Episodes

Hey friends - we hit the road to go see our friends Jeff of Jeff Anderson Photography and Colin of Sinclair Collective in Rockford, Illinois. While there, we hung out at the incredible Anderson Japanese Gardens. They were gorgeous, peaceful, and well worth a visit. On the trip down, we tried coffee, ate donuts, and talked about what's going on in our lives. We hope you enjoy hearing Nick's thoughts on more bitter coffee, if Bridget approves of Nick's reaction to coffee, and lots more. We hope ...

Hello again friends, did you miss us? Thanks for understanding our need to take a week off last week. It all got to be a bit too much, but we're back this week with an incredible episode featuring all sorts of fun. We recorded on National Donut Day, and boy did we arrange a special segment for the ages. Donut and coffee tasting! Hear if Nick can pick where each donut was made and see what he thinks of Bridget's beloved coffee. Here are other links from this week's episode: If you want to ord...

It's just Bridget popping on with a quick announcement this week. We'll be back to regularly scheduled programming next week!

Greetings Dinner Plus Drinks fans! It's been an even crazier than normal week in our lives, so this episode was a lovely way to sit down and reconnect over all of the craziness that has happened. Here are a few links to items we talked about in this week's episode: Check out this LEGO Botanical Collection - it's so cool! Want to know the best way and frequency to wash your sheets? Read this article. Bridget recommends Neutrogena Invisible Daily Defense as a way for you to get a little more S...

We're talking about shopping, gardening, sports, all the things this week! We hope you enjoyed listening. If you'd like to follow along with us, here are all the links: Visit our website Like us on Facebook Follow us on Instagram Get links to follow the podcast in your favorite app Or email us at: hello /at/ dinnerlusdrinks /dot/ com Thanks for tuning in this week, we hope your upcoming week is lovely. Cheers! ~ Bridget and Nick

Nick has been busy interviewing people IRL, so we decided it'd be fun to test Bridget's interview skills for her childhood dream job. Thanks to Shannon for another assist on figuring out this segment. Listen and see how Bridget does on the interview! Here are a few links from this week's episode: Bridget recommended three different articles from Nerdist. This one about Hayao Miyazaki returning for one last movie, this one about a Studio Ghibli theme park, and this one about a possible Studio G...

Things that make Bridget happy and the Lake Geneva Public Library came together this week to make some interesting threads of conversation. We hope you enjoy listening to our journey through our weeks, plus all the fun and games we have along the way. We have a really fun game this week. Seriously, make sure you listen! The Lake Geneva Public Library re-opened this week after months after renovation. If you're local, go check it out! We checked out Drinking French by David Lebovitz from said ...

When we recorded, it felt like we just got done finding all the Easter eggs we hid for both of our kids. We talked about all the wild and crazy things happening in the world as well as our own lives. Thank you so much for listening, we hope you have a great week. If you'd like to follow along with us, here are all the links: Visit our website Like us on Facebook Follow us on Instagram Get links to follow the podcast in your favorite app Or email us at: hello /at/ dinnerlusdrinks /dot/ com Che...

Happy Easter Dinner Plus Drinks listeners! We hope you're enjoying a fantastic Holiday (if you listen on release day, sorry it's a bit late, those eggs didn't hunt themselves) or had a great weekend. We had a lovely chat about a variety of topics, including these: Bridget found some inspiration in her horoscope in Elle. Are you into astrology? Let us know! Nick thought it was really interesting how the cast and crew of the Daniel Craig headlined MacBeth came together to keep the show rolling ...

We recorded this episode on National Beer Day (April 7th) and decided the best way to celebrate would be to try a bunch of cheap beers. Yep. We had a cheap beer taste off. Listen to see what we though of TEN different cheap beer brands and let us know what your favorite cheap beer is. We love to talk cheap beer! Of course we talked about a lot more than cheap beer. Here are links to products and discussion topics: This J. Crew & Liberty Fabrics bedsheet collaboration resulted in luxuriously be...

Nick did a little rearranging in the studio space and it's a bit more conversationally oriented. We hope you enjoy this week's chat about spring break, April Fool's and lots more, we certainly did! Here are links to all of the things we discussed this week: If you'd like to make a B&T it's .75 oz. Gran Marnier with 4 oz. of sparkling wine. It's a deliciously less sweet version of a mimosa for your morning enjoyment! Bridget shared this super interesting article from The Atlantic about what's ...

We started this episode with French 75's, Bridget's favorite cocktail, and made a surprise detour in the middle. Join us for the fun as we visit Gary Con XIV in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin! Here are links to what we talked about this episode: Bridget's first coffee discussed on this episode is Cometeer Coffee - a flash frozen, hyper fresh coffee! Nick loves his new iPhone 13 Pro Max. The camera is insane. Really, seriously, insane. While war is nothing to make light of, the fact that Ukrainian fi...

