October 29, 2025 • 47 mins
On this week's episode CB & Kip sit down to talk about their upcoming challenge. The annual fundraister, High West Oyster Fest is this Thursday, benefiting local nonprofit Sophie's Neighborhood.... and we're getting our hands n mouths dirty in the name of a good cause. We're competing, both shucking oysters and trying to knock em back!! But no matter how well (or poorly) we perform, at least we'll be doing it for a good cause.
To learn more about the good cause, Kip sat down with Lauren & Hosea Rosenberg, Sophie's parents, to talk about Sophie's Neighborhood. Sophie's Neighborhood is a nonprofit that raises money to help fund research for their daughter's rare disease, MCOT. It's tough trying to find the definition of the acronym & even more difficult to find a cause or cure. We talk with Lauren & Hosea about the diagnosis as well as the festivities on Thursday too.
Tune in for a few laughs, a little Halloween banter & whole lot of ways you can help out Sophie's Neighborhood.
We hope to see everyone Thursday for a good time for a great cause!
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stoned-appetit--3077842/support.
To learn more about the good cause, Kip sat down with Lauren & Hosea Rosenberg, Sophie's parents, to talk about Sophie's Neighborhood. Sophie's Neighborhood is a nonprofit that raises money to help fund research for their daughter's rare disease, MCOT. It's tough trying to find the definition of the acronym & even more difficult to find a cause or cure. We talk with Lauren & Hosea about the diagnosis as well as the festivities on Thursday too.
Tune in for a few laughs, a little Halloween banter & whole lot of ways you can help out Sophie's Neighborhood.
We hope to see everyone Thursday for a good time for a great cause!
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stoned-appetit--3077842/support.
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Speaker 1 (00:10):
The suppression of the use of marijuana and the posse
is looking behind.
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It are the most important jobs.
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Is talking ninety day the records on marijuana and the
Washington Office and Artonic Division actually.
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Speaker 1 (00:28):
Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, Coloradians and everyone that's mort enough
to listen from the outside.
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One of the most amazing plants we've ever discovered, the pott.
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Talking, the trippers, the glasshoppers, the hip books, all gathered
in secrecy and flying eye as a country.
Speaker 5 (00:48):
Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen to another week of stone
de petitely, your host has always it's me Kip ass
the Information super Highway.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
I've got CB on the other screen. We've got a
doozy of an episode for y'all today, thanks in part,
large in part to our sponsors over at Nobo Dispensary
and Rocky Cannabis. Y'all will probably see on social media
through the giveaway that we have got a great episode
going for y'all today. Large in part, it's all things munchies,
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whether it's large consumption or just a good old fashioned
time and laugh. It's large in part thanks to our
friends over at Nobo and Muraki. Nobo is a dispensary
that obviously was instilled and established in North Boulder back
in the early days of cannabis. Now they have called
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ninety seventy Lincoln Street, right there on the cusp of
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(02:09):
our friends over at Moroki and Fat Grams. It's award
winning cannabis products that you can find across the Colorado state,
a larger part to the front range. We call them
award winning because that's what Chris is employer over at
the Westward has said as well. Tommy Mitchell knows better
than us, and so we heed his advice. But we
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also love their products. It's an approachable price point, it's
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a long time, you can still find their great supply
and selection across Colorado, but also at our friends at Nobo.
(03:11):
They will also be the sponsors of Chris and I's
attempts at our main point of conversation today, but also
all of our Munchi endeavors, both this week every week
going forward. We love them the pieces. C B, how
are you, Bubba.
Speaker 6 (03:29):
I'm doing well. I'm doing well, even with this first
little real cold snap. I was a little taken off
guard this morning, but you know, it's soup season, so
what do we have to worry about?
Speaker 1 (03:40):
Dude, my nasal I mean, I'm dying in the congestion
capacity like I have got running nose, sore throat. I
love that this is a problem. It means that Autumn
is finally fucking here. Shout out to our friends over
an Afron. But goddamn, I'm wearing puffy sweaters I'm bundling
up wearing socks early in the morning. I fucking love
(04:01):
this time of year.
Speaker 3 (04:03):
God damn it, dude, the only the one thing I hate.
I don't know if this.
Speaker 6 (04:07):
Happens to you, but it seems to happen like here,
whenever you turn on the heater for the first time,
you know, like if you've got like the base style
of heaters, a little bit of dust may be in there,
so it kind of smells smells like a little burnt hair.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
It smells like burnt hair, but it also kind of
gets in your system where you're like, why is my
fucking throat itchy? But it's awesome, like you wake up
whether there's frost on the grass or on your windows shield,
like when you're going to work. I just love it.
And then obviously we're kind of in that precarious time
where today as we're recording, yes it was kind of brisk,
(04:44):
pant weather all the way through, but where you're like,
should I wear a hoodie? Should I wear a full
jacket when I leave for work? And then by the
midday you're like, god, damn, it's hot as fucking sin outside.
I mean, I'm just smitting to pieces and obviously the
have been popping for a month or so, but it's
ripe as rain right.
Speaker 6 (05:04):
Now, dude, And it means like we were about to
enter the holiday season, like we've got like, you know,
four good holidays coming up soon.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
I mean it starts with Halloween this week. What are
y'all dressing up as for Halloween on Friday?
Speaker 3 (05:19):
Okay? We ran a couple of ideas around.
Speaker 6 (05:24):
And some people that Steff's that Stuff works with had
initially said like, oh, maybe Chris should go as a
tie in all bottle because Steph's pregnant, poking fun at RFK.
But given the guys a climate of things, we decided
to offer a less controversial costume. And I think I
(05:45):
actually floated this idea initially with you. I think I
just ripped a fat grams and was feeling myself and uh,
you know, Steph giving her current size with pregnancy. I
was like, what if you were a panda and I
was bamboo, because like pantasy bamboo, That's what I was
(06:06):
thinking of.
Speaker 3 (06:07):
But then I was like, there's so many ways.
Speaker 6 (06:09):
We could go with this, Like I could just stand
straight and you could just like hold on to me
and lean back like you're a panda leaning on a
bamboo or you know, like I could like lose an
arm throughout the night or something and have like a
chunk taken out of a bamboo.
Speaker 3 (06:25):
I think it's gonna work.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
Great, dude, that is and that is the ingenuity and
like wholesome. Like yes, I think the RFK one would
be low hanging fruit you'd probably feathers with like fat
guy and the other like moronic smooth brand Americans. But
rather than poking fun or like taking a fight, choosing
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something that's just like casual and nature is fucking genious.
And I cannot wait to see this. I am so smoked.
This is gonna be fucking hysterical.
Speaker 6 (06:58):
And granted it's gonna be bare bones like I wish
I had. I wish I had that creativity. Or maybe
it's just like the really motivation to do it to a.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
Tee, but I wish I could do some like makeup stuff, because.
Speaker 6 (07:13):
Imagine how cool it would be if I came in there
looking like a fucking real bamboo.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
Just all swaying in the wind and stuff. It'd be awesome.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
I don't think you're I mean, I have no doubt
that y'all, y'all knock it out of the park. We're
that is, that's so genius. And what we've always tried
to do is do something like homemade in terms of costume,
whether you like, piece it together by it like right.
We've done some fun stuff like Labyrinth and whatnot. This
year we're gonna go as the Great British Baking Family
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with Paul and Prue a bunch of baked goods and
things of that nature. Try to incorporate the dogs, maybe
make Adam a croissant. And for those that don't know
we've lost it's been a tough couple of weeks. Six weeks.
We've lost a few of our dogs, all from cancer
and heart failure and old age is just kind of
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plagued our home. And so the only dog that we
have remaining from our adoption and foster community is Adam,
who is scared of everything. And what's more intimidating than
Paul Hollywood when he comes into the tent if you
are a big good, you know. And so I'm gonna
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try to dress as Paul Hollywood and dye my hair silver.
I bought light blue eye contacts that don't have like
any peripheral, like you know, changing of your vision. They
just are like this, you know, ones that people wear
like at comic con and bullshit. I bought some from
god knows where. I'm sure I'll probably get an eye
(08:51):
infection or a fucking sty But at the same time,
we're gonna go that route. But I have no doubt
that y'all will win probably best costume. But some of
the crew that comes through for Halloween, as Moe loves
to throw a Halloween party, some of the crew that
usually comes through does not shy away from costumes and creativity.
(09:12):
So I have no doubt you'll be on the podium,
but you may you may have a run for your
money in terms of best outfits.
Speaker 6 (09:19):
Okay, now, what what are costumes you think you're gonna
see this year?
Speaker 1 (09:25):
Okay, So I don't know, because sometimes some of these
couples are like great, Like one year there was a
couple that went as Toby from the Office and that
British woman that dressed as Toby from the Office, but
they reversed the gender, so the girl went as the
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guy and the guy went as the girl dressed as
the guy, so like it's very crazy. And then one year,
we had a sushi chef and you know someone that
worked in like an is a type thing and he's
part of Asian, but he had like almost like a grill,
like a setup in front of him, like displayed out.
(10:10):
Oh no, he went as Kobe Yashi and he had
all the hot dogs and then she went as an Isaky.
Speaker 5 (10:16):
Like.
Speaker 1 (10:16):
It's very creative in terms of so like to expect
like costumes. Nobody lays down in this. It's a lot
of fun and it's Mode's favorite holidays, so everyone really
tries to bring the hammer like it's fucking funny as shit,
and then it's all in good nature and nobody's ever
kind of too racy in terms of like you know,
poking the bear. In current politics, we won't see any
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Charlie Kirks. We won't see any you know, like crazy
things that would get you canceled, like Trudeau going as blackface.
We won't be going into that realm. But you'll see
a lot of folks that kind of go outside the
box and then bring it back inside the box. So
it's gonna be a good time.
Speaker 6 (10:58):
Nonetheless, Yeah, I'm fucking stoked. I think I've seen a
couple of white lotus type costumes going around because people
are apparently already thrown their parties this past weekend and stuff.
Speaker 1 (11:13):
So yeah, I think the kids were all celebrating last Saturday. Yeah,
so like everyone kind of brought out the Belgian whistles
last weekend. But for adults that don't have kids yet,
this Friday is actual Halloween, so what better way to
celebrate them that way? Do they do?
