849 --> 00:03:44.490 you know coming out of like Leamington then you've 00:03:44.490 --> 00:03:46.990 got like Grand Cantina that's more like funky 00:03:46.990 --> 00:03:49.590 inventive and then like El Patron again very 00:03:49.590 --> 00:03:52.530 authentic and like just just a really cool atmosphere 00:03:52.530 --> 00:03:54.710 they're always changing up their drinks and it's 00:03:54.710 --> 00:03:56.750 just always a good Mexican food Mexican culture 00:03:56.750 --> 00:03:59.330 it's just always a good vibe to me so I kind 00:03:59.330 --> 00:04:01.430 of lean towards that. But I was thinking of you 00:04:01.430 --> 00:04:05.150 last night and I was at Erie Street Gastropub 00:04:05.550 --> 00:04:09.189 and they had an Harvest Apple Margarita. I saw 00:04:09.189 --> 00:04:13.030 your picture. Oh my goodness. And there was cinnamon 00:04:13.030 --> 00:04:16.310 stick in it and cinnamon and sugar lining the 00:04:16.310 --> 00:04:19.910 rim. It was like apple juice heaven and I probably 00:04:19.910 --> 00:04:22.449 could have drank it all night long. I know. I'm 00:04:22.449 --> 00:04:24.769 sad I missed that one because I love Erie Street 00:04:24.769 --> 00:04:28.589 Gastropub. Just went there for a Christmas event 00:04:28.589 --> 00:04:31.629 a few months back. But always again, very cool, 00:04:31.670 --> 00:04:34.290 very different, great cocktail menu. I just like 00:04:34.290 --> 00:04:37.120 the vibe of a place and that's been the really 00:04:37.120 --> 00:04:39.819 great thing about doing what I do is meeting 00:04:39.819 --> 00:04:42.399 the people behind it understanding their passion 00:04:42.399 --> 00:04:45.100 behind it and seeing that come through in the 00:04:45.100 --> 00:04:47.480 food and drink menu and just how fun it is like 00:04:47.480 --> 00:04:50.079 I said we walk into like El Patron you walk into 00:04:50.079 --> 00:04:53.759 Grand Cantina it's just fun yeah it's just great 00:04:53.759 --> 00:04:56.480 and it's a you know it's very welcoming and you 00:04:56.480 --> 00:04:58.920 just want to be a part of that vibe you know 00:04:59.050 --> 00:05:02.629 And that's the thing with Villa 92 Eatery and 00:05:02.629 --> 00:05:06.910 also Erie Street Gastropub is their Asian fusion. 00:05:07.209 --> 00:05:09.870 Erie Street, I know they are from the Toronto 00:05:09.870 --> 00:05:12.629 area and came down and they're bringing some 00:05:12.629 --> 00:05:14.949 of the knowledge of the Toronto food industry. 00:05:16.199 --> 00:05:19.139 And Ville 92, they are from Windsor, but she 00:05:19.139 --> 00:05:22.319 likes the Toronto vibe. So they're going that 00:05:22.319 --> 00:05:25.899 way as well. So it's really nice to have like 00:05:25.899 --> 00:05:28.720 normal foods, like normal English foods, as well 00:05:28.720 --> 00:05:32.699 as the Asian little flair to it. And that's my 00:05:32.699 --> 00:05:36.139 second favorite kind of food. It's hard for me 00:05:36.139 --> 00:05:37.519 to, you know, I always, like I said, we lean 00:05:37.519 --> 00:05:40.740 towards tacos, Mexican food, but like, I'll... 00:05:40.800 --> 00:05:43.319 generally try anything. You know I go on these 00:05:43.319 --> 00:05:46.240 runs of like I'm on a sushi kick so I'll be ordering 00:05:46.240 --> 00:05:49.240 from like Kona or Funky Chow like every other 00:05:49.240 --> 00:05:51.360 day. You know like you kind of go on runs or 00:05:51.360 --> 00:05:54.279 you get in and moods for certain things. Obviously 00:05:54.279 --> 00:05:57.259 like we have a great Italian community here. 00:05:57.459 --> 00:05:59.500 My stepdad is Italian so I always kind of lean 00:05:59.500 --> 00:06:01.720 towards that and a little bit snobby I think 00:06:01.720 --> 00:06:05.339 with some of that. So I mean you'll see that 00:06:05.339 --> 00:06:07.860 a lot come through on my page. Like I definitely 00:06:07.860 --> 00:06:10.980 have like the cuisines I lean towards. but I 00:06:10.980 --> 00:06:14.060 am open to try anything once. I don't think there's 00:06:14.060 --> 00:06:17.800 anything I've ever really said no to unless it's 00:06:17.800 --> 00:06:19.939 like just way out of my comfort zone, but I have 00:06:19.939 --> 00:06:23.899 not run into that yet in like, it just was four 00:06:23.899 --> 00:06:27.199 years, four years of actual tailgate takeout. 00:06:27.220 --> 00:06:29.220 That's what I was gonna ask you for the people 00:06:29.220 --> 00:06:33.480 that have not or haven't watched the first episode. 00:06:33.980 --> 00:06:37.959 What is the background of Tailgate Takeout? Yeah, 00:06:38.379 --> 00:06:42.939 so I've had the page itself for about eight or 00:06:42.939 --> 00:06:46.000 nine years, I want to say. Prior to that, it 00:06:46.000 --> 00:06:49.319 was called Jen the Star Wars nerd, huge Star 00:06:49.319 --> 00:06:52.899 Wars nerd. I was also on the radio. That's kind 00:06:52.899 --> 00:06:56.040 of where I started. And we were doing the Monday 00:06:56.040 --> 00:06:58.060 Morning Munchies segment that would come in and 00:06:58.060 --> 00:07:00.759 do kind of nerd segments as well with the Morning 00:07:00.759 --> 00:07:07.329 Showboys on 89X. when the pandemic hit. And we 00:07:07.329 --> 00:07:09.329 were kind of filming some videos. We were still 00:07:09.329 --> 00:07:11.930 trying to do like the junk food thing and filming 00:07:11.930 --> 00:07:15.269 videos separate. And then I said, hey guys, you 00:07:15.269 --> 00:07:18.199 know, like let's. get out to some of the restaurants 00:07:18.199 --> 00:07:20.040 that are really suffering right now, because 00:07:20.040 --> 00:07:23.000 we had done a few where we had gone into different 00:07:23.000 --> 00:07:25.759 restaurants. We went to Salty Dog, Garfield's 00:07:25.759 --> 00:07:28.100 out in the county. And I said, well, let's do 00:07:28.100 --> 00:07:30.220 more, but let's do it outside. Let's all park 00:07:30.220 --> 00:07:33.220 in a circle, semi -circle and open up our tailgates 00:07:33.220 --> 00:07:35.079 and let's all eat together in the tailgate. So 00:07:35.079 --> 00:07:37.939 we're all safely distanced and we're still supporting 00:07:37.939 --> 00:07:40.740 like local food versus just like junk food, grocery 00:07:40.740 --> 00:07:43.360 store stuff. And they were like, you know what? 00:07:43.500 --> 00:07:47.750 No, we're gonna hold off. And then 89X became 00:07:47.750 --> 00:07:49.870 a country station. Things kind of evolved from 00:07:49.870 --> 00:07:51.600 there, and I said, you know what? I still want 00:07:51.600 --> 00:07:54.220 to do this. It's something like I feel very passionate 00:07:54.220 --> 00:07:58.920 about. I had known a few of the restaurant owners 00:07:58.920 --> 00:08:02.459 and, you know, food business owners. Obviously, 00:08:02.660 --> 00:08:04.779 again, if people know my page, they know like 00:08:04.779 --> 00:08:07.699 Robbie's Gourmet Sausage. That's the big brother 00:08:07.699 --> 00:08:10.240 from another mother. Yes, the big brother I never 00:08:10.240 --> 00:08:14.639 wanted this joke about. But, you know, he's fantastic. 