Secret Sanctuaries: Exploring Sweet Havens of Hidden Honey Homes

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Every time you turn around, I was like, oh my gosh, yeah. This thing, like, I want this in my house. This is actually antique. This is an antique bar that opens up and it slides out and there's, it's so. All their pieces. Like, when I first saw it, I thought it was an old record player. Yeah, me too. But when I opened it up, I realized it was a, like, a. I've been telling you how hot you are all day while we've been just walking around. I've been texting friends. Like, I was texting one of our friends. that day, because we were just talking about something else. I'm like, oh, and FYI, Ashley is so fucking hot today. Like, all I can think about right now. I mean, to be fair, I painted your ass last night. That's a stinger. Yeah. I painted your ass red last night. You liked it. Welcome to Hot Couple Chronicles, a podcast exploring the singing lifestyle. Our discussions may contain explicit content and adult themes intended for mature audiences. While we strive to offer valuable insights and entertainment, please be aware that the views expressed are based on personal experiences and opinions. We encourage listeners to approach the content with an open mind and to prioritize communication, consent, and respect in their relationships. Remember, everyone's journey is unique, so take what resonates with you and leave what doesn't. Thank you for joining us on our adventure. I'm Russ. And I'm Ashley. And this is Hot Couple Chronicles. Where we overshare. Laugh too loud. And say stuff we'll probably regret later. Welcome everybody. If you're watching, as you can see, we're not in bed. No, we have a cool, amazing, wonderful backdrop. So happy to be here. Yes, we were lucky enough to partner with Hidden Honey Homes. St. Augustine, Florida. We're one of their St. Augustine properties, and it is absolutely amazing. Yeah. For the first day, all I kept saying is, it's so good. I just couldn't stop saying. It's so good. Every time you turn around, I was like, oh. It's the little details. Just for a backstory, they're an adult-themed role-playing Airbnb. Yeah, adult-only Airbnb. And it leans toward kink and BDSM. Yeah. It's like a retreat getaway place for couples. Yeah. It fits two people. There's a sleeper sofa, and this one fits four, but they're made for couples getaways. for reconnecting and they say like this one is a maximum of four occupants so really honestly it's but they're made for a couple yeah it's like perfect for two people but it's a good size house and every single room has something different and oh yeah and we have the first room we walk in i'm sure if you've been on my socials you've probably seen i've done lots of tours and videos but there's a whole massage room we didn't even touch yeah we haven't even touched to most of the things. And I'm sad that we have to leave in the morning because I really would love to utilize that. It's so pretty. Yeah. It's so amazing. Like I thought three days, two nights would be plenty of time for us. But we also like to explore St. Augustine and we are so close to downtown that we spend a lot of time exploring and doing touristy things and we love the beach. Location is so good. We walked the first day. So let's go walk and find food. And that turned into a three hour adventure. and we should have just drove over there but we ended up walking and yeah it was good and we've really been able to finally reconnect and because it's been a long time he works i work we both work opposite times we're not able to be together a lot yeah a lot of these events and things i've been doing in lifestyle have been just me while he's at home working and so it's been nice to just be me and him and we'll get to talking and sitting on the back porch and sitting i know we went the hot so we just we spent most of the day downtown Just eating and walking around, shopping, and just... My sister lives here. And I've lived here pretty much since February because of having our grandson. You guys heard about me being in Florida. This is where I was. And so when we found out that they had Airbnbs here, I was like, we definitely need to reconnect and talk to them because that's my second home. I'm here at least every couple weeks. And we're coming back next week. We are here all of the time. So I've been lucky enough to explore with my sister living here and stuff. And my daughter lives 30 minutes away. So I've been lucky enough to be here so many times. But he has never really gotten a chance to. So we've been here with family. But we've never been here by ourselves to explore as just a couple. It's been nice to. We went today. We went walking. I guess a start over. We'll start at the beginning and not just. We'll talk about it in a little bit. But it has been so good for us to hang out and reconnect. And the fact that we really won't see each other for. We're about ready to separate again for a while. And it's going to be. Yeah. We're in the middle of every busy season. This was a good break for like him. Yeah. It's been really good. And we never feel like there's enough time. So we could have been here for a month and still felt like there was not enough time. But yeah, you have the massage room and you have just like beautiful bathrooms, glass doors, robes, a towel warmer. It just makes you feel like so amazing. And then you have the bedrooms downstairs right next to the laundry room in the kitchen. And it's been the set up's perfect there. As you can see, like, every little detail that they put into this place. Now, I love this thing. Oh my gosh, yeah. This thing, like I want this in my house. This is actually antique. This is an antique bar that opens up and it slides out and it's so... All their pieces. Like, when I first saw it, I thought it was an old record player. Yeah, me too. But when I opened it up, I realized it was like an old bar. As soon as we got here, I sent a picture of my sister and she's like, I need that because she's really into it. And