Speaker 6 (11:30):
Do you think they still do like, you know, back
in the day when we were kids, since we're so
close in age and everything, do you remember like where
you could just go to like Walmart or whatever and
pick up like the plastic mask and like maybe a
little thing.
Speaker 3 (11:45):
Do they still do that or is that?
Speaker 1 (11:47):
I mean we were a party city, like Jackson, Mississippi.
Obviously we had Walmart's fucking bad dollar generals were you know,
as far as I could see. But the party city,
you know, you go through and they always said the
generic verbiage instead of like guy Fierti, it'd be like
dude that loves food, and it would just have like
shitty mustaches and goate's or like fake wigs. But yeah,
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they definitely have like the basics, like the scream masks
and the hockey mask that also had like the blood
that was like already like liquiditis dripping through and things
of that nature. Those those definitely exist still.
Speaker 3 (12:26):
But I think I used to go.
Speaker 6 (12:27):
I think I got like a teenage mutant Ninja turnal
costume from just one of those stores one day. Those
things were great.
Speaker 1 (12:36):
Party City was home for us during the holidays. You
can't beat that with a stick. And now I got
a fucking party City to buy like balloons for like
stoned up a teat Dinners or eat Denver events. And
it's like seventy eight dollars to get like four zero,
you know, like for a fortieth birthday for like someone
like you. And you're like, god, damn, what.
Speaker 3 (12:58):
Were our parents weren't spending that?
Speaker 1 (13:00):
No? No, I mean obviously the cost of living has
gone up, but it's like, fuck, I wouldn't be doing
that anitherday, bitch. We're making that shit at home.
Speaker 6 (13:09):
Yeah, grab some fucking scissors, hot glue gun, and let's
go to Michael's.
Speaker 1 (13:15):
Exactly well, Chris, before Halloween party and festivities get going,
we have something else on our dockets. We have a
guest joining us at the end of this episode shout
out to Hosea and Lauren Rosenberg unbelievable restaurant tours from Colorado.
Michelin recognized restaurant tours, but have also established a fund
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raiser and a foundation for their daughter, Sophie, who has
a rare disease and they are quite literally the ones
carrying the water for this disease, like we speak about
it on the podcast after our intro that we're doing
here today but before Halloween gets going, you and I
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will be doing our best to not only raise awareness
but also raise some money for Sophie's neighborhood this Thursday
when we take part in the High West Oysterfest. And
if you've been listening to this podcast for two three years,
you've heard us talk about this event because not only
is it the most grotesque eating competition that we've ever
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heard of, but it also now the true seafooters of
the community. And the High West Oysterfest includes oyster shucking competition,
oyster eating competition, but also great calls with you can
buy tickets, you can donate, you can get involved in
the virtual auction. But the tickets and the event go
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down Thursday night and for those that are not competing,
but want to just participate and come support a good calls.
You will get normal food, there's libations available, things of
that nature. But Chris, by us participating, we may have
bitten off a little more because holy fuck, we're in
some trouble.
Speaker 3 (15:04):
Dude.
Speaker 6 (15:04):
I'm just thankful that fundraising is not tied to my
ability to shuck oysters.
Speaker 3 (15:09):
Otherwise to eat.
Speaker 6 (15:11):
Yeah, otherwise we'd raise about two cents. But there's gonna
be a ton of money raised. I can feel it.
And if anything can bring awareness to something, it's my
shucking ability. It can bring awareness to not only the
fact that I'm not good and uh yeah, I might
get some eyes on something. I have no idea, but
I think it's I think it's kind of shitty to
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put me up. Like when I get up there on stage,
I'm going to ask the dude to my left or
girl to my left, or to write. I'm gonna ask
them how many years experience do they have in a
in a little shucking den, you know, because that's brutal
to put somebody else up there against people who are
seasoned vets, doing it at an establishment and expecting me
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to perform.
Speaker 3 (15:57):
Well, Like that's not.
Speaker 1 (16:00):
To be fair, same motherfucker. Like I was looking at
videos from years past when you and I went as
just patrons there to support a good calls and watching
these folks that are just like finger banging the shells
and thrown back the oysters. Watching these people literally just
do one turn pluck, pulling off the top and going
to the next. We are so out of our element
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and out of our league that it's going to be preposterous.
It's going to be hilarious. And I went to Jack's
fish house yesterday to kind of do my last run
of practice. Like shout out to Dave Query. We wanted
to get him on the podcast, but time just didn't
work in our favor with just the work schedules this week.
But he kind of gave you a tutorial. He sent
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you home with a couple dozen Me and you practiced
together before a podcast. What was it last week or
the week before. But realistically, we are definitely fugged, and
it's going to be hysterical watching us perform or participate.
I'm using air quotes because we're gonna get our shit dragged.
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And like I almost vomited yesterday just trying to eat
through a dozen and like the staff is like, what
was that noise that came from you? And I like
almost threw up on the floor. At the bar, everybody
was like looking at me. I was like, I am
so fucked. I am so fucked.
Speaker 6 (17:22):
But okay, but yours is ninety seconds.
Speaker 1 (17:24):
Right, Yeah? How long is George? Do you remember? I
don't know.
Speaker 6 (17:27):
It seemed fucking long though, I think, like, I think
it's a few minutes. And when you start getting into
like if it's three to five minutes, that's just that's
total embarrassment.
Speaker 3 (17:38):
Like I can't do that. But anyways, I'm gonna cheat,
like hell, I'm gonna cheat, Like hell, I don't know.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
You're not trying. It's the Tommy Tupperville way.
Speaker 6 (17:49):
Oh man, I wish we could sneak in a bunch
of shocked oysters.
Speaker 3 (17:52):
You just can't manage those. You can't.
Speaker 6 (17:54):
You can't, like, you know, unless we have like the
Louver thieves or something on our side. Like I don't know,
I'm gonna find a way to cheat, and I'm gonna
admit it at the end, but I'm gonna make it
look like I did a good job.
Speaker 1 (18:09):
I mean, no matter what, we're gonna we're gonna try
our best. And you know, one thing I felt would
be kind of a fun thing to do, and we've
talked about it on social media. If you saw it
this morning is you have an opportunity to win big
while we suffer. And so if you can guess how
many oysters Chris can chuck and or how many oysters
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Kip can finish in his ninety seconds, then you will
win a care package from our sponsors at No Boat
Dispensary and from a Rocky Cannabis. So that means care packages.
The last one we did was with our friends over
at Chiquita. Our next one is this time around in
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honor of Sophie's neighborhood. If you can guess how many
oysters Kip eat in ninety seconds or how many oysters
Chris can shut and his allotted amount of time, then
you will win one of the care packages. We'll do
one care package for each You don't have to hit
both of them. If you can hit one or the
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other and at the same time, if you don't win either,
but you're like I want to donate or support a
good calls, there's a virtual auction going down through Sophie's neighborhood.
You'll hear us talk a little bit more about all
the cool stuff, whether it's a you know, coach prime
signed football tickets or dining experiences in Colorado's restaurant community.
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There's a litany of different ways to get involved to
support the calls, and if you, obviously, if you can
make it, come down and join us to eat Town
in Boulder on Thursday evening and watch the chaos unfold.
Worried about most like hurting your hand, embarrassing yourself or
the video that's gonna come out after.
Speaker 6 (19:59):
The uh probably video because that shit lives forever. So like,
I'm not worried, like I could care less about making
a fool out of myself.
Speaker 1 (20:11):
Yeah, we do that on a regular basis.
Speaker 6 (20:13):
Yeah exactly, I mean I do that daily. But it's
more of like, it's just it's not fair, Kip. It's
not fair. It's not it's not fair. But I'll get
a participant participation trophy and at least nobody's like, I'm
not coming into this with high hopes, so I may
undersell and overperform.
Speaker 1 (20:35):
Exactly. That's the story of our life, Chris. We're just
you know, we're laying dick losers, but watch out for
that one time we do pop precisely.
Speaker 3 (20:45):
I don't know it's gonna be fun. Man. I can't wait,
and I can't wait to.
Speaker 6 (20:50):
Like talk to some guys been like, yeah, I've been
shucking oysters out of the womb, you know, like I've
been doing this for thirty plus years, and I'll just
be like sweet see, yuh yeah.
Speaker 1 (20:59):
I think you made a great point. There should be
like an amateurs and pros department, like you know, whether
it's we're not going to say like we're like famous
or anything, but like if you had like the folks
that you brought in that aren't necessarily from that realm
to do a single competition and then do one with
the professionals, those that know their way around the shell,
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you know, like that would get there.
Speaker 6 (21:24):
Or like have like me go up there and then
just call randoms out of the crowd.
Speaker 3 (21:29):
That's why I play in film.
Speaker 1 (21:31):
I can agree more because when Dave Query said that
the record was one hundred and thirty oysters eaten in
the ninety seconds, I was like, God, what the fuck?
Like mate, I don't even know what I'm able to do,
And I'm just nervous that I'm going to vomit on
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somebody trying to go above and beyond or remain competitive.
And so I was like, why can't we have an
amateur division and professional division and all things considering and
then obviously then we just go celebrate after the fact.
Speaker 6 (22:06):
But you and I are thought, I think the only
thing that we need to have on our list is
number one.
Speaker 3 (22:12):
You don't throw up a number two. I don't end
up in the r room with a hand situation.
Speaker 1 (22:18):
I couldn't agree more Chris that we're gonna set the
bar real low and everything above that is considered satisfactory.
Can't have some bamboo bleeding at the party on Friday.
Speaker 3 (22:27):
No, that's just that's not how it works.
Speaker 1 (22:29):
Yeah, exactly. Well, yeah, so join us on Thursday. We've
got obviously a great interview after this to talk a
little bit more in detail about the festivities, but also
the reason we're doing these festivities. So we make it
about us, because welcome to our lives. We make everything
about us, but at the same time, it's really about
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Sophie and Sophie's neighborhood and anything we can do to
draw awareness, attention and raise some money for a righteous cause.
Then it we're willing to do it, even if it
puts us, you know, in the er with iodine poison
or a small shank to the forehand, Chris, before we
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get out of here, I know it's been about two
weeks since we've gathered anything you've eaten really well that
we need to talk about food trucks you may have unearthed,
or restaurants that you're fucking with.