00:08:14.699 --> 00:08:16.579 Going to the cheese bar all the time. All these 00:08:16.579 --> 00:08:18.420 little places. And I used to just post about 00:08:18.420 --> 00:08:20.269 it. And I was like, well, no, this needs to be 00:08:20.269 --> 00:08:23.689 the focus of my page. So I shifted to these tailgate 00:08:23.689 --> 00:08:27.209 takeout episodes right at the beginning of the 00:08:27.209 --> 00:08:31.449 pandemic. And I actually, I had a surprise COVID 00:08:31.449 --> 00:08:35.870 baby. And I, yeah, well, you know, lockdown was 00:08:35.870 --> 00:08:41.570 boring. Had to do something. So. I actually, 00:08:41.629 --> 00:08:44.710 the first video is like she was less than a month 00:08:44.710 --> 00:08:48.009 old and she's just off camera. My husband's taking 00:08:48.009 --> 00:08:49.830 her for a little stroller walk and I was doing 00:08:49.830 --> 00:08:53.840 these videos with like a newborn baby. But it 00:08:53.840 --> 00:08:56.639 was something I really was passionate about, 00:08:56.860 --> 00:08:58.960 and I saw and knew so many of the restaurant 00:08:58.960 --> 00:09:00.720 owners that were struggling. And I thought, hey, 00:09:00.759 --> 00:09:03.419 if I have a platform and I can spread the word 00:09:03.419 --> 00:09:06.039 at all, this is something I feel called to do. 00:09:06.320 --> 00:09:08.159 It was just something that felt like a natural 00:09:08.159 --> 00:09:11.139 progression of what I was already doing. So yeah, 00:09:11.240 --> 00:09:13.980 it evolved from there. Well, it's so much fun. 00:09:14.279 --> 00:09:16.860 It's so much fun to to find all these different 00:09:16.860 --> 00:09:19.480 places and that's where I mean people can talk 00:09:19.480 --> 00:09:21.759 about Toronto and they can talk about Detroit 00:09:21.759 --> 00:09:24.620 and Chicago and New York and that but we're just 00:09:24.620 --> 00:09:28.500 a small little area, this small little area of 00:09:28.500 --> 00:09:32.879 Ontario, Essex County all included and we have 00:09:32.879 --> 00:09:36.759 such a wide variety like you said of foods of 00:09:36.759 --> 00:09:40.230 different flavors of foods but we really pack 00:09:40.230 --> 00:09:42.889 in the restaurants and the cafes, the cafes that 00:09:42.889 --> 00:09:46.009 make the lunches and everything and it's hard 00:09:46.009 --> 00:09:48.409 to say no because they're all good. They are. 00:09:48.529 --> 00:09:52.009 Really the first year was me literally driving 00:09:52.009 --> 00:09:55.409 everywhere across Essex County and like I don't 00:09:55.409 --> 00:09:56.990 even want to think about how much money I spent, 00:09:57.110 --> 00:09:59.450 how much gas I burned, going to all these places, 00:09:59.490 --> 00:10:01.450 setting up in parking lots because again the 00:10:01.450 --> 00:10:05.250 restaurants were closed. So really just exploring, 00:10:05.789 --> 00:10:08.210 I had known a lot just because I enjoyed prior 00:10:08.210 --> 00:10:10.570 to doing the page, I had enjoyed trying new restaurants, 00:10:10.809 --> 00:10:13.570 but really going out there and seeing, you know, 00:10:13.610 --> 00:10:15.970 the different places I hadn't tried, bringing 00:10:15.970 --> 00:10:20.590 attention to them. Definitely, definitely went 00:10:20.590 --> 00:10:24.049 broke and put on weight in the first couple of 00:10:24.049 --> 00:10:29.950 years. Oh, well, and we're happy. Yeah. But then 00:10:29.950 --> 00:10:32.720 things changed as, you know, the pandemic wound 00:10:32.720 --> 00:10:34.919 down people started going back into restaurants 00:10:34.919 --> 00:10:38.000 and a lot of them started just inviting me in 00:10:38.000 --> 00:10:39.440 and they wanted to show off you know some of 00:10:39.440 --> 00:10:42.200 them had redone their their dining rooms or they 00:10:42.200 --> 00:10:44.460 had kind of unique things look better plated 00:10:44.460 --> 00:10:47.279 right you know i was eating out of takeout containers 00:10:47.279 --> 00:10:49.279 but you know they used to this beautiful plating 00:10:49.279 --> 00:10:52.220 of of a meal so the page has kind of shifted 00:10:52.220 --> 00:10:57.710 more to that like traditional food blogger which 00:10:57.710 --> 00:11:00.470 you see a lot of everywhere in every city. There's 00:11:00.470 --> 00:11:04.549 always tons of us, right? I miss doing the tailgate 00:11:04.549 --> 00:11:06.370 part of it because it was something unique and 00:11:06.370 --> 00:11:08.450 it was fun and I could just kind of do it on 00:11:08.450 --> 00:11:11.539 my own time. But at the same time, it's... a 00:11:11.539 --> 00:11:14.340 better representation of the restaurants to kind 00:11:14.340 --> 00:11:17.580 of to be there, right? Well, you can just change 00:11:17.580 --> 00:11:20.059 it up a bit. Yeah. I mean, it doesn't have to 00:11:20.059 --> 00:11:22.620 be out of the back of your car now. It could 00:11:22.620 --> 00:11:25.419 be a patio. Yeah. Yeah, we were doing that was 00:11:25.419 --> 00:11:27.580 the first kind of transition back to the restaurants 00:11:27.580 --> 00:11:29.899 was the first summer where everything kind of 00:11:29.899 --> 00:11:33.059 opened up. It was patio pit stops. And yeah, 00:11:33.059 --> 00:11:35.940 so we're I'm kind of in the process right now 00:11:35.940 --> 00:11:39.659 of of rethinking because someone said to me like, 00:11:39.659 --> 00:11:42.299 why is it called? tailgate takeout and I'm like, 00:11:42.879 --> 00:11:45.059 yes, if you're new, you do not realize kind of 00:11:45.059 --> 00:11:47.279 where this came from and it doesn't really make 00:11:47.279 --> 00:11:52.559 sense anymore. So rebranding is. in the works. 00:11:53.460 --> 00:11:57.679 That's hard, obviously. Honestly, this is the 00:11:57.679 --> 00:12:00.820 year of transition. I know so many people that 00:12:00.820 --> 00:12:04.919 want to branch out into different things or rebrand 00:12:04.919 --> 00:12:09.440 themselves, and me included, but that's awesome. 00:12:09.840 --> 00:12:12.080 Yeah, it's a lot to consider, right? Because 00:12:12.080 --> 00:12:15.049 people... It's funny, someone's like, are you 00:12:15.049 --> 00:12:19.250 Mrs. Tailgate? Yes, I am. My first name is Tailgate. 00:12:19.809 --> 00:12:21.870 Yeah. But that's what people know you as, you 00:12:21.870 --> 00:12:23.429 know, like same with YQG and Bloom. I know you 00:12:23.429 --> 00:12:25.389 have a similar story of just starting this in 00:12:25.389 --> 00:12:27.870 the pandemic and starting from like gardening 00:12:27.870 --> 00:12:30.970 and plants. And so it's like, OK, what is what 00:12:30.970 --> 00:12:33.129 does this represent? I think for you, yours, 00:12:33.450 --> 00:12:36.169 obviously, you know, Windsor is blooming. Exactly. 00:12:36.289 --> 00:12:38.370 So it's still it still works. But for me, I'm 00:12:38.370 --> 00:12:41.389 going when people are sharing a question or there's 00:12:41.389 --> 00:12:43.110 actually a new restaurant. went out in Essex 00:12:43.110 --> 00:12:46.809 called Tailgaters. Yeah, which I haven't tried, 00:12:46.889 --> 00:12:49.090 which you would think. I need to get there, actually. 00:12:50.210 --> 00:12:52.509 But I keep getting resumes for people applying 00:12:52.509 --> 00:12:56.210 for jobs, or like, hey, are you open today? And 00:12:56.210 --> 00:12:58.049 I'm like, oh, okay. No, I'm not a restaurant. 00:12:58.909 --> 00:13:03.190 So yeah, I think it's probably time, but. Slowly 00:13:03.190 --> 00:13:06.049 but surely. Again, doing this, this is not my 00:13:06.049 --> 00:13:09.049 full -time gig, and I have two kids at home, 00:13:09.809 --> 00:13:13.149 so trying to balance all the regular work and 00:13:13.149 --> 00:13:16.029 the side projects and tailgate and the kiddos 00:13:16.029 --> 00:13:19.850 is a lot. She has about 50 jobs, I swear to goodness. 00:13:20.360 --> 00:13:22.440 I tried to cut back and then I think I just have 00:13:22.440 --> 00:13:27.399 more now. I'm thinking so because you also write 00:13:27.399 --> 00:13:31.080 for the Food and Wine for The Drive magazine. 