the couch and just everything is so heavy and... Well-made and beautiful pieces. It's a great mix of modern and antique. It kept character, like the house character. Yeah. It's got that old St. Augustine historical feel to it still. It's dark and cozy and like it's good. Definitely recommend. They have two in St. Augustine and then they have two in North Carolina in the mountains, which we really would love to check out that because it's pretty across the resort. Yeah, we love the mountains in the fall. That would be so much better. In the fall. In the fall. So good. But then upstairs, you go upstairs and there is an entire room with a whole doctor's office, playroom area, role play area, with the doctor's table, the tools, the examination table, all the little utensils, like the reflex utensils. Like the light, the light that is. Yeah, the light. Yeah. And then you have a spanking bench and you've got the liberator chair and you have a swing and you have paddles and floggers and all the things, artificial candles everywhere just to set the mood. Yeah. Then you go in the next room and it is a complete office space. With a stripper pole. The nicest desk and chair. Again I wish like some of the furniture in here is like I want some of this in my house. Oh yeah for sure. Like just aesthetically like the chest dire red leather couch over here and the big oak desk upstairs with the big leather office chair. They thought of everything and they put money in their handcuffs in there. They have ringlets on the outside. of the desk where you can tie people up. You can handcuff them to the desk. They have anchors on the desk. Which I did handcuff you. On the other side and a stripper pole. And then two dressing rooms. You could do a whole thing. There's like endless possibilities that you could play with and do. And it's so much fun. And then there's another beautiful bathroom upstairs with mirror, glass doors. There's plenty of room for... together every day. It's like open and plenty of room. Yeah, we, I don't think we haven't, I don't think we've taken a shower separately. The outside has a sauna and it has a hot tub and it has a fire pit and a huge deck out back with the whole table for four and the umbrella and everything. Plus they have beach chairs and all the things you need for the ocean and stuff. So it's definitely, definitely, we highly highly recommend HiddenHoneyHomes.com is where you can, find them and they're on airbnb and i'm sure we'll put all the links we'll put all the links in the show notes and you'll see i have so much content that i'll be busting out yeah at least yeah it's just a fair warning because we we content created this weekend i have never in five years ever embraced the fact that i'm a full-time content creator and over the last month or so i finally have you know finally had said it out loud and finally embraced i think you've embodied it like you've owned it for the longest time That judgment, like, being an influencer and content creator on social media is way more socially acceptable than being a swinger. I know. But you're fighting judgment against people within our own community. Yeah. Oh, yeah. That we pride ourselves on being open and honest and, you know. And don't be a content creator and do it. Right. Like. You can do it in any other way that you want. But that's what. But that's what you've been. Yeah. You're not real. You're fake. Yeah. That's what you've been. And fighting against these, like, because you felt shame of being on social media and advocating for the lifestyle. Yeah. And God forbid you partner with people and not get any perks at all. Yeah. This is the first time I cried the first time. We were just blown away. Oh, you were. The emotions when we got here. Yeah. Just the overwhelming, we spent five years daily posting three to five times. I mean, this job is 24-7 all of the time. And have very rarely have we actually physically, and like perks from that honestly it's a lot of like hate and you get a lot of the bad side but this was finally something where it felt like somebody actually believes in me enough to let me help them and let me take the lead and do this project and work on something and it felt like finally we can see yeah because they gave us pretty much full creative freedom on what we wanted to do like they mentioned a few things to us but also they weren't overbearing They're really just curious of what we're putting out. They've been amazing and they are such sweet people. We've talked to them multiple times now and you know a lot about like just our kids and our life and our family. Yeah we've been doing video calls with them. And they're not lifestyle and they haven't judged us. They've taken us seriously and they've not ever treated us different because of what we do or our content or anything. It's been so amazing and they've been so good and we are so beyond grateful to be here. Oh, yeah. I don't, you'll never understand it. Their house is absolutely beautiful and amazing. And we've had so much fun here. Oh, yeah. And, yeah. I don't think you understand how this past couple months has been just chaos. I don't know. You made a little TikTok, and I think you've put it out about the details. And the list of small details in this house are incredible. Because that's the first thing, when we came in, we were like kids. We ran through, and we're just like, oh, my gosh. Okay, when we came in, the owner was here. And we pulled in. I didn't see his text message. He texted me right before we pulled in and said, hey, the housekeepers just sent me a message and told me that the lock isn't working correctly. He's like, just so you're aware, if I'm here when you show up, I'm like, okay, cool. This episode sponsored by We Feed Raw. 