Mini-Ep 435: Sometimes You Gotta Use A Precious Egg

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Elise spontaneously goes to a K-pop concert and Doree has a lovely night in with a Walton Goggins show. They hear from listeners about diving deep into the back catalog of your favorite podcasts, hair products to help with hair loss, friends flaking at the last minute, and a message for the AI-curious.

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Doree (00:10):

Hello and welcome to Forever35, a podcast about the things we do to take care of ourselves. I'm Doree Shafrir.

Elise (00:16):

And I'm Elise Hu. And we're just friends who like to talk a lot about serums,

Doree (00:20):

And this is a mini episode where we hear from you, we share your comments and your thoughts, and we answer your questions to the best of our ability. But please remember, we are not experts. We're podcast hosts. We always encourage you to seek support first and foremost from a medical and or mental health professional as needed

Elise (00:39):

As. And we also check in with each other. We do, yeah. And on Monday I went on this long reverie about Covid and the Covid anniversary. So let me just give you an update on more inane things.

Doree (00:53):

Great

Elise (00:54):

And less philosophical existential questions, even though they were always burning on my mind. And I am in a constant state of existential dread these days. I wound up at a random K-pop concert last night. Yep, yep. And so funny because Rob called me at like 10 30 while the concert was really going, and it's at Staples, I still call it Staples, I guess it's technically crypto.com arena. And you have so many screaming girls because it was n CT 1 27, which is one of these big K-Pop boy band groups with interchangeable members that allows for some of the boy band members to go on their compulsory military service, which is why BTS had to break up for a while. And anyway, you have just these screaming girls because of the fandom. The K-pop fandom is so intense. And then Rob calls and he's like, where are you? And I'm like, I'm at a random K-pop concert. He's like, you know what? They should play a game. We should do a game for you, like a game show called Can Elise Stay Home Tonight?

Doree (02:03):

Wow.

Elise (02:05):

Because I think I got a text at like five 40 in the afternoon or five 40 in the early evening going, Hey, do you want to go see NCT 1 27 at 8:00 PM and I have an extra ticket, an extra ticket beyond mind. And so then I asked my friend, I had put a call out to the mom group, crickets, nobody replied. And then I started reaching out to people individually and my friend Liz, shout out to Liz was like, okay, I mean I'm going to have to shower, but alright, great small price to pay. I mean, it was one of my friends' companies, they have a suite at Crypto for the year and then sometimes for Lakers games it's always full, but for random K-pop concert on a Wednesday night, there's extra tickets.

Doree (02:54):

Great.

Elise (02:56):

So that was actually fun. It gave me a little pep in my step. As you know, I've been having kind of a hard time. I mean obviously parking costs $40 and my cocktail cost almost just as much, but still, well such is the case with leaving the house.

Doree (03:13):

Yes, yes, yes. I did not leave the house last night. I watched White Lotus Cozy. I started what's getting really pushed to me on TikTok and just I feel like on Billboards and everywhere is the righteous gemstones. Have you ever watched this show? Oh yes.

Elise (03:35):

I haven't watched the show. It's on HBO, but it takes place in South Carolina,

Doree (03:40):

Which

Elise (03:40):

Is where I used to live.

Doree (03:42):

It's like a sendup of a megachurch pastor and his family. But I think the reason it's getting pushed to me is because Walton Goggins is in it and he's also in White Lotus, and so I've been getting these tiktoks of clips from the show of him and I'm like, oh, okay. I hadn't really been on my radar. So he's a great actor, he's great. I started watching a bit of it last night and then I was like, oh, it's an hour long. I got to go to bed, but I think I might watch it. I think the fourth season just came out. I think it's the last season, I'm not sure, but it seems fun. So

Elise (04:30):

Yeah, no into that, it's quite critically acclaimed. It is just one of those ones that came out and got a bunch of attention and then I'm like, it's not really for me. I kind of grew up in that megachurch world in Texas, but Walton Goggins is so good. He's so good in everything he does. He was great and justified way back when during the Obama administration, and there's this great interview in Esquire that came out recently with the dad of White Lotus family. Jason Isaacs the guy who was also in Harry Potter, and he talks about how his best friends in the cast were actually his fake kids who were like 21 and 26 because he had gotten a room or they had given him a bungalow with Walton Goggins, but Walton Goggins was semi method in the way that famously Jeremy, what's his name is from succession,

Doree (05:26):

Jeremy Strong.

Elise (05:27):

And so Walton Goggins got to Thailand and then went off to the guest house or his other bungalow on the same property or in the same shared area and then just went and chain smoked and didn't shower and to get into character. And so he wasn't really like chatting with the other cast. That's really funny.

Doree (05:48):

All makes sense. Yes,

Elise (05:48):

It all sense.