Speaker 6 (23:22):
I mean, you know, I had family in town a
week ago. We went to Hot Alley, hadn't been there
in a minute. Food's still dynamite as always. And then
I will say, like I did hit up a food
truck this past weekend, which I'll be writing about. But
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it's called the Wondering Potato. And let me tell you what.
This is the season for baked potatoes. And I wish, like,
I don't know, because it is a lot to make
it home, you know, I mean, like you aren't just
gonna make a baked potato. You got to get all
the fixings. But this food truck, it's called the Wondering Potatato. Dude,
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really good fucking potatoes. They got good feelings, They've got
a hell of a good green chili and it's you know,
it kind of spurred from Lukes's wife having ciliac disease,
so they're looking out a way to get like gluten
free comfort food out there. And this is the perfect
time for a baked potato with all the fixings.
Speaker 1 (24:23):
Dude, it really is. And I've been seeing these tiktoks
of like the jacket potatoes and how they lay, like
day one and forty six, making a different jacket potato,
and it just gets you craving them. I've been trying
so many different styles potato. We're almost a shepherd pie season,
almost a gumbo season, but all of those things can
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be just like when someone's like, oh watch me redecorate
this baked tighter. I can't beat that with a fucking stick.
Speaker 3 (24:50):
Oh my god.
Speaker 6 (24:51):
And they pour like melted butter over it too. It's
almost like movie style butter, so like the base of
the potato, like you're eating the skin, which if you
don't eat the skin already, like that's just tragic.
Speaker 1 (25:04):
Call me a hannibal lecter.
Speaker 6 (25:05):
I'll na on that, bitch, dude, if I'm being served
to baked potato. And it's a high caliber like there's
not gonna be anything left on the plate. I'm not
just scratching out the inside. This melted butter coats the outside.
So when you get down to the very bottom, I mean,
it's it's just almost kind of one with the flesh.
It's so goddamn good. Can't recommend it enough this time
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of year.
Speaker 1 (25:29):
It's a perfect autumn snack right there. And congratulations on
Alabama still being worthwhile. My football dreams and hopes all
died this weekend, so I don't want to talk about it.
I'm just dying, chris See.
Speaker 6 (25:45):
But okay, okay, but put this into our competition on Thursday.
Would you rather be Texas coming into that competition and
have all this hype or people thinking you're gonna do well,
or would you be like Mississippi State and just come.
Speaker 1 (25:59):
In and just shit all over yourself at the end.
I don't even know the answer to that.
Speaker 3 (26:03):
Ques.
Speaker 1 (26:04):
I fucking hate that you brought it up, and that's
my fault for bringing it up. But at the same time,
god damn it, we have a loaded docket. We have
Halloween coming up, and then in the coming weeks, not
only will we be more present on social media, everything
just shit had hit the fan. Over the last six weeks,
life has just been a fucking pill. Every time we
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try to celebrate or do something nice for ourselves or
celebrate something cool, something bad happened. It was like, damned
if you do, damned if you don't. So hopefully Halloween
is a turn of that and then we can get
right as rain for the holiday season. I mean, it's puffy,
sweater weather. It's going to be a prime hearty dishes
(26:47):
where we can hide ourselves under hoodies where I can
add eight to ten pounds to my jows and to
my belly, and then you know, we'll have a new
edition of the podcast family in just a few amount
of weeks. We've got some really cool things on the horizon,
but in the meantime, we just got to focus, stay steadfast,
and keep our eye on the ball.
Speaker 3 (27:08):
This week, God speed.
Speaker 1 (27:12):
Speed indeed well for our listeners, y'all stay with us.
We've got a great interview right after this, so thanks
to our sponsors again, we are looking forward to making
a full of ourselves on the local stage this week,
and if y'all are looking to join us, we'll see
y'all Thursday at eatown in Boulder for the High West
(27:33):
Oyster Fest until next episode. You'll stay high, stay hungry.
Speaker 3 (27:37):
Shut me.
Speaker 1 (27:40):
All right, y'all. I told you all we had great
guests joining the podcast this week, and we would be
remiss if we didn't start with the true belles of
the ball. Fuck Dave Query. We love that guy. We
wanted to get that out the gate early. We're starting.
Those voices and laughters you hear come from Lauren and
Joseiah Rosenberg, the star started couple from the restaurant's Black
(28:02):
Belly Market and Santos and Boulder, as well as the
founders of Sophie's Neighborhood. Sophie's Neighborhood is the beneficiary of
this week's fundraising efforts at the High West Oyster Theft.
We've been calling it the Shuck and Fuck because Chris
and I are going to try and just shuck and
fuck up as many oysters as physically possible, all in
(28:24):
the name of good causes. But we both know it's
going to go terribly south, very quickly, so we wanted
to have something that we can hang our hat on,
and so genuinely, I can't tell y'all how much I
appreciate y'all joining at the podcast this week to talk
a little bit more about Sophie's neighborhood and just what
the hell y'all been up to since I saw you
all of eight days here.
Speaker 2 (28:47):
Lily, Yeah, no, I love Dave, but he can you know,
he can, he can go, he can take a step
back behind us today.
Speaker 1 (28:56):
Second fiddle, he'll be the second interview. We're leading from
the front. For those that don't know. Obviously, Jose you've
been on the podcast before, but Lauren, this is your
first time joining us. Thank you for taking the time. Yeah,
you say that in ten minutes, you'll be like, what
a waste of fuck.
Speaker 7 (29:13):
You're awesome And I was psyched to hear that you're
participating in the event that our foundation has benefit Carerea
of So now I have some entertainment that I can rely.
Speaker 1 (29:21):
On for sure. It's we'll try to be entertaining as
well as competitive. But what we've often joked about is
we'll be playing on peds. Shout out to our sponsors
Mroki and Fat Grams. I'm gonna get really, like, you know,
right in the mind to go in there and eat
as many oysters. But I mean y'all know the lay
(29:42):
of the land. Obviously we're gonna be up and boulder,
but that's y'all's community. I mean, what can we expect,
Like should I be nervous? Like, am I gonna throw up?
Speaker 7 (29:51):
What is amount of promise me that he's never seen
anyone actually throw up? Because it's time, Like you're you're
racing against time. There's only so much time. It doesn't
go on forever.
Speaker 2 (30:02):
That oysters are Actually it's a small amount of meat
you've eaten. Plenty of artists aren't sure. Like I worked
for Day for five years. I think you know that.
But I was the chef at Jackson Boulder for five
years and we hosted the event. We actually hosted it
at the restaurant for a couple of years, and it
moved around to a couple other venues. But you eat
in it's ninety seconds, it's a minute and a half.
You're not gonna eat so much that you can't stomach it.
(30:24):
And I've seen people crack like I want to say,
like one hundred and fifty oysters something like that. I
don't know what the record is, but it's it's a
lot of.
Speaker 1 (30:32):
What we used to have.
Speaker 2 (30:34):
This guy who won a couple of years in a row.
He was a delivery guy for for our seving company.
He would he would win the competition, he eat you know,
like over one hundred oysters, and he'd sit down to
a steak dinner at the bar right afterwards.
Speaker 4 (30:46):
So you got this man, you can do it.
Speaker 7 (30:48):
You can do it for you You're my top dog.
Speaker 4 (30:51):
If I was betting, well a betting man, So I'm
gonna be placing bets. Yeah, we have bets.
Speaker 1 (30:58):
That we put in on the second a half of
this episode where our listeners will be able to get
as well as the social media following. We'll be able
to guess how many oysters Chris can chuck in the
allotted time and how many oysters Kip will actually eat,
and the closest of those guesses will win care packages
from our friends at Hobo Dispensary. We're potheads that have
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a great appetite, so we're gonna try our best. But
at the same time, yeah, and it's for a good cause.
If I actually throw up with my neighbors that are competitors,
so be it. It's for good.
Speaker 4 (31:32):
It's not gonna happen, but if you do, Yeah, throw
up for Sophie.
Speaker 1 (31:35):
That new tagline, that's exactly what we're gonna tag this.
That's the title of this episode. But you know, speaking
of Sophie and uh, you know, Sophie's neighborhood, the Foundation,
we wanted to learn a little bit more about, you know,
what it is we're fighting for as well as what
we may be eating and chucking for. And you know,
(31:56):
this may be a little heavier than how we let
in just talking shit about day, but how the community
may be able to help, whether they're there or not,
because we've seen the hostile community come out in droves
for Sophie's neighborhood in the past.
Speaker 7 (32:11):
Yeah, yeah, no, we're so grateful for the support. If
it hadn't been for this community, we would probably be
still in deep depression trying to navigate a rare disease
for Sophie. And you know, we received her diagnosis at
the beginning of the pandemic. This was in twenty twenty,
in March, and it was devastating. And so what she
(32:34):
has it's called MCTO multi centric carbo tarsal osteolysis, something
that no one listening to this has ever heard of.
For sure, and neither had any of the doctors diagnosing her,
and so to be given, you know, and then what
that meant or what we were told, and what it
does is it causes this progressive crippling as her bones
(33:00):
are supposed to be developing, you know, through her life
or through her childhood. This is an abnormality. And so
as a result, her the joints, the bones in her
joints in her hands and feet primarily, and then it
can occur in other joints as well, are just not
They're either starting to develop and then disappearing, or some
(33:21):
of them are not appearing at all. And so then
that leads to pain, inflammation, mobility problems, stiffness, you know,
and she, you know, struggles with dexterity and walking, you know,
is difficult long distances. And and so what we've been
able to do since receiving her diagnosis and then starting
this foundation is fund research that wasn't didn't exist before,
(33:47):
and learn from it a little bit more about this
condition and in her daily life. Today we're able to
treat her symptoms at least where originally there was no
even symptom treating, you know, information, So we've made a
little bit of progress. But what our research really needs
to do is understand the you know, mechanism of the
(34:09):
condition and then the most effective way to treat it
and stop it from progressing. And so it's our fight
against time, really, and so it's truly just we are
so appreciative of this community for supporting us for all
these years and continuing to do so, because this work
is it is not for the faint of heart. I
(34:30):
can't even begin to explain what it's like to try
to run a nonprofit for medical research around a ultra
rare disease. We're working with scientists all over the world
that are helping us and that are very smart, but
this is this is a crazy endeavor that I've learned
a lot through. So again, all of this support and
(34:52):
so this event, just like all the others that our
community has continued to help us produce, will directly benefit
the work of Sophy's neighborhood and all this research. There
will be an auction happening and that'll be there through
a website, so it's virtual and people don't actually even
(35:12):
have to be at the event in order to participate.
