It's just a whole lot of real life on this week's episode - no mountains, no writing retreat, no "DAAAAAD!" So Melanie updates us on the Shankles, I update on the Hudsons, and then I talk at great length about season 2 of The Bear, which, for the record, has the worst language of any show I have ever watched but my goodness I love it so much. We also analyze options for a new TV show for Mel and share a quick Patreon catch-up.



On top of all that, we discuss the pointlessness of 4th of July outfits, and it's Melanie's turn for Five Favorites.



Hope you enjoy!



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Show Notes:



- French 75



- The Bear on Hulu



- The Summer I Turned Pretty



- Where the Crawdads Sing movie



- Stand All the Way Up (in case you missed it)



- Grace Upon Grace (in case you missed it) 



- On the Bright Side (in case you missed it) 



- Shrinking on AppleTV+



- Go As A River - July Book Club on Patreon (listen - we still got the title wrong when we talked about it in the episode, and we got it wrong so many times)



- Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris



- Peanut Butter Cookie Chocolate Banana Pie



- Pioneer Woman's Tres Leches Cake



- aviator-style reading glasses



- eyeglasses case



- quilted leather phone case



- menopause support supplements



- satin pajamas that come in tons of colors



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