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Upload an episode, and we distribute it to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and hundreds more. Track your listeners, see where they're from, and start earning from ads like this, even with just 10 listeners a month. If you've been thinking about starting a podcast, this is your sign. Start free at RSS.com. But I didn't see it until after we pulled up and he was here and he told me the same thing. He's like, I'm just running to the pharmacy to get batteries. I think it's just the batteries are low in it. I'm like, all right, that's fine. Whatever. This is your house. No, they are incredible. Very grateful. They are incredible. We appreciate you. And we highly recommend. And I already know we have people that are on. I mean. As soon as we started putting, like, just snap, like, Snapchat stories up, we had people like, what's the link? Where are you at? Literally minutes. I don't think they understand the service that they're doing for married couples. This is so great to have for married. Oh, my God. Vanilla, any spice, anything at all, just married couples in general. Oh, my. So, we were upstairs in the office with the St. Andrews Cross stripper pole and the chair in the corner. that I liked putting you in while I sat at the desk. But in the top drawer, there's a stationery and it's a notebook. And in the notebook are testimonies from other couples that have stayed here. And they are all amazing. How much we needed this in our life. How much we just needed to be in this space and have this chance. Yeah, to reconnect. And to experiment and to play together. Right. And that is so important to play with your spouse, partner, whoever. This is, for me, an ultimate place to reconnect with your partner. But also for a couple to have fun, like, in the lifestyle, there's another one of their properties just down the road. Yes, I know. and we talked about that yeah and they could like if you got one of the yeah you could get like we said it has it does have a sleeper sofa and i know lifestyle does not mind sharing but super super close down the road is another one of these right so you can still have your own space and place to go to but plus two different themes two different like yeah because we haven't okay we haven't stayed in the other one yet but we will there's a classroom in the but there's a whole it's a whole different You could have fun with another couple. And you could use both spaces. And then have your own place to sleep. Each person could. You could meet downtown. Do the whole nightlife downtown. Edge all day long. I've been edging all day. I've been telling you how hot you are all day while we've been just walking around. I've been texting friends. Like, I was texting one of our friends today because we were just talking about something else. I'm like, oh, and FYI, Ashley is so fucking hot today. Like, all I can think about right now, all I could think about was pulling you into one of those, like, alleys and pulling a, like, getting a quickie in. But I'm like, also jail. But I thought about it. I definitely thought about it. Yeah, it's really, it's, I don't think they understand like the service that they're doing for married couples even if they're not into all the things or any of the things you're not going to love but just being in this kind of space and having the opportunity well that's just a lot and like yeah they have the extra spicy stuff upstairs and they have kinks but there's something for everybody in this house like again there's this whole massage room here with a oil warmer and towel warmer and the hot stones and all the tools to have a sensual and just reconnect. And then you have the shower and you have the hot tub and you have the robe. Yeah. It can just be a very vanilla. And if you want to role play a little, like, you don't have to use any of the kink stuff to role play. But they have vloggers and they have things you can just bank and do. Yeah. You can make it a mile. I mean, to be fair, I painted your ass last night. That's a stinger. But yeah. I painted your ass red last time. You liked it. But yeah, you don't have to be into that to enjoy this house. That's what I love about it. We showed up the first night we walked downtown, which like walk. It's not like 20 minutes. It's because we just got it's a hike to walk. It's only like a four minute drive, but it's a hike to walk. We just got in here and it's a different side of town than I'm used to that I've been here before but I've never stayed over here never really explored over here so it's kind of like first night you get into a city you just kind of see what's around you just kind of gauge it 20 minute walk that's not too bad but then you get distracted we stopped halfway at spinster rabbits and got a drink we did because it's a whole vibe and our stickers there I've put our stickers there go find them and we sat down and talked for a little bit and then we did it again so it turned it into an hour walk and then of course when we get downtown you gotta find somewhere to eat decide what you want to do walking around just meandering around downtown yeah and then we had to walk another 45 minutes home because it's walkable yeah but it's i wouldn't say like it there's things around too there's mcdonald's yeah like it's walkable to downtown the touristy stuff and you can deliver but also it's only a four minute drive to the parking garage where you can park all day Looking to add some excitement to your social life? 