00:13:31.080 --> 00:13:33.799 The Drive magazine I write for. They'll be coming 00:13:33.799 --> 00:13:38.159 out with a special edition Food and Wine. magazine 00:13:38.159 --> 00:13:42.019 so that's kind of my little baby right now in 00:13:42.019 --> 00:13:44.779 the coming weeks but yeah I've been with The 00:13:44.779 --> 00:13:48.279 Drive I want to say about seven years took a 00:13:48.279 --> 00:13:50.759 little break just because I need to you know 00:13:50.759 --> 00:13:53.120 be a mom and you know work the full -time job 00:13:53.120 --> 00:13:56.480 but coming back to that because it's really something 00:13:56.480 --> 00:13:59.120 I'm passionate about that's my actual job what 00:13:59.120 --> 00:14:01.860 I actually went to school for is to be a writer 00:14:02.559 --> 00:14:06.120 And you're good at it. Well, thank you. So, yeah, 00:14:06.159 --> 00:14:10.620 that's one little side project. I write the visitor 00:14:10.620 --> 00:14:13.799 guide for Tourism Windsor -Essex. I've done that 00:14:13.799 --> 00:14:18.240 the last four years. This page has brought me 00:14:18.240 --> 00:14:20.899 a lot of amazing opportunities, and so I've been 00:14:20.899 --> 00:14:24.259 able to kind of marry the passion project with... 00:14:24.320 --> 00:14:28.860 you know the the actual skill so um that's been 00:14:28.860 --> 00:14:32.259 really lovely and uh managing a little bit a 00:14:32.259 --> 00:14:34.659 few social media accounts for different uh you 00:14:34.659 --> 00:14:36.700 know restaurants that kind of you know people 00:14:36.700 --> 00:14:40.399 in the industry but it becomes a lot i didn't 00:14:40.399 --> 00:14:44.220 know you did that either jeepers my god how do 00:14:44.220 --> 00:14:46.600 you do you sleep no i do not i stop sleeping 00:14:46.600 --> 00:14:50.370 here eat and drink coffee. Yes that's so much 00:14:50.370 --> 00:14:54.309 caffeine but yeah it's it's a lot but it's when 00:14:54.309 --> 00:14:57.570 you love it like I just I don't know how to not 00:14:57.570 --> 00:15:00.330 because you want to just keep going because it's 00:15:00.330 --> 00:15:03.330 great and you meet the most lovely people. It's 00:15:03.330 --> 00:15:06.909 true I'm in the same way because I kind of went 00:15:06.909 --> 00:15:09.409 through a little bit of a funk this year and 00:15:09.409 --> 00:15:12.860 then I'm like don't know and people were going 00:15:12.860 --> 00:15:16.919 you can't stop this and I just I've still been 00:15:16.919 --> 00:15:20.539 doing it but finding other things and rebranding 00:15:20.539 --> 00:15:23.799 and the passion of it and just every week I'm 00:15:23.799 --> 00:15:26.299 going out at least once or twice to meet people 00:15:26.299 --> 00:15:29.019 because I always meet them first and this town 00:15:29.019 --> 00:15:32.720 is just all about being supportive. It is and 00:15:32.720 --> 00:15:34.700 I think we're so lucky and you think of things 00:15:34.700 --> 00:15:38.039 I think of during the pandemic or you know afterwards 00:15:38.039 --> 00:15:40.899 where people they needed you know their freezer 00:15:40.899 --> 00:15:43.639 broke at a restaurant then you've got like five 00:15:43.639 --> 00:15:45.559 other restaurants going you can store stuff here 00:15:45.559 --> 00:15:47.519 you can borrow mine or like one of the breweries 00:15:47.519 --> 00:15:50.460 one of their you know systems broke and so they 00:15:50.460 --> 00:15:52.179 were able to go to one of the other breweries 00:15:52.179 --> 00:15:54.559 to help them out like people don't realize how 00:15:54.559 --> 00:15:56.580 interconnected everyone is and how supportive 00:15:56.580 --> 00:15:59.529 like people that are in the same industry and 00:15:59.529 --> 00:16:03.149 the same type of cuisine and they're not competing. 00:16:03.389 --> 00:16:05.210 No they're helping. They're supporting each other 00:16:05.210 --> 00:16:07.889 which is again it's yeah it's why you do what 00:16:07.889 --> 00:16:10.450 you do it's you love it. Fog and craftheads are 00:16:10.450 --> 00:16:12.750 blending together moving next door to Windsor 00:16:12.750 --> 00:16:14.710 Eats. That's going to be awesome. That's going 00:16:14.710 --> 00:16:18.769 to be an amazing corner. I think people are very 00:16:18.769 --> 00:16:22.070 adaptable and you have to be and even in the 00:16:22.070 --> 00:16:23.950 current climate where like the world just seems 00:16:23.950 --> 00:16:26.289 like There are days where you're like, okay, 00:16:26.429 --> 00:16:30.509 is this it? But people are adaptable. They're 00:16:30.509 --> 00:16:33.990 supportive. They think of like new ways to stay 00:16:33.990 --> 00:16:36.649 alive and to keep going. And it's so beautiful 00:16:36.649 --> 00:16:40.309 to see that. It really is. And so for me, it 00:16:40.309 --> 00:16:42.490 just makes me want to keep doing what I'm doing 00:16:42.490 --> 00:16:44.370 because I want to share these stories. And that's 00:16:44.370 --> 00:16:46.889 a lot with like working for the drive is like, 00:16:46.889 --> 00:16:50.029 you know. Here's some some ideas like you didn't 00:16:50.029 --> 00:16:53.129 know that this chef Overcame cancer and used 00:16:53.129 --> 00:16:55.210 to have a music career and this and this and 00:16:55.210 --> 00:16:57.809 this like all these stories I think really need 00:16:57.809 --> 00:17:00.429 to be told I think people would be surprised 00:17:00.429 --> 00:17:03.809 like the the incredible people or how they relate 00:17:03.809 --> 00:17:06.529 to You know your own personal stories and I think 00:17:06.529 --> 00:17:08.490 that's a big part of the page as well as like 00:17:08.490 --> 00:17:12.210 connecting people And now I know you have an 00:17:12.210 --> 00:17:15.250 event that's coming up. This is year two four 00:17:15.250 --> 00:17:18.670 or three, wow. You're two in the same spot. Okay. 00:17:18.849 --> 00:17:22.079 Yeah, you're three or. The first year was like, 00:17:22.279 --> 00:17:23.740 I don't know what to expect, but we're going 00:17:23.740 --> 00:17:28.500 to just do this. So yeah, we're doing the charity 00:17:28.500 --> 00:17:31.839 cornhole tournament again this year. This was 00:17:31.839 --> 00:17:35.220 something I came up with a few years ago where 00:17:35.220 --> 00:17:37.579 I had people message the page and they said like, 00:17:37.700 --> 00:17:39.099 oh, like I want to come out and eat with you 00:17:39.099 --> 00:17:41.200 or where are you going? Or like, you know, you 00:17:41.200 --> 00:17:43.220 should go out with people. And I'm like, yeah, 00:17:43.240 --> 00:17:45.700 this is cool. But like, how can we bring that 00:17:45.700 --> 00:17:48.569 together and, you know, make it? kind of a party, 00:17:49.009 --> 00:17:50.750 something that matched the tailgate theme. And 00:17:50.750 --> 00:17:52.430 I said, what do people do when you tailgate? 00:17:52.509 --> 00:17:54.369 You know, you eat food and you play cornhole. 00:17:54.569 --> 00:17:57.250 Yeah. So I was like, OK, I want to do a cornhole 00:17:57.250 --> 00:18:00.589 tournament. How do I do that? I don't think I've 00:18:00.589 --> 00:18:02.750 ever played sober. Right. You just in the backyard. 00:18:03.420 --> 00:18:06.799 You know at a barbecue or something. So I actually 00:18:06.799 --> 00:18:11.160 met an amazing person Jason Charette from Windsor 00:18:11.160 --> 00:18:13.740 cornhole That's why I was just gonna say we have 00:18:13.740 --> 00:18:16.259 somebody in Windsor that makes cornholes. We 00:18:16.259 --> 00:18:19.019 do everything here There's a couple like and 00:18:19.019 --> 00:18:20.920 there are a few leagues. I didn't realize it 00:18:20.920 --> 00:18:24.859 was as big as it was So I met Jason. I don't 00:18:24.859 --> 00:18:27.119 know if I would have been able to run the event 00:18:27.119 --> 00:18:29.279 without him You know, he does everything like 00:18:29.279 --> 00:18:31.660 it's a computerized system. You check in with 00:18:31.660 --> 00:18:34.500 an app and you know what board you're supposed 00:18:34.500 --> 00:18:38.579 to be at. It's incredible, so he was really like. 00:18:38.859 --> 00:18:40.700 the savior of, I'm like, I don't know how I'm 00:18:40.700 --> 00:18:42.619 going to do this. And then I happened to meet 00:18:42.619 --> 00:18:46.480 him. And then it kind of just grew from there. 