And so please, you know, keep an eye out for
the instructions forbidding in the auction. If you bid, that's cool.
If you don't win, that's cool too. You're helping the
processes by bidding and driving up the donations, so you'll
be able to do that, and then part a portion
of ticket sales I know will be contributed, and all
(35:33):
of this really just adds up to enable us to
continue this really important work for Sophie and other kids
with MCTO.
Speaker 1 (35:41):
You know, it's a heavy situation, and you know you
mentioned you learned of it during COVID, and then while
doing that and juggling the restaurant industry obviously, and to
see the you know, the community and the hospitality industry
of Colorado and beyond kind of rally together, you know,
just not just recipe, but for every one that may
(36:02):
have MCTO. And I don't think I could ever repeat
back to actual acronym beyond the letters, but you know,
it's it's a righteous cause and we'll obviously we're honored
to be able to have a small part in it,
and we love a good virtual auction. Chris and I
have been running up stupid Hooters auctions for years for
the CRF, back when they would do chicken wings and
(36:24):
we will be doing it again this week. Obviously, if
you aren't able to join us at High West Oysterfest
Thursday night and Boulder at what's it called e Hallton Hall,
you are still able to contribute and help. And this
is not the only event. Maybe it's the last one
for the autumn, but there's a lot of things that
(36:46):
you know, the Colorado hospitality industry tries to rally around
Sophie's neighborhood, you know, throughout the year, and we've seen
events go throughout the summer and spring as well. So
if this is two short notes you can't make it Thursday,
there are still great ways that you can help get
involved and help out the calls. I know Sophia's probably
either at school right now, so I hate that we
(37:07):
missed her to have her on the POPT.
Speaker 3 (37:09):
I heard.
Speaker 7 (37:11):
Her out there.
Speaker 1 (37:12):
Yeah, I don't know where she is exactly, but we
think she's I was one of those delinquent children that
I think they call it truancy. Yeah, but at.
Speaker 7 (37:23):
The same time, that's what I heard for a little
while until her bedtime and then her babysitter will pick
her up.
Speaker 1 (37:30):
So for the event, is it going is it like
six to nine. So it's like a little early way
where we'll have a couple of different competitions and then
obviously we'll see y'all will be there, Sophie will be there,
we'll have some words, and then we'll see the grotesqueness
of the other competitions go down.
Speaker 2 (37:47):
Yeah, it's really it's really fun and exciting to watch it,
especially the eating part.
Speaker 4 (37:52):
They get these.
Speaker 2 (37:52):
Close up shots the mouth and you got oyster juice
coming out of your lips and anybody with facial hair
gets really really disgusting looking.
Speaker 4 (38:00):
Uh, the only count the ones that go in, So
you got to remember that.
Speaker 1 (38:04):
Okay, well get them.
Speaker 4 (38:07):
They will use up of your nose.
Speaker 3 (38:09):
Just keep that the.
Speaker 1 (38:10):
Money, dude. I mean, I'm glad you gave me the
fore warning. But at the same time, we're going off.
Shout out to Marocky, we're going that direction on Thursday. Well,
it is a party, it's a different one. So let
me ask you a question. For those that either are
running up the auction items but maybe aren't able to
do it, but they're moved by the whole you know,
(38:30):
rare disease, they want to be a part of the community.
They heard your stories and they want to be able
to assist. Does Sophie's Neighborhood have a website or ways
that we can be more actively involved, you know from
a community and an industry standpoint, Yeah.
Speaker 7 (38:45):
So Sovii's Neighborhood dot org is our website. We have
an event and fundraising page that will always tell you
about what we're up to and how you can support,
and you can donate from anywhere on the website and
then following us on social media also, so at Sophie's
Neighborhood on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, you can find us there
(39:08):
and we're always posting about our next events. So also
the bigger NF the Post does a regular kids menu donation,
So anytime you bring your kids to the Post any
post and order off the kids menu, there's a donation
that's automatically done there. And then same with Pizzeria Alberico,
their kids menu donates a dollar from every kid's pizza
(39:29):
sold to Sovie's Neighborhood. So we just are so touched
that our friends in our industry are just continuing, you know,
month over month, to stay supporting us and our work.
It really means the world and makes a big difference,
and others are doing the same. So, yeah, I appreciate
(39:50):
the light that you're shining on all of this.
Speaker 2 (39:52):
Yeah, the outreach in our industry has just been unbelievable
ever since the day we found out, And the day
we found out was also the day we had to
let our staff go from COVID. It was a really
gnarly one two punch that we receive. But people are
coming out of the woodworks to ask what they could
do to help us. That we're in the industry facing
the same challenges that we were with COVID in it.
It just really gives you a lot of faith in
(40:14):
humanity when that kind of thing happens.
Speaker 1 (40:16):
And you know, it kind of also gives you that
subtle reminder that maybe, you know, while everything else that's
going on, we could still, like, you know, with as
much the triol we have in the world today, that like,
we can still lean on our neighbors, and our neighbors
are there for us, and we bust balls about Dave obviously,
Dana as well. Over the queries are unbelievable, and Bobby
(40:37):
and Dennette as well, with Alberrico or Alberico, I don't know.
He'll make fun of me later for not being able
to pronounce it. Yeah, you know, it's but it's the
community that makes it all, you know, worthwhile. And it's like,
you know, y'all have always been there for so many others.
Y'all have been there for Stone Deputy, y'all been there
for eat Denver. You know, Josea, you joined the pod
(40:59):
in spring to talk about you know, back of house
restaurant workers across the state that we're hurting as well.
So y'all have always been there for us. And so
anything we can ever do to be there for y'all,
we will happily do it. You know, we'll bend over
backwards to assist in any way. But I just can't
tell you how much I appreciate y'all taking the time.
I know you'll have a busy day to day and
(41:20):
so I won't take too much more of your time. Hosea.
I've probably asked you these questions, but since Lauren, this
is your first time on the podcast, I would be
remiss if I didn't give you the quick any questions
that we ask all of our guests. Lauren, if you
were an appetizer, if you were an appetizer on any menu,
(41:42):
preferably like an Applebee's or a Chili's. What appetizer would
you be?
Speaker 7 (41:47):
My go to appetizer is always from cocktail if it's
on the menu Applebee's versus right, well you are if
I am one? Oh my god, I thought you.
Speaker 1 (42:00):
That one's the chicken flingers from Chilis. If you were.
Speaker 2 (42:04):
Cool, she's she's got a little spice to hers, goodtails.
Speaker 7 (42:08):
Or a blooming onion. If we're going with them.
Speaker 1 (42:15):
You're a Texas roadhouse, and it's very rare that I
actually go over there. I did like a a roll
challenge where I tried to eat fifty of their roles
because they just bring them out. It didn't go, well,
We'll do better Thursday. But I didn't know that they
had their own They call it like a cactus blossom.
Oh fucking delicious, fried onion, slaps in any capacity, circles, strings,
(42:39):
all the things, brilliant. Yeah, Okay, if you're a dinosaur,
what kind of dinosaur would you be? And if Sophie
was a dinosaur, what kind of dinosaur would Sophie be?
Speaker 7 (42:48):
Well, I think I'm a t rex, mostly because they're
just like the most fierce and so sometimes you just
have to have to let that fly. Yeah, like a brontosaurus.
I think she's gentle, she's well, she's not a vegetarian.
I guess they're they're.
Speaker 4 (43:07):
She likes bacon as much as any Maybe it's.
Speaker 2 (43:11):
Whatever dinosaur eats a lot of fish because she's super
addicted to sushi.
Speaker 4 (43:15):
Sushi right now?
Speaker 7 (43:15):
Are there pescatarian dinosaurs?
Speaker 1 (43:17):
Sure there are some in the water. I think the
terodactyl maybe in that caf he kind of was in
that swooping like, kind of like a pelican. Also, the
sushi habit I've heard from like our friends Denise Michelson
with the c l A. She I've known her son
for he's driving now. I've known he was like five,
and the kid would go to like these sushi events,
(43:39):
and Denise was like, son of a bitch, how did
you get our kid?
Speaker 4 (43:42):
The looks it's insane, it's too expensive.
Speaker 7 (43:45):
But she's a becom a sushi chef. So he rolls
sushi in the air, kitchen man.
Speaker 4 (43:51):
She wants it for breakfast. Now, ye got to draw
the line, so we can't.
Speaker 7 (43:55):
We can't keep this fish on hands fast here.
Speaker 1 (43:59):
Well, every maybe she could find solace in that JAX
has been honoring a Japanese seafood menu for all of
October for National Seafood Month, So you can get a
slight fix like the okonoma yaki and happy hour specials.
Just fly it in there after school. Things like that.
I learned that last week when Dave was busting our
(44:19):
balls when we were trying to chuck oysters. Okay, Lord,
so this is the last question of the afternoon, and
then I'll swear to God, I'll let y'all go supper.
You can have three people dead or alive join you
for your last supper, but they cannot be friends or family.
So you can have Prince, you could have Jesus, you
could have JFK, but you can't have your family, friends
(44:43):
or anyone from the restaurant. Even if y'all maybe butt
heads on the time and you call them acquaintances, they
don't count. You can't personally know them. Who would you
want to say until Billy Jael, Yeah, that's a great call.
Speaker 7 (44:56):
I'm from Jersey, I grew up on a music it's
a time of between him and Bruce Springsteen. So maybe
we could put them both both at the table.
Speaker 1 (45:06):
And Billy it'll be disco fries for days.
Speaker 7 (45:09):
Well, yeah, let's see who else. There's like too many
options on the table here. Let's have I guess, let's
have Obama with us, you know.
Speaker 1 (45:21):
Go big, inspire a little bit of hope, especially in
these days, a.
Speaker 7 (45:28):
Little distinguished hope. We need the hope at the table
always that.
Speaker 1 (45:34):
You're not lying. And I feel like we'll have a
lot of hope and a lot of positive vibes go
with this Thursday as well. For our listeners that are like, Okay,
I want to see Kip throw up, I also want
to enjoy the guests can also enjoy snacks, libations. We
went two years ago when it was at Velvet Elk.