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And we're content just sitting on the beach, getting any putting our feet in the ocean like we could spend we have spent hours and hours and hours there most of the time here though i'm usually staying like i'm with my sister or i have a place to stay locally so it's like we don't have to make it a whole no so we grab chairs we grab what we need and we run out the door and yesterday that's what we did and we had no plan we went to anesthesia islands or state park and tried that because i've never never done that i've always done butler i've always been staying augustine so i want to try a new one with him and it was like 4,600 acres, 4 miles of beach. And it was so quiet. There was no people. Again, it was a six-minute drive from this house. Four miles. Four miles, yeah. And it was $8 to get into the park per car. It was like two to six people or it was $8 a car, something like that. It's the sign said. So we drove there. I'd never been to that beach. Neither have I. I almost died. You didn't almost die. I survived to drown. All right. So in contact. Drowned twice. We went to the beach and it was low tide. It was beautiful. It was low tide. So anybody knows the ocean, low tide, you can walk out longer. There's sandbars, things like that. Well, this in particular beach, it goes down. And it gets pretty deep. I'd say good. It dropped off. It was like a clear. I would say. So it got to a point where I could touch my tippy toes. I was not touching anything at all. But that's about it. But. We could see the sandbar. And so down. Like we looked down the beach and there's people on the sandbar. And we're like. Let's just walk over there. It's because we wanted to walk the sandbar. So we were like way far away. They were walking the middle of the ocean. They were walking ourselves. So. We walked down the beach, went out to the sandbar. And again, sandbar, your shin to knee deep. Like at most. But then you drop off. And it's a drop off. What was cool is the water over here is so clear. I can see where the sandbar goes. So I was following the sandbar out. To the middle of the ocean. Until we got to. Come on, let's follow. We'll follow the sandbar. Yeah, I did. To the middle of the ocean. No, my thought was we'll follow the sandbar back to where our chairs are. Yeah, and then it was black hole from there to our chairs. And we had to get from there. I knew what I was getting into. And it was just black hole. And I was like. I was confident in your swimming. I doggie paddled 15 minutes. I might have been overconfident in your swimming abilities. I doggie paddled the shit out of the ocean. And it wasn't going anywhere. And I was exhausted. I might have done it for like three minutes. But it was exhausting. I wasn't going anywhere. And I was like, I did have a moment where I was like, I can't do this anymore. I had a moment where I'm like, all right, just grab my hand. I was pushing off of him. I'm like, this is what you don't do. You don't do this. I've learned. I have done ocean. I'm a Jersey girl. I have grown up. I've been born, raised in the ocean. I have been through all the ocean time. Hurricanes, everything. And I was legit. I got nervous because I wasn't going anywhere. Panic set in. And then I started pushing off. You started doing the exact opposite of what you're supposed to do. I was doing so much. But we were right on the other side. And the waves were breaking right where the sandbar was. Yeah, so anybody that knows the ocean knows that the wave breaks at the sandbar. So we were right past it. So we were in the break. I'm like, we just have to get through the break and we're good. The part that we were struggling with. We weren't going anywhere. I was fine. You were freaking out a little bit. I floated enough this way that I could just stand up again. And it was fine. And I lived and it was okay. And I'll be back again to redeem myself. But that was funny. It was funny. It was good. And we, yeah, we only stayed there for like, we did like three hours. Three hours at the beach. We got in the water, played and then did that. And then we were like, we sat in the beach. Yeah, we sat in the beach and just enjoyed it. We enjoyed the view, and the breeze, and the sounds, and soaked in the sun for, I'd say, a good hour. Like, we were just enjoying life. He was like, ever since the day before, he was looking in the cabinets, and that's what he does. He was like, I want to cook for you, and he was adamant the days before. Well, as soon as we got here, and I don't know what got into me. I really don't. You were looking in the cabinets, and you kept looking in the cabinets, and seeing the pots and pans and seeing all the things they had. And you're like, I want to just cook for you. Yeah. Yeah. But I wanted to cook a dinner for us. I want something that's kind of out of the art. Like, I didn't want to cook our normal dinner. Yeah. But I had seen on the maps on the way there, I saw a seafood market. I was like, there's a seafood market right down the street. Yeah. Let's check it out. So we went there and it was best idea we ever had. Yeah. Scored. So hard. It was again, like a half mile, three quarters of a mile away from this house. Like, just the opposite direction is... It was like this little, like, on the side of the road. It's like the side of the road. It was like a seafood market and then a bakery and then a farmer's market. And so we went because of the seafood market. I'm like, I want to do some type of seafood because we're right next to the ocean. You can get fresh fish or something. Like, I want something that I can cook fresh for you. And so I... Pulled in there, you stayed in the car, and... Because I had my bikini on. Yeah. I said, am I going to have to... This episode sponsored by We Feed Raw. Have you ever actually looked at the label on your dog's food? 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I started talking to the guy. He's like, what can I get you? I'm like, honestly, I came in here to get crab or something like that. I'm overwhelmed he's like well right now we got a snow crab rock crabs out of season and king crab is way overpriced and if you really want it I can get it for you but I want to charge you a hundred dollars a bundle I'm like I was looking like blue crab I was hoping for me yeah he's like I can do snow crabs for you but I'm like let me just look around and he was on the phone with me and they're like only 29 different fish 26 different fish all fresh like they were literally flaying fresh fish behind the counter. We got a really sweet video. We are going to have all the St. Augustine tourism videos and we are now going to be doing that instead. I have enough content to last for the next year if I would want two pieces. I just started taking a video to send you because I was just because I had all the fresh fish on