Doree (05:50):

Did you see the Dunking commercial with Jeremy Strong?

Elise (05:54):

Yes. It was so good. It was so good because actually poked fun of himself.

Doree (05:58):

Yes, exactly. I was like, oh, you have a sense of humor about this, which I was not necessarily expecting,

Elise (06:06):

But we'll talk more pop culture on the Patreon pop culture episode, which is out every month. We do a fresh one and we have chats about it on the Patreon too, which is a great plug for the Patreon at this moment.

Doree (06:19):

Yeah, which is patreon.com/forever three five. We got a text, remember last week or the week before someone just wrote in about my friend Alison Livingston, who was a guest on the show, but a long time ago, probably six or seven years ago, saying that she doesn't drink water essentially or doesn't see the point of drinking water. And we got a follow up text from that listener who said, follow up to the quote from Allison Livingston. I just needed more joy in my podcast feed. So I called out a bunch of daily news podcasts and then had no episodes. I'm now working my way through the back episodes of my favorite shows.

Elise (07:06):

Oh, how fun. That's a good idea.

Doree (07:08):

A lot fun.

Elise (07:09):

Yeah,

Doree (07:10):

I love that. I love that.

Elise (07:11):

So much similar that similar to what I was doing with Conan O'Brien needs a friend because Conan O'Brien needs a friend if y'all don't listen to it. He's very charming and also I think he's a good interviewer and gets more out of people in the podcast format. And I wanted to go back in time to pre inauguration and pre-election results even. So I went back to listen to summer 2024 episodes of Conan Obra and Needs a Friend. So if you are doing archive listens, some of those are great. There's one with Nikki Glaser that I liked a lot.

Doree (07:44):

Oh cool. Great idea. Okay, well Elise, just also before we take a break, I want to remind everyone they can call or text us at (781) 591-0390. Email us at Forever 35 podcast@gmail.com. These episodes are for your feedback, your questions, so please send them to us. Our website is Forever 35 podcast. We have links there to everything we mentioned on the show. We're also on Instagram at Forever 35 podcast. We have a newsletter that comes out twice a month, forever 35 podcast com slash newsletter. And you can shop our favorite products at shop my us slash February 35 before we take a break. I meant to mention this on the last episode and I forgot, but I have a new newsletter and it's called Court Date and it is all about my tennis journey and just about picking up new things in middle age and loving something you're not that good at but want to get better at and learning from winning and losing and finding community and all that good stuff. So check it out court date.substack.com and we'll link to it in the show notes also. I'm excited. Thank you. Alright, we're going to take a short break. Okay. And we'll be right back.

Elise (09:03):

We'll be right

Doree (09:04):

Back. Okay. We are back. Elise, do you want to read this email?

Elise (09:16):

Sure will. Hi, Dorian Elise, longtime listener, first time emailer. Just weighing in on the AI discussion on the pod a few weeks ago. I know that use of AI is controversial with a lot of tricky ethical considerations. While I personally identify as AI curious, I wanted to share a tip that other listeners who are less excited about it might find helpful. If you run a Google search, you can include AI at the end of the search term and it won't provide the AI summary of results. Hope this is helpful for folks who do want to avoid it in day-to-day interactions. Best, Laurel, that's a great tip and I didn't know about it and thanks to whoever posted about that in our Patreon chat too, this dash AI appendage or how you can append dash AI to the end of your searches. I've already tried it out and it's great and it makes me feel like I have one upped in a tiny, tiny way. Google every once in a while.

Doree (10:17):

Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Thanks everyone for your feedback about ai. We got another text from the listener who had asked for fashion advice from Ava.

Elise (10:37):

Oh yeah. For tween clothes.

Doree (10:39):

Yes. And I remember they said, Elise, your daughter seems cool.

Elise (10:47):

And Ava was like, oh, thank you for the compliment.

Doree (10:51):

And actually recorded a really sweet voice memo for this listener. So I thought that was very nice. Anyway, this listener wrote, just wanted to say thank you to Ava for her sweet and thoughtful response to this question. I've already put some of her suggestions into action and they've definitely been super helpful. As a funny aside, my husband worked at Hollister back in the day while I worked at Abercrombie, but neither of us have really thought about shopping in either store since, however, Ava mentioned Hollister. So maybe both are worth another look. It can be a family tradition kind of thing. Anyway, thank you all again. So much. Didn't Abercrombie. That's so sweet. And didn't Abercrombie kind of revamp? Yeah,

Elise (11:42):

They had to because of the controversy with the CEO. Mike, what's his name? Who was a bad dude. Yes. So they've had to totally revamp and be inclusive and stop it with those model shoots that they did on the outsides of their shopping bags back in the nineties. But it owns Hollister too. And Hollister is cool again.

Doree (12:03):

Yeah, it's so funny how these things come back around.