00:18:46.519 --> 00:18:50.579 So the first year we raised about $2 ,500 for 00:18:50.579 --> 00:18:53.880 the Welcome Center Shelter for Women. And then 00:18:53.880 --> 00:18:56.940 year two, I thought, OK, I want to go big. It 00:18:56.940 --> 00:18:58.579 was out in the county the first year. The second 00:18:58.579 --> 00:19:00.640 year, I thought, I want to bring it into Windsor. 00:19:00.660 --> 00:19:03.359 So it's kind of walkable for people that live 00:19:03.359 --> 00:19:06.480 close. And I've worked with Walkerville Brewery 00:19:06.480 --> 00:19:09.779 just through my page for many years. And they're 00:19:09.779 --> 00:19:12.019 a fantastic team. I love what they do with the 00:19:12.019 --> 00:19:15.700 night market. So I said, can we do this here? 00:19:15.859 --> 00:19:18.500 Can we do this here? And I've also worked with 00:19:18.500 --> 00:19:20.880 the Canadian Mental Health Association as a sole 00:19:20.880 --> 00:19:22.799 focus ambassador the last few years. And I thought, 00:19:23.160 --> 00:19:25.839 OK, this is a cause that really aligns to. you 00:19:25.839 --> 00:19:28.799 know things I want to support and promote people 00:19:28.799 --> 00:19:30.700 you know sharing their their struggles with mental 00:19:30.700 --> 00:19:33.940 health so partnered up with them, partnered up 00:19:33.940 --> 00:19:37.279 with Walkerville, brought in Jason from Windsor 00:19:37.279 --> 00:19:41.019 Cornhole and last year we more than doubled what 00:19:41.019 --> 00:19:45.480 we raised the first year and we had over 52 teams 00:19:45.480 --> 00:19:49.259 which is like 104 people plus and then plus everyone 00:19:49.259 --> 00:19:52.200 who I know you guys stopped by oh my god Now, 00:19:52.200 --> 00:19:54.380 if you're in the Windsor -Essex County area, 00:19:54.420 --> 00:19:56.940 you have to go to this because there was food 00:19:56.940 --> 00:20:02.039 trucks, there was alcohol with the with the Waterville 00:20:02.039 --> 00:20:05.480 Brewery. And then there was you go out of it 00:20:05.480 --> 00:20:07.680 and it was like a little market as well. There 00:20:07.680 --> 00:20:10.200 was a few different things going on. There was 00:20:10.200 --> 00:20:11.960 so much going on. It was so much fun. I didn't 00:20:11.960 --> 00:20:14.900 even play it. Yeah. Yeah. It was. And that's 00:20:14.900 --> 00:20:16.519 a thing I know. Like my parents came and they're 00:20:16.519 --> 00:20:18.220 like, we don't want to play. Like, just come 00:20:18.220 --> 00:20:21.319 hang out. I might play this year if I can. needed 00:20:21.319 --> 00:20:24.019 team. No, so this is actually the really cool 00:20:24.019 --> 00:20:27.599 thing this year. people were signing up as teams 00:20:27.599 --> 00:20:30.420 the first two years uh and Jason was like you 00:20:30.420 --> 00:20:33.240 know what we do these swap tournaments and they've 00:20:33.240 --> 00:20:36.960 been really successful um so everyone this year 00:20:36.960 --> 00:20:38.779 will sign up as an individual so ticket prices 00:20:38.779 --> 00:20:41.819 are lower you're just signing up yourself um 00:20:41.819 --> 00:20:43.380 you can still come with your friends hang out 00:20:43.380 --> 00:20:45.039 with your friends but you're gonna play with 00:20:45.039 --> 00:20:47.440 a stranger you're gonna play with maybe it's 00:20:47.440 --> 00:20:49.500 someone you know uh maybe it's a professional 00:20:49.500 --> 00:20:51.279 cornhole player because we have a lot of people 00:20:51.279 --> 00:20:53.200 that play in leagues that come out i don't even 00:20:53.200 --> 00:20:56.369 know last time i've played so this is where you 00:20:56.369 --> 00:20:58.470 still have a shot at you know these cash prizes 00:20:58.470 --> 00:21:00.769 because you're playing with a variety of different 00:21:00.769 --> 00:21:03.390 people with different skill levels you're meeting 00:21:03.390 --> 00:21:05.109 new people which is fun but you're still hanging 00:21:05.109 --> 00:21:07.450 out with you know all of all of your regular 00:21:07.450 --> 00:21:09.670 friends because you're not really hanging out 00:21:09.670 --> 00:21:11.549 with people when you're playing you're just you're 00:21:11.549 --> 00:21:13.369 on one end and they're way over there on the 00:21:13.369 --> 00:21:16.529 other end but it gives you an opportunity to 00:21:16.529 --> 00:21:18.230 say like you're playing with someone who plays 00:21:18.230 --> 00:21:20.269 in a league every week like well you might make 00:21:20.269 --> 00:21:21.849 it through to the end round and maybe you're 00:21:21.849 --> 00:21:24.269 gonna win a cash prize so i think that's really 00:21:24.269 --> 00:21:26.730 great because a lot of people were like oh man 00:21:26.730 --> 00:21:28.410 these professional cornhole players are kicking 00:21:28.410 --> 00:21:31.470 my butt now how much does it will it cost to 00:21:31.470 --> 00:21:34.009 enter now that it's just one person? So it's 00:21:34.009 --> 00:21:38.829 $35. Tickets are on sale through Eventbrite. 00:21:38.890 --> 00:21:40.329 The event is actually, I don't think we mentioned 00:21:40.329 --> 00:21:43.869 the date, the event is no it's May 24th from 00:21:43.869 --> 00:21:48.849 12 to 5 at Walkerville Brewery and yeah $35 per 00:21:48.849 --> 00:21:51.730 person so sign yourself up but obviously you 00:21:51.730 --> 00:21:53.990 know bring your friends and you might even end 00:21:53.990 --> 00:21:56.650 up playing with someone you come with. And then 00:21:56.650 --> 00:21:59.670 we've got, I always like to have that food element 00:21:59.670 --> 00:22:01.710 obviously because that's what I do, so we have 00:22:01.710 --> 00:22:03.980 butchers. on the block this year, which I was 00:22:03.980 --> 00:22:05.400 like, oh my God, we're getting butchers on the 00:22:05.400 --> 00:22:08.680 block. They're fantastic. Have you not had butchers 00:22:08.680 --> 00:22:10.240 on the block? Yes, I've had them. But I thought 00:22:10.240 --> 00:22:12.500 they were there last year for some reason. No, 00:22:12.680 --> 00:22:15.259 we feel from Black Magic, who was amazing last 00:22:15.259 --> 00:22:17.880 year. He made a dill pickle mac and cheese. Oh, 00:22:18.059 --> 00:22:19.500 that's who it was. Yeah, that's who it was. Yep, 00:22:19.680 --> 00:22:24.460 yep. So. I'm trying to rotate through the different 00:22:24.460 --> 00:22:27.599 events. Yes, they're amazing. They're deep -fried 00:22:27.599 --> 00:22:29.700 mac and cheese. I was just going to say. Yeah. 00:22:29.980 --> 00:22:32.819 So they'll be there. And then Tallulah Cafe, 00:22:33.279 --> 00:22:36.259 they are incredible. The F &B Hospitality Group, 00:22:36.440 --> 00:22:38.539 I absolutely love them. I love all of their restaurants. 00:22:38.759 --> 00:22:43.519 So they own, used to be F &B, but they own Tallulah, 00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:47.019 Funky Chow, Grand Cantina, and then the Tiki 00:22:47.019 --> 00:22:50.519 Bar. I know the owner kind of Speakeasy Tiki 00:22:50.519 --> 00:22:55.059 Bar. They're a fantastic group. They're big supporters 00:22:55.059 --> 00:22:58.059 of the Walkerville region. So they're on board 00:22:58.059 --> 00:23:00.599 again as a sponsor this year. They're super supportive. 00:23:01.099 --> 00:23:03.380 And they'll also have Tallulah's got a new truck. 