ice. People were constantly doing it. It's a tiny little shack. this fish, yada. They're like, smell this salmon. It smells like watermelon. And they weren't wrong. It was good. Yeah, it was good. We ended up getting scallops. Fresh scallops and locally sourced shrimp. That big. Like, I mean, they were almost prawns. We've eaten it for two days. So freaking, and he got the butter, the garlic butter. Yeah, he ended up buying their own, they make their own, like, compound. and so I bought that and because it's there baby so you're unless you want to go and buy a whole bunch of ingredients or seasonings like it's very limited what you can and then he we did stop at Wendixie which is also right next right super convenient right next door yeah and it got fried green beans to make yeah I got rice like coconut jasmine rice when I tell you that was like that was way better than any meal we could have planned because we had planned we had of a list of restaurants. You forgot something. I'm getting there. Okay. And it was better than we could have gotten in any nice, any place at all. And then he also, at the same place, got a raspberry cheesecake, which was like the cutest little, just perfect for two people. It was like four slices, three big slices of cheesecake once you cut it. So good. So creamy. So creamy. So good. And at the same place, I got a whole ass loaf of Sourdough bread as well. He made garlic bread. Fresh sourdough bread. And it's Heavenly Baker. That was what it was. Yeah. Yeah. Heaven. Yeah. You'll see it next to Kyle's Seafood. It's right next door to Kyle's Seafood. But yeah, I just wanted to cook you something special. Yeah, we could have went to dinner and. Yeah, we had lists. We have recommendations. We had a whole bunch of places that I've been that I wanted to take him. And it was fun because we like we have to wear our robes and just relax. Yeah, we were wearing the robes that are here and. Got showers after the beach. We got home from the beach. And we hung out for a minute. And before I took a shower, I cleaned the shrimp. Because, I mean, they're fresh shrimp. So they needed cleaned, deveined, all the things. And then I took a shower. And started cooking dinner. And you started getting makeup and doing your hair. Showered and started getting ready. Because I knew we needed to get a lot of work done. And we had a lot of things to shoot. Videos and content to make. I wanted to take and all that. So I was like, while he cooks, I will get ready so we can work. And so it worked out absolutely perfect. I just figured we'd just eat off the same plate. So I put everything together and we sat at the bar and they're really comfortable bar stools. And then we worked all until about four o'clock this morning. Yeah, we worked. We took pictures. Because we had filmed every little move we've made this entire time we've been here. We have. And I'm very proud of this. Because if you know me, you know what I say. I'm the worst contigrator. You love me. But I am really working on it. And this week, we were not the worst contigrator ever. No, we were not. We did very good. I was surprised at myself a lot of times. We were every clip of things. Even at Seafood Market, he took your phone and helped you take a video from different angles. We've got so much good stuff coming, guys. You have no idea. But yeah, that was our day yesterday. We worked. The first night we got in the hot tub last night, we never had a chance. to get back in a hot tub or something or anything. So we... No, we... We worked hard until... We made content, pictures, did Instagram stuff, did some spicy stuff, did... Yeah. We had to have some fun. And then we finally had to have some fun and use all of the rooms and use all of the things and pretty much everything we had to play with. And then we woke up this morning and we were... We just wanted to go stroll downtown because it's right there. Yeah. He's, again, he's not really gotten to explore much downtown. other than the family-friendly touristy, you know, things. We haven't been able to get a drink and listen to live music and do adult things here together. So that was pretty much our mission. I'm surprised that we were there pretty much all day long. We were. No, I expected to go. We were going to come back and do the podcast and do more work. And here it is at midnight. Get in the hot tub and enjoy the room. Yeah. No, we spent all day there. Yeah. Like all day, all afternoon, all night there. Which is a must-do if you're in St. Augustine. You have to go get a pretzel and that's what we do. Yeah. We had planned on eating, but then we were full because of the pretzel and fried pickles. I always have loved their old fashions. And then we had planned on going to lunch first, and we were going to stop in there, get a drink and a snack, and then go eat lunch, and then come home, pretty much. That was the plan. Then we got distracted, and then we were too full to eat anything else because we had fried pickles. Fried pickles. We ended up just strolling in and out of stores. Maybe we were shopping and browsing. We stopped at Kilwind's and got a ice cream. Shared an ice cream cone. And then we went and got pizza. When we got hungry, pizza time always. Yeah. Well, before we knew it, it was dinner time, really. All of a sudden time just was gone. And we're like, oh shit. I'm like, I could eat again. And they're like, yeah, pizza doesn't sound horrible. Well, we sat at the park in the square and listened to music and hung out. We literally sat on the bench and talked. We did listen. Yeah. We sat on the bench and talked for a really long time. Yeah. And yeah, then it was like the middle of the afternoon and then all of a sudden it was evening. So we were like, we want to go to see, there's dolphins that hang out around like the bridge, the big bridge, you know, the bridge of St. August. And there's dolphins and sea turtles. And it's just really nice walk. It's a beautiful stretch there. There's a walk past and stuff. So I really wanted to do that tonight. I was adamant on going and