Elise (12:07):

Totally.

Doree (12:09):

All right, we also got a voicemail.

Listener Voicemail (12:13):

Love a

Elise (12:13):

Voicemail.

Listener Voicemail (12:15):

Hey, Lisa Dory. Last year was apparently super stressful because I lost all of my hair, which side note is a very strange experience in this whole hair loss and hair regrowth journey. And I do have some regrowth. Finally, one of the first things that my derm recommended to me was neutrophil. It does have clinical trials backing it to show efficacy and it's a great OTC before you go into prescription minoxidil or something along those lines. So good luck. Thank you ladies. Love you, love the pod and yeah, bye.

Elise (12:47):

Yeah, a lot of folks have recommended neutrophil to me. I feel like I have four hairs left after January and I looked it up. It's just expensive. It is expensive. Only thing it's really expensive. Do I want to spend $80 on a thing of neutrophil? And then I know Kate really liked Viega more. The serum

Doree (13:08):

Vega more.

Elise (13:09):

Vega more. Okay. I haven't tried either of them, but I'm also getting all these ads for hers. I've been complaining about my hair falling out. Hers I guess is the companion to himss, the brand that is repackaging Viagra as himss. So hers will make special formulas for hair regrowth according to my Instagram ads for it because it's always listening. And so I just haven't really pulled the trigger on anything because it really depends on budget and budgetary concerns though. Now that I'm talking about this out loud, maybe if I did go to my dermatologist and got a prescription, then insurance would pay for whatever I get on.

Doree (13:52):

So here's what I learned because I started taking oral minoxidil, which I recommend. The medication itself is very cheap. It's covered by insurance. It's a generic, it's like $2 for a month supply. Oh,

Elise (14:10):

Great.

Doree (14:11):

However, I believe my derm appointment to discuss hair loss I think was not covered or there was some aspect of it that wasn't covered. I forget there was something about that appointment that wasn't covered. And so it ended up being a little bit expensive to actually get the prescription, but the prescription itself is not expensive. So I don't know what HIMSS and hers charge, but I bet you could get it for cheaper. And then the foam minoxidil, the generic is available at Costco for about half the price as it is.

Elise (14:59):

And that's a topical?

Doree (15:01):

Yeah, that goes on. It's a foam that goes on your head. And also they sell a women's formulation that my dermatologist was like, it's bullshit. You can just get the men's. So just fyi, pink tax. Pink tax, just trying to hit us with

Elise (15:18):

The pink tax,

Doree (15:19):

Major pink tax.

Elise (15:20):

Okay, cool. Well thanks caller.

Doree (15:21):

Yeah. Okay, so we recently also talked on the show about Jackie Johnson's viral TikTok about the number of people who either did an RSVP or didn't show up or bailed at the last minute to her and her husband's joint 40th birthday party,

Elise (15:38):

But it was a giant party.

Doree (15:40):

They invited over 300 people and they still had more than a hundred show up, but show up. She was just like, what the hell? So you got a text from a friend of yours, do you want to read this?

Elise (15:55):

Yes. She says, I need to weigh in on the RSVP stuff that's discussed in the recent forever 35. The issue is money, I mean for us. And she's talking about her and her husband. 10 people bailed last minute. This is for her wedding, not because they were sick, but with lame excuses. I mean, in wedding cost world for booze and food, that's like a thousand dollars. The venue usually charges you per head and has a lock in date. And so she is making the very legitimate point that you do need really firm RSVPs, especially if the per head cost is like a hundred dollars per person. That makes sense. I guess I was just kind of dismissive of this being a big deal because she invited 300 people and it was a birthday party and you're probably just going to do some sort of buffet type situation anyway where the food's there or the food's not there.

Doree (16:50):

I do feel like it's different for weddings because you are typically paying per plate. 10 people bailing last minute on a wedding is frankly quite rude. I'm sorry, that sucks. I mean, yeah, that's really not cool.

Elise (17:10):

It was a really good wedding too, with really good food. Well, they missed out.

Doree (17:15):

I know. I mean, I don't know. I remember one time, this was years ago, I got roped into a book club and I was hosting and I put together this whole spread and had all this food and everyone except one person bailed last minute, super last minute.

(17:40):

And I was just like, oh my God, this is so rude. And I do really try not to bail last minute on things because of that. Yeah. Because of that. It's so uncool and yeah, I don't know. I mean people say that people in LA are especially flaky and I guess I do kind of see that. I mean this did take place in la. It also could just be the season of life that I'm in. I know a lot of people with kids and stuff comes up. I get that. I totally get that. But I dunno. It's tricky. It's very

Elise (18:21):

Tricky. Yeah, I do think so. This is nuance. It's like a wedding is one thing. A giant birthday party is another thing.

Doree (18:28):

Yes.