Maybe there's three. I think there's two years ago, and
(45:55):
I mean there was tables of people just plug into
their hearts content. So if you find yourself, you know,
in that pescatarian camp like a sophie where you like
to eat mollusks, fish and things of that nature, there
will be a great amount of snacks and beverages available
to join us. As Lauren and Josea mentioned, proceeds from
ticket sales, we'll be going to Sophie's Neighborhood, So come
(46:18):
join us for a good time Thursday night at e
Town Hall. I think I said that right this time. Yeah,
and if you can't make it, obviously get in the action.
A lot of great opportunities and offerings will be in
the virtual auction, and then go to Sophie's Neighborhood dot
org to learn more about how you can get involved,
(46:39):
whether it's donations or maybe you want to be in
one of the people that shucks or fucks a bunch
of oysters up next time it comes around or the
next festivities. We know you'll do a lot of fun
pop up dinners as well, So anything we can ever
do to help, we will happily disseminate the message. But
thank y'all so much for coming on and taking the
time to talk a little more about m C t
(47:03):
O Sampeie's Neighborhood and the festivities on Thursday.
Speaker 7 (47:07):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (47:09):
Thanks, Hey, y'all have a wonderful week. I will see
y'all in three days time. All right, be good, stay,
I stay hungry. Show. Yeah, let's see
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Speaker 1 (01:02):
I've got CB on the other screen. We've got a
doozy of an episode for y'all today, thanks in part,
large in part to our sponsors over at Nobo Dispensary
and Rocky Cannabis. Y'all will probably see on social media
through the giveaway that we have got a great episode
going for y'all today. Large in part, it's all things munchies,
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whether it's large consumption or just a good old fashioned
time and laugh. It's large in part thanks to our
friends over at Nobo and Muraki. Nobo is a dispensary
that obviously was instilled and established in North Boulder back
in the early days of cannabis. Now they have called
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ninety seventy Lincoln Street, right there on the cusp of
Cap Hill and downtown area. They have the whole gamut
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our friends over at Moroki and Fat Grams. It's award
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than us, and so we heed his advice. But we
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also love their products. It's an approachable price point, it's
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They will also be the sponsors of Chris and I's
attempts at our main point of conversation today, but also
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going forward. We love them the pieces. C B, how
are you, Bubba.
Speaker 6 (03:29):
I'm doing well. I'm doing well, even with this first
little real cold snap. I was a little taken off
guard this morning, but you know, it's soup season, so
what do we have to worry about?
Speaker 1 (03:40):
Dude, my nasal I mean, I'm dying in the congestion
capacity like I have got running nose, sore throat. I
love that this is a problem. It means that Autumn
is finally fucking here. Shout out to our friends over
an Afron. But goddamn, I'm wearing puffy sweaters I'm bundling
up wearing socks early in the morning. I fucking love
(04:01):
this time of year.
Speaker 3 (04:03):
God damn it, dude, the only the one thing I hate.
I don't know if this.
Speaker 6 (04:07):
Happens to you, but it seems to happen like here,
whenever you turn on the heater for the first time,
you know, like if you've got like the base style
of heaters, a little bit of dust may be in there,
so it kind of smells smells like a little burnt hair.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
It smells like burnt hair, but it also kind of
gets in your system where you're like, why is my
fucking throat itchy? But it's awesome, like you wake up
whether there's frost on the grass or on your windows shield,
like when you're going to work. I just love it.
And then obviously we're kind of in that precarious time
where today as we're recording, yes it was kind of brisk,
(04:44):
pant weather all the way through, but where you're like,
should I wear a hoodie? Should I wear a full
jacket when I leave for work? And then by the
midday you're like, god, damn, it's hot as fucking sin outside.
I mean, I'm just smitting to pieces and obviously the
have been popping for a month or so, but it's
ripe as rain right.
Speaker 6 (05:04):
Now, dude, And it means like we were about to
enter the holiday season, like we've got like, you know,
four good holidays coming up soon.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
I mean it starts with Halloween this week. What are
y'all dressing up as for Halloween on Friday?
Speaker 3 (05:19):
Okay? We ran a couple of ideas around.
Speaker 6 (05:24):
And some people that Steff's that Stuff works with had
initially said like, oh, maybe Chris should go as a
tie in all bottle because Steph's pregnant, poking fun at RFK.
But given the guys a climate of things, we decided
to offer a less controversial costume. And I think I
(05:45):
actually floated this idea initially with you. I think I
just ripped a fat grams and was feeling myself and uh,
you know, Steph giving her current size with pregnancy. I
was like, what if you were a panda and I
was bamboo, because like pantasy bamboo, That's what I was
(06:06):
thinking of.
Speaker 3 (06:07):
But then I was like, there's so many ways.
Speaker 6 (06:09):
We could go with this, Like I could just stand
straight and you could just like hold on to me
and lean back like you're a panda leaning on a
bamboo or you know, like I could like lose an
arm throughout the night or something and have like a
chunk taken out of a bamboo.
Speaker 3 (06:25):
I think it's gonna work.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
Great, dude, that is and that is the ingenuity and
like wholesome. Like yes, I think the RFK one would
be low hanging fruit you'd probably feathers with like fat
guy and the other like moronic smooth brand Americans. But
rather than poking fun or like taking a fight, choosing
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something that's just like casual and nature is fucking genious.
And I cannot wait to see this. I am so smoked.
This is gonna be fucking hysterical.
Speaker 6 (06:58):
And granted it's gonna be bare bones like I wish
I had. I wish I had that creativity. Or maybe
it's just like the really motivation to do it to a.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
Tee, but I wish I could do some like makeup stuff, because.
Speaker 6 (07:13):
Imagine how cool it would be if I came in there
looking like a fucking real bamboo.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
Just all swaying in the wind and stuff. It'd be awesome.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
I don't think you're I mean, I have no doubt
that y'all, y'all knock it out of the park. We're
that is, that's so genius. And what we've always tried
to do is do something like homemade in terms of costume,
whether you like, piece it together by it like right.
We've done some fun stuff like Labyrinth and whatnot. This
year we're gonna go as the Great British Baking Family
(07:46):
with Paul and Prue a bunch of baked goods and
things of that nature. Try to incorporate the dogs, maybe
make Adam a croissant. And for those that don't know
we've lost it's been a tough couple of weeks. Six weeks.
We've lost a few of our dogs, all from cancer
and heart failure and old age is just kind of
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plagued our home. And so the only dog that we
have remaining from our adoption and foster community is Adam,
who is scared of everything. And what's more intimidating than
Paul Hollywood when he comes into the tent if you
are a big good, you know. And so I'm gonna
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try to dress as Paul Hollywood and dye my hair silver.
I bought light blue eye contacts that don't have like
any peripheral, like you know, changing of your vision. They
just are like this, you know, ones that people wear
like at comic con and bullshit. I bought some from
god knows where. I'm sure I'll probably get an eye
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infection or a fucking sty But at the same time,
we're gonna go that route. But I have no doubt
that y'all will win probably best costume. But some of
the crew that comes through for Halloween, as Moe loves
to throw a Halloween party, some of the crew that
usually comes through does not shy away from costumes and creativity.
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So I have no doubt you'll be on the podium,
but you may you may have a run for your
money in terms of best outfits.
Speaker 6 (09:19):
Okay, now, what what are costumes you think you're gonna
see this year?
Speaker 1 (09:25):
Okay, So I don't know, because sometimes some of these
couples are like great, Like one year there was a
couple that went as Toby from the Office and that
British woman that dressed as Toby from the Office, but
they reversed the gender, so the girl went as the
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guy and the guy went as the girl dressed as
the guy, so like it's very crazy. And then one year,
we had a sushi chef and you know someone that
worked in like an is a type thing and he's
part of Asian, but he had like almost like a grill,
like a setup in front of him, like displayed out.
(10:10):
Oh no, he went as Kobe Yashi and he had
all the hot dogs and then she went as an Isaky.
Speaker 5 (10:16):
Like.
Speaker 1 (10:16):
It's very creative in terms of so like to expect
like costumes. Nobody lays down in this. It's a lot
of fun and it's Mode's favorite holidays, so everyone really
tries to bring the hammer like it's fucking funny as shit,
and then it's all in good nature and nobody's ever
kind of too racy in terms of like you know,
poking the bear. In current politics, we won't see any
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Charlie Kirks. We won't see any you know, like crazy
things that would get you canceled, like Trudeau going as blackface.
We won't be going into that realm. But you'll see
a lot of folks that kind of go outside the
box and then bring it back inside the box. So
it's gonna be a good time.
Speaker 6 (10:58):
Nonetheless, Yeah, I'm fucking stoked. I think I've seen a
couple of white lotus type costumes going around because people
are apparently already thrown their parties this past weekend and stuff.
Speaker 1 (11:13):
So yeah, I think the kids were all celebrating last Saturday. Yeah,
so like everyone kind of brought out the Belgian whistles
last weekend. But for adults that don't have kids yet,
this Friday is actual Halloween, so what better way to
celebrate them that way? Do they do?
Speaker 6 (11:30):
Do you think they still do like, you know, back
in the day when we were kids, since we're so
close in age and everything, do you remember like where
you could just go to like Walmart or whatever and
pick up like the plastic mask and like maybe a
little thing.
Speaker 3 (11:45):
Do they still do that or is that?
Speaker 1 (11:47):
I mean we were a party city, like Jackson, Mississippi.
Obviously we had Walmart's fucking bad dollar generals were you know,
as far as I could see. But the party city,
you know, you go through and they always said the
generic verbiage instead of like guy Fierti, it'd be like
dude that loves food, and it would just have like
shitty mustaches and goate's or like fake wigs. But yeah,
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they definitely have like the basics, like the scream masks
and the hockey mask that also had like the blood
that was like already like liquiditis dripping through and things
of that nature. Those those definitely exist still.
Speaker 3 (12:26):
But I think I used to go.
Speaker 6 (12:27):
I think I got like a teenage mutant Ninja turnal
costume from just one of those stores one day. Those
things were great.
Speaker 1 (12:36):
Party City was home for us during the holidays. You
can't beat that with a stick. And now I got
a fucking party City to buy like balloons for like
stoned up a teat Dinners or eat Denver events. And
it's like seventy eight dollars to get like four zero,
you know, like for a fortieth birthday for like someone
like you. And you're like, god, damn, what.