seeing dolphins and doing all the things because that's one of my favorite things to do. And so, yeah, then we were like, we were walking on the way there. I was like, I could eat pizza because we saw a guy that was eating pizza. Yeah. So we were sitting on this bench in the park. They had live music every Thursday. Yeah, every Thursday there was live music. Yacht rock, you know. Yeah. Very retired passion project. People were showing up with their lawn chairs. It was every Thursday. But as we were sitting on the bench, I thought, I looked across and there's this guy, I'm like, that guy's smoking a pipe. And then I realized he was eating a piece of pizza that was droopy. And he kept eating it. Every time I looked at him, he was eating pizza. Yeah, I'm like, I don't know how much pizza this man had. What's pizza from? Because every time I see you, you're eating a piece of pizza. And we were just, like, watching them from afar. And then we started walking towards the bridge and we're like, I could eat pizza. And those pizza times were right there. That's on the way. So we can go there anytime. They sell by a slice. Like, we can get a couple slices. Yeah. So we went in there. We weren't going to sit down. We were going to take our pizza to go. We ended up sitting down and hanging out and eating. Yeah. Well, okay. So my original plan was I was going to get my normal pizza, which is, like, sausage, peppers, onions. Like, your typical But then they had a burrata pizza. Which, and I didn't, like, I never realized, I forget how sheltered you were with food before we met sometimes. But you had never had burrata. Yeah, if they had a baby, it'd be burrata. It's messy. Yeah, so it's on top, there's a big ball of burrata on top of the pizza, so you cut the burrata and it just gets messy, so you have to set It's not a walking eater. It's like New York style. But it was good. Greasy. So we sat down and ate for a little while and then we went over the bridge and saw a dolphin. We saw one dolphin. But we got to see a bunch of party cruises. Oh they were having the most fun. Everyone was on vacation. Family pictures. We saw one of the party boats had a bachelorette party. Them girls were living their best life. Singing to us. I said to him, I was like, sad part is the reason why they're having the time of their life is because it makes me really sad to even say that out loud is because they're excited because they're away from their husbands. Yeah, it was. That makes me a little hard sad, but it's true. But we had a whole, we had a whole conversation about it. Oh, yeah. We had a whole conversation about it. Yeah. Because I'm like, that is sad. But also, I've been in groups of men with all they do is complain about their wives. I'm like, can't relate. Sorry, guys. My heart's so sad. I hate even saying that. Actually, I'd much rather be at home with my wife. Can my husband come, please? Can husband and wives come together? Yeah. That's the kind of trips we like to go on and vacations we like to do. Right. Can we bring our kids and our spouses, please? Yeah, we saw that. And then there was another, like, party, like, catamaran thing. They had, like, a live band on it. That was, like, more of, like, a family. Like, there was a lot of families. There was a dad dancing with his little girl to the band. It was cute. It was cute. people dressed up and go out to dinner. Yeah. And then when we did that, we walked the whole thing. We walked up to the fort. We saw some horseshoe crabs, sea turtles. People fishing. And everyone was just so happy. And I love being around people that are on vacation and stuff. Well, I think the two fishing were like locals. I don't know. I felt like they had a local feel. But no, they were. Yeah. So we were walking along the wall. If you know San Francisco, the coast. And then you get to the fort and it's a wall. And we're watching horseshoe crabs in the water and walking along. And then I'm like, oh, look at all these bait fish and things. And then I look over and I see something coming up. I'm like, that's a turtle. That's a turtle. And people fishing. And you're like, there's five of them. And then there's this couple that was fishing on the corner. And they're like, oh, there's actually like five of them around here. He's from Illinois. He's nice. I have never seen a sea turtle in the wild. So I'm like, oh. I've seen seed hurdles like in aquariums and zoos and stuff like that, but I've never seen one in the wild. So that was exciting for me. I've never seen a horseshoe crab in the wild. I've seen numerous dolphins. Like I've seen dolphins. I've seen like a lot of firsts. But yeah, like when it comes to like wildlife, you don't think of other than dolphins and sharks and stuff like that. Hey, beautiful. If you're looking to feel confident and sexy, voluptuous fixings, has got you covered with stunning lingerie and outfits that fit every curve. And for our listeners, you can snag 10% off your order with code HOTCOUPLENGA at checkout. Don't miss out. Check out the link below and find your next favorite piece. We saw the sea turtles and the horseshoe crabs and then we got back here. And we ate leftovers from the night before and we decided, shit, We still haven't recorded a podcast. Big plan is to do two or three podcasts. This episode sponsored by We Feed Raw. Have you ever actually looked at the label on your dog's food? Most dog food labels are a long list of things that don't look like food. Powders, starches, additives used to hold ultra-processed kibble together. At We Feed Raw, the label looks very different. High-quality meat, nutrient-rich organs, complete and balanced nutrition... Right now, driving, working out, walking the dog. If you're into podcasts, chances are you have something to say too. With RSS.com, starting your own podcast is free and easy. Upload an episode and we distribute it to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and more. Track your listeners, see where they're from, and start earning from ads just like this. If you've been thinking about