Elise (18:29):

And then the RSVPs, and whether you are SVP or not is separate from just RSVPing. Yes. And then bailing. So anyway, we have to keep these things apart, but I appreciate the text.

Doree (18:39):

Do

Elise (18:39):

So Thank you friend Pamela.

Doree (18:41):

Yes. R Well, we're going to take another short break and we'll be right back.

Elise (18:47):

We'll be right back.

Doree (18:55):

Alright, we are back. And once again we have a Trader Joe's rec for something that I have never heard of, let alone seen in my trader. So I'm wondering if you have heard of this, Elise? Pray tell. We had a listener write in to say that they recommend the collabion chili tomato dumpling soup, very creamy and comforting tomato soup and perfect with grilled cheese.

Elise (19:22):

Cheese, grilled cheese. I have not seen that.

Doree (19:25):

I have not either. You know what else I was thinking about though with regards to soup and Trader Joe's recently at my trader, they were giving out samples of the, I think they're the little steamed dumplings. I think it was the Shumai. And they had them in their chicken broth with some of their chili crisp on top and they were giving out samples of this like a soup. And I was like, oh, that's interesting. I would not have thought to do that.

Elise (19:59):

It's like a Trader Joe's wonton soup.

Doree (20:02):

Exactly. Now I have eaten their chicken cilantro wontons in broth.

Elise (20:09):

Yeah. What do you think?

Doree (20:11):

I like it in a pinch. Sure. You know what I mean? Is it the best wonton soup I've ever had? No. But if I'm craving wanton soup and I have a thing of those in the freezer, I will a hundred percent throw them in some broth.

Elise (20:25):

I have recently been from my frozen lunch game, I have had to find some other options besides my chicken schwar bowl, my trusty chicken schwar bowl because I've been having so many of them. And you know what I returned to were the Amy's bowls just from any grocery store, not from Trader Joe's. And they make really good enchiladas. They have a cheese enchilada. That's excellent. And I was like, why don't I get this more? They also have a Mexican casserole bowl that I had for lunch today. And I'm like, I need to just switch up my whole repertoire. Plus Trader Joe's has been out of scallion pancakes lately. And I like to do egg. I like to do an egg scallion pancake where you kind of flatten a scrambled egg onto it. It's like an egg crepe with a scallion pancake and eggs are very expensive and the scallion pancakes are gone. So yeah, I'm out. I'm out. Some of my go-to snack options.

Doree (21:32):

That is rough. I had Kim Bop for lunch because I'm boring and that's all I eat. But I did use a precious egg.

Elise (21:44):

You did

Doree (21:45):

As an egg wash. I dipped each one in egg and put it in the frying pan because they're really delicious that way.

Elise (21:54):

Yeah, yeah. Sometimes you just got to use a precious egg.

Doree (21:57):

Sometimes you got to use a precious egg. We actually have quite a few eggs right now because I don't know, trader Joe's also has not marked up their eggs, so they're still charging regular price. Whereas Ralph's and everywhere else, they're charging like 10 or $12 for dozen eggs. I'm like, are you insane? Oh girl. Not happening.

Elise (22:21):

I like to buy them 18 count due to all the members in my household that must be fed plus an 80 pound dog. And who also likes to snack.

Doree (22:33):

And

Elise (22:33):

These 18 packs at Ralph's or some of them traditional grocery store chains are 1899. What? So that's like more than a dollar an egg. What? I know. I know. But yeah, the frozen meals seem to be locked in the same price range for now.

Doree (22:53):

I've got that. I did see people on Reddit noting that they raise the price of their chocolate

Elise (23:01):

At Trader Joe's. Yes. Is it because we need it more during this time of

Doree (23:06):

High stress and stress eating? I need to go there. I'm out of their vanilla ice cream. Their vanilla ice cream is really good and I buy it by the tub, so I need to go get some more. I'm like, oh yeah, we need other real food. But most importantly, I need my ice cream

Elise (23:25):

Confections. Really?

Doree (23:26):

Yeah. Mainly the, yes. I have a bowl of ice cream every night and I need it. I need it.

Elise (23:33):

Yeah. We do the macaroons. We have those frozen macaroons that they have in the dessert section. We have a lot of those mini mouthfuls, the mint chocolate chip ice cream sandwiches.

Doree (23:46):

Yes,

Elise (23:46):

Those are very good. Luna loves those. So yeah, my freezer is also full of Trader Joe's dessert, frozen desserts. It's never a bad time to stock up.

Doree (23:56):

That's true. That's true. Alright everyone, thank you so much for listening. We appreciate you and we will talk to you soon. Don't forget to send us your Covid reflections. We will be putting those together for an upcoming episode. We mentioned this on the full length episode on Monday. Alright, we'll talk to you soon. Bye. Okay, bye-bye.

 
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