We've got a lot going on this week - wrapping up St. Paddy's season, talking the horror that is Daylight Savings Time, and lots, lots more. Here are links to some of the stories we talked about: Ralph Lauren is releasing a new collection in conjunction with HBCUs Black Morehouse College and Spelman College to celebrate the history of Black collegiate style. What do you think about the project? Nick thinks it's hilarious that OPEC is worried about high gas prices driving people towards electri...

Everyone is a little Irish, but Bridget is very Irish, Nick is pretty Irish, and our annual St. Patrick's Day guest Kevin Fleming is an Irish citizen! We recorded this episode live at Topsy Turvy Brewery in Lake Geneva. They have live music and events happening all St. Patrick's season, so check out their website and social media for details, then stop in to enjoy the festivities. This week's music is Blueridge Jig by Caleb Etheridge and we hope you find the little bit of fiddle music as enjoy...

Nick's back, but Bridget's leaving, so on this episode we talked all about travel, vacation, and the good and bad of leaving one's home. Is it even worth it? Great question. We'd love to hear your travel tales, so feel free to email us at hello at dinner plus drinks dot com! Here are our two picks for travel friendly items: Bridget recommends these silicone placemats to help a plane trip go faster, easier, and more hygienic! Nick used this Embark Jartop Backpack fro Target on his recent trav...

Nick spent a few relaxing days in Washington, DC and in this episode we talk about the trip, the food, the highs, the lows, the impending threat of nuclear war, and lots more! We hope you enjoy the chat about a great city to visit. Here are some of Nick's favorite places to visit in Washington, DC: International Spy Museum - I went to this after we recorded, and my goodness, it was so fun! Super highly recommend. National Gallery of Art - they have an impressive collection, are a well-run org...

It's not quite March, but we completed a Wisconsin Snacks Bracket and had a blast doing it! Thanks to Milwaukee Record for putting together this bracket full of delicious and unique Wisconsin food items. If you'd like to play along, you can find a copy of the bracket on their website right here. Here are links to the other fun things we talked about this week: If you want to find the items you saw on TV to wear yourself, Bridget recommends you check out shopyourtv.com or wornontv.net for easy ...

I've been a long time fan of commercials. You read that right, I actually like them! With The Super Bowl and the Olympics colliding this year, that mens a ton of epic commercials and I'm sharing my thoughts about them this week. If you want to follow along, these are the commercials I'm chatting about on this episode: OLYMPICS Visa Etsy Procter and Gamble Omega Watch Comcast SUPER BOWL Crypto.com Verizon 5G Coinbase Anheuser-Busch /Budweiser Tune in on Sunday for a full episode of Dinner plus...

We're back in studio with this week's episode featuring Winter Olympics trivia plus lots more! Have a great week everybody, thanks for joining us. If you'd like to follow along with us, here are all the links: Visit our website Like us on Facebook Follow us on Instagram Get links to follow the podcast in your favorite app Or email us at: hello /at/ dinnerlusdrinks /dot/ com Cheers everybody! ~ Bridget and Nick

Hey everybody! For this week's episode, we took a little tour of the US National Snow Sculpting Competition and the happenings at Lake Geneva Winterfest. We hope you enjoy our little tour and break from prepping for our super awesome Pancake Breakfast. We shared pictures from the event on our Facebook page (Instagram coming on Tuesday) if you'd like to see what we're describing! We hope you can check out these incredible works of art yourself and enjoy our silly commentary about them. Have a g...

Hey everybody, it's Nick here. Unfortunately due to an unfortunate situation, my beautiful baby girl Simona caused an unfortunate setting on our recording board to happen which unfortunately means this week's audio didn't record. We'll be back next week with a super great episode, featuring some of the things we talked about this week, including an awesome segment talking about plot holes in Disney movies. If you have a plot hole that really drives you nuts, we'd love to hear it. Send us an ema...

On this very special episode, we're joined by the one and only Melissa Jordan of B933 radio in Milwaukee! We didn't want to subject her to the horror of the Japanese Kit-Kat Taste Off, but we wanted to have a little food fun, so we had a Flavor Fantasy Friday and tried 8 flavors of Oreos! You'll have to listen to get our verdict on each of these flavors. None were as bad as macha Kit Kats, but that's a low bar. Here's the list of Oreo cookie flavors we tried: Carrot Cake Caramel Coconut ...

This week, I had the hilarious experience of attending a tribute concert. Yes, a Jimmy Buffet tribute concert. It was a gift to my Dad for Christmas and it was highly entertaining. If you've never been to the Fireside Theater, it is a true experience. You can check out more about it here and read more about the show we saw here. It's dinner and a show all in one. Anyway, I'm sharing some insights from my audience experience and more fun along the way. Enjoy!

Hi friends - two programming announcements: We're no longer going to put the video of each episode on YouTube - based on algorithm changes, we don't have enough people watching to make it worth the time it takes to get an episode on YouTube. We appreciate everyone who watched on YouTube, and we'll still upload audio, but it won't be the full video. We may also have some fun extras on YouTube, so keep an eye on that channel in the future. Next week, we're going to have a VERY SPECIAL GUEST. You...