starting a podcast, this is your sign. Start your new podcast for free today at RSS.com. I really wanted to, like, because this house is so amazing, to do one here, do one, like, in the office, do one in the other room, but we didn't get that far. Well, we've gotten a lot of other good stuff. Yeah. We could have been here doing a podcast, but instead we explored, and now we're going to have a lot of tips and places to go and things to do. Yeah. And I think that's really, like, when it comes to an Airbnb like this, it's not just the house. It's the area. around. And I think that's really. Especially a town like this. Like you. There's so much. There's always stuff. There's so much. Look at and do and learn and everything. So you want to go out and explore outside the house. Yeah. Well you don't. I mean you could be locked in here the whole time but. Oh yeah. You're in St. Augustine. You might as well enjoy it. And you might as well have fun with it. We could have spent all. Basically two and a half days here. Nate. Pretty proud of us because. It's been a lot of work. We've also had a really great time and not complaining at all because it's the best job. It's been a lot of work. It's been a lot of work, but I've had so much fun. It's been so good. And we needed this. And life has been crazy. And we just did Glow last weekend. And I did Secrets for an entire week right before Glow. Yeah, well, you were at Secrets solo. You were home for like a couple days. And then... And he was able to come to Glow with me. Glow party. And then we both went to Glow. He was able to come with me. with me, but it didn't feel like we were together the entire time. I feel like everybody was pulling us apart. People were excited to see him, and he hasn't been to anything in a really long time, and I get it, but you know how it is on these weekends. Time just flies so fast, and there's never enough time. That's our phrase all the time. It's just never enough time. And there's always so many more people we haven't been able to spend time with and see. And you're trying to like all of our friends were there and we're trying to, you know, visit and make sure everybody is good and help out and make sure the party. You're trying to spend time with everyone, but yet you feel like you didn't spend any time with anyone. I know. Like every time you're done, if you do events, if you do these things, you understand like it's just never enough time. Yeah. To do all the things. And we didn't get to really connect or be together. And. That's why this week was amazing. It's been nonstop and it's not ending anytime soon. I go home and then I'm off to New Orleans to go to Naughty in New Orleans. That's going to be. Yeah. Because again, you got to go the 14th. I will be in New Orleans. So excited to be back. I could cry every time I think about it. We have a table on the second floor of the Astor for Hot Couple Chronicles podcast. I will be there representing our podcast. And it's all just unfolding. And this has been a dream come true. And all of these things have happened. And I'm so blessed. And I'm so happy. And I'm so... I can't talk about Naughty without crying because that was the goal. Yeah. Ever since the first time we went to Naughty, that was... That's our favorite event. Our favorite thing we've ever done. Our favorite experience. The city we fell in love with. And we've been dying to go back. And we don't get to go together. is kind of a sore little spot in my heart, but I am so excited to represent Hawk Up Ground in this podcast. I meet everyone and I have so many people that I'm so excited to meet and reconnect with that we haven't seen. We were talking about that last thing, two, three years we haven't spoken to and people that I look up to and I adore and that I've watched and I just wanted to meet and I'm so excited to go ahead and represent us at Naughty and do Naughty again and show anything but, But Nella, this is their first time ever going to Naughty. And a lot of people's first time. And I'm so excited to show them all around. It's been a minute. I haven't been there in a couple of years. And it's going to be different with all of us. But I just keep in mind that, like, it is a little bit... I am a little bit sad that he doesn't get to come. But I am so excited to have the opportunity. And I can't even put into words the stuff that has fallen into our lab these recently. And how grateful I am. And how much I love it here. And how much I'm so excited to finally, like... You know, things start to see stuff. You know, five years of hard work. It's hard work. It's a lot of work. And it's been a lot of fighting to get there. Oh, that's what we kind of talked about again this weekend was it's been a lot of hard, tedious work that people don't realize. A lot of hate and a lot of you see a lot of negative. You see a lot of negativity. To see positive and to feel positive and to I finally see things changing for the better and see things happening and what this all could lead to because it can't all be for nothing. And I keep saying that it cannot all be for nothing. And it's been the last few months of really struggling with that. And what are we doing? What's the purpose? Why are we here? And I got into a really dark spot being home a few months and just really like, why? Nothing's coming of this. What is happening here? And we've talked to other people is how close we are. Not anymore, but have been. Yeah, we were to just, what's the, like, let's just, all right, enough of this. Is this worth it? Is it worth it? The stuff we've lost, the things we've lost, the people. The people, the. Opportunities we've lost to this. Yeah. Because we're swingers and because we do this. We're in open about it. Not just because we're swingers, but because we're open about it. And not only that, but, like, we're working really hard to just get, it just felt like we were being punched down and down and down over and over again. Yeah. And we, I needed to be in with our people in the community. And my heart has... I've not cried so much