Speaker 3 (12:58):
Were our parents weren't spending that?
Speaker 1 (13:00):
No? No, I mean obviously the cost of living has
gone up, but it's like, fuck, I wouldn't be doing
that anitherday, bitch. We're making that shit at home.
Speaker 6 (13:09):
Yeah, grab some fucking scissors, hot glue gun, and let's
go to Michael's.
Speaker 1 (13:15):
Exactly well, Chris, before Halloween party and festivities get going,
we have something else on our dockets. We have a
guest joining us at the end of this episode shout
out to Hosea and Lauren Rosenberg unbelievable restaurant tours from Colorado.
Michelin recognized restaurant tours, but have also established a fund
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raiser and a foundation for their daughter, Sophie, who has
a rare disease and they are quite literally the ones
carrying the water for this disease, like we speak about
it on the podcast after our intro that we're doing
here today but before Halloween gets going, you and I
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will be doing our best to not only raise awareness
but also raise some money for Sophie's neighborhood this Thursday
when we take part in the High West Oysterfest. And
if you've been listening to this podcast for two three years,
you've heard us talk about this event because not only
is it the most grotesque eating competition that we've ever
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heard of, but it also now the true seafooters of
the community. And the High West Oysterfest includes oyster shucking competition,
oyster eating competition, but also great calls with you can
buy tickets, you can donate, you can get involved in
the virtual auction. But the tickets and the event go
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down Thursday night and for those that are not competing,
but want to just participate and come support a good calls.
You will get normal food, there's libations available, things of
that nature. But Chris, by us participating, we may have
bitten off a little more because holy fuck, we're in
some trouble.
Speaker 3 (15:04):
Dude.
Speaker 6 (15:04):
I'm just thankful that fundraising is not tied to my
ability to shuck oysters.
Speaker 3 (15:09):
Otherwise to eat.
Speaker 6 (15:11):
Yeah, otherwise we'd raise about two cents. But there's gonna
be a ton of money raised. I can feel it.
And if anything can bring awareness to something, it's my
shucking ability. It can bring awareness to not only the
fact that I'm not good and uh yeah, I might
get some eyes on something. I have no idea, but
I think it's I think it's kind of shitty to
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put me up. Like when I get up there on stage,
I'm going to ask the dude to my left or
girl to my left, or to write. I'm gonna ask
them how many years experience do they have in a
in a little shucking den, you know, because that's brutal
to put somebody else up there against people who are
seasoned vets, doing it at an establishment and expecting me
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to perform.
Speaker 3 (15:57):
Well, Like that's not.
Speaker 1 (16:00):
To be fair, same motherfucker. Like I was looking at
videos from years past when you and I went as
just patrons there to support a good calls and watching
these folks that are just like finger banging the shells
and thrown back the oysters. Watching these people literally just
do one turn pluck, pulling off the top and going
to the next. We are so out of our element
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and out of our league that it's going to be preposterous.
It's going to be hilarious. And I went to Jack's
fish house yesterday to kind of do my last run
of practice. Like shout out to Dave Query. We wanted
to get him on the podcast, but time just didn't
work in our favor with just the work schedules this week.
But he kind of gave you a tutorial. He sent
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you home with a couple dozen Me and you practiced
together before a podcast. What was it last week or
the week before. But realistically, we are definitely fugged, and
it's going to be hysterical watching us perform or participate.
I'm using air quotes because we're gonna get our shit dragged.
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And like I almost vomited yesterday just trying to eat
through a dozen and like the staff is like, what
was that noise that came from you? And I like
almost threw up on the floor. At the bar, everybody
was like looking at me. I was like, I am
so fucked. I am so fucked.
Speaker 6 (17:22):
But okay, but yours is ninety seconds.
Speaker 1 (17:24):
Right, Yeah? How long is George? Do you remember? I
don't know.
Speaker 6 (17:27):
It seemed fucking long though, I think, like, I think
it's a few minutes. And when you start getting into
like if it's three to five minutes, that's just that's
total embarrassment.
Speaker 3 (17:38):
Like I can't do that. But anyways, I'm gonna cheat,
like hell, I'm gonna cheat, Like hell, I don't know.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
You're not trying. It's the Tommy Tupperville way.
Speaker 6 (17:49):
Oh man, I wish we could sneak in a bunch
of shocked oysters.
Speaker 3 (17:52):
You just can't manage those. You can't.
Speaker 6 (17:54):
You can't, like, you know, unless we have like the
Louver thieves or something on our side. Like I don't know,
I'm gonna find a way to cheat, and I'm gonna
admit it at the end, but I'm gonna make it
look like I did a good job.
Speaker 1 (18:09):
I mean, no matter what, we're gonna we're gonna try
our best. And you know, one thing I felt would
be kind of a fun thing to do, and we've
talked about it on social media. If you saw it
this morning is you have an opportunity to win big
while we suffer. And so if you can guess how
many oysters Chris can chuck and or how many oysters
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Kip can finish in his ninety seconds, then you will
win a care package from our sponsors at No Boat
Dispensary and from a Rocky Cannabis. So that means care packages.
The last one we did was with our friends over
at Chiquita. Our next one is this time around in
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honor of Sophie's neighborhood. If you can guess how many
oysters Kip eat in ninety seconds or how many oysters
Chris can shut and his allotted amount of time, then
you will win one of the care packages. We'll do
one care package for each You don't have to hit
both of them. If you can hit one or the
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other and at the same time, if you don't win either,
but you're like I want to donate or support a
good calls, there's a virtual auction going down through Sophie's neighborhood.
You'll hear us talk a little bit more about all
the cool stuff, whether it's a you know, coach prime
signed football tickets or dining experiences in Colorado's restaurant community.
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There's a litany of different ways to get involved to
support the calls, and if you, obviously, if you can
make it, come down and join us to eat Town
in Boulder on Thursday evening and watch the chaos unfold.
Worried about most like hurting your hand, embarrassing yourself or
the video that's gonna come out after.
Speaker 6 (19:59):
The uh probably video because that shit lives forever. So like,
I'm not worried, like I could care less about making
a fool out of myself.
Speaker 1 (20:11):
Yeah, we do that on a regular basis.
Speaker 6 (20:13):
Yeah exactly, I mean I do that daily. But it's
more of like, it's just it's not fair, Kip. It's
not fair. It's not it's not fair. But I'll get
a participant participation trophy and at least nobody's like, I'm
not coming into this with high hopes, so I may
undersell and overperform.
Speaker 1 (20:35):
Exactly. That's the story of our life, Chris. We're just
you know, we're laying dick losers, but watch out for
that one time we do pop precisely.
Speaker 3 (20:45):
I don't know it's gonna be fun. Man. I can't wait,
and I can't wait to.
Speaker 6 (20:50):
Like talk to some guys been like, yeah, I've been
shucking oysters out of the womb, you know, like I've
been doing this for thirty plus years, and I'll just
be like sweet see, yuh yeah.
Speaker 1 (20:59):
I think you made a great point. There should be
like an amateurs and pros department, like you know, whether
it's we're not going to say like we're like famous
or anything, but like if you had like the folks
that you brought in that aren't necessarily from that realm
to do a single competition and then do one with
the professionals, those that know their way around the shell,
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you know, like that would get there.
Speaker 6 (21:24):
Or like have like me go up there and then
just call randoms out of the crowd.
Speaker 3 (21:29):
That's why I play in film.
Speaker 1 (21:31):
I can agree more because when Dave Query said that
the record was one hundred and thirty oysters eaten in
the ninety seconds, I was like, God, what the fuck?
Like mate, I don't even know what I'm able to do,
And I'm just nervous that I'm going to vomit on
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somebody trying to go above and beyond or remain competitive.
And so I was like, why can't we have an
amateur division and professional division and all things considering and
then obviously then we just go celebrate after the fact.
Speaker 6 (22:06):
But you and I are thought, I think the only
thing that we need to have on our list is
number one.
Speaker 3 (22:12):
You don't throw up a number two. I don't end
up in the r room with a hand situation.
Speaker 1 (22:18):
I couldn't agree more Chris that we're gonna set the
bar real low and everything above that is considered satisfactory.
Can't have some bamboo bleeding at the party on Friday.
Speaker 3 (22:27):
No, that's just that's not how it works.
Speaker 1 (22:29):
Yeah, exactly. Well, yeah, so join us on Thursday. We've
got obviously a great interview after this to talk a
little bit more in detail about the festivities, but also
the reason we're doing these festivities. So we make it
about us, because welcome to our lives. We make everything
about us, but at the same time, it's really about
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Sophie and Sophie's neighborhood and anything we can do to
draw awareness, attention and raise some money for a righteous cause.
Then it we're willing to do it, even if it
puts us, you know, in the er with iodine poison
or a small shank to the forehand, Chris, before we
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get out of here, I know it's been about two
weeks since we've gathered anything you've eaten really well that
we need to talk about food trucks you may have unearthed,
or restaurants that you're fucking with.
Speaker 6 (23:22):
I mean, you know, I had family in town a
week ago. We went to Hot Alley, hadn't been there
in a minute. Food's still dynamite as always. And then
I will say, like I did hit up a food
truck this past weekend, which I'll be writing about. But
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it's called the Wondering Potato. And let me tell you what.
This is the season for baked potatoes. And I wish, like,
I don't know, because it is a lot to make
it home, you know, I mean, like you aren't just
gonna make a baked potato. You got to get all
the fixings. But this food truck, it's called the Wondering Potatato. Dude,
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really good fucking potatoes. They got good feelings, They've got
a hell of a good green chili and it's you know,
it kind of spurred from Lukes's wife having ciliac disease,
so they're looking out a way to get like gluten
free comfort food out there. And this is the perfect
time for a baked potato with all the fixings.
Speaker 1 (24:23):
Dude, it really is. And I've been seeing these tiktoks
of like the jacket potatoes and how they lay, like
day one and forty six, making a different jacket potato,
and it just gets you craving them. I've been trying
so many different styles potato. We're almost a shepherd pie season,
almost a gumbo season, but all of those things can
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be just like when someone's like, oh watch me redecorate
this baked tighter. I can't beat that with a fucking stick.
Speaker 3 (24:50):
Oh my god.