00:23:04.019 --> 00:23:06.799 Like a new trailer. So they're going to have 00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:09.980 like all like beverages, snacks, those kind of 00:23:09.980 --> 00:23:13.799 like light things. And then a runner. So if anyone 00:23:13.799 --> 00:23:15.579 wants to order from Funky Chow, they can take 00:23:15.579 --> 00:23:17.440 their order. They can and then have it brought 00:23:17.440 --> 00:23:20.140 to them. Yeah, that's cool. Because I know Tallulah 00:23:20.140 --> 00:23:24.039 is vegan. Not all of it. They have a lot of vegan 00:23:24.039 --> 00:23:26.240 options and actually one word for best vegan 00:23:26.240 --> 00:23:28.900 eater. It's not all vegan. But yeah, they've 00:23:28.900 --> 00:23:31.799 got great coffees, teas, like ice, you know, 00:23:31.799 --> 00:23:34.079 it'll be stuff because it'll be warm out. And 00:23:34.079 --> 00:23:36.000 then different pastries, other peanut butter 00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:39.799 cookies are like my favorite. But yeah, so we've 00:23:39.799 --> 00:23:41.660 got those two lined up, which is great. We've 00:23:41.660 --> 00:23:45.400 got another local business. It's called Affinity 00:23:45.400 --> 00:23:49.680 Outdoor. They actually make patio furniture from 00:23:49.680 --> 00:23:52.099 recycled plastics from the automotive industry. 00:23:53.079 --> 00:23:55.380 It is such a cool concept. So it's high end, 00:23:55.599 --> 00:23:58.710 beautiful patio furniture. And it's made from 00:23:58.710 --> 00:24:01.609 the waste that, you know, the gentleman who started 00:24:01.609 --> 00:24:03.769 it, he actually saw that this was a problem. 00:24:03.950 --> 00:24:05.430 Like, look how much we're throwing away. Look, 00:24:05.670 --> 00:24:07.109 it's, you know, it's bad for the environment. 00:24:07.589 --> 00:24:09.829 So taking these plastics and repurposing them 00:24:09.829 --> 00:24:11.990 into like high -end beautiful patio furniture. 00:24:12.750 --> 00:24:14.829 So he'll have his stuff set up. So there's kind 00:24:14.829 --> 00:24:16.269 of, you know, I think last year you saw there's 00:24:16.269 --> 00:24:18.930 like the chill zone and there's some umbrellas, 00:24:19.029 --> 00:24:20.910 some patio stuff, and he's actually giving away. 00:24:21.390 --> 00:24:24.549 One of our giveaways is a patio set, two Adirondack 00:24:24.549 --> 00:24:28.509 chairs and a table. So we've got a 50 -50 draw. 00:24:28.609 --> 00:24:32.410 We've got some other giveaways from local businesses. 00:24:32.630 --> 00:24:35.430 I love Nuts for Dates. Right away, we're like, 00:24:35.650 --> 00:24:37.730 what do you need? We want to support this. So 00:24:37.730 --> 00:24:39.450 we've got some great raffle prizes as well from 00:24:39.450 --> 00:24:42.809 other local businesses. And I'm excited. I want 00:24:42.809 --> 00:24:46.130 to go bigger. And I want to - It sounds it. Yeah, 00:24:46.130 --> 00:24:48.970 I want to beat what I did last year. So again, 00:24:48.970 --> 00:24:52.250 I think I have like the A - Like I think everyone 00:24:52.250 --> 00:24:54.549 is just like doing an amazing job of promoting 00:24:54.549 --> 00:24:57.269 this. The CMHA is wonderful to work with. I'm 00:24:57.269 --> 00:24:59.589 thinking we need a little life feed going on. 00:24:59.650 --> 00:25:01.789 I think we should. I think we should. It's getting 00:25:01.789 --> 00:25:03.589 this cornhole action. It gets kind of crazy. 00:25:05.349 --> 00:25:08.490 I had a blast. I mean I wish I could have gone 00:25:08.490 --> 00:25:10.690 there longer but it was near the end of the day 00:25:10.690 --> 00:25:14.569 and it was it was hot and it was fun. I tried 00:25:14.569 --> 00:25:16.589 to do it like so it's May 24th which actually 00:25:16.589 --> 00:25:18.930 is the weekend after the long weekend because 00:25:18.930 --> 00:25:21.829 everyone says May 24th. weekend but I know that 00:25:21.829 --> 00:25:24.970 a lot of people go away that weekend so it's 00:25:24.970 --> 00:25:26.869 the weekend after the long weekend it's a Saturday 00:25:26.869 --> 00:25:30.309 12 to 5 and yeah you might not be there the whole 00:25:30.309 --> 00:25:33.450 day because as the elimination rounds happen 00:25:33.450 --> 00:25:35.809 you know then it goes down to like the final 00:25:35.809 --> 00:25:38.690 final two but yeah I think it's just a fun time 00:25:38.690 --> 00:25:41.750 even if you're not playing and that that's kind 00:25:41.750 --> 00:25:44.750 of the vibe I want to watch yeah yeah it's pretty 00:25:44.750 --> 00:25:47.829 intense I know they get so serious watching their 00:25:47.829 --> 00:25:50.240 faces and it's like It's fun, it's really fun. 00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:52.480 I don't think anybody would want to play with 00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:55.099 me because I wouldn't even get a halfway because 00:25:55.099 --> 00:25:58.220 it's quite a distance. Yeah, the professional 00:25:58.220 --> 00:26:00.559 distance between them was I was like, oh no, 00:26:00.579 --> 00:26:04.720 I'm not playing. No, but it's fun and I think 00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:06.440 a lot of people were surprised actually how well 00:26:06.440 --> 00:26:09.099 they did too. They were like, oh wow, this is 00:26:09.099 --> 00:26:11.940 great. And it opened up people into the potential 00:26:11.940 --> 00:26:16.569 of playing in a league. introducing that sport 00:26:16.569 --> 00:26:19.109 and growing the sport locally too, which is nice 00:26:19.109 --> 00:26:20.869 to see. Like I said, I've loved working with 00:26:20.869 --> 00:26:23.309 Windsor Cornhole and I think I've just found 00:26:23.309 --> 00:26:25.170 the right... group of people to continue to grow 00:26:25.170 --> 00:26:28.509 this. Well, that's awesome. Yeah. And I know 00:26:28.509 --> 00:26:34.049 you do some spots with AM 800 with Dan and Dan 00:26:34.049 --> 00:26:37.630 McDonald from the Dan McDonald show. And you 00:26:37.630 --> 00:26:41.589 guys talk and Kyle. Yeah. And that's all food 00:26:41.589 --> 00:26:44.390 related. Yeah, that's been really fun as well. 00:26:45.009 --> 00:26:47.869 So yeah, I've been on with Dan. Dan, which is 00:26:47.869 --> 00:26:50.490 I think about it is like over 20 years now from 00:26:50.490 --> 00:26:53.289 when I when I started at the radio station. and 00:26:53.289 --> 00:26:56.170 Kyle almost just as long. So, you know, always 00:26:56.170 --> 00:26:58.869 pop on Dan's show. We announced the Cornhole 00:26:58.869 --> 00:27:00.950 Tournament on Dan's show and I've been doing 00:27:00.950 --> 00:27:04.210 some videos with Kyle Horner too. He has his, 00:27:04.430 --> 00:27:07.849 the segment Monday morning, or sorry, Saturday. 00:27:08.069 --> 00:27:12.150 Yeah. Saturday mornings. So we've gone on and 00:27:12.150 --> 00:27:15.809 done a few videos together and it's been fun 00:27:15.809 --> 00:27:18.710 kind of, you know, bringing him along and I think 00:27:18.710 --> 00:27:20.589 he's a little bit of a picky eater actually. 00:27:21.339 --> 00:27:24.220 So I'm like, no, you're going to eat this. But 00:27:24.220 --> 00:27:29.039 yeah, it's been really fun. hoping to do a little 00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:30.740 bit more of that into the summer as well. We've 00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:32.819 got a few things coming up. So always good to 00:27:32.819 --> 00:27:36.079 kind of keep my, I like to dip my toes back into 00:27:36.079 --> 00:27:39.220 radio and stay connected with the people that 00:27:39.220 --> 00:27:42.579 like, the people at Amy 100 have been my friends. 00:27:42.599 --> 00:27:44.500 Like I said, it's been like 20 years and I'd 00:27:44.500 --> 00:27:46.779 love that I still get to work with them. It's 00:27:46.779 --> 00:27:49.400 nice to turn on the radio and it's like, Oh, 00:27:49.480 --> 00:27:54.710 I know her. It's been really cool to be able 00:27:54.710 --> 00:27:57.750 to do that. So that's something, it's just another 00:27:57.750 --> 00:28:01.769 little fun side quest. Yeah, I enjoyed the segments 00:28:01.769 --> 00:28:03.910 that you did with Kyle. It was funny. I mean, 00:28:04.190 --> 00:28:07.630 I'm sorry, he's a sloppy eater. That was awesome. 00:28:07.630 --> 00:28:08.470 He tried, he tried. There's so many napkins. 