in the last month or so. So I knew... Because you almost didn't go to Secrets. Yeah. I almost didn't go to Secrets. You almost like, I'm not going. I'm like, no, you need to go. I was this close. Yeah. So no, you need to go. Like, you really do. Like, I need to get this all up. I need to just focus on a different path, a different way. Yeah. And I was pretty adamant about... If I wouldn't have really pushed you to go to Secrets, I don't think you would have went. No. And I'm like, no, like, you just, like, because I knew, yeah, I just knew you needed to reconnect with the people in the community and remember why we are here. Like, you, that's, you need to be reminded of. The amount of people that have, that walked up to us and were just like, don't stop, don't quit. And they didn't even know that that's where I was. was and would walk up to me and were like, don't stop that. Don't do that. Don't quit this. Keep going. You got this. And our friends and just being vulnerable in a state of just being vulnerable to them and having deep conversations until the sun came up about this stuff and crying and laughing and needed it for my soul, needed it for my heart. And I've met so many amazing, wonderful, beautiful people and definitely has helped remind us why we do this and why. Why. And I promise I'm not going anywhere, I promise. And, you know, just a little moment. And we're back. And bigger than ever. This is going to be our year. We've said it since the beginning. A little bit of doubt there for a moment, but this is our year. And we're going to not go anywhere. We're only going to get bigger. And if you don't like us, you're going to really not like us. You're going to feel a lot more of us. Actually, if you don't like us, it's because you don't have a mess. Because you have a mess. That's not a thing. So, get ready to get really tired of us. We're going to annoy the shit out of you for the next forever. And you can't get rid of me that easily. So, yeah. But yeah, that's about it. That's about all I got to say about that. Welcome to my life. He gets 16 all the time. But no, I love you guys. I don't think you understand how much I love you guys. I've needed to be around you guys and how amazing you made the world and how big my heart is just because of you guys and I love you and we love you and we are so happy to be here just happy to be here is that's all I could even speak for the you had a whole you made a whole necklace at the party says I was speechless just happy to be here so happy actually Davey was talking shit because dollars for my necklace because I had put happy to be here yeah yeah it's all right because it's my favorite necklace I've ever seen I just couldn't put into words how big my heart felt he said it to me numerous times like you should have saw Ashley's necklace it was happy to be here I miss my husband Russ I tried to make it as short as possible by just putting happy to be here I could have put I'm just happy $50, baby. It's funny. He was just giving me a hard time. I know. Yeah, that's something about this week. Yeah, that's, I mean, that's this week. Yeah, that's this week. We also have, we're going to be hosting for San Antonio. Oh, yeah. Yeah, so new development since the last time we recorded was, we're back as hosts. with Libertine events and a hotel takeover. Last time was Miami. This time we're going to San Antonio. And she's been there a couple years now, but this is the first time we've been invited to a San Antonio event. And if you know me, you know everything that I hope to do is an event home. A beacon in the lifestyle. Like she is, when it comes to her ethical standards, and morals. Her... The events she throws are top tier. And her as a person is... Welcoming and kind and helpful. And... She's always there if you need help or any advice or anything she's ever learned. I've always tried to be like Kate. Yeah. Love Kate. I've looked up to her since day one. One of the things I love about her is she is not afraid to call you out on your BS. No. No shit. Yeah. If you do something that she doesn't think... She's either going to come to you personally and if you don't want to listen to her she's going to make sure you hear about it and I love her for that Everybody needs to go to a Libertine event and I'm not just saying that because of being a host Kate is someone that you need In your life And her events are top tier security, privacy, consent morals, just everything Yeah, the details she goes with her events We spent a long time talking to her about the detail. Like the best of the best security. No one knows the venue. No one knows where it's at. Right. Like it's not just private security. It's like a third party. She spends... Highly vetted. It's not just, yeah, it's not some guy that just stands out. Ridiculous my money on private security. Yeah, it's not just like a security. No. It's legit and you're safe and you're... There's seminars and games and photo shoots. And she does so many interactive things. And everyone is friends. Yoga. Yeah. And she pulls everyone who attends together. And it's like a big family for the weekend. You have to experience it. We've met some amazing people. It's so good. And you will find people that you will talk to forever. And highly, highly recommend October 10th through 13th. If you're in there or if you want to come to San Antonio, go check it out. all the information below and in all of our things and at that howcouple and ga.com and you can find all that but that is what's going on and we are so excited to be naughty next week and i'm sure we will talk all about that oh yeah soon oh yeah on season three of couple chronicles here we are three seasons now yes and thank you for coming back and thank you for listening to us ramble and talk to each other and yeah i feel like we rambled a little bit but that's kind of what we do That's why you're here. I appreciate you guys. And we will talk to you later. And as always. Not that serious. Don't make it weird. Bye. 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