Speaker 6 (24:51):
And they pour like melted butter over it too. It's
almost like movie style butter, so like the base of
the potato, like you're eating the skin, which if you
don't eat the skin already, like that's just tragic.
Speaker 1 (25:04):
Call me a hannibal lecter.
Speaker 6 (25:05):
I'll na on that, bitch, dude, if I'm being served
to baked potato. And it's a high caliber like there's
not gonna be anything left on the plate. I'm not
just scratching out the inside. This melted butter coats the outside.
So when you get down to the very bottom, I mean,
it's it's just almost kind of one with the flesh.
It's so goddamn good. Can't recommend it enough this time
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of year.
Speaker 1 (25:29):
It's a perfect autumn snack right there. And congratulations on
Alabama still being worthwhile. My football dreams and hopes all
died this weekend, so I don't want to talk about it.
I'm just dying, chris See.
Speaker 6 (25:45):
But okay, okay, but put this into our competition on Thursday.
Would you rather be Texas coming into that competition and
have all this hype or people thinking you're gonna do well,
or would you be like Mississippi State and just come.
Speaker 1 (25:59):
In and just shit all over yourself at the end.
I don't even know the answer to that.
Speaker 3 (26:03):
Ques.
Speaker 1 (26:04):
I fucking hate that you brought it up, and that's
my fault for bringing it up. But at the same time,
god damn it, we have a loaded docket. We have
Halloween coming up, and then in the coming weeks, not
only will we be more present on social media, everything
just shit had hit the fan. Over the last six weeks,
life has just been a fucking pill. Every time we
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try to celebrate or do something nice for ourselves or
celebrate something cool, something bad happened. It was like, damned
if you do, damned if you don't. So hopefully Halloween
is a turn of that and then we can get
right as rain for the holiday season. I mean, it's puffy,
sweater weather. It's going to be a prime hearty dishes
(26:47):
where we can hide ourselves under hoodies where I can
add eight to ten pounds to my jows and to
my belly, and then you know, we'll have a new
edition of the podcast family in just a few amount
of weeks. We've got some really cool things on the horizon,
but in the meantime, we just got to focus, stay steadfast,
and keep our eye on the ball.
Speaker 3 (27:08):
This week, God speed.
Speaker 1 (27:12):
Speed indeed well for our listeners, y'all stay with us.
We've got a great interview right after this, so thanks
to our sponsors again, we are looking forward to making
a full of ourselves on the local stage this week,
and if y'all are looking to join us, we'll see
y'all Thursday at eatown in Boulder for the High West
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Oyster Fest until next episode. You'll stay high, stay hungry.
Speaker 3 (27:37):
Shut me.
Speaker 1 (27:40):
All right, y'all. I told you all we had great
guests joining the podcast this week, and we would be
remiss if we didn't start with the true belles of
the ball. Fuck Dave Query. We love that guy. We
wanted to get that out the gate early. We're starting.
Those voices and laughters you hear come from Lauren and
Joseiah Rosenberg, the star started couple from the restaurant's Black
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Belly Market and Santos and Boulder, as well as the
founders of Sophie's Neighborhood. Sophie's Neighborhood is the beneficiary of
this week's fundraising efforts at the High West Oyster Theft.
We've been calling it the Shuck and Fuck because Chris
and I are going to try and just shuck and
fuck up as many oysters as physically possible, all in
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the name of good causes. But we both know it's
going to go terribly south, very quickly, so we wanted
to have something that we can hang our hat on,
and so genuinely, I can't tell y'all how much I
appreciate y'all joining at the podcast this week to talk
a little bit more about Sophie's neighborhood and just what
the hell y'all been up to since I saw you
all of eight days here.
Speaker 2 (28:47):
Lily, Yeah, no, I love Dave, but he can you know,
he can, he can go, he can take a step
back behind us today.
Speaker 1 (28:56):
Second fiddle, he'll be the second interview. We're leading from
the front. For those that don't know. Obviously, Jose you've
been on the podcast before, but Lauren, this is your
first time joining us. Thank you for taking the time. Yeah,
you say that in ten minutes, you'll be like, what
a waste of fuck.
Speaker 7 (29:13):
You're awesome And I was psyched to hear that you're
participating in the event that our foundation has benefit Carerea
of So now I have some entertainment that I can rely.
Speaker 1 (29:21):
On for sure. It's we'll try to be entertaining as
well as competitive. But what we've often joked about is
we'll be playing on peds. Shout out to our sponsors
Mroki and Fat Grams. I'm gonna get really, like, you know,
right in the mind to go in there and eat
as many oysters. But I mean y'all know the lay
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of the land. Obviously we're gonna be up and boulder,
but that's y'all's community. I mean, what can we expect,
Like should I be nervous? Like, am I gonna throw up?
Speaker 7 (29:51):
What is amount of promise me that he's never seen
anyone actually throw up? Because it's time, Like you're you're
racing against time. There's only so much time. It doesn't
go on forever.
Speaker 2 (30:02):
That oysters are Actually it's a small amount of meat
you've eaten. Plenty of artists aren't sure. Like I worked
for Day for five years. I think you know that.
But I was the chef at Jackson Boulder for five
years and we hosted the event. We actually hosted it
at the restaurant for a couple of years, and it
moved around to a couple other venues. But you eat
in it's ninety seconds, it's a minute and a half.
You're not gonna eat so much that you can't stomach it.
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And I've seen people crack like I want to say,
like one hundred and fifty oysters something like that. I
don't know what the record is, but it's it's a
lot of.
Speaker 1 (30:32):
What we used to have.
Speaker 2 (30:34):
This guy who won a couple of years in a row.
He was a delivery guy for for our seving company.
He would he would win the competition, he eat you know,
like over one hundred oysters, and he'd sit down to
a steak dinner at the bar right afterwards.
Speaker 4 (30:46):
So you got this man, you can do it.
Speaker 7 (30:48):
You can do it for you You're my top dog.
Speaker 4 (30:51):
If I was betting, well a betting man, So I'm
gonna be placing bets. Yeah, we have bets.
Speaker 1 (30:58):
That we put in on the second a half of
this episode where our listeners will be able to get
as well as the social media following. We'll be able
to guess how many oysters Chris can chuck in the
allotted time and how many oysters Kip will actually eat,
and the closest of those guesses will win care packages
from our friends at Hobo Dispensary. We're potheads that have
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a great appetite, so we're gonna try our best. But
at the same time, yeah, and it's for a good cause.
If I actually throw up with my neighbors that are competitors,
so be it. It's for good.
Speaker 4 (31:32):
It's not gonna happen, but if you do, Yeah, throw
up for Sophie.
Speaker 1 (31:35):
That new tagline, that's exactly what we're gonna tag this.
That's the title of this episode. But you know, speaking
of Sophie and uh, you know, Sophie's neighborhood, the Foundation,
we wanted to learn a little bit more about, you know,
what it is we're fighting for as well as what
we may be eating and chucking for. And you know,
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this may be a little heavier than how we let
in just talking shit about day, but how the community
may be able to help, whether they're there or not,
because we've seen the hostile community come out in droves
for Sophie's neighborhood in the past.
Speaker 7 (32:11):
Yeah, yeah, no, we're so grateful for the support. If
it hadn't been for this community, we would probably be
still in deep depression trying to navigate a rare disease
for Sophie. And you know, we received her diagnosis at
the beginning of the pandemic. This was in twenty twenty,
in March, and it was devastating. And so what she
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has it's called MCTO multi centric carbo tarsal osteolysis, something
that no one listening to this has ever heard of.
For sure, and neither had any of the doctors diagnosing her,
and so to be given, you know, and then what
that meant or what we were told, and what it
does is it causes this progressive crippling as her bones
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are supposed to be developing, you know, through her life
or through her childhood. This is an abnormality. And so
as a result, her the joints, the bones in her
joints in her hands and feet primarily, and then it
can occur in other joints as well, are just not
They're either starting to develop and then disappearing, or some
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of them are not appearing at all. And so then
that leads to pain, inflammation, mobility problems, stiffness, you know,
and she, you know, struggles with dexterity and walking, you know,
is difficult long distances. And and so what we've been
able to do since receiving her diagnosis and then starting
this foundation is fund research that wasn't didn't exist before,
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and learn from it a little bit more about this
condition and in her daily life. Today we're able to
treat her symptoms at least where originally there was no
even symptom treating, you know, information, So we've made a
little bit of progress. But what our research really needs
to do is understand the you know, mechanism of the
(34:09):
condition and then the most effective way to treat it
and stop it from progressing. And so it's our fight
against time, really, and so it's truly just we are
so appreciative of this community for supporting us for all
these years and continuing to do so, because this work
is it is not for the faint of heart. I
(34:30):
can't even begin to explain what it's like to try
to run a nonprofit for medical research around a ultra
rare disease. We're working with scientists all over the world
that are helping us and that are very smart, but
this is this is a crazy endeavor that I've learned
a lot through. So again, all of this support and
(34:52):
so this event, just like all the others that our
community has continued to help us produce, will directly benefit
the work of Sophy's neighborhood and all this research. There
will be an auction happening and that'll be there through
a website, so it's virtual and people don't actually even
(35:12):
have to be at the event in order to participate.
And so please, you know, keep an eye out for
the instructions forbidding in the auction. If you bid, that's cool.
If you don't win, that's cool too. You're helping the
processes by bidding and driving up the donations, so you'll
be able to do that, and then part a portion
of ticket sales I know will be contributed, and all
(35:33):
of this really just adds up to enable us to
continue this really important work for Sophie and other kids
with MCTO.
Speaker 1 (35:41):
You know, it's a heavy situation, and you know you
mentioned you learned of it during COVID, and then while
doing that and juggling the restaurant industry obviously, and to
see the you know, the community and the hospitality industry
of Colorado and beyond kind of rally together, you know,
just not just recipe, but for every one that may
(36:02):
have MCTO. And I don't think I could ever repeat
back to actual acronym beyond the letters, but you know,
it's it's a righteous cause and we'll obviously we're honored
to be able to have a small part in it,
and we love a good virtual auction. Chris and I
have been running up stupid Hooters auctions for years for
the CRF, back when they would do chicken wings and
(36:24):
we will be doing it again this week. Obviously, if
you aren't able to join us at High West Oysterfest
Thursday night and Boulder at what's it called e Hallton Hall,
you are still able to contribute and help. And this
is not the only event. Maybe it's the last one
for the autumn, but there's a lot of things that
(36:46):
you know, the Colorado hospitality industry tries to rally around
Sophie's neighborhood, you know, throughout the year, and we've seen
events go throughout the summer and spring as well. So
if this is two short notes you can't make it Thursday,
there are still great ways that you can help get
involved and help out the calls. I know Sophia's probably
either at school right now, so I hate that we
(37:07):
missed her to have her on the POPT.