00:28:08.490 --> 00:28:11.410 The burgers. When you guys did the burgers and 00:28:11.410 --> 00:28:14.710 it was just all over the place. I said I need 00:28:14.710 --> 00:28:17.490 tailgate bibs because... I've ruined so many 00:28:17.490 --> 00:28:20.450 white shirts. Yeah. I always said to him about 00:28:20.450 --> 00:28:22.710 my son, you're not allowed to wear a white and 00:28:22.710 --> 00:28:26.009 his fiance buys him a white hoodie and I'm like 00:28:26.009 --> 00:28:28.990 five minutes, boom, something on it. Yeah, I've 00:28:28.990 --> 00:28:31.789 learned my lesson over the years. So dark clothes, 00:28:31.930 --> 00:28:34.170 dark clothes. But yeah, it's it's just again, 00:28:34.170 --> 00:28:36.170 it's one of those little like side quest fun 00:28:36.170 --> 00:28:38.430 things that I get to do. And I get to, you know, 00:28:38.549 --> 00:28:40.609 bring in the people that I love to work with 00:28:40.609 --> 00:28:44.029 and and do cool shit. You know? Yeah, I like 00:28:44.029 --> 00:28:51.329 that. Okay, we are back and When I was at Eerie 00:28:51.329 --> 00:28:54.890 Street Gastropub last night, I had to bring some 00:28:54.890 --> 00:28:59.150 of their alcohol infused ice cream. Oh, man I'm 00:28:59.150 --> 00:29:02.329 sorry. I skipped ahead. Oh, don't worry about 00:29:02.329 --> 00:29:06.730 it Oh, it's I have to look here. It is the London 00:29:06.730 --> 00:29:13.910 Fog Rum Chata. Oh my gosh and I had some of this 00:29:13.910 --> 00:29:17.390 last night, and it's just so good. So I apologize, 00:29:17.470 --> 00:29:20.029 but we're gonna be eating while we talk, because 00:29:20.029 --> 00:29:24.230 you have to hit Erie Street Gastro Pub for their 00:29:24.230 --> 00:29:27.730 infused ice cream. And they do have the non -alcoholic 00:29:27.730 --> 00:29:31.029 as well, so. Mm -hmm, mm -hmm. But I mean, this 00:29:31.029 --> 00:29:35.109 is pretty good. Just at 12%. I've never been 00:29:35.109 --> 00:29:38.250 bombed off of ice cream before. But there's a 00:29:38.250 --> 00:29:40.650 first time for everything. Yeah, I've been meaning 00:29:40.650 --> 00:29:44.460 to try this. Frozen Fusion is kind of like the 00:29:44.460 --> 00:29:47.700 brand of this. Again, Erie Street Gastropub, 00:29:47.920 --> 00:29:50.079 they're fantastic. Their food's great. I love 00:29:50.079 --> 00:29:52.700 their poutine. It's like a very different, like 00:29:52.700 --> 00:29:55.140 the flavor, it's got that Asian fusion vibe to 00:29:55.140 --> 00:29:58.500 it. Last night, he had the sticky pork belly. 00:29:59.059 --> 00:30:01.380 This is so good. I know, it's like you get pulled 00:30:01.380 --> 00:30:05.200 over. How much have you had tonight? Oh, just 00:30:05.200 --> 00:30:07.759 a margarita and about five scoops of ice cream. 00:30:08.519 --> 00:30:12.200 Nothing. Not lying. No, this is fantastic. This 00:30:12.200 --> 00:30:14.400 is like, I hate when I try things and I'm like, 00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:16.700 why did it take me so long to try them? But again, 00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:19.609 it's so hard to. to get out to all these places 00:30:19.609 --> 00:30:22.450 all the time. But yeah, love the team there. 00:30:22.769 --> 00:30:26.230 This is amazing. They've also got a coffee shop 00:30:26.230 --> 00:30:29.089 right around the attached, the refined roast. 00:30:29.549 --> 00:30:32.750 They're lovely, lovely people. And oh, I will 00:30:32.750 --> 00:30:34.170 definitely be back here in the summer. I love 00:30:34.170 --> 00:30:36.730 Ramchada and I love London Fog. And so this is 00:30:36.730 --> 00:30:38.809 like the ice cream baby I never knew I needed. 00:30:38.930 --> 00:30:42.430 I know. This is great. Yeah, I do. I mean, the 00:30:42.430 --> 00:30:45.450 number one rule of like TV and don't eat on camera. 00:30:45.509 --> 00:30:47.630 I'm sorry. Literally, I built a career. of it 00:30:47.630 --> 00:30:50.349 so you have to so I'm gonna go have to buy more 00:30:50.349 --> 00:30:54.009 of this this is when like the job becomes a problem 00:30:54.009 --> 00:30:58.369 but this is where the job was a nice job because 00:30:58.369 --> 00:31:02.170 Graham was lovely enough I asked him to buy that 00:31:02.170 --> 00:31:04.849 to bring here today and he's like no he says 00:31:04.849 --> 00:31:08.029 you guys try it out the the generosity and the 00:31:08.029 --> 00:31:11.190 kindness of so many of these restaurant owners 00:31:11.190 --> 00:31:14.779 and just It's lovely to meet people that you 00:31:14.779 --> 00:31:16.539 otherwise wouldn't have met. And like I said, 00:31:16.660 --> 00:31:19.099 you hear their stories, you see why they're passionate 00:31:19.099 --> 00:31:23.079 about what they're doing. It's been really fantastic. 00:31:23.220 --> 00:31:25.279 And yeah, a lot of like really cool friendships 00:31:25.279 --> 00:31:29.539 have formed from me doing what I do and we joked 00:31:29.539 --> 00:31:33.319 about before was Robbie. Everyone, they're like, 00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:35.640 is that your husband? I'm like, God, no, no. 00:31:35.819 --> 00:31:38.440 And we're talking from Robbie Sausage. Yeah, 00:31:38.440 --> 00:31:41.140 Robbie's Gourmet Sausage, formerly in Walkerville. 00:31:41.619 --> 00:31:45.200 He's out of Little Foot Foods now. Another beautiful 00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:48.059 pairing. Yes, yes. Fantastic. And actually, yeah, 00:31:48.059 --> 00:31:50.779 he's collaborated with them quite a bit on a 00:31:50.779 --> 00:31:53.200 lot of They're like pro -gees, which has been 00:31:53.200 --> 00:31:56.680 neat. I've collaborated with him. I want to say 00:31:56.680 --> 00:32:00.039 our first sausage came out eight years ago, was 00:32:00.039 --> 00:32:03.740 the JB Strong chicken gyro. I had gone through 00:32:03.740 --> 00:32:05.900 an illness and I was going through a really strict 00:32:05.900 --> 00:32:11.299 diet and I was... not eating pork. And we loved 00:32:11.299 --> 00:32:13.779 Robbie's, we loved going there. It was a cool 00:32:13.779 --> 00:32:16.200 business. And I said, you don't really make a 00:32:16.200 --> 00:32:18.380 lot of chicken sausage. Like, have you thought 00:32:18.380 --> 00:32:20.319 about this? I had never even thought of chicken 00:32:20.319 --> 00:32:22.079 sausage. Yeah, but I was like, there's gotta 00:32:22.079 --> 00:32:24.339 be an alternative. I'm not like a big pork fan. 00:32:26.140 --> 00:32:27.500 And I said, have you thought of like chicken 00:32:27.500 --> 00:32:29.700 giro or like some kind of like street foodie, 00:32:29.759 --> 00:32:31.200 like we're, you know, making food that tastes 00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:33.519 like other food. And he's like, no, you know, 00:32:33.519 --> 00:32:35.099 let me get back to you. And I kind of thought, 00:32:35.099 --> 00:32:37.880 oh, like he's just being nice. And then I get 00:32:37.880 --> 00:32:40.619 a message like two days later saying, JB Strong, 00:32:40.839 --> 00:32:42.880 chicken giro coming next week. And I was like, 00:32:43.259 --> 00:32:47.210 what? So he made the sausage. It was amazing. 00:32:48.069 --> 00:32:50.750 He named it after me, which was really funny 00:32:50.750 --> 00:32:52.849 because that's my personal Instagram handle was 00:32:52.849 --> 00:32:54.730 JBStrong and he thought that was very funny for 00:32:54.730 --> 00:32:59.109 some reason. So we have, I want to say it's close 00:32:59.109 --> 00:33:03.220 to 10, maybe about eight sausages now. under 00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:06.559 that line that we've kind of um developed because 00:33:06.559 --> 00:33:09.400 i didn't know this yeah yeah so uh chicken gyro 00:33:09.400 --> 00:33:11.279 was the first we also did the chicken shawarma 00:33:11.279 --> 00:33:15.460 um i love the street food like handheld i love 00:33:15.460 --> 00:33:18.819 sandwiches um huge pickle fan obviously so we 00:33:18.819 --> 00:33:21.900 did the jb strong no big dill which is like bacon 00:33:21.900 --> 00:33:25.440 cheese and it's loaded with dill pickle so that's 00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:28.990 the big Oh I need to go over there. Yeah and 00:33:28.990 --> 00:33:32.329 so and their number one like seller has been 00:33:32.329 --> 00:33:36.029 the the JB Strong Philly cheesesteak. So Philly 00:33:36.029 --> 00:33:38.150 cheesesteak sausage so he rotates through all 00:33:38.150 --> 00:33:41.089 of these. We've had a bunch uh we've had like 00:33:41.089 --> 00:33:43.869 a taco uh the taco supreme one that literally 00:33:43.869 --> 00:33:46.349 tastes like I don't know how he got the corn 00:33:46.349 --> 00:33:49.150 tortilla flavor in it like but it tastes like 00:33:49.150 --> 00:33:51.470 you're eating like a Taco Bell taco. It's so 00:33:51.470 --> 00:33:53.009 good. I actually brought some for Kyle to try 00:33:53.009 --> 00:33:56.309 because I'm like, you have to try this. So yeah. 00:33:56.430 --> 00:33:59.349 I have a blueberry one that he did. Drunken blueberry 00:33:59.349 --> 00:34:03.170 is so good. And he said to pair it with the farmer's 00:34:03.170 --> 00:34:06.549 cheese proggy from Wellfoot food. And it's so 00:34:06.549 --> 00:34:08.940 good together. He's just an incredible chef in 00:34:08.940 --> 00:34:10.960 general. Like I always, I always bug him. Like 00:34:10.960 --> 00:34:11.980 when are you going to open a restaurant? When 00:34:11.980 --> 00:34:13.420 are you going to do this? Because I think he's 00:34:13.420 --> 00:34:16.500 so, so talented and his flavor profiles and how 00:34:16.500 --> 00:34:19.599 smart and again, a self -taught person, um, he 00:34:19.599 --> 00:34:23.260 was in landscaping and then was just had a chorizo 00:34:23.260 --> 00:34:26.079 sausage in Mexico, changed his life. And he became 00:34:26.079 --> 00:34:29.019 obsessed with this. And, and then we just kind 00:34:29.019 --> 00:34:30.980 of became besties. And it's this really weird 00:34:30.980 --> 00:34:32.960 relationship where we, you know, yell at each 00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:35.460 other and, and work things out and try to find 00:34:35.460 --> 00:34:39.539 cool ways to. to do new sausages. And so we've 00:34:39.539 --> 00:34:43.780 got one new one in the works that we're trying 00:34:43.780 --> 00:34:46.239 to figure out. And I think as he's grown and 00:34:46.239 --> 00:34:49.460 learned how to... mimic the flavors of things 00:34:49.460 --> 00:34:52.500 and work with things that he's finally ready 00:34:52.500 --> 00:34:54.900 to launch, this one that I've been pushing probably 00:34:54.900 --> 00:34:59.719 since the beginning. Do you know when about that's 00:34:59.719 --> 00:35:01.940 gonna come? I'm not even gonna ask what it is, 00:35:01.980 --> 00:35:04.940 it's gotta be a surprise. It's gonna be a surprise, 00:35:05.079 --> 00:35:08.800 but it's another sandwich -y, street food -y 00:35:08.800 --> 00:35:12.489 kind of vibe that I always lean towards. But 00:35:12.489 --> 00:35:15.570 it will be hopefully in the next month or so, 00:35:16.150 --> 00:35:18.909 we're working on potentially an event together, 00:35:19.809 --> 00:35:21.949 more just kind of ironing out the details, but 00:35:21.949 --> 00:35:25.159 a type of like a pairing. events, so pairing 00:35:25.159 --> 00:35:28.400 the sausages and having Robbie kind of explain 00:35:28.400 --> 00:35:30.760 the flavor profiles and how he came up with them. 00:35:30.800 --> 00:35:33.739 So I'm super excited for that. He's run sausage 00:35:33.739 --> 00:35:35.659 making classes and I think this could be like 00:35:35.659 --> 00:35:37.900 kind of the next evolution of what he's doing 00:35:37.900 --> 00:35:40.380 because again I just think he's so super talented. 00:35:40.820 --> 00:35:44.699 He is and I know I've gone to Little Foot Foods 00:35:44.699 --> 00:35:48.139 to get pierogies and that and that's when I found 00:35:48.139 --> 00:35:51.739 out Robbie was there. And that they serve a lunch. 00:35:52.380 --> 00:35:56.519 His burgers, oh my goodness. I have to stay away 00:35:56.519 --> 00:35:59.739 from there. I haven't been in a while because 00:35:59.739 --> 00:36:02.619 I know I'd be addicted. And then the poutine. 00:36:03.079 --> 00:36:05.679 You have to upside to the poutine. Yeah, that's 00:36:05.679 --> 00:36:07.739 what got Kyle. I did a video at Little Foot. 00:36:07.780 --> 00:36:09.539 Kyle was like, I need this poutine every day 00:36:09.539 --> 00:36:12.579 in my life. It's true. Yeah. And then, yeah, 00:36:12.659 --> 00:36:15.039 so Robbie's incorporated some of his sauces into 00:36:15.039 --> 00:36:17.400 that menu. And he, again, has worked really well 00:36:17.400 --> 00:36:20.980 with them. The burgers have the zoob sauce, which 00:36:20.980 --> 00:36:22.760 I keep pushing him, like, you gotta sell some 00:36:22.760 --> 00:36:24.739 of these. You're just, what you're doing is amazing. 00:36:25.179 --> 00:36:27.619 So yeah, it's, it's been a really cool, like, 00:36:27.719 --> 00:36:29.119 again, it's one of those stories where I get 00:36:29.119 --> 00:36:32.139 to watch him grow and it's become this weird 00:36:32.139 --> 00:36:34.599 little friendship that like - Is the perfect 00:36:34.599 --> 00:36:37.550 friendship. Yeah, yeah. Perfect combination of 00:36:37.550 --> 00:36:40.710 tastes. Yeah. So I'm constantly like, that's 00:36:40.710 --> 00:36:42.909 too spicy. What are you doing here? And he's 00:36:42.909 --> 00:36:45.329 like, this is why I'm doing this. And it's a 00:36:45.329 --> 00:36:47.550 fun little thing. And so I think that I'm like, 00:36:47.650 --> 00:36:49.349 how come we haven't actually done like really 00:36:49.349 --> 00:36:51.630 an event together? He was the food vendor for 00:36:51.630 --> 00:36:53.409 my first cornhole tournament. But other than 00:36:53.409 --> 00:36:55.869 that, I'm like, we haven't done enough together. 00:36:56.150 --> 00:36:58.889 So I think this will be really fun. So details 00:36:58.889 --> 00:37:02.130 to come in the coming weeks. So you'll see it 00:37:02.130 --> 00:37:05.030 on my page and on Robbie's page. And I hope to. 00:37:04.909 --> 00:37:08.489 and get a good crowd out for that. My day job 00:37:08.489 --> 00:37:12.150 is an event manager, an event planner. It's right 00:37:12.150 --> 00:37:15.070 up your alley. I'm trying to, again, with the 00:37:15.070 --> 00:37:18.489 writing, I'm trying to merge those two loves 00:37:18.489 --> 00:37:23.250 and get some more food -related events coming 00:37:23.250 --> 00:37:25.829 on in the city in the next year or so. I like 00:37:25.829 --> 00:37:29.670 the experience of going out, not just like, yeah, 00:37:29.670 --> 00:37:31.550 you go and have a meal and it's good, but the 00:37:31.550 --> 00:37:34.840 experience of like, This pairs with this or you 00:37:34.840 --> 00:37:38.610 hear like why the chef, you know made this go 00:37:38.610 --> 00:37:42.349 with potatoes instead of rice. It kind of adds 00:37:42.349 --> 00:37:43.710 to the experience of going out. You're not just 00:37:43.710 --> 00:37:45.869 sitting around and shoveling down a meal and 00:37:45.869 --> 00:37:48.170 leaving. You're kind of having this whole experience 00:37:48.170 --> 00:37:49.909 and it's opening and kind of broadening your 00:37:49.909 --> 00:37:52.389 horizons to new things. And I hope it inspires 00:37:52.389 --> 00:37:55.929 people when they go out. I know my son is 13. 