Speaker 3 (37:09):
I heard.
Speaker 7 (37:11):
Her out there.
Speaker 1 (37:12):
Yeah, I don't know where she is exactly, but we
think she's I was one of those delinquent children that
I think they call it truancy. Yeah, but at.
Speaker 7 (37:23):
The same time, that's what I heard for a little
while until her bedtime and then her babysitter will pick
her up.
Speaker 1 (37:30):
So for the event, is it going is it like
six to nine. So it's like a little early way
where we'll have a couple of different competitions and then
obviously we'll see y'all will be there, Sophie will be there,
we'll have some words, and then we'll see the grotesqueness
of the other competitions go down.
Speaker 2 (37:47):
Yeah, it's really it's really fun and exciting to watch it,
especially the eating part.
Speaker 4 (37:52):
They get these.
Speaker 2 (37:52):
Close up shots the mouth and you got oyster juice
coming out of your lips and anybody with facial hair
gets really really disgusting looking.
Speaker 4 (38:00):
Uh, the only count the ones that go in, So
you got to remember that.
Speaker 1 (38:04):
Okay, well get them.
Speaker 4 (38:07):
They will use up of your nose.
Speaker 3 (38:09):
Just keep that the.
Speaker 1 (38:10):
Money, dude. I mean, I'm glad you gave me the
fore warning. But at the same time, we're going off.
Shout out to Marocky, we're going that direction on Thursday. Well,
it is a party, it's a different one. So let
me ask you a question. For those that either are
running up the auction items but maybe aren't able to
do it, but they're moved by the whole you know,
(38:30):
rare disease, they want to be a part of the community.
They heard your stories and they want to be able
to assist. Does Sophie's Neighborhood have a website or ways
that we can be more actively involved, you know from
a community and an industry standpoint, Yeah.
Speaker 7 (38:45):
So Sovii's Neighborhood dot org is our website. We have
an event and fundraising page that will always tell you
about what we're up to and how you can support,
and you can donate from anywhere on the website and
then following us on social media also, so at Sophie's
Neighborhood on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, you can find us there
(39:08):
and we're always posting about our next events. So also
the bigger NF the Post does a regular kids menu donation,
So anytime you bring your kids to the Post any
post and order off the kids menu, there's a donation
that's automatically done there. And then same with Pizzeria Alberico,
their kids menu donates a dollar from every kid's pizza
(39:29):
sold to Sovie's Neighborhood. So we just are so touched
that our friends in our industry are just continuing, you know,
month over month, to stay supporting us and our work.
It really means the world and makes a big difference,
and others are doing the same. So, yeah, I appreciate
(39:50):
the light that you're shining on all of this.
Speaker 2 (39:52):
Yeah, the outreach in our industry has just been unbelievable
ever since the day we found out, And the day
we found out was also the day we had to
let our staff go from COVID. It was a really
gnarly one two punch that we receive. But people are
coming out of the woodworks to ask what they could
do to help us. That we're in the industry facing
the same challenges that we were with COVID in it.
It just really gives you a lot of faith in
(40:14):
humanity when that kind of thing happens.
Speaker 1 (40:16):
And you know, it kind of also gives you that
subtle reminder that maybe, you know, while everything else that's
going on, we could still, like, you know, with as
much the triol we have in the world today, that like,
we can still lean on our neighbors, and our neighbors
are there for us, and we bust balls about Dave obviously,
Dana as well. Over the queries are unbelievable, and Bobby
(40:37):
and Dennette as well, with Alberrico or Alberico, I don't know.
He'll make fun of me later for not being able
to pronounce it. Yeah, you know, it's but it's the
community that makes it all, you know, worthwhile. And it's like,
you know, y'all have always been there for so many others.
Y'all have been there for Stone Deputy, y'all been there
for eat Denver. You know, Josea, you joined the pod
(40:59):
in spring to talk about you know, back of house
restaurant workers across the state that we're hurting as well.
So y'all have always been there for us. And so
anything we can ever do to be there for y'all,
we will happily do it. You know, we'll bend over
backwards to assist in any way. But I just can't
tell you how much I appreciate y'all taking the time.
I know you'll have a busy day to day and
(41:20):
so I won't take too much more of your time. Hosea.
I've probably asked you these questions, but since Lauren, this
is your first time on the podcast, I would be
remiss if I didn't give you the quick any questions
that we ask all of our guests. Lauren, if you
were an appetizer, if you were an appetizer on any menu,
(41:42):
preferably like an Applebee's or a Chili's. What appetizer would
you be?
Speaker 7 (41:47):
My go to appetizer is always from cocktail if it's
on the menu Applebee's versus right, well you are if
I am one? Oh my god, I thought you.
Speaker 1 (42:00):
That one's the chicken flingers from Chilis. If you were.
Speaker 2 (42:04):
Cool, she's she's got a little spice to hers, goodtails.
Speaker 7 (42:08):
Or a blooming onion. If we're going with them.
Speaker 1 (42:15):
You're a Texas roadhouse, and it's very rare that I
actually go over there. I did like a a roll
challenge where I tried to eat fifty of their roles
because they just bring them out. It didn't go, well,
We'll do better Thursday. But I didn't know that they
had their own They call it like a cactus blossom.
Oh fucking delicious, fried onion, slaps in any capacity, circles, strings,
(42:39):
all the things, brilliant. Yeah, Okay, if you're a dinosaur,
what kind of dinosaur would you be? And if Sophie
was a dinosaur, what kind of dinosaur would Sophie be?
Speaker 7 (42:48):
Well, I think I'm a t rex, mostly because they're
just like the most fierce and so sometimes you just
have to have to let that fly. Yeah, like a brontosaurus.
I think she's gentle, she's well, she's not a vegetarian.
I guess they're they're.
Speaker 4 (43:07):
She likes bacon as much as any Maybe it's.
Speaker 2 (43:11):
Whatever dinosaur eats a lot of fish because she's super
addicted to sushi.
Speaker 4 (43:15):
Sushi right now?
Speaker 7 (43:15):
Are there pescatarian dinosaurs?
Speaker 1 (43:17):
Sure there are some in the water. I think the
terodactyl maybe in that caf he kind of was in
that swooping like, kind of like a pelican. Also, the
sushi habit I've heard from like our friends Denise Michelson
with the c l A. She I've known her son
for he's driving now. I've known he was like five,
and the kid would go to like these sushi events,
(43:39):
and Denise was like, son of a bitch, how did
you get our kid?
Speaker 4 (43:42):
The looks it's insane, it's too expensive.
Speaker 7 (43:45):
But she's a becom a sushi chef. So he rolls
sushi in the air, kitchen man.
Speaker 4 (43:51):
She wants it for breakfast. Now, ye got to draw
the line, so we can't.
Speaker 7 (43:55):
We can't keep this fish on hands fast here.
Speaker 1 (43:59):
Well, every maybe she could find solace in that JAX
has been honoring a Japanese seafood menu for all of
October for National Seafood Month, So you can get a
slight fix like the okonoma yaki and happy hour specials.
Just fly it in there after school. Things like that.
I learned that last week when Dave was busting our
(44:19):
balls when we were trying to chuck oysters. Okay, Lord,
so this is the last question of the afternoon, and
then I'll swear to God, I'll let y'all go supper.
You can have three people dead or alive join you
for your last supper, but they cannot be friends or family.
So you can have Prince, you could have Jesus, you
could have JFK, but you can't have your family, friends
(44:43):
or anyone from the restaurant. Even if y'all maybe butt
heads on the time and you call them acquaintances, they
don't count. You can't personally know them. Who would you
want to say until Billy Jael, Yeah, that's a great call.
Speaker 7 (44:56):
I'm from Jersey, I grew up on a music it's
a time of between him and Bruce Springsteen. So maybe
we could put them both both at the table.
Speaker 1 (45:06):
And Billy it'll be disco fries for days.
Speaker 7 (45:09):
Well, yeah, let's see who else. There's like too many
options on the table here. Let's have I guess, let's
have Obama with us, you know.
Speaker 1 (45:21):
Go big, inspire a little bit of hope, especially in
these days, a.
Speaker 7 (45:28):
Little distinguished hope. We need the hope at the table
always that.
Speaker 1 (45:34):
You're not lying. And I feel like we'll have a
lot of hope and a lot of positive vibes go
with this Thursday as well. For our listeners that are like, Okay,
I want to see Kip throw up, I also want
to enjoy the guests can also enjoy snacks, libations. We
went two years ago when it was at Velvet Elk.
Maybe there's three. I think there's two years ago, and
(45:55):
I mean there was tables of people just plug into
their hearts content. So if you find yourself, you know,
in that pescatarian camp like a sophie where you like
to eat mollusks, fish and things of that nature, there
will be a great amount of snacks and beverages available
to join us. As Lauren and Josea mentioned, proceeds from
ticket sales, we'll be going to Sophie's Neighborhood, So come
(46:18):
join us for a good time Thursday night at e
Town Hall. I think I said that right this time. Yeah,
and if you can't make it, obviously get in the action.
A lot of great opportunities and offerings will be in
the virtual auction, and then go to Sophie's Neighborhood dot
org to learn more about how you can get involved,
(46:39):
whether it's donations or maybe you want to be in
one of the people that shucks or fucks a bunch
of oysters up next time it comes around or the
next festivities. We know you'll do a lot of fun
pop up dinners as well, So anything we can ever
do to help, we will happily disseminate the message. But
thank y'all so much for coming on and taking the
time to talk a little more about m C t
(47:03):
O Sampeie's Neighborhood and the festivities on Thursday.
Speaker 7 (47:07):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (47:09):
Thanks, Hey, y'all have a wonderful week. I will see
y'all in three days time. All right, be good, stay,
I stay hungry. Show. Yeah, let's see
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