00:37:57.110 --> 00:37:59.929 He's been my little foodie buddy through a lot 00:37:59.929 --> 00:38:04.389 of this. And he actually is like... maybe I wanna 00:38:04.389 --> 00:38:07.510 learn how to cook. And so that's kind of what 00:38:07.510 --> 00:38:09.909 I'm like introducing people to like maybe a new 00:38:09.909 --> 00:38:12.849 passion or even just like cooking at home and 00:38:12.849 --> 00:38:16.280 that's. It's kind of the point of all of this 00:38:16.280 --> 00:38:18.860 is just inspire people right to do to do fun 00:38:18.860 --> 00:38:21.260 things and to learn new things well I never would 00:38:21.260 --> 00:38:24.500 have met Adriana or Windsor Eats without you 00:38:24.500 --> 00:38:32.440 and In the summertime we were there at least 00:38:32.440 --> 00:38:36.219 once a week at least and it's just a fun place 00:38:36.219 --> 00:38:40.329 even in the wintertime food's amazing, food trucks 00:38:40.329 --> 00:38:44.849 and great events. Yeah that's I love people that 00:38:44.849 --> 00:38:47.889 like just keep working for this city because 00:38:47.889 --> 00:38:50.929 I think where we're like our own worst critics 00:38:50.929 --> 00:38:52.809 a lot of the times and growing up it was like 00:38:52.809 --> 00:38:56.130 there's nothing to do in Windsor and okay Betcha 00:38:56.130 --> 00:38:59.869 have you looked and that's again with with this 00:38:59.869 --> 00:39:02.170 page is showing people like there's so much out 00:39:02.170 --> 00:39:04.090 there and there are these passionate people that 00:39:04.139 --> 00:39:07.139 you know, keep going and keep thinking of like 00:39:07.139 --> 00:39:09.320 cool new things to bring to our city or concepts 00:39:09.320 --> 00:39:12.840 or ideas. It's just, it's very cool to be a little 00:39:12.840 --> 00:39:14.860 itty bitty part of that. No, I think you're a 00:39:14.860 --> 00:39:17.559 big part of the food industry. In Windsor -Essex 00:39:17.559 --> 00:39:21.179 County you are. If people followed you they would 00:39:21.179 --> 00:39:25.239 see all the lovely places that you've been to 00:39:25.239 --> 00:39:29.480 and Get to visualize the food. Yeah, that's a 00:39:29.480 --> 00:39:31.239 thing too, is kind of showing people like, this 00:39:31.239 --> 00:39:33.639 is what it looks like inside. Here's what, you 00:39:33.639 --> 00:39:37.159 know, here's what I suggest to order. And then, 00:39:37.159 --> 00:39:39.179 you know, yeah, it breaks down some of those 00:39:39.179 --> 00:39:40.920 initial barriers of people going like, oh, what 00:39:40.920 --> 00:39:43.500 if I don't like something? Okay, well, you know, 00:39:43.599 --> 00:39:45.880 you got a little taste of it by just seeing some 00:39:45.880 --> 00:39:48.380 of the pictures. Yeah. Oh, it looks really fancy 00:39:48.380 --> 00:39:50.219 outside. And you realize when you go in there, 00:39:50.219 --> 00:39:53.559 it's nice and it's warm, like Erie Street Gastropub. 00:39:53.639 --> 00:39:56.360 It looks like it should be a really fancy dress 00:39:56.360 --> 00:39:59.719 up place, even when you go inside. But it really 00:39:59.719 --> 00:40:03.420 isn't. It's just a really warm, welcoming, inviting, 00:40:03.679 --> 00:40:05.880 like casual, like they sell poutine. Maybe you 00:40:05.880 --> 00:40:08.280 wouldn't know that if you didn't, you know, see 00:40:08.280 --> 00:40:10.840 them on social media. But yeah, it was a nice. 00:40:11.199 --> 00:40:13.500 Oh, God. ice cream yeah I'm gonna need I'm gonna 00:40:13.500 --> 00:40:18.300 need more of this so is there anything else that 00:40:18.300 --> 00:40:22.539 you're going to be doing oh my goodness there 00:40:22.539 --> 00:40:26.360 actually is that's that's the sad part yeah definitely 00:40:26.360 --> 00:40:28.820 like I said working on a few more like events 00:40:28.820 --> 00:40:31.880 kind of in the background I was like towards 00:40:31.880 --> 00:40:34.159 Halloween, you know, working with the team at 00:40:34.159 --> 00:40:36.360 ScareHouse on things. So hopefully continue to 00:40:36.360 --> 00:40:40.460 do that. Yeah, a few little things that are already 00:40:40.460 --> 00:40:42.840 kind of cooking. You were the one that put together 00:40:42.840 --> 00:40:46.360 that dinner that we did. Yeah, that was me. ScareHouse. 00:40:46.619 --> 00:40:49.420 Oh, so much fun. Yeah, that was amazing. I love 00:40:49.420 --> 00:40:51.739 horror movies. I love scary stuff. I love Halloween. 00:40:51.800 --> 00:40:53.699 And that was like, these are my favorite things 00:40:53.699 --> 00:40:55.500 all together. And then we all, yeah, I think 00:40:55.500 --> 00:41:01.739 you almost took down Kyle. Well, it wasn't ripped, 00:41:01.820 --> 00:41:03.960 but it was pulled. There was a huge pull and 00:41:03.960 --> 00:41:07.480 I'm sorry, I had my light on the whole time and 00:41:07.480 --> 00:41:10.400 Ben's behind me and I'm screaming blue bloody 00:41:10.400 --> 00:41:13.139 murder. But the food was great. It was. That 00:41:13.139 --> 00:41:14.579 was the black and white dinner that we did. It 00:41:14.579 --> 00:41:17.980 was weird to try and eat food that you couldn't 00:41:17.980 --> 00:41:21.539 see what it is. And you couldn't, like, I couldn't 00:41:21.539 --> 00:41:24.179 figure out the carrots. No, I thought they were 00:41:24.179 --> 00:41:25.820 parsnips. And then I taste them and I'm like, 00:41:25.840 --> 00:41:27.480 no, that's not parsnips. I thought it was a sweet 00:41:27.480 --> 00:41:30.440 potato. Yeah. And then I'm like, Because the 00:41:30.440 --> 00:41:33.090 flavoring yes Every once in a while I had to 00:41:33.090 --> 00:41:35.489 put my camera in my hand so you could see. It 00:41:35.489 --> 00:41:36.510 was the only way. I didn't know what the dessert 00:41:36.510 --> 00:41:39.449 was. I thought it was strawberry, it was cherry. 00:41:40.610 --> 00:41:43.449 So one of the rooms is like eating in a black 00:41:43.449 --> 00:41:45.309 and white movie. They have different themes we 00:41:45.309 --> 00:41:47.989 did. The one year was like a fortune teller theme 00:41:47.989 --> 00:41:51.750 one. They've got like a cabin in the woods murder 00:41:51.750 --> 00:41:55.130 kind of one that's really fun as well. So yeah, 00:41:55.150 --> 00:41:57.230 that's something again, these cool experiences 00:41:57.230 --> 00:41:59.210 that people are building out that I just want 00:41:59.210 --> 00:42:02.869 to continue to highlight. um again finding cool 00:42:02.869 --> 00:42:05.210 people to do cool shit with oh that's awesome 00:42:05.210 --> 00:42:09.670 i can't wait to see the rebranded tailgate takeout 00:42:09.670 --> 00:42:12.650 i'm nervous that's gonna be fun but i think it'll 00:42:12.650 --> 00:42:15.909 match more of of like what i'm doing so yeah 00:42:15.909 --> 00:42:18.070 it's always scary when you do that i hope i can 00:42:18.070 --> 00:42:21.050 still always be mrs tailgate and you know you 00:42:21.050 --> 00:42:24.559 will yeah You will well, thank you so much. I 00:42:24.559 --> 00:42:27.400 appreciate you coming on again and giving us 00:42:27.400 --> 00:42:30.480 I appreciate the ice cream Thank you graham. 00:42:31.079 --> 00:42:34.280 Yeah Oh, that's great. And i'm going to have 00:42:34.280 --> 00:42:37.760 all the information up on the podcast as well 00:42:37.760 --> 00:42:40.639 as social media About the cornhole tournament 00:42:40.639 --> 00:42:45.760 that is coming may 24th 2025 at 12 from 12 to 00:42:45.760 --> 00:42:49.510 5 pm at walkerville brewery put on by her and 00:42:49.510 --> 00:42:53.210 a lot of lovely people. If you wanna try your 00:42:53.210 --> 00:42:56.630 hand at cornhole, go for it, go enter. And if 00:42:56.630 --> 00:42:58.489 not, just come and have fun, have some food, 00:42:58.650 --> 00:43:02.110 have some alcohol, and just enjoy the day. And 00:43:02.110 --> 00:43:05.409 again, my name is Tracy, this is YQGM Bloom, 00:43:05.610 --> 00:43:07